US637965A - Camp-stove. - Google Patents

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CANI P-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 637,965, dated November 28, 1899.

Application filed February 25, 1899. Serial No. 706,896. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. KUDER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and'useful Camp-Stove, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates t0 cooking-stoves designed to be used out of doors, in tents, and in teinporarysummer quarters generally; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a stove composed of pieces that may be easily put together and taken apart, to make these pieces of such small weight that the whole stove may be carried at once by one person, and to have the construction of the stoveA so simple that any one can quickly set it up and make it ready for use. I attain these objects by the structure illustrated by the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my stove. Fig. 2 represents a cross-section of the same, taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a plan section of the same, taken on line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal section of the same, taken on the line 4 4 in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 represents a detail View of the parts of the oven detached, showing the method of putting the sides and top and bottom together. Fig. 6 represents a detail section taken on line 6 6 in Fig. 4, showing the construction of the grooved channels in the top and bottom of the oven` and of those secured upon the sides of the oven-chamber. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the damper detached. Fig. 8 represents an end elevation of the stove, showing the method of collapsing the two sides upon the bottom. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a part of the bottom and one of the sides of the stove andalso in dotted lines illustrating the act of either inserting the oven-plates in or withdrawing them from the grooved channel-pieces. Fig. 10 is an inverted plan view of the stove-top. Fig. 1l is a detail section of a part of the oven-top, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing thethumbstops.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 15 is a side plate of the fire-chamber of the stove. 16 is a side plate of the oven-chamber, these side plates being integral on the respective sides of the stove.

17 and 1S are doors, respectively.

19 is the ue, and 2O is the hearth.

The doors swing on hinges 2l 21, which may be of any suitable kind and which are fastened with any suitable hinged latch, as 22 22, secured thereon, and engage with the catches 23 23, which may be of any suitable construction and which are secured,respec tively, to the-side of the fire-chamber and of the oven-chamber.

24 is an air-chamber secured upon the front end of the oven next to the {ire-chamber to protect that endof the oven from being' overheated by direct action of the lire. This chamber has the openings 25 for the circulation of hot air. The oven is secured in the stove (in a manner to be hereinafter described) so that a space is left below, above, and back of the oven for the circulation of hot air from the lire-chamber, so as to create uniform heat about the oven.

The top and bottom plates of the oven, 26 and 27, are bent at each end in double curves, so as thus to form the grooved channels 28 and 29. These grooved channels receive the edges of the front and back plates 30 and 31 of the oven. The sides of the oven-chamber, including the door as part of one side, form the remaining sides of the oven.

31% and Sl are grooved channels made for the plates 30 and 31 to slide into, which channels are formed of sheet-iron properly bent and are riveted to the side plates of the oven-chamber.

16- l are two ledges riveted tothe inside of the side plates of the oven-chamber, designed to secure the bottom plate of the oven in position. Each of these ledges is formed with a grooved channel, in which the edges ot said plate are inserted, the side plates 15 16 being swung outward on the hinges 33 far enough to permit this.

32 is the bottom plate of the lire-chamber and oven-chamber, it ,being continuous. This plate is secured by hinges 33 to the side plates of the fire-chamber and oven-chamber, so that the sides may be collapsed upon the bottom when the stove is to be carried from place to place.

Thumb-stops 34 are riveted to the top IGC) plates 36 and 37 of the fire-chamber and ovenchamber. The side plates 15 16 are curved inward, so that these thu m b-*stops will engage with them when turned after the top plates have been fixed on the side plates of the firechamber and oven-chamber.

The hinges 35 of any well-known form connect-the top platesw 36 and 37 of the rechamber and oven-chamber with the vertical plate 38, which is thus secured to both the former plates, and these hinges make it possible to fold the top ot' the oven-chamber upon the top ofthe tire-chamber when it is desired to move the stove from place to place.

The plat- es 32, 36, and 37 are each bent inward in a double curve at their front and back ends, thus making the grooved channel 41, and the front and back plates 39 and 10 ot' the fire-chamber and oven-chamber are bent outward at their ends, so as to enter said channels when the stove is set up.

42 is the damper. It is a sheet-iron plate bent along one side, so as to completely close the space between the oven and oven-chamber when desired, and it is fitted with a handle which is passed through a slot. in the back wall of the oven-chamber. The damper is used to regulate the heat about the oven. Then the damper covers one-half the space 'between the back of the oven and the back of the oven-chamber, the heat is eqnalized all around the oven. When the damper is shoved forward so as to open completely the space back of the oven, the heat passes most freely under the bottoni and up the back ofthe oven. When the damper completely closes the space -back of the oven, the heat is equalized above and below the oven,

The body of the stove is made of heavy sheet-iron. As shown bythe above description of its parts and the manner in which they are united to form the stove, it is obvious that the stove can be readily knocked down and the component parts packed together,so as to occupy very little space in shipoven-chamber; the top and bottom plates of Y the oven, 26 and 27, bent at their ends in double curves; the grooved plates 30%, 31% riveted vertically to the side plates of the ovenchamber; and the front and back plates of the oven, 30 and 31, fitting in said grooved plates, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a camp-stove, the combination; of the top and bottom plates of the oven, 26 and 27, bent at their ends in double curves; the front and back plates of the oven` 30 and 31; the grooved plates, 305 and 31g-, riveted vertically to the opposite sides of the oven-chamber; the ledges, 16%, 161i-, riveted horizontally to the inside of the side plates, 16, 16, of the oven-chamber; and the hot-air chamber, 24, secured to the front plate of the oven, and having the openings 25, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a camp-stove substantially as described, thecombination; of the plates 36, 37 and 38 secured together by hinges at the junction of the first and last with the middle one of said plates; the two side plates, 15 16, connected with the bottom plate 32 by hinges securing the former plates to the latter; the front and back plates 39 and 40 bent outward at their ends so as to engage with the grooved channels, 4l, in the plates 32, 36 and 37, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

CHARLES V. KUDER. Witnesses: v

E. C. CRAWFORD, W. E. McCoRMAoK.

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