US716560A - Camp-stove. - Google Patents

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N0. 7l6,560. Patented Dec. 23, I902.

H. M. LEININGER.

CAMP STOVE.

(Application filed May 29, 1902,)

(No Model.)

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HARRIET M. LEININGER, OF COLUMBIA CITY, INDIANA.

CAM P-STOVE.

$PECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent .No. 716,560, dated December 23, 1902.

Application filed May 29, 1902. Serial N0- 109,539, (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET M. LEI-NINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at O0- lumbia City, in the county of Whitley and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Camp-Stove, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stoves employed for cooking purposes by travelers, campers, hunters, and the like which may be readily set up for use at any desired point and which may be separated or knocked down for transportation.

The invention consists in a standard adapted to be driven in the ground and having a lateral support near its upper end adapted to engage a sheet-metal disk, preferably with a series of apertures similar to the griddle-holes in an ordinary stove and with means above the disk carried by the standard for supporting the disk in place, as hereinafter shown and described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the'drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device setup ready for use. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation. Figs. 3, at, 5, and Gare detachedperspective views of the different parts of the device.

The standard is represented at 10 and will preferably be about two feet long and sufficiently large to support the device. It will be pointed at its lower end, as at 11, and provided with a transverse supporting-pin 12 near its upper end and with a perforation 13 through it above the said supporting-pin. A disk 14;, of sheet metal of sufficient thickness to support the weight of the dishes and the cooking utensils which will be placed thereon, will be supported upon the standard 10 by means of a central perforation l5 and resting upon the transverse supporting-pin 12 and secured in place by a key or pin 16, which removably engages the perforation 13. It will be observed that the transverse supportingpin 12 and the key or securingpiu 16 are disposed approximately at right angles to each other. By this arrangement it will be seen that the disk or plate 14 is prevented from tipping or tilting under the strain of weights supported thereon, as it would be very liable to do, especially if loosely mounted upon the standard, if these means were not adopted to prevent it from tilting in either direction. By this means the disk 1 L will be supported in a horizontal position and, if required, may be revolved around the standard upon the support 12.

The standard 10 maybe of any required material and of any suitable shape and may be solid, tubular, or of some of the various forms of angle or L iron and may be of a section of tubing, with a pointed plug in the lower end to enable it to be readily driven into the ground.

The disk let may be formed with a crimped or flanged edge to increase its strength and stiffness and will be provided with one or more circumferentially disposed apertures 17, the apertures serving the same purpose as the ordinary griddle-holes of a cook-stove and may be provided with removable covers, (indicated at 18.) The perforations 17 will preferably be grouped at one side of the disk, leaving a comparatively large unperforated portion to the disk for the reception of dishes or utensils which it may be desired to sup port upon the disk and which it may be desired to simply keep warm or heated to a less degree than would be the case if they were suspended over the apertures. As many of the apertures may be employed as required and they may be spaced apart to any required degree, but generally three of the apertures will be sufficient and spaced apart in about the same proportions as the griddle-holes of an ordinary cook-stove.

This will be found a very convenient device for use by campers, tourists, hunters, or travelers who carry their camping outfits with them, as the device may be knocked down and packed within a small area.

The standard 10 may be forced into the ground to any distance desired, so as to bring the disk 14: at any desired distance from the ground, so that when a fire is built beneath the disk it will eifect the dishes or utensils upon the disk to the proper degree.

The disk 14 will preferably be circular in shape and of any desired size.

It will be noted that the periphery of the plate 14 is entirely unsupported and no obstructions occur between the plate and the ground, except the central standard 10, thus leaving the Whole exterior free for the introduction of the fuel, so that it will not be necessary to cut the fuel to any particular size or length. The stove may thus be employed with very little trouble and without the necessity for cutting the fuel to fit the stove. This is an advantage that will be readily appreciated by campers, explorers, and others who may desire to use the device in connection with fuel which may be the most readily obtained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A portable camp-stove comprising a sup- HARRIET M. LEININGER.

Witnesses:

ALMIRA TULLEY, JULIUS B. LEININGER.

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