US720551A - Detachable band for stoves. - Google Patents

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No. 720,551. PATENTED FEB`.17','19031..

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DETAoHABL-B BAND PoR sToVBs.

APPLICATION FILED QEPT. 24, 19(02. I0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BAILEY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO FULLER d. WAR- REN COMPANY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OE NEW YORK.

DETACHABLE BAND FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,551, dated February 17, 1903. Application filed September 24:, 1902. Serial No. 124,616. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: nickel-plated. The stove-top is preferably Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BAILEY, a provided with a dependent edge flange 4, incitizen of the United States, residing at Troy, tegral therewith, said liange being provided county ot' Rensselaer, and State of New York, at intervals with apertures 5, adapted to re- 5 have invented certain new and useful Imceive the respective lugs 6, projecting from 55 provements in Detachable Bands for Stoves, the inner edge of the top-band and preferably of which the following is a specification. castintegral therewith. The supporting mem- The invention relates to such improveber comprising the stove-top and the supments; and it consists of the novel construcported member comprising the top-band thus 1o tion and combination of parts hereinafter dehave integral detachably-interlocking parts 6c scribed and subsequently claimed. which serve to prevent their relative displace- Reference may be had to Vthe accompanyment in various directions so long as the lugs ing drawings, and the reference characters 6 are retained in their respective apertures 5. marked thereon, which form a part of this The stove-top and band may have other forms 15 specification. of integral detachablyinterlocking parts, if 65 Similar characters refer to similar parts in desired, as by providing the stove-top with a the several figures. seat l2 for the band and providing the top- Figure l of the drawings is a top plan View liange 4 and the band withinterengaging lugs of a portion of a cooking-stove provided with 13. The band-section 2 is further detachably zo an ornamental top-band embodying my -inlocked to the stove-top by means of the screw- 7o vention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing threaded eyebolt 7, hinged thereto at 8 and the top-castin g of the stove partly broken provided with a thumb-nut 9, said bolt being away, with the ornamental top-band applied adapted to swing into and out of an open slot thereto. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section 10, formedin the edge of the top-flange 4. The

z 5 taken through interlocking parts of the top parts are located together by swinging the 75 casting and band on the broken line 3 3 in bolt into said slot l0 and then adjusting the Fig. 2. Fig. l.itis asimilar cross-section takenV nut 9 to bear tightly against the inner side on the broken line ff 4 in Fig. 2. of the flange 4 adjacent to said slot, the nut The prevailing styles of stoves are highly serving as a retainer for the bolt. When 3o ornamented by a liberal use of nickel-plating thus adjusted, the band is securely locked to 8o applied in the form of Vnickel-plated bands the stove-top, being held by the screw-bolt and other ornaments. connection against movement in the only di- As it is difficult, even when great care is rection permitted by the integral detachablyexercised, to avoid soiling the nickel-work interlocking parts of the supporting and sup- 35 when blacking is applied to the iron surfaces ported members. A single screw-bolt con- 85 of the stove while the nickel-work remains nection is thus sufficient to lock the bandthereupon, it is desirable to provide for the section to the stove-top, and the section can quick removal and replacing of the nickeled be easily removed by merely loosening the parts, and to make such provision is the obthumb-nut 9 and swinging the bolt 7 out of 4o ject of my invention. j the slot l0 in the stove-top flange, whereupon 9o My invention is applicable to various parts the band-section can be lifted from the stove. of different kinds of stoves, andI have shown I have shown the band-section 3 locked in in the drawings the invention applied to the position by causing its end 1l to be overtop-band of a cooking stove or range. lapped by the end l2 of the band-section 2, 45 Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the so that when the section 2 has been removed 95 top-casting of the stove, and 2 and 3 separate the section 3 can be lifted from the stove.

sections of the top-band which extends along The band -sections 2 and 3 can thus be the edge of the stove-top. This band may be easily and quickly removed and replaced of any desired form and is preferably formed when it is desired to blacken the stove or at 5o of castiron, having its exposed surfaces other times. f roo What I Claim as new, and desire to secure said bolt and adapted to engage said supportby Letters Patent, is-

In a. stove, the combination with a supporting member provided with an aperture; and a. pair of supported members one ladapted to overlap the other, said supporting member and the respective supported members having integral, deteehably-interlocking parts; 0f ai screw-bolt connected with the overlapping supported member and movable into and out of said aperture in the supporting member; and a nut adjustably mounted on I ing member, whereby both the overlapped and overlapping supported members are detaehably secured to the supporting member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of September, 1902.

CHARLES H. BAILEY.

Vitnesses:

WM. HENRY WARREN, R. S. WOOD.

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