US89223A - Stove-shelf - Google Patents

Description

.SUNITED STATES 1li/.rr UNFI'y OFFICE.

y F. w. HUDSON, or nnoMnvSTnn, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVE-SH ELF.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 89,223, dated April 20, 1869.

' Know all men by these presents:

' and in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of a stove having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents a front view; and Fig. 3 represents a section on line A B, Fig. 1.

To enable those skilled in the artto which my invention Vbelon gs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it'more in detail.

This invention relates to a new manner of combining shelves for supporting artic-les to be warmed and dried, or to be kept warm with stoves, and also in the manner of constructing and arranging the said shelves.

The invention consists, first, in combining with a stove one or movable shelves or sup-- ports for supporting articles above the stove, substantially in the manner hereinafter described; second, in clamping or otherwise attaching an upright post, rod, or standard to the upper stove-plate, for the purpose of supporting shelves, or swin ging or other supports, as will be hereafter described; third, in combinin g with said post, standard, or rod one or more adjustable and swinging shelves or supports, for the purposes hereafter described; fourth, in combining with said shelves and post or standard an adjustable sleeve for adjusting the shelves up and down upon said post; fifth, in combining with said post two swinging shelves, so constructed that when swung together their upper surfaces will be upon the saine horizonalplane for convenience of supportin g articles placed thereon, as hereafter described; sixth, so constructing the shelves that they can be swung -back upon each side of the stove-pipe, as shown in Fig. l; seventh, in making the shelves with holes or perforations, for the purposes hereafter explained.

In the drawings,Arepresentsa stove, which may be of the ordinary or any suitable construction. B is a post, rod, or standard, the bottom of which is connected to the center of the curved 'piece a, thc ends b b of which project back at each side of the stove-pipe C, where they are fastened to the top plate, D, of the stove by means of the clamping-pieces c c and screws d d, as fully indicated in the drawings. Upon the post B is fitted avsleeve or slide-piece, E, having a thumb or set screw, e, by means of which it can be fastened to the post B, for supporting the shelves F F at any desired height above the stove-plate D. The

yshelves F F are made with curved projecting Shanks f f, through the rear ends of which holes are made to receive lthe rod or post B.

` Shanks f f are also so made as'to permit lthe shelves F F to stand upon the same horizontal plane, as fully indicated in Fig. 2. Shelves F F are provided with holes g g, to render them light, and also to permit the heated air to pass up through them to warm and dry, as the case may be, the articles which may be placed upon the shelves.

By having the shelves so 'made that they will stand in the same horizontal plane when brought together, as shown in Fig. 2, they can be used as one shelf for supporting articles of considerable size, while, when desirable, they can be opened, as shown in blue lines, Fig. l; or, when preferred, they 4can be turned back on each side of the stove-pipe, as fully indicated in red lines, same gure.

The shelves may be used for drying and airing dishes and pails, and also articles of clothing, or for supporting dishes containing liquids or food, as the case may be, and they can be adjusted very easily up and down upon the post B, so as to stand at any desired distance above the stove-plate D, to obtain the requisite degree of heat.

In lien of a separate sleeve, E, the rear end of one of tlleshanks or arms j' of one of the shelves may be provided with a hub and setscrew, for adjusting and holding the shelvesA holding the curved base-piece ct to the stove- -plate D, any other suitable device maybe employed, and post B may be fastened or secured to the top plate in any desired manner.

The shanks or arms ff are made so as to lap partially by each other, thereby bringing the shelves upon the same horizontal plane, as shown.

My invention has been subjected to a long and severe test, and has proved of great practical value, and is highly prized by all housekeepers who have tried it.

By making the shelf device so that it can be opened or spread apart, the housekeeperis enabled to support articles in a position which j exposes them to a great heating and drying surface.

Having described my improved shelf attachment for stoves, what I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a stove, of one or more hinged or movable shelves, in the manner and for the purposes stated.

2. The post B, when attached to the side or top or" the stove, for supporting a shelf or shelves, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the bottom of the post,`of a base-piece and clamping device for securing or fastening the post to the top plate of the stove.

4. They combination of the shelf-supporting post with the stove in such a manner that the 'of the stovepipe.

5. The combination, with the supportingpost, of two swinging shelves, so constructed and arranged that they can be swung to or from each other in the same horizontal plane, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a supporting-post, B, of two shelves and a holding device, whereby said shelves can be adjusted up and down upon the post, for the purposes stated.

7. The combination, with a shelf-post, B, ot an adjustable sleeve, E, and thumb-screw e, or its equivalent, for the purposes stated.

8. The combination, with a supporting-post, B, of two shelves, constructed substantially as described, whereby they can be turned back by the sides of the stove-pipe, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination and arrangement, with a stove, of a shelf for supporting articles to be dried or warmed in an elevated position above the top plate of the stove, substantially as herein described.

l0. The arrangement of supporting devices above the top plate of the stove in such a manner that they can be moved from or towardv each other for supporting articles to be aired,

dried, or warmed.

F. W. HUDSON. Witnesses:

E. J. FULLER, G. W. CARTER.

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