US1353121A - Stove-cabinet - Google Patents

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T. WONE. STOVE CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17. I920.

Patented Sept. 14, 1920. I

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specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 17, 1920. Serial No. 352,158.

illustrated in the accompanying drawings I that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of the various parts, whereby the odors, grease laden air and fumes are carried away throughthe flue. l

- The objects of the invention are to pres serve order and cleanliness in a kitchen thereby taking sanitary precautions in the preparation of food stuffs for the table; to eliminate the destruction of walls, pantries and other surroundings that become coated with the grease borne by the air and the sooty fumes from the stove, whether burning coal, gas, wood 'orother' fuel; to facilitate the preparation'of the foods and greatly increase the fiavors by retaining within the heat zone about the cooking utensils all the nutritious elements of the products; and generally. to provide for households, restaurants, hotels and other places, an eflicient means of jacketing the cooking range or stove without materially eliminating the radiation of heat in thecolder seasons.

In the drawingsyFig'urei 1 is a perspec tive view, showing the cabinet in skeleton form for the colder seasons. 7

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail showing one of the removable sides.

Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the front folding doors.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View showing the cabinet in its complete form.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, the hood 1 is preferably formed with an inclined drop 2 from the flat top 3 and is made in hollow wall formation, that is to say, an outer wall and an inner wall forming the hood portion of an air jacket having the inlets at at the lower end of the drop 2, the inlets 5 at each end and the outlet 6, in the form of a pipe, which leads to the flue, this outlet 6 being preferably centrally arranged in the'flat tog? v hehood l extends'outwardly from the back 7-, which is also of hollow formation and formed with the air inlets8, this piece being in hollow formation the same as the hood 1 and forming the back ofthe air jacket of the stove. The inner end walls 9 close in the hood portion only and are formed of light material, such as sheet metal. 7 i

The angle brackets 10 arerigidly secured Patented Sept. 14, 1920. i

to the back 7, one adjacent'to onejend and the other adjacentto theother end and extend outwardly therefrom, 11 being the foot section of each bracket and 12 the strut section. The inner edge of'the brackets 10 are in alinement with the inner end walls 9 and the sides of the hood 1.

In this shape, the stove cabinet is in its skeleton form, that is to say, with the side and front inclosmg portion removed for wlnter use, as it thus constitutes a hood for the stove very effective indeed, so far as grease laden air is concerned, but not so effective for fumes and odors as when completely inclosed, however it is sometimes necessary where a kitchen is 'not otherwise heated to take away the removable parts and permit the radiation of the heat from) the stove beneath the hood, and it willpbe seen that even in this respect the hood ofiers great advantages, as it forms a battle and in itself is very useful for the better distribution of the heat.

To complete this stove cabinet, the side walls 13 are added, one at each end, each side wall being in'double formation, that is to say, hollow and completing the air jacket partially surrounding the stove, each of said side walls having the air inlets 14 and the communicating air ports 15, as well as the screw bolts 16 extending through the inner end walls 9 and fastened by the nuts 17, said bolts being preferably fixedin the inner part of the said walls 13 and not necessarily thereacross.

This method of fastening is by no means arbitrary, as it may be fastened in various ways.

It will now be seen that the air, which freely enters the hollow walls at the various inlets, arises and carries therewith all the odors, fumes and laden air, which passes from the outlet 6 into the flue. This air is naturally drawn by the draft created in the combustion of fuel and the egress of the gases as a result of the said combustion, therefore, so long as the fire is burning in the stove, the surrounding air will be rapidly drawn in the various inlets and in the summertime will be found of great advantage in forming a jacket around the stove and thereby keeping the heat well within its proper zone instead of unduly heating up the rooms of a house or other building in hot weather.

' The folding doors in two pairs 18 and 19 are secured tothe side walls 13 by the hinges QOand to one another by the hinges 21, the

- pairs meeting centrally and having the knobs 22 and 23. These pairs are provided with a temporary sill 24, which is also suit ably joined to the sides and removable. These pairs, when open, fold against the side walls and allow free access to the stove within the cabinet, but when there is no necessity to reach the upper part of the stove, and it is desirable to keep all the heat within its proper zone, then the doors are .closec, though a view within may be readily obtained through the wlndows 25, which through the outlet from this cabinet, and in all gas ranges and stoves there are always disagreeable fumes, hardly noticeable, but really in evidence on all occasions, and furthermore, escaping gas is bound to occur at times 'and this cabinet takes care of all g that. The odors from cooking, particularly in some vegetables, is Very disagreeable, especlally 1n the smaller houses and apartments, and with this cabinet, the offenslveness of these odors is eliminated, for they are carried into the flue together with the non-heating gases.

In some-of the parts, variations may occur in the construction from time to time to suit conditions without departing from the spirit of the invention, and so long as such changes are within the scope of the claims for novelty following, the protection accorded shall not be invalidated.

1. In a stoye cabinet, a hood portion extending outwardly from a back, each being of hollow wall formation having air inlets, said back extending beyond said hood at each end thereof, brackets secured to said back extending forwardly therefrom and forming independent supports for said hood and back, an outlet pipe extending from said hood and side walls fitting to said back beyond said hood and abutting the latter and communicating therewith, said side walls being removably fastened in their position and with said back and hood forming an air jacket adapted to partially surround a heating element. V

2. In a stove cabinet, a hood portion having a flat top and an inclined drop from said fiat top, said flat top and drop being of hollow wall formation and having inlets at the bottom of said drop, and an outlet in the center of said flat top, a back wall of hollow formation and communicating with said hood and extendlng therebeyond at each end thereof, inner end walls secured back in alinement with said inner endwalls,

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to said hood, angle brackets secured'to said

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