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Description

No. 62mm. Patented Mar. 2a, |899.

J. H. soonFELLow. y COOKING 0R vHEATING STOVE.

(Apnlcation Bled June 23, 1898.)

(No lllnde.)

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NrTnD STATES PATENT Ehren.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOW, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- d HALF TO JOSEPH W. PIPER, OF SAME PLACE.

' bination With a cooking or heating apparatus COOKING OR H EATING STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,812, dated March 28, 1899.

Application led June 23, 1898. Serial No. 684,317. (No model.) d

To ctZZ whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN H. Goonrnnnow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, Middlesex county, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking or Heating Stoves, fully set forth in the following description and represented .in the accompanyn ing drawings. e

`This invention relates to improvements in heating and cooking stoves, &c., and such other apparatus inpwhich there is a combustion-chamber and smoke-fines constructed therein for the passage of combustion, heat, and gases and in which passages there may be an accumulation of ashes and soot in the flues of such apparatus. Heretofore it has been customary to provide such apparatus with flue stop or door to be removed in various walls of the apparatus through which a scraper could be manipulated to rake out the accumulated mass of foreign matter, while others removed a portion of the oven-plate to facilitate'the same purpose. The task being obnoxious and laborious at times and often causing much dust to rise in the room or to reach the floor, a task being lhard for a lady to perform, requires much skill in manipulating, for the agitations of the dust in the flue with a scraper causes much to be carried back by the draft into the flues of the stove, while in the application of my improvements none of these objectionable features can occur, or the loss of a suitable scraper, generally supplied with an apparatus, hinder. or delay the cleaning of .the flues to the annoyance of the operator when desired to have the stove in its best possible condition for baking; and my invention has for its object to provide means always ready, quick, and easy to operate to remove the accumulated soot and ashes from said flues of such apparatus without any of the said objectionable features.

To this end my invention consists, in cornprovided with gas and heat conducting flues, of a flue-strip supported free from the bottom of said passage and a tray or pan constructed and arranged and adapted to pass beneath the Hue-strip, whereby upon its removal from the flue the accumulated soot and ashes may be removed thereupon; and it further conf sists of the combination, with a cooking or heating apparatus pro vided withv gas and heat conducting iiues, of a ue strip or strips supported free from the bottom of said passage and a tray or pan constructed and arranged and adapted to pass beneath the fluestrip and furnished with a matching Iiue- 6 o strip arranged to register therewith, whereby the products of combustion are directed and the accumulated soot and ashes may be removed thereupon; and it further consists of such other details of construction and operaa tion as are hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. In the drawings,'Figure l is a perspective View of a cooking-range, illustrating the application of my invention; Fig. 2, a rear end 7o elevation of a range with the end jamb A removed, illustrating distinctive features of my invention; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section of Fig. 2 With rear end jamb in position; Fig. 4, a vertical section, and Fig. 5 a longi 75 tudinal section, illustrating a modification; and Fig. 6, a perspective vi ew of my improved soot-tray removed from the stove. A

Like letters of reference refer to corresponding figures in the drawings.l

AArepresents the end jamb of a stove, Othe end oven-plate, D the bottom oven-plate,` L the bottom of the stove, and B the back of the stove, a portion of which forms the back of the oven and rear ascending flue Q, between all of which plates the flues N Q and O P are formed, the two latter forming the horizontal flues between the plates D and L or beneath the.oven R.

In Figs. l, 2, and 3 my improvements are 9o shown as combined with a sheet-flue stove, while Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate them in what is commonly known as diving and ascending flue stoves. In the former the flue-strip b is omitted and the strip ct arranged diagonally beneath the bottom oven-plate, which, as shown,.may be connected thereto by suitable bolts a3 passing through members a2, the lower edge of said strip being supported free from the bottom L. Longitudinally this strip rco may be inclined, so that its highest edge adjacent to the door may be farther off from the bottom of the stove. l

t represents inwardly-projecting lianges formed on the side walls of the [lue-passages, thc object of which will hereinafter appear.

S is an elongated opening, which may be constructed in any of the side walls of the stove, communicating with the said iiues, and I is a door adapted to close the same, and 2a drawer-pull or other suitable operating device.

As shown, .I represents a pan or tray which may be made of any suitable material, such as sheet or cast metal, and provided with shallow sides and end flanges, the upper edges of which may occupy a position beneath the flanges t, thus directing dust and ashes to the pan. One of the sides of said pan may be rigidly connected to the door I, or it may be provided with an independent end or edge and placed within the Hue-space free of the said door. As shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 5, the said tray is provided with an auxiliary flue-strip d, its top face d3 of suitable width and preferably inclined to correspond to the angle of the lower edge of the strip a and its width compensating for any inaccuracy in 1ocating it in the pan, or it may be struck up from the metal forming the tray. Thus when in line together with each other the products of combustion are directed from the flue o to I and Q by passing around the outer ends of theirjunction. In Figs. tand 5 the said strips a and d are arranged to iit'the requirements of a divin g-ii ue stove, in which the upper face of the auxiliary strip (Z maybe provided with a rabbet w and the lower edge of the lluestrip a extendinginto the rabbet. Thus when moved into position longitudinally to form a junction with the strip they form sealing as well as matching edges and readily free themselves from each other as the pan J is drawn out through the opening S by reason of their wedge-like action. In lieu of the auxiliary strip d the said strip a may be constructed to form a closed junction with the bottom of the pan, and its end may pass in and out of the notch n as the pan is withdrawn or replaced and a raised surface or rabbet form ed to be cooperated therewith made in the tray-bottom. A suitable bail may be connected to the pan, by which it may be carried after withdrawal.

In someinstances, if desired, separate pans may be used, one on either side of the Huestrip a, which may form its junction with the,

bottom L, and the side of the strip provided with dust-directing flanges t, under which the edges of the pan may pass, the same as on its outer edges, the said pans being connected to the door I or independent thereof,without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In operating this device, assuming that all parts are in position and the stove has been used sufficiently to require cleaning, it is but necessary to sweep all dirt from the top of the oven-plate into the flueN or N and Q, pound lightly the side plates of the stove and oven plates with hammer or poker to jar the dust from them into the flue O and I), when the pan or tray may be drawn out with its contents bythe drawer-pull, the bail 7;/ lifted from the bottom, and the tray carried to the ashbarrel, after which the same may be quickly placed in position.

Then the flue Q extends up behind the rear oven-plate, as seen in Figs. l, 2, and 5, the lower end, forming connection with the ue P, may be provided with a suitable sootdisplacer V, the movement of which will cause the soot resting therein to be directed into the pan, as shown in Fig. 3, consists of a triangular frame resting on the bed of the flue, and a connecting-rod o protrudes from the side and furnished with a suitable knob c to reciprocate this rod in and out of the flue. The agitation of the scraper will quickly force the soot into the pan.

Having shown and described this invention as applied to cooking apparatus, it will be readily understood that the same is equally applicable to many constructions of parlorstoves and heaters commonly known as baseburners, its modifications and shape being adjusted to be used beneath the ash-pit within the flues of such stoves and the same object obtained without departing from the spirit of my invention.

IVhat I claim isl. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with heat-conducting iiues and a tray or pan arranged therein, of a 'flue-strip supported free from the bottom of said flue, and means constructed and arranged in the bottom of the pan, adapting it to cooperate as set forth.

2. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with suitable heat-conducting ues and a tray or pan adapted thereto, of a dividing finestrip in the pan constructed and arranged, and adapted to register with walls above it, whereby the products of combustion are directed.

3. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with suitable heat-conducting flues, of a tray or pan provided with a device adapted to register with a suspended flue-strip, whereby the products of combustion are directed, and the pan separable therefrom with its contents without disturbing the Hue-strip.

et. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with heat-conducting ilues, of a tray or pan provided with a device adapted to register with a suspended Hue-strip, their meeting surfaces constructed and arranged to provide awedge-like action, and furnished with a suitable bail, as set forth.

5. In combination with a cookingv apparatus, provided with rear vertical and horizontal iues beneath the oven, and avertieal ascending flue extended therefrom, of a displacement device located at the junction of the latterlue, adapted to direct the soot and IOO IIO

ashes accumulating therein, into the horizon# tal lue.

6. In combination with a cooking apparatus, provided With rear diving flue and horizontallue beneath the oven, a removable tray or pan in said flue, a vertical ascending flue extended therefrom, of an agitating device located on the bottom of said ue at their j unction, and means for operating the same,

whereby the soot and ashes accumulating in Io the vertical flue may be directed into the pan.

In testimony whereof I have set my hand, this 13th day of June, 1898, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOW.

Witnesses:

TRUMAN PARKER, CHAs. H. WYMAN.

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