US1189030A - Steam-dissipating attachment for cook-stoves and ranges. - Google Patents

Description

D. W. YORK.

STEAM DTSSIPATING ATTACHMENT FOR COOK'STOVES AND RANGES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I0. 1916.

l ,1 89,030. Patented June 27, 1916.

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DAVID W. YORK, OF NORTH ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-TEN TH T0 BERTHA IB. YORK AND ONE-TENTHTO E. L. CHAPMAN, BOTH OF NORTH ABINGTON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1916.

Application filed March 10, 1916. Serial No. 83,385.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, DAVID W. YORK, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Abington, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Steam- Dissipating Attachments for Cook-Stoves and Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a dissipating attachment for cook stoves and ranges, and its object is to provide an attachment whereby the steam generated within the cooking vessels upon the stoves may be collected and discharged directly into the smoke pipe leading to the flue, thus 'preventlng the steam from escaping into the kitchen or room in which the stove is arranged.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which may be applied to .any ordinary cook stove or range, for use in conjunction with one or more vessels at a time, and whichineludes special covers for application to the cooking vessels by means of which the escape of steam from the vessels will be freely permitted and the steam gathered for conduction to the smoke pipe.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in whic Figure 1 is a top plan view of a stove or range showing the application of the inven tion, parts appearing in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the steam conductor removed. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the same, and showing one of the connectors. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a vessel cover.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a cook stove or range of any of the constructions in general use, and 2 a smoke pipe connected with the smoke outlet thereof, and which is adapted for attachment to a main pipe or flue 3 leading to the chimney, whereby the smoke and products of combustion from the stove are discharged to the atmosphere.

My improved steam eliminator comprises a steam collecting pipe 4 disposed horizontally above the top 5 of thestove and preferably extending in a direction from front to rear thereof. This collecting pipe 4 is connected with a discharge pipe 6 by means of a U-shaped intermediate pipe or union 7 which connects therear end of the pipe 4 wlth the outer end of the pipe 6. The pipe 6 extends parallel with the arms of the union 7 in rear of the back shelf support 8 of the stove, and the arms of the union 7 lie on opposite sides of this shelf support and are connected by the return bend thereof or ad acent one end of said support, the inner end of the pipe 6 being fitted over a tube 9 upon the smoke outlet pipe 2, by means of which the discharge pipe 6 and, through which, the collecting pipe 4, are in communication with said outlet pipe and the flue through which the products of combustion are discharged. It will accordingly be understood that the passage of the smoke and products of combustion through the pipe 2 causes a draft or partial suction in the pipes 4, G and 7, whereby any steam contained in said pipes will be drawn into the flue and discharged.

The pipe 4 is closed at its forward end, as indicated at 10, and said pipe is provided with a desired number or series of inlet tubes 11 for the admission of the steam from the cooking vessels upon the stove, U- shaped connectors 12 being provided for uniting said tubes with the respective vessels to be placed in communication with the collecting pipe. For this purpose, a cover 13 of ordinary construction but which is provided with a discharge tube 14 is furnished for closing each vessel, and in connect ng such vessel with the pipe 4 a connectmg member 12 is used, one arm of which is attached to a tube 11 of the pipe 4 and the other arm of which is connected with the tube 14 of the cover of the vessel which is to be coupled to the eliminating pipe. Thus it will be understood that one or more vessels may be simultaneously connected with the pipe, and that the connectors may be of suitable size for connection with vessels disposed at different points, enabling any deslred number to be connected with the eliminator at will, dependent upon the number of inlet tubes 11 provided.

In the operation of the device, it will of course be apparent that as the steam is generated by the vessels, it will pass through the suction produced in the pipe 4 first into said pipe and then through the pipes 7 and (3 to the pipe 2 and thence to the chimney, all of the steam being thus prevented from escaping into the room and discharged into the chimney in an obvious manner, the advantages and conveniences of which will be manifest. Preferably a supporting member or leg 15 is provided upon the pipe 4 to brace and sustain the same from the top of the stove.

I claim In a device of a class described, in combination, a stove, a chimney mounted at one side of said stove, a bracket mounted upon said store at the opposite side thereof with respect to said chimney, an elongated steamcollection pipe secured at one end upon said bracket and extending substantially throughout the width of the stove and having a U-shaped connection with the chimney so as to be supported above the stove, a longitudinal series of projections forming inlet nipples upon said steam collection pipe, and a plurality of interchangeable receiving curved pipes secured upon said nipples at one end and adapted to extend downwardly with their opposite ends for connection with steam-supplying tubes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID XV. YORK. lVitnesses CHARLES H. HUNT, ARTHUR C. BISHOP.

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