US3478734A - Portable cooking and heating device - Google Patents

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Nov. 18, 1969 l. COVEY PORTABLE COOKING AND HEATING DEVICE Filed Oct. 13, 1967 IN //////1/ ca 52 9 BY W. W

United States Patent 3,478,734 PORTABLE COOKING AND HEATING DEVICE Ivan Covey, 5825 Denton Road, Belleville, Mich. 48111 Filed Oct. 13, 1967, Ser. No. 675,212 Int. Cl. F24c 5/02 U.S. Cl. 126-44 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This application discloses a portable cooking and heating device, which employs liquid petroleum gas as the heat producing medium. The invention resides in a portable carrier frame having a table like element for mounting a stove, a platform for supporting a can of liquid petroleum gas, and means to support the frame, including rotatable and height adjusting elements.

This invention relates to cooking and heating devices and has particular reference to a device of that character, which may readily be used in a tent, camper, cabin, boat,

trailer, apartment, home or other place, such as an openair campsite, which it is desirable and necessary to provide quick cooking or heating facilities.

An object of the invention is to provide an integrated, readily portable, cooking device, which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture and assemble, and efiicient in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character indicated which is compact and may be stored or used in a confined space.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character indicated, which is constructed with a wheeled frame, having a table portion for supporting a tove, and a platform for supporting a receptacle carrying a supply of gas under pressure, and means for quickly connecting the gas receptacle to the stove.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character indicated, which is constructed with a frame for supporting a stove and a gas receptacle, said frame having rotatable elements thereon for transporting it over a flat surface, and adjustable legs for raising and lowering the rear portion of said frame when at rest.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent as the description proceeds, reference being made from time to time to the accompanying drawing, forming part of the within disclosure, in which drawing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the device shown in FIG. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, it will be understood that in the embodiment herein disclosed, the reference character 7 indicates, in general, the carrier frame. The reference character 8 indicates the stove support, and the reference character 9 indicates the gas receptacle support platform.

The frame 7 consists of a pair of vertical members 10 and 11, and a transverse member 12, which are preferably made of angle iron and are secured to one another by welding or other suitable means.

The stove support 8 is preferably made of a fiat piece of heavy gage metal, having upturned flanges 8A and SE at front and back respectively. The stove support 8 is welded, or otherwise secured to the frame 7, as at 8C.

The stove support 8 also may be used as a table when the stove is removed.

The platform 9 is substantially rectangular in shape, and is made up of front member 13, rear member 14, side members 15 and 16, which are preferably made of angle iron, and an intermediate metal bar 17, all of which are secured to one another by means of welding, or other suitable means. The platform 9 is secured to the frame 7 by welding, as at 18 (FIG. 1).

The frame 7, stove support 8, and the platform 9, are preferably reinforced by cross members 19, 20, 21, and 22, which are welded, or otherwise secured at their ends, to the frame 7, the stove support 8, and the platform 9, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The members 19, 20, 21 and 22, may also be spot welded, as at 23, to provide further rigidity.

Secured to the underside of the frame 9, by any suitable means, is a pair of brackets 24 (FIG. 2), which are bored to receive a shaft 25, on which is mounted a pair of rubber tired wheels 26, so that the assembly may easily be transported from place to place.

The assembly is supported at the rear by a pair of threaded legs 27, which engage nuts 28, welded or otherwise secured to the frame 7. With the adjustable legs 27 the device may be made level on any type of terrain. This is an advantageous feature of the invention, particularly when the device is used at a campsite or out-of-doors where the terrain is naturally uneven.

Mounted on top of the member 8 is a conventional gas stove 29 which may have at least two burners, which are controlled by the valve members 30 and 31, as in conventional practice.

The stove 29 may be secured to the member 8 by any suitable means, or it simply may rest on the member 8 and be held against forward or backward displacement by means of the upturned flanges 8A and 8B. Of course, it is held, to a certain extent, against lateral displacement when it i connected up, as hereinafter described.

Mounted on the platform 9 is a conventional liquid petroleum gas receptacle 32, which is connected to the stove 29 by means of a flexible tube 33, and a coupling 34. The gas tank 32 is provided with a conventional pressure regulator 35 and a shut-off valve 36. The tank 32 is held against displacement on the platform by means of a metal strap 37 which encircles it, the ends of which strap are bent outwardly, as at 38, and are bored to receive bolts 39, which extend through the bores and through similar bores in the frame member 12.

The gas tank 32, which is normally charged with sufiicient gas to operate the stove 29 over an extended period of time, is readily obtainable on the open market. The tank 32 is preferably left on the platform 9 at all times while there is any charge left in the tank, and may be readily replaced by another when the charge has been exhausted.

It is believed that the operation of the device is obvious from the foregoing description.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A portable cooking device of the character described comprising the combination of a wheeled frame having upper and lower platforms, the upper platformhaving received thereon a cooking element, with means to anchor said cooking element against displacement, the lower platform having received thereon a tank of liquid petroleum, which tank is substantially co-extensive with the area defined between said upper and lower platforms, and

3 4 means communicating the said tank with said cooking 2,900,897 8/1959 Fisher 126-9 X element. 3,210,537 10/1965 Groves 12644 X References Cited FOREIGN PATENTS UNITED STATES PATENTS 5 1,088,794 9/1954 France. 3,140,740 7/1964 Lagreid et a1 625O 1,040,451 10/ 1912 Stockton 126276 EDWARD G. FAVORS, Primary Examiner

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