US1961391A - Oven and oven shelf - Google Patents

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June 5, 1934. A. J. RE-EDY El AL OVEN AND OVEN SHELF INVENTORS Wm 45mm! Filed Sept 15, 1932 W764 J feed &

BY MTZM Y Patented June 5, 1934 i OVEN AND OVEN SHELF Alfred J. Reedy and Wendell L. Smith, Battle Creek, Mich., assignors to 11-3 Stove Company, Battle Creek, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application September 15, 1932, Serial No. 633,346

7 Claims. (Cl. 126-339) The main objects of this invention are: off the rear end thereof when-the shelf is drawn First, to provide a combined oven shelf and forwardly. drip pan combination which is capable of a wide The shelf is provided with a pair of drip pan range of adjustment to meetvarying conditions rails 14 having upturnedrear ends 15 welded 5 or to adapt for various uses. tothe rear cross piece 6, and upturned front 63 Second, to provide a structure having theseends 16 welded to thecross piece 7, the upturned advantages, which is very easily manipulated.ends 16 being laterally offset at 17.

Third, to provide a combined shelf and drip Thepan 18 is provided with an out-turned rim pan unit in which the drip pan is removably 19 which slidably engages these rails so that 0 and slidably supported'and serves not only as the pan is removably and slidably supported a drip pan but as a deflector plate when the shelf thereon. The upturnedportions 15 at the rear is used for certain purposes. ends of the rails serve as stops limiting the rear- Objects pertaining to details and economies of ward movement of the pan. our invention will definitely appear from the We preferably provide a plurality ofshelves 15 description to follow. The invention is defined as illustrated. The shelves may be selectively in the claims. engaged with the rails and the pan selectively Astructure which embodiesthe features of our engaged with the shelves, so that the shelves invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanymay be adjusted as desired within the oven to ing drawing, in which: best adapt them to the material to be cooked, 0 Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a cooking stove or the articles to be cooked may be placed dior range embodying the features of my invention. rectly within the. pan, thereby providing a, com- Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of one bined baking, broiling or roasting pan, a cocky of the combined shelf and drip pan units, the pan, or the like.

shelf being removed from the oven and the drip We have described and illustrated our improve- 5 pan being partially withdrawn from its supports. ments in an embodiment which we have found Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section on very practical. We have not attempted to illusline 3-3 of Fig. 2. trate or describe other embodiments or adapta- In the accompanying drawing, a cooking stove tions of our invention, as it is believed that this orrange 1 is provided with an oven 2' having a disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to 30 suitable burner indicated conventionally at 3. embody or adapt our improvements as may be The oven has a vertical series ofshelf rails 4 desired. I preferably formed of light rods or wire as illus- Having thusdescribed our invention what we trated, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Our improved rack comprises a border frame ent is:

35 consisting ofsidemembers 5, a rear member 6 1. The combination with a compartment proand afront member 7, preferably formed intevided with a plurality of coacting pairs of shelf grally as shown in Fig. 2. These members are rails, a plurality of shelves selectively engageable formed of light rod bent into suitable shape and with and slidable upon said rails, each shelf comthe ends joined, the joint not being illustrated prising a frame having front, rear and side mem- 40 as it is preferably effected by welding. bers and a grid secured to said frame, a rear Therear cross member 8 is disposed above the cross member disposed above the rear member rear frame member 6 and is provided with downof the frame and having downturned arms at its turnedarms 9 at its ends which are welded to ends secured thereto, the arms terminating in the rear cross member. These arms terminate out-turned lugs projecting below the rails on 45 in outwardly projectinglugs 10. which extend which the shelf is supported to limit the downbelow the rails and constitute lugs limiting the ward tilting movement of the front end of the downward til movement of the front end of shelf, stops on the frame side members coacting the shelf when it is pulled outward y 0n the with the front ends of the rails to limit the forrails. The side emb r o t e frame are proward sliding movement of the shelf thereon, pan- 50' vided withstops 11 which coact with the front supporting rails having upturned rear ends seends 12 0 t rails, limiting the utward mOVecured to the rear cross member of the frame and ment of the shelf thereon. outwardly offset upturned portions at the front Thewire grid 13 is secured to t e top o the end secured to the front member of the frame, frame. Thecross member 8 Serves as an ab and a pan having an out-turned rim slidable on 55 ment so that any object on the shelf cannot slip aid pan-supporting rails, the upturned rear ends of the rails constituting stops limiting the rearward movement of the pan on the said pan-supporting rails.

2. The combination with a compartment provided with a plurality of coacting pairs of shelf rails, a plurality of shelves selectively engageable with and slidable upon said rails, each shelf comprising a frame having front, rear and side members and a grid secured to said frame, stops on the frame side members coacting with the front ends of the rails to limit the forward sliding movement of the shelf thereon, pan-supporting rails having upturned rear ends secured to the rear cross member of the frame and outwardly offset upturned portions at the front end secured to the front member of the frame, and a pan having an outturned rim slidable on said pan-supporting rails, the upturned rear ends of the rails constituting stops limiting the rearwardmovement of the pan on the said pan-supporting rails.

3. The combination with a compartment provided with a plurality of coacting pairs of shelf rails, a plurality of shelves selectively engageable with and slidable upon said rails, each shelf comprising a frame having front, rear and side members and a grid secured to said frame, a rear cross member disposed above the rear member of the frame and having down-turned arms at its ends secured thereto, the arms terminating in out-turned lugs projecting below the rails on which the shelf is supported to limit the downward tilting movement of the front end of the shelf, and stops on the frame side members coacting with the front ends of the rails to limit the forward sliding movement of the shelf there- 4. The combination with an oven or like compartment provided with shelf rails, of a shelf comprising a frame having front, rear and side members and a grid secured to said frame, a rear cross member disposed above the rear member of the frame and having down-turned arms at its ends secured thereto, the arms terminating in out-turned lugs coacting with the rails on which the shelf is supported to limit the downward tilting movement of the front end of the shelf, stops on the frame side members coacting with the front ends of the rails to limit the forward sliding movement of the shelf thereon, pan-supporting rails having upturned rear ends secured to the rear cross member of the frame and outwardly offset upturned portions at the front end secured to the front member of the frame, and a pan having an outturned rim slidable on said pan-supporting rails, the upturned rear ends of the rails constituting stops limiting the rearward movement of the pan on the said pan-supporting rails.

5. The combination with an oven or like compartment provided with shelf rails, of a shelf comprising a frame having front, rear and side members and a grid secured to said frame, pansupporting rails havin'g upturned rear ends secured to the rear cross member of the frame and outwardly offset upturned portions at the front end secured to the front member of the frame, and a pan having an outturned rim slidable on said pan-supporting rails, the upturned rear ends of the rails constituting stops limiting the rearward movement of the pan on the said pan-supporting rails. I

6. The combination with a compartment provided with a plurality of coacting pairs of shelf rails, a plurality of shelves selectively engageable with and slidable upon said rails, pan-supporting rails having upturned rear ends secured to the rear end of the shelf and outwardly offset upturned portions at their front end secured to the front of the shelf, and a pan slidable on said pansu'pporting rails, the upturned rear ends of the rails constituting stops limiting the rearward movement of the pan on said pan-supporting rails.

7. The combination with a compartment provided with shelf rails, a shelf slidable upon said rails, pan-supporting rails having upturned rear ends secured to the rear end of the shelf and outwardly offset upturned portions at their front end secured to the front of the shelf, and a pan slidable on said pan-supporting rails, the upturned rear ends of the rails constituting stops limiting the rearward movement of the pan on said pansupporting rails.

ALFRED J. REEDY. WENDELL L. SMITH.

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