US1387402A - Stove-board - Google Patents

Description

HUTC STOVE BOARD.

APPLICATION FlLE D NOV. 4, 1920- 1,387,402.

Patented A 9 21.

UNITED STATE AUGUST HUTGl-I, or. CHICAGO; ILLINOIS.

PATENT or fice-l STOVE-BOARD.

To all whom it may concern: g I

Beit known that I, AUGUST-I-IUTOH, a "citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new andfluseful Im-L.

movements in ove-Boards, or which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in base" boards especially adapted for use in connection with heat stoves and the like.

Briefly stated, this invention aims to provide a base or stove board having a slidable tray which may be readily and conveniently moved to its extended position in front of the stove so as to collect hot ashes and the like which drop from the ash pit of the l stove when the latter isbeingcleaned.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a stove board having an ash collecting tray which when notin use is entirely concealed from view so as not to mar the appearance of the room within which the stove is located. I i

A further object of the invention is to provide'a stove board whichis of highly I simplified construction, efiicient in use and part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe same:

cheap to manufacture. Y

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, formingxa Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved stove board, the-tray of the same being shown extended;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective of the improved stove board, parts. being broken aways Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional viewtaken on line' 3-3 of Fig.2. I

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 generally designates a heat stove which is adapted to be arranged within a room for the purpose of heating the same. The stove 10. which in itself forms no part of this inventiomis mounted upon a stove or base board generally designated by the numeral 12. The stove board comprises a base board 14 having its longitudinal edge portions formed with spaced parallel upstandin sides 16to whicha metallic cover plate 1 the ashes.

7 -Specifieation of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 9, 1921 hpplieation filed November 4,1920. Serial-No. 421,?25. 1 I r i is secured by means-of fastening elements l8. The metallic cover plate 17 extends over. they edges of the upstanding sides .16 sog that the cover. plate will besecurelyconnected lt'of andwso as to provide a ing flanges 24which contact with the adjacent edges of the upstanding'sides 16. The

flanges 24;.therefore constitute guides which engage the upstanding sides 16 so as to preis withdrawn or movedinto ment. 2 p

. When in an extended position, as illustrated in F ig52'ofthedrawing's, the tray 22 is adapted to receive the hot ashes and the like dropped from the ash pit when the stove is beingoleaned. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the drawer 26. of the stove extends the compartvent the tray 22 from binding when the same i to a pointadjacent the outer side of the stove board and frequently the ashes are caused to drop from the drawer 26 onto the carpet surrounding the stove. r This frequently results in damage to the carpet or rug and in some cases causes fire. The tray 22 collects the ashes whichdrop from the drawer 26 so that the ashes will be prevented from dropping onto the carpet. or floor. The upstanding guide ,flanges'24 ofthe tray constitute a retaining'means for The tray may be removed from the stove board so that the ashes dropped upon the same may be conveniently conveyed to a suitable point of disposal.

, As illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, a longitudinally curved leaf spring 28' iszanchored to one upstanding side wall 16 of the, base member and has frictional contact with theadjacent flange 24 so as tosecure the tray in a set position. In this manner thetray is securely held within the compartment 20 or may be held in an extended position.

With referenceto the foregoing, it will be apparent that a stove board constructed in accordance with this invention will 'effectively prevent the ashes dropped from the stove or the drawer of the same from 5 ably injuring the same. 7

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. A stove board having upstanding sides and a cover plate secured to said sides thereby forming a compartment, a tray slidable Within said compartment, and yieldable means Within the compartment andengaging the tray to hold the same in a set position.

2. A stove board comprising a base board having upstanding sides at its longitudinal edge portions and a cover plate securedto and bridging said sides thereby forming a compartment, and a tray slidable Within said compartment and having its edgeportions formed with upstanding guides contacting With the upstanding sides of the'base board, the upstanding sides of said tray forming a retaining means for ashes'and the upslidable in said compartment and having its edge portions formed With upstanding flanges constituting retaining means for the ashes dropped upon the tray and forming guides for the tray, and a leaf spring Within the base member between the adjacent 0pposed sides of the compartment and afiange' on the tra and in contact Withsaid flangeto retain't e tray inaset position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

; AUGUST HUTCH"; as

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