Abstract: Gas-fired cooking apparatus comprising a combined griddle and broiler unit, including a hinged broiler heat source which can be selectively raised or lowered over the cooking surface of the griddle is disclosed. The heat source is ignited by an electro-mechanical system responsive to the position of the broiler top, and which ignites the heat source only when the top is lowered. An exhaust system is provided for removing combustion products from the cooking surface.

Abstract: A rectangular shaped padded cloth cover for the outside of an oven door is constructed by securing together several pieces of material to provide the thickness or padding necessary to establish a protective barrier. Loops are provided to secure the cover to the oven door handle, and magnets, adhesive, or other fastening devices hold the cover to the door when the door is opened. The cover protects against injuries resulting from casual contact with a hot oven door, and also serves a decorative function.

Abstract: A barrier for appliances and the like having a substantially rigid panel, a mount adapted to be secured in fixed relation to the appliance and fasteners for securing the panel on the mount to proscribe a protected zone relative to the appliance.

Abstract: A single cavity gas oven and grill unit provided with an oven burner (14) and an independent grill burner (15). A flue (12) has a flap (16) pivotable between a closed position for the oven mode and an open position for the griling mode. The flap (16) is connected by a first linkage to a selector (13) and by a second linkage to a dual gas tap. For the oven mode the selector (13) closes the flap which in turn prevents the gas tap operating the grill. When the grill is on, the gas tap holds the flap open which in turn holds the selector in a position to prevent the oven door being closed.

Abstract: A protective device (10) useful with an appliance (12) such as a stove or an oven having at least one control knob (14) operatively positioned on a first surface of the appliance, the device (10) comprising: a cover (20), movable between a first position and a second position, for protectively enveloping the control knob when in the first position and for permitting access to the control knob when in the second position; and magnetic material (60) attached to a portion of the cover (20) for causing the first means to tend to be maintained in the first position.

Abstract: A hot fireplace includes an elongated main gas burner associated with a grate for supporting logs, there being a control operatively connected with the burner to control flow of combustible gas to the burner, the control located near the fireplace. In this environment there is a heat shield located proximate the control to intercept infra-red radiation toward said control, the shield having perforations sized for intercepting such radiation, and for passing convection air therethrough. Typically, the perforations have cross dimensions less than the wavelength of infra-red radiation.

Abstract: The temperature of localized high temperature regions in the side panels of a kitchen range is reduced by the use of thermal conduction breaks to interrupt thermal conduction paths and inhibit the transfer of heat from the oven through a supporting frame to the side panels. The thermal conduction breaks comprise a plurality of thin, vertically orientated elongated slits in upper portions of the front faces of the side panels. Heat transfer into the side panels due to radiation from the oven door is reduced by forming the oven door with a plurality of elongated slits disposed about a central portion of the door which closes the oven access opening to interrupt thermal conduction paths from the central portion to peripheral regions of the door adjacent to front faces of the side panels.

Abstract: A safety accessory (10) used in combination with a field range (100) having a plurality of burner units (101); wherein, the safety accessory (10) includes an elongated shaft member (14) pivotally secured to the side (103) of the field range (100) and having rod elements (15) that project into the interior of the field range (100) to allow only one burner unit (101) to be operatively installed on either the upper (104) or lower (105) shelf elements of the field range (100).

Abstract: Children safety device for cookers or stoves where such a device must be used when using the stove. The children safety device comprises a front plate which may be raised in tracks and cooperating side plates which together comprise an at least partially peripheral obstacle, and optionally an additional down-folding panel which may cover the switch panel and/or the stove door in a down-folded position.

Abstract: A spark ignition safety system for a gas barbeque. The system comprises an external electrode secured to the bottom of the grill and positioned in proximity to a portion of the lid so that when the spark generator is actuated, a spark will be generated only externally when the lid is closed and only internally, through the normal internal spark generating electrode near the gas burner element, when the lid is open. The spark ingition safety system in accordance with the present invention minimizes the chance of the gas barbeque blowing up or catching on fire when an operator attempts to light the barbeque by manipulation of the spark generator without lifting the lid.

Abstract: A gas cooker is described which includes a gas hob having a number of gas burners 1 each having a hob tap 3 for controlling the supply of gas thereto, a lid 7 movable between an open position giving access to the burners and a closed position in which the lid covers the burners, and a gas control valve 10 controlling the supply of gas to the hob taps 3, the gas control valve 10 being operatively connected to the lid 7 whereby when the lid is closed the gas supply to the taps 3 is cut-off and when the lid is open the gas supply is restored, the gas control valve 10 being further provided with a pressure operated valve 16, 19 for preventing the restoration of the gas supply to the hob taps 3 on movement of the lid 7 to its open position unless all the hob taps are "OFF" (FIGS. 1 and 2).

Abstract: A stove guard prevents small children from operating front-mounted controls of a conventional kitchen stove having an open door hinged at the bottom. The stove guard has a front panel portion for extending at a vertically outward angle across the front of a stove. The front panel portion is integral along a transverse lower portion with a horizontal panel portion that projects rearwardly from the transverse lower portion as a shielding bottom and a mount for the stove guard when a rear portion of the rearward projection is clasped between an oven wall and top of oven door, on closure of the oven door. First and second trapezoidal-shape end portions integral with the front panel portion and the horizontal panel portion close off access at the ends of the stove guard.

Abstract: An alarm system for an electric range which detects when a burner is energized without a utensil in place on the burner wherein the sensing means comprises an electrical switch mounted below the stovetop having a first switch position and a second switch position, a pin slidably passing through an opening in the stovetop beneath the rim of the dish under the heating element in contact with the underside of the rim and biased against the rim with a pressure sufficient to lift the rim from the stovetop when no utensil is present on the heating element, but insufficient to lift the rim when a utensil is in place on the heating element; and means connecting said pin with the switch to operate the switch between first and second positions corresponding to the position of the pin when a utensil is present or absent from the heating element.

Abstract: A safety shield for isolating a heated appliance, such as a stove or an oven, from the reach of children includes a flexible sheet of material having securing portions along opposite vertical edges for securing the sheet adjacent the sides of the front face of the appliance and an arched shielding portion extending horizontally between the securing portions and spanning the front face of the appliance, the arched shielding portion being bowed outwardly away from the front face of the appliance to shield the appliance from the reach of children.

Abstract: A barrier system for the top of a range along one or more sides thereof comprising for each side a barrier member, a support for detachably attaching the barrier member to interengageable hinge elements on the support and barrier member supporting the barrier member for rotation about an axis parallel to the side of the range to which the barrier member is attached, and interengageable latch members interengageable by rotation of the barrier member to a perpendicular position to lock the barrier member in said perpendicular position and manually disengageable to release the barrier member to permit it to be rotated to a substantially horizontal position.

Abstract: A kitchen range has a compartment containing a flame-retardant blanket disposed immediately below the heating elements. In one embodiment of the invention, an access opening to the compartment at the front of the range is normally covered by a hinged door. One end of the blanket is releasably secured to the interior of the hinged door. In the event of a fire occurring on one of the heating elements, the door may be opened to expose the blanket, which may be readily withdrawn and draped over the fire. Operating handles may be provided on the front end of the blanket to facilitate its withdrawal and manipulation in a manner protecting a user from the flames. In another embodiment of the invention, the compartment may include a pull-out drawer containing the blanket. The door or drawer may also be used to control a switch for cutting off an energy supply to the range when the door or drawer is opened.

Abstract: A gas grill having a visible indicator for indicating ignition of the grill burner. The indicating device includes a sensing device mounted adjacent the burner on a common bracket with a burner igniter. The control for the igniter is mounted in a common housing with the ignition indicator. An encapsulated spark gap, neon bulb, or similar device is connected with the spark igniter for indicating that a spark has jumped an electrode gap.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooking food outdoors has features that allow it to be folded compactly and allow it to be permanently mounted to the owner's home. The cooking apparatus includes a housing adapted to be mounted to the wall of the building. The housing has a front opening and pivotally carries a tray. The tray has a grill and an energy source for cooking. The tray is foldable into the housing for storage. A grease container is located in the bottom of the tray. The grease container has a sloping top for catching grease, and also for containing the grease when the tray is tilted into the vertical storage position. A safety lock device prevents the tray from being moved from the cooking position to the storage position when the temperature in the tray is above a selected minimum, and also when the energy source is turned on. The apparatus includes folding doors that fold into a configuration for open cooking, a configuration for smoking, and also into a flat position for storage.

Abstract: A control knob for turning on or off a burner of a kitchen gas stove, the knob including a cam-faced spur on a side of the knob shank which travels behind a stationary stop mounted on the stove when the knob is being turned to shut off the gas, the stop preventing the knob to be turned on again unless the knob is first pushed axially so the spur clears the stop, the construction preventing children to readily turn the gas on.

Abstract: A cover for preventing accidental movement of a plurality of controls extending in a row out of a control panel of a stove. The cover comprising a lock adapted to be mounted on the control panel and having a rotatable latch extending behind the control panel, with an elongated housing having a length in excess of the distance between the endmost controls of the row and including top and bottom walls, a front wall, and end walls. The rear of the housing being open to receive the controls therein with the rear edges of the bottom walls and the end walls lying in substantially a common plane. Mounting means is operatively associated with the top wall of the housing for hingeably removably securing the housing to the control panel of the stove for pivotal movement between a closed position in which the cover fully encloses the controls to an open position in which access to the controls is obtainable.

Abstract: A simple, unitary flexible sheet member designed to be removably secured to the burner region of a stove to prevent dislodgment of a coffee pot or cooking pot. The holder is fabricated from sheet material including a side wall portion and a number of depending legs, each of which terminate in a foot part. The holder is deformable to form generally into a circular shape and is spring action tending to flatten which brings the foot portions into engagement with the lip of the burner opening into the top of the stove. The spring action of the body holds the foot portions into engagement despite movement of the stove, as is common in a recreational vehicle, and the device is automatically adjusted to the size of the burner opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a safety control shut-off device for the heating element of a cooking stove. In one embodiment of this safety device, a burner plate of the stove is provided with several declining U-shaped grooves for collecting any spillage or overflow of water from the cooking operations. Water drops collected in the declining grooves are led through a discharge outlet, at the lowest portion of the grooves, and into a water drop detector located beneath the outlet, to complete an electrical circuit, which in turn will actuate and sound an alarm and will also actuate means for disconnecting the fuel source of the plate burner.

Abstract: A device not limited to but particularly adapted for retaining a cooking utensil on gas stoves currently provided in motor homes, pickup campers, trailers, boats and the like, the stove having a bar-type grate secured thereto on which the utensil is supported, comprises a hollow, expandable-circumference cylinder, preferably formed by rolling a sheet metal blank, having means formed integrally therewith for removably securing the same to the grate, the cooking utensil being encircled by and restrained from sliding off the grate by the device.