Abstract: An appliance, such as a cooking range, a clothes dryer, a clothes washer, an oven or the like, includes a console along a rear edge of the appliance which can pivot between an upright in-use position and a lower shipping, repair and/or servicing position. The console is preferably of a two-part construction including a front housing body having an integrally injection molded encapsulation or frame peripherally retaining a touch sensor control panel which can be readily accessed when the console is in its lower repair position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mounting arrangement for a cooking plate having a perimeter edge. The arrangement includes the plate and a frame around the plate, the frame having a support portion extending over the perimeter edge and a rib extending away from the support portion. In the improvement, the perimeter edge and the rib define a space between them and the space is filled with reaction foam. A related method for mounting a cooking plate and a mounting support to one another includes the steps of constructing a mounting support having a support portion and a rib and providing a cooking plate having a perimeter edge. The cooking plate and the mounting support are placed against one another so that the cooking plate and the rib have a space between them. The space is filled with reaction foam, preferably by injecting such foam through a nozzle.

Abstract: A portable camp kitchen comprising a cooker unit (2) with at least one burner (3), a container member (1) adapted to contain said cooker unit (2) integrally with the latter, support means 916) rotatably mounted at ground level on said kitchen, handle means (18), container (5,10) means, lighting means (4), power supply means, movable covering means (8,9,12,13).

Abstract: A venturi tube mounting system having a removable support which supports a venturi tube from a cooktop, prior to assembling of the cooktop, without the need for a burner box and support brackets. The mounting system includes a support device with a first portion engageable to a part of the gas stove cooktop and a second portion engageable to the venturi tube. The support device may have a C-shaped extension at one end for engaging the cooktop and a support element at a second end for supporting the venturi tube. The support can be provided in various forms including a wire-form structure, a clip-type structure, a stamp-formed structure, or similar structures.

Abstract: A cooking grate configured especially to accommodate and cook generally cylindrical food items such as frankfurters and sausage is provided. The design permits the cooking of cylindrical food items faster, more efficiently, and more evenly while minimizing undesirable burning and charring. The apparatus includes a unitary grate body made from a heat-conductive material which grate body has an upper cooking surface, a lower heat collecting surface, a rear edge, a forward edge, and left and right sides. The grate body is corrugated to form a plurality of substantially parallel and adjacent cooking troughs extending in the transverse direction from the rear edge to the forward edge. Each cooking trough has a spine as its lowermost portion and left and right cooking faces originating at the spine and diverging upwardly to converge upon the right and left cooking faces of the adjacent tough respectively to form peaks at the junctions of the same.

Abstract: A range for a recreational vehicle which is adapted to be fit into a simple rectangular opening provided in a kitchen cabinet of the recreational vehicle. The present invention provides a range having a control panel on its front face with notched sides. The notched sides are provided to receive the corners of the countertop to thereby allow the rectangular opening created in the kitchen cabinet to have a simple rectangular shape and to thereby eliminate the labor-intensive process of creating notches in the corners of the countertop. Moreover, by providing the control panel as a piece formed from a unitary sheet of metal, the assembly process for the range is additionally streamlined.

Abstract: In a cooking device composed of a frame for receiving a heating element, the device further including a cooking plate supported on the frame and elements for fixing the cooking plate to the frame, the fixing elements are constituted by at least one adhesive band having two active adhesive surfaces, with a first one of the adhesive surfaces contacting and adhering to the frame and a second one of the adhesive surfaces contacting, and adhering to, the plate. A process for assembling a cooking device composed of a cooking plate and a frame, the process including the steps of providing at least one adhesive band having two opposed active adhesive surfaces, and assembling the cooking plate to the frame with the at least one adhesive band interposed between the cooking plate and the frame such that a first one of the active adhesive surfaces is fixed to the frame and a second one of the active adhesive surfaces is fixed to the cooking plate.

Abstract: A sideburner assembly attaches to the legs of a barbecue grill and has a substantially flat top surface. The sideburner assembly has a base plate onto which a gas valve, a control knob, and a burner element are mounted. The burner element is mounted in a recessed portion of the base plate and is separated from the gas valve and control knob by a heat shield. The sideburner assembly also comprises a cover plate that has an opening for a cooking grate and an opening for the control knob. The cover plate and the openings in the cover plate are sized so that the top of the control knob and the top of the cooling grate are flush with the top surface of the cover plate.

Abstract: A spice rack for a cooking range including a one piece shelf defining an elongated channel for receipt of spice containers. The spice rack includes a front panel and a rear panel, the rear panel having barrier members extending therefrom generally toward the front panel which separate the elongated channel into a series of smaller spaces for segregation of spice containers. The rear panel has a flange member extending therefrom which cooperates with the rear panel to define a channel for receipt of a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket is secured to a rear wall of the cooking range and vertically supports the spice rack and spaces the spice rack from heat producing portions of the cooking range. The spice rack also includes lateral flanges that serve as stops to limit lateral movement of the spice rack relative to the mounting bracket.

Abstract: An appliance backsplash assembly includes a cover with a face having an opening for viewing and setting a clock. Top and bottom walls extend rearward of the face. An upper rear wall projects downward from the top wall and a lower rear wall projects upward from the bottom wall. A pair of mounting clips are positioned in the backsplash on each side of the opening. Each clip has a base extending vertically along the face, with a top arm and a bottom arm extending rearward along the top and bottom walls respectively. The clock includes a housing sized to overlie the opening and overlap the clips. Threaded connectors mount the clock housing to the clips and flex the clips to cause the clip bases to firmly engage the cover face and the top and bottom arms to firmly engage the top and bottom walls. The top arms include distal ends which engage the upper rear wall and the bottom arms include distal ends received in slots in the lower rear wall.

Abstract: A reliable, easily installable and replaceable range top system sealingly and removably connects a sealed glass panel to the structure of a range top. The system comprises a glass panel-elastic seal assembly, including a glass range top panel and an elastic seal attached at the periphery of the glass range top panel, a carrier for the glass panel-elastic seal assembly and means for removably fastening the glass panel into sealing engagement with the range top structure without tools, the fastening means providing an easily disengageable interlock with the range top structure.

Abstract: A rugged, flatly folding, portable chafing dish assembly is comprised of a cover, food pan, water pan, collapsible stand and heat source. The collapsible stand is rectangular and is comprised of four rigid plates forming the sides of the rectangular stand which are rotatably coupled together by means of a flatly folding piano hinge. The hinge is integrally formed with the sides and can be disassembled for cleaning. The two lateral sides of the stand are identical and interchangeable, as are the two end sides. The rectangular stand is provided with apertures through the lateral and end sides, both for air access to create a heat draft for the burner source when placed within the stand, as well as access to the burners when the chafing dish assembly is assembled. A rigid rectangular tray extends the length of the stand and connects to the end sides along an access aperture edge thereby rendering the otherwise collapsible rectangular stand rigid.

Abstract: A barbecue grill cart assembly is provided having a unique leg locking system at each corner. The locking system provides a plurality of contact points for each leg to obviate any swaying or twisting of the legs. The lower shelf includes extruded bolt receiving apertures which mate with corresponding apertures in the legs. The side shelves having a locking system including elongated slots which provide positive engagement and prevent accidental lowering of the shelves.

Abstract: The device for holding a built-in cooking apparatus, especially a glass ceramic cooking apparatus, in an opening provided in a cooking apparatus receptacle (1), includes a cooking apparatus housing (2) containing heating elements; a cooking apparatus upper portion including a cooking panel (6) and a border frame (4, 5) around the cooking panel (6); a releasable clamping connection device (3, 8) for releasably attaching the cooking apparatus upper portion from above with the cooking apparatus housing; and an attachment device (3) for attaching the cooking apparatus housing (2) in the cooking apparatus receptacle (1).

Abstract: A cooktop has a recessed portion surrounding a burner opening. The recessed portion includes bosses with grate supporting surfaces below the upper surface of the cooktop, and dams with vertical inner surfaces. A grate has a rectangular base with a vertical side wall and a bottom edge. The grate is mounted in the recessed portion, aligned with the burner opening, with the base bottom edge resting on the grate supporting surfaces of the bosses and with the grate side wall adjacent the vertical inner surfaces of the dams. The base includes tabs aligned with the dams and extending downwardly to provide greater height at the portions of the side wall aligned with the dams.

Abstract: An assembly for mounting sealed gas burners in a gas stove has a cabinet including upstanding side walls and a main top with spaced-apart burner openings therein mounted on the upstanding side walls. The assembly includes a sub-top mounted on the upstanding side walls of the stove cabinet substantially parallel to and beneath the stove main top so as to effectively span the area bounded by the upstanding side walls of the stove cabinet. The sub-top is adapted for functional connection thereto of gas burners. The assembly is adapted for mounting the sub-top on the upstanding side walls of the stove cabinet. Each of the gas burners extend through a correspondingly positioned opening in the stove main top and are connected to the sub-top in such manner that the main top may be removed from the stove without disturbing the functional connection of the gas burners to the sub-top.

Abstract: A cooking range with a cooking zone plate made of glass, glass ceramics or similar materials. A frame for the cooking zone plate serves as edge protection on the one hand and as closing for the upper edge of the plate. On the other hand, the cooking zone plate is bonded with the frame on the edge side.According to the invention, the frame includes an attachment frame part and a visual frame part separated from the attachment frame part. The attachment frame is a standardized component that is connected with the lower plate edge. The visual frame serves as protection edge and upper closing. In this way a frame modular system can be put together for all applications in a simple, economical manner.

Abstract: The invention offers a simple and economical mounting possibility for gas burners in molded parts made of a brittle-friable material, such as glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic, by means of which gas burners can be mounted without stresses, in a leakage-proof and gastight fashion in cooking surfaces of such a material without having to impose a restriction as to a special appliance and/or a specific burner type. The molded part which is made of the brittle-friable material, is the sole support for the gas burners, however, if the molded part breaks, the gas burners will drop onto a lower metal support so that the gas feed lines do not rupture.

Abstract: The invention is a very lightweight pad or base for use with a small portable stove such as those used by backpackers or mountaineers. It provides a stable bearing surface when the stove is used on unstable surfaces such as snow or sand. The pad comprises an exterior frame which completely encloses a spider-like structure on which the stove rests. Preferably two legs of the spider have upstanding cleats to engage the base of the stove. A third leg has an attached spring which also engages the stove base to bias it firmly against the cleats and hold the stove in place. These legs are preferably spaced about 120.degree. apart. The spider may contain additional legs to increase strength and bearing surface. Since the cleats are of very low profile the pad is essentially planar and takes up little space in a backpack.

Abstract: A range with a lift-up cooktop is provided with an integrally formed non-metallic combination cooktop locator and support rod race member to position the cooktop relative to the rang body when the lift-up cooktop is in its lowered position and to provide a non-metallic bearing surface for the support rod to slide against when the lift-up cooktop is raised and lowered.

Abstract: A modular countertop cooking assembly is provided comprising at least one cooking module and a control module. The cooking module includes a burner box housing, and preferably includes a downdraft ventilation system, and is adapted to operatively receive at least one heating unit within the burner box. The control module is preferably arranged juxtaposed to the cooking module and can provide selective control of the heating units and the ventilation system included in the cooking assembly. The cooking module burner box includes an integral peripheral trim about its top edge and the control module includes an integral peripheral trim about its edge, both of which interface when assembled to provide a flush appearance across their interface and the appearance of a unitary cooking appliance disposed within a countertop.

Abstract: A gas cook-top with a glass top wherein each of a plurality of burners has a neck portion with a flange that seats down on a gasket thereby sealing the burner to the glass top. A collar surrounds the neck portion of each burner. Brackets are positioned below the glass top and support the burners independent of the glass top. A grate covers a pair of burners and has locator rod members that encircle portions of the respective collars, thereby fixedly locating the grate on the glass top.

Abstract: A cooking hob comprises a glass top in which is disposed a plurality of gas burners and or electric hotplates, the glass top being supported on the top surface of an open-bottomed rectangular box-like structure, a base plate of which is removable for access purposes.

Abstract: A burner assembly for use with a chafing dish having a leg structure for support of a chafing dish above a support surface. The burner assembly includes a butane fuel source or reservoir, a burner head connected to the fuel source, a valve mounted between the fuel source and the burner head to control the flow of butane to the burner head, and burner head support structure supporting the burner head above the support surface. The burner support structure further includes a base having a portion formed for positioning proximate and outwardly of the leg structure of the chafing dish, and an arm portion which is preferably cantilevered relative to the base portion. The arm extends from a position outwardly of the chafing dish leg structure to a position between the chafing dish heater support tray and the bottom of the chafing dish to enable heating of the chafing dish. The base is formed for support of the arm portion and burner head for movement independently of the chafing dish.

Abstract: An improved cooktop mounting arrangement for a range with an upswept lift-up cooktop including a pair of upper pivot members extending from opposite sides of the upswept section of the cooktop, a pair of spaced lower pivot members extending from opposite sides of the cooktop near the intersection of the upswept section and the cooking surface section, and corresponding upper and lower guides supported from the main range body. The upper and lower guides are cooperatively configured to respectively simultaneously guide the upper pivot members through a vertically oriented arcuate path extending downwardly and forwardly and to guide the lower pivot members through a horizontally oriented path extending generally forwardly and upwardly as the cooktop moves from its lowered position to its raised position.

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: According to the invention, a universal frame is provided for use in both high and low broiler configuration gas ranges. The range frame has a housing with an internal wall surface defining a cooking space. A gas burner is mounted in the cooking space between a main oven compartment and a broiling compartment in the low broiler configuration. Structure is provided to selectively mount a wall within the cooking space to shield the lower compartment from the heating element. The lower compartment can thereby be adapted for use as a storage compartment in a high broiler configuration. With the wall omitted, the heating element is directly exposed to the bottom compartment for broiling therein.

Abstract: A heater or cooker panel assembly comprises an enameled frame having an upper edge which is capped by a decorative edge trim made of alloy steel. The trim protects the upper edge of the frame against damage in use. The frame has an internal flange which mounts a glass or vitreous ceramic hob plate. A layer of silicone adhesive forms a cohesive unit with the frame and trim so that the hob plate is thermally bonded to the unit. A good bond is obtained between the enameled frame and the adhesive. In an embodiment where the frame is plastic coated or is of anodized aluminum, the trim is dispensed with and a substantially U-shaped profile is engaged over the internal flange of the frame. The U-shaped profile is formed of a material which is capable of being firmly bonded to the adhesive.

Abstract: A combination microwave and convection oven in which a gas burner positioned outside the oven provides heated combustion products which are drawn from the burner area along with vapor from an outlet of the oven by a blower system and the combined output of the blower system is blown into the oven through an oven inlet region in the oven wall. Both the oven outlets and the oven inlet are formed of holes substantially less than one-half wavelength in diameter. A predetermined portion of the blower output system is blown through an exhaust vent thereby creating slight negative pressures in the oven and in the burner plenum to accurately control the air flow through the burner.

Abstract: A combination microwave gas convection oven having a tubular burner operating in an induced draft environment. A blower system draws air from a combustion chamber forcing it into the heating cavity. The slight pressure created in the combustion chamber draws in air from the heating cavity through perforations communicating therebetween completing the convection recirculation. The negative pressure in the combustion chamber also causes secondary combustion air to be drawn up along the sides of the burner which is positioned adjacent to an aperture in the floor of the combustion chamber. A plurality of top ports in the burner provides low port loading. The structure provides good flame characteristics with low noise of combustion.

Abstract: A stove apparatus comprising a valve-burner assembly and a fuel container threaded together in direct connection, and a collapsable pot stand assembly which includes a windscreen for protecting the flame of the burner. The pot stand assembly, valve-burner assembly and fuel container fit for compact packaging within the pans used for cooking.

Abstract: A field range, primarily for cooking out-of-doors, comprising a removable ter shell capable of easy and quick locking and unlocking with respect to the frame of the field range cabinet and easy removal from the frame to facilitate cleaning of the interior walls of the field range oven and the horizontal and vertical support elements of the frame.

Abstract: A cooking gas range equipped with an oven door having a vertical window allowing visual inspection of oven and broiler compartments. The top of the range is held on a fixed support with a hold down assembly. Hold down assembly has a tubular member which serves as a flash tube for the pilot light burner and an expandable sleeve releasably mounted on the fixed support.