AN IMPROVED CULINARY UTENSIL TO BE USED ON STOVES OR RANGES FOR BROILING, TOASTING, BAKING, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the "International
Patent Office," No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London, Consulting
Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CULINARY UTENSIL TO
BE USED ON STOVES OR RANGES FOR BROILING, TOASTING, BAKING, AND OTHER
ANALOGOUS PURPOSES."-A communication from abroad by Sylvester
Bowers, of Pen Yan, New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 6th August 1869, and dated the 17th June 1869.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 17th June 1869, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8, South-
ampton Buildings, London, Consulting Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CULINARY UTENSIL TO BE USED ON STOVES OR RANGES FOR BROILING, TOASTING,
BAKING, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES," and have petitioned Her Majesty

page_text: to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal
Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that it
has been communicated to me from abroad by Sylvester Bowers, of
Pen Yan, New York, United States of America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing forming
a part of this Specification:-
This Invention relates to an improved culinary utensil for use upon
cooking stoves or ranges, which by substituting one or another of
different grates may be used for broiling, toasting, baking, roasting, or
steaming, and it consists of the following parts:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a section of the said utensil; Figure 2 is a plan of the
bottom of the same; Figure 3, a side elevation of one of the said
utensils; Figure 4 is a plan of one of the grates. Like letters indicate
the same parts throughout the Drawing.
A is a band or hoop made of sheet or cast metal and which may
have a groove formed on its inner face to receive the periphery of
the rim B when the said rim is formed separately from the ring A.
The annular rim B is made of sheet metal and fitted within the ring
A or cast in one piece therewith as preferred. This rim B has an
inward convergence so that whatever grease or other substances may
fall upon it while the operation of cooking is going forward may be
carried downward and discharged into the fire within the stove or
range without being permitted to come in contact with the top plate
of the said stove or range. The grate D is fitted loosely within the ring
A resting upon the rim B. This grate may be made of wire or cast
or wrought iron as preferred, and it is designed to use in connection with
the ring and rim grates of various degrees of fineness adapted to various
purposes, which grates may be substituted one for the other as required.
The cover O fits neatly upon the ring above the grate D. This cover
may have fitted upon its inner face a polished sheet of metal serving
as a reflector to throw back the heat upon the upper surface of any
article placed upon the grate. The reflector may be dispensed with,

page_text: or the lower face of the cover may be polished to serve the same purpose.
This utensil is designed to be used upon the holes in the upper plates
of cooking stoves or ranges and it is apparent that by changing the
grates to a finer or coarser mesh it may be used for broiling meats,
poultry, or fish, for toasting bread, baking bread or biscuit in pans placed
on the grate, or roasting coffee or other articles.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondent, and shown an advantageous
manner of carrying the same into effect, I claim, a culinary utensil
combining in its construction a ring A, internal converging flange B,
adjustable grate D, and cover C, substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (L.S.)