Year: 1886

page_text: I, WILLIAM FORD STANLEY, of Cumberlow, South Norwood, Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
For providing means to render a tough steak tender by placing it before cooking
in a press in which it is exposed to a surface covered with cutting or bruising
edges. The tendering press may be worked by means of a screw wedge or a lever
but I prefer a lever. The form in which I propose to carry out this invention is as
follows A flat bed or plate of metal is cast or set full of cutting or bruising edges
such edges being placed in alternate directions each one at right angles to the next
or the edges may be plain points only. Over this bed or plate is placed a similar
plate with cutting or bruising edges on the underside. In the centre of the upper
plate upon the upper side a ball joint is formed to allow the upper plate to fall to
the unequal thickness of the steak, a raised margin or studs preventing the plates
from quite meeting when they are pressed down. In the lever form a lever is
jointed by a ring joint to an extended arm from the under plate. This lever forms
one of its fulcra in the ball joint of the upper plate so that by lifting the lever the
plates are separated for the introduction or withdrawing of the steak. After
tendering the steak it should be rolled with a rolling pin or in large establishments
it may be pressed in a plain press as that just .described but without knives.
A screw or wedge may replace the lever in the presses described. These tendering
presses will be generally made of iron galvanized but may be made of another -
metal or partly of wood.

page_text: I, WILLIAM FORD STANLEY, of Cumberlow, South Norwood, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
For providing means to render a tough steak tender by placing it before cooking
in a press in which it is exposed to a surface covered with cutting or bruising
edges. The tendering press may be worked by means of a screw, wedge, or a
lever, but I prefer a lever. The form in which I prefer to carry out this invention
is as follows. A flat bed or plate of metal is cast, or set, full of cutting or bruising
edges, such edges being placed in alternate directions, each one at right angles to
the next, or the edges may be plain points only. Over this bed or plate is placed
a similar plate with cutting, or bruising edges on the under side. In the centre of
the upper plate upon the upper side, a ball or plain pin joint is formed, to allow
the upper plate to fall to the unequal thickness of the steak. A raised margin, or
studs, prevents the plates from quite meeting when they are pressed down. In the
lever form, a lever is jointed by a hinge joint, to an extended arm from the under
plate. This lever forms one of its fulcra in the ball or pin joiut of the upper plate
so that by lifting the lever the plates are separated for the introduction or with-
drawing of the steak. In place of a flat surface a rolling surface may be used,
above the lower surface plate, the same surface being set with knives or bruising
studs as described.
After tendering, the steak should be rolled with a rolling pin or in large
establishments it may be pressed in a plain press, as that just described, but
without knives. A screw or wedge may replace the lever in the press described.
These tendering presses will be generally made of iron galvanized, or tinned but
may be made of another metal, or partly of wood.
The drawings attached shew the elevation, end view, plan and surface of the
tendering press of the lever form.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
A press set with knives or bruisers which cover the pressing surface, to be used
for rendering steaks tender.