Improvements in and relating to Saucepans, Kettles, Stewpans, Coppers, and other Vessels Used for Boiling Purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Saucepans, Kettles, Stewpans,
Coppers, and other Vessels Used for Boiling Purposes.
We, ARTHUR SHULVER, JOHN SELF and GEORGE CONSTANCE, all of
Framlingham in the County of Suffolk, Machinists and Merchants, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with saucepans, kettles,
stewpans, coppers and other vessels used for boiling purposes, and has for object
primarily to adapt such vessels to the purpose of boiling milk without fear of the
milk boiling over.
To attain this object, and in accordance with this invention we construct the
saucepan or other vessel with a bevilled flange of special design around the top or
rim. A seating is formed at the bottom of this flange upon which, when it is
This cone is
desired to boil the milk, a cone of a particular construction rests.
attachable and detachable and may be affixed when required for use to the
saucepan or other vessel by means of small catches or otherwise. The cone is
formed at top with an outlet tube having a spreader or cooler fixed thereto and
in the bottom edge of the cone are two fleet openings answering for outlet and
pouring.
The action is as follows: On the milk boiling it passes through the cone and
tube, falls over the spreader or cooler, passes down the cone, and automatically
returns to the bottom of saucepan.
And in order that this our invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, reference is had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and
figures of reference marked thereon that is to say :-
Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of a saucepan constructed
in accordance with this invention,
Figure 2 shews a copper of a similar construction,
Figure 3 is an elevational view, partly in section, of the cone previously referred
to as being used in connection with the saucepan or other vessel constructed in
accordance with this invention when intended for use in boiling milk; and Figure 4
is a plan view of said cone.
a (Figure 1) is the saucepan upon the rim of which, as aforesaid, is formed the
d is the cone
bevelled flange b. This flange 6 is made with a flat seating c.
before mentioned formed at bottom with a flat rim e. To the upper part of cone d
is affixed an outlet tube f around the upper edge of which and deflecting there-
from is the spreader or cooler g. Fleet openings h are formed at the bottom
of the cone d as, and for the purposes, before mentioned and the operation is as
follows:-
The milk being poured into the saucepan a or other vessel similarly constructed
in accordance with this invention, the cone d is placed in position as shewn in
dotted lines Figure 1, with its flat rim e resting upon the seating c formed at bottom
of the bevelled flange 6 of the saucepan or other vessel. The milk then, when it
boils, will find an outlet through tube f at top of cone d, fall over the spreader or
cooler g and return into the saucepan through the openings h and thus boiling
milk is rendered absolutely safe and is positively prevented from boiling over into
the fire or upon the grate.

page_text: When not required for boiling milk, the. saucepan or other vessel or container
may be utilized for other purposes, and to this end may be provided with a
suitable lid or cover which will fit upon the seating of the bevelled flange above
described.
In Figure 2, k is the copper constructed with a bevelled flange similar to that
just described with particular reference to Figure 1 of the drawings, and having
the lid or cover 1 for use when it is not required to employ the cone shewn in, and
described with reference to, Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim, is :-
1. The improvements in, and relating to, saucepans, kettles, stewpans, coppers
and other vessels used for boiling purposes, substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and shewn in the drawings.
2. The construction of saucepans, kettles, stewpans, coppers and other vessels
used for boiling purposes, with the bevelled flange around the rim or top, substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn.
3. The combination with saucepans, kettles, stewpans, coppers, and other vessels
used for boiling purposes, of a cone provided with outlet tube, spreader and return
openings constructed, arranged and operating, substantially as herein before
described and shewn.
Dated this 30th day of October 1894.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.