IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING APPARATUS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Dykes Durham, of Dalston, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING
APPARATUS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Dykes Durham
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 10th November 1871.
.I, JOHN DYKES DURHAM, of Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, do
5 hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
COOKING APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
These improvements refer to compound apparatus or utensils for
cooking meat, poultry, vegetables, soup, and other articles of food all at
one and the same time if desired.

page_text: The apparatus consists of a lower and an upper part :—The lower part
is by means of a partition divided into two or more hot water compart-
ments, one or more of which may be used for cooking solids and the
others or other for soup or other liquid, the latter or either of the
compartments being provided with a tap at the bottom for drawing off
the contents. The upper part fits on the lower part and on the partition
in the same, and is itself divided into two or more compartments, one of
them having a cullender or strainer bottom and the other or others a
solid bottom, the latter being intended for green vegetables and the
former for cooking potatoes by the steam rising from the hot water
chamber below. A lid closes the top of the upper chambers. When
the upper part is not required it can be removed and be replaced by a
lid. Both the upper and the lower parts are fitted with suitable
handles.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
DYKES DURHAM, of Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Dykes Durham, Her special
licence that I, the said John Dykes Durham, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Dykes Durham,
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree

page_text: with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING APPARATUS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John Dykes Durham, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent
These improvements refer to compound apparatus or utensils for
cooking meat, poultry, vegetables, soup, and other articles of food all at
one and the same time if desired.
The apparatus consists of a lower and an upper part. The lower part
is by means of a partition divided into two or more hot water compart-
ments, one or more of which may be used for cooking solids and the
others or other for soup or other liquid, the latter or either of the
compartments being provided with a tap at the bottom for drawing off
the contents. The upper part fits on the lower part and on the partition
in the same, and is itself divided into two or more compartments, one of
them having a cullender or strainer bottom and the other or others a
solid bottom, the latter being intended for green vegetables, and the
former for cooking potatoes by the steam rising from the hot water
chamber below. A lid closes the top of the upper chambers. When
the upper part is not required it can be removed and be replaced
by a lid. Both the upper and the lower parts are fitted with suitable
handles.

page_text: Apparatus constructed according to this invention are particularly
suitable for large families, hospitals, and camps.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a front elevation; Figure 2
is a vertical section; and Figure 3 is a front elevation of the lower part
with the lid without the upper part of apparatus constructed according
to my Invention; Figure 4 is a plan of the apparatus with the cover
removed, and shewing the shape of the handles.
B, C, is the lower, and E, F, is the upper part; a is a partition in the
lower part and a¹ is a partition in the upper part. The lower partition a
divides the lower part into two or more hot water compartments B, C;
two compartments are here shewn, but it may be divided into as many
more as desired; one or more of these lower compartments is or are
used for cooking solids, and the other or others for soup or other liquid.
d is a tap fitted in this case to the compartment C for drawing off the
contents thereof, but taps may be fitted to either compartment or to all,
as found necessary. The upper part which is shewn divided into two
compartments E, F, fits on the lower part and on the partition a; the
compartment E is shewn with a cullender or strainer bottom f, and the
compartment F with a solid bottom g, the compartment E being
intended for cooking potatoes by the steam rising from the hot water
compartment B underneath, and the compartment F for cooking green
vegetables; c is a half cover to the compartment E, and h is a lid for
closing the top of the upper chambers; the half cover allows the
cooking in the compartment E to proceed without loss of steam or heat
when the lid h is removed to get at vegetables or other articles in the
compartment F. When the upper part is not required it can be removed.
and replaced by the lid h which also fits into the lower part of the
apparatus as shewn at Figure 3. The upper part, lower part, and lid
are provided with suitable handles as shewn.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, the
construction and employment of cooking apparatus substantially as
shewn and described, that is, consisting of a lower part B, C, and an
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page_text: described, with has л, also the tap or taps a for drawing off the liquid
contents.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Dykes Durham, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this First day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
EDWP. GRIFFITH BREWER,
89, Chancery Lane.
JOHN DYKES DURHAM. (L.S.)