Improvements in Steam Cooking, Sterilizing, and Condensing Appliances.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left. 25th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
Improvements in Steam Cooking, Sterilizing, and Condensing
Appliances.
GEORGE FOWLER, of 10, Foster Street, Maidstone, in the County of Kent, Soldier,
do Lereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Kettle or boiler fitted with :-
(A). Spout or other pipe or pipes for conveying steam into another vessel or
vessels.
(B). Funnel with cover for the reception of water but non escape of steam till
the water falls to a certain limit.
steamers
The other vessel, vessels or steamers are supplied with steam from the said kettle
or boiler through the spout, pipe or pipes and may be used for cooking foods,
sterilizing purposes, or for obtaining condensed water. In the said
removeable or fixed vessels may be used for containing that which is to be cooked or
sterilized or foods to be cooked or sterilized are placed within the steamers on
perforated shelves or on a loose raised perforated bottom. The condensed steam or
distilled water may be removed from the steamers by any convenient pipe, pipes or
outlets.
The kettles or boilers may be used separately, for ordinary purposes, or in combina-
tion with the steamers. The steamers are for cooking pudding meat & the like,
sterilizing milk, fruit and other articles. They may be constructed of iron, tin,
earthenware or any other suitable material and made round, square, oval or of any
other pattern and used in wood or other non-heat conducting casings or boxes.
Dated this 10th day of January 1898.
Improvements in Steam Cooking, Sterilizing, and Condensing
Appliances.
I, GEORGE FOWLER, of 10, Foster Street, Maidstone, in the County of Kent,
Soldier, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements, in steam cooking, sterilizing and con-

page_text: Apparatus embodying my improvements is shown in the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which reference letters indicate the parts thereof. The drawings to be
considered as a part of the specifications.
Figs. 1, 2 & 3 (C) kettle or boiler fitted with :--
I. Pipe or pipes for conveying steam into another vessel or vessels D. The said
pipe or pipes A, A¹, & A2 may be fixed to C, or removable by a screw or
other connection, and when necessary, an additional piece or pieces of pipe
may be used for prolonging A, A¹ and A².
II. Funnel B, B', & B2 for the reception of water but non-escape of steam until
the water falls to a certain level.
Figs. 1, 2, & 3 (D) vessel or steamer which is supplied with steam from C
through inlet L, L, or L². The said inlet may be made in D at any point of elevation.
The dotted vertical and horizontal lines seen in Fig. 1 represent a vessel, with or
without a perforated bottom, resting upon, and fitting inside the upper rim of D.
Several of these said vessels may be arranged above one another and used as directed
for D. The cover K, K¹, or K2 being placed upon the uppermost one.
E perforated loose shelf or shelves resting on supports.
F and F, perforated loose stands supported, by an attached perforated ring;
similar to E, or by other means.
G, G¹, & G², perforated steam channel or pipe, which may be prolonged and placed
at any angle.
Fig. 1 H, basin, dish or other vessel, which may be fixed to the rim of D, or
loose and removable, or ¹ Fig. 2 cover of D, may be made to receive the said H.
When H is fixed to D the said D is perforated or a pipe may be used for conveying
away superfluous steain.
.
Figs. 2 and 3 J attachments for supporting or carrying plates or anything to be
The said J may be used on the sides and ends of D and be either fixed or
kept hot.
reinovable.
Fig. 3
cover of D forms a hot plate or carving dish.
Fig. 3 M, perforated trays or drawers, with or without covers.
Figs. 2 and 3 N, handles.
The kettle or boiler C and steamer D and the several parts thereof may be made
of any size and design and constructed of iron, tin, or similar materials and fitted
with such handles as may be necessary. D, may be encased, or used standing in a
casing of wood or other material. For indicating the temperature in the said D a
thermometer may be employed in any convenient manner.
To enable my invention to be understood I will describe how it can be carried into
practice-
Kettle C, and steamer D may be used separately, each containing water, but prefer-
ably combined as seen in the drawings.
Kettle C, Fig. 1 when used separately forms an ordinary kettle, and when A is
prolonged a bronchitis kettle.
When D, Fig. 2 is used separately, sufficient boiling water must be kept in it to
prevent the escape of of steam through the steam channel G¹ or the inlet L¹
closed with a plug.
may be
To use C and D combined, water is boiled in C the steam passing into D through
A, A¹, or A². The condensed liquid being, when necessary, removed from D by a
pipe or other outlet.
The food, fruits, cereals, liquids and other things to be cooked or sterilized, con-
tained, if necessary, in suitable jars, bottles or other vessels, are placed on E, F or in
H or M.
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
T The now namhind
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page_text: II. The manufacture and use of appliances substantially the same as herein-
before applied and described.
III. The combined application of C and D, as described, for cooking sterilizing
and obtaining distilled or condensed water.