Improvements in Cooking Vessels or Boilers for Military, Travelling and Domestic Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1897--Accepted, 7th Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cooking Vessels or Boilers for Military, Travelling
and Domestic Purposes.
I ANTON COUNT BERCHTOLD of Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Captain in the Imperial
and Royal Army do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of cooking vessels or boilers for
military travelling, and domestic purposes of the following arrangement.
The cooking vessel or boiler consists of a circular or oval vessel open at top and
having at its upper edge two projecting eyes or loops, diametrically opposite each
other, which serve for receiving the ends of a spring yoke for holding down the cover
of the boiler. This cover has notches through which the said loops project, and has
at its middle a strengthening plate carrying an upward projecting looped handle upon
which the before mentioned spring yoke is made to press for holding down
the cover.
Pressure is by preference applied to the spring yoke for firmly holding the cover
after it has been placed in position, for which purpose the following arrangement is
employed.
The one end of the spring yoke has pivotted or hooked on to it an elbow lever
having one long arm and a very short arm projecting outwards.
In placing the spring yoke in position, this short arm is inserted into the one loop
of the boiler or cooking vessel, which loop is by preference arranged to turn on a
hinge, after which the long arm of the lever is pulled over from an upright position to
a position flat against the spring yoke. By this means the short arm is caused to
exert a considerable downward pressure upon the end of the spring yoke to which it
is attached while at the same time it raises up the loop of the cooking vessel, and
brings the end of the yoke through the loop, so that this holds the yoke and lever
securely in the position into which they have been brought. The said lever can be
made detachable and be formed with a hollow at one end so that it can serve as a
spoon. The spring yoke can also be made to serve as a fork, by constructing it of
two parts connected by a pivot pin, the one part having an inward extension passing
underneath the other part, and shaped as a fork, so that when it is not used as a
spring yoke, the said part can be turned on its pivot and be used as a fork or the spring
yoke can be a continuous blade and have a separate fork pivoted to it, near
one end.
The other end of the spring yoke can be formed with its end bent at right angles,
forming a hook, which can be hooked into a loop on the side of the boiler, and thus
serve as a handle for lifting it by.
screw
In order to enable the above devices to be applied to boilers or cooking vessels
having no loops at their upper edge as described, I construct a split metal hoop
adapted to be fitted round the top of such vessels and to be secured by a
clamping device, which hoop has two opposite loops projecting up from it, for
the reception of the spring yoke, such loops being either fixed on the hoop or
arranged to slide thereon, so as to allow of their positions being adjusted when
the hoop is fitted to vessels of different diameters.

page_text: The vessel is provided with a separate stand, which may either be of an open
tripod shape or of a closed cylindrical shape, within which is placed either a
lamp or fuel, holes being provided for the entrance of air and the escape of gases.
The tripod is formed with a metal ring into which the bottom of the vessel
fits, and which has slit portions bent upward on which the vessel rests.
The cylindrical stand or tripod may be temporarily secured to the vessel by means
of hooks on the former engaging with studs or eyes on the latter.
The before mentioned cover is by preference formed with a raised rim all round, so
that it can be used as a dish or plate for containing food.
Dated this 7th day of October 1896.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Cooking Vessels or Boilers for Military, Travelling
and Domestic Purposes.
I, ANTON COUNT BERCITTOLD; of Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Captain in the Imperial
and Royal Army, 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 an improved construction of cooking vessels or boilers for
military travelling, and domestic purposes as I shall describe referring to the
accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side view partly in section and Fig. 2 is a plan of a boiler according to
my invention. Fig. 3 is a side view of a modification. Fig. 4 is a section and Fig. 5
a plan of.ring for adapting my lid fastening to existing. boilers. Fig. 6 is a side view,
and Fig. 7 a plan of a modified ring for this purpose.
The boiler consists of a circular or oval vessel a open at the top and having at its
upper edge two projecting eyes or loops b b¹ diametrically opposite to each other,
which serve for receiving the ends of a spring yoke f for holding down the lid c.
This lid has at its middle an upward projecting looped handle upon which the
spring yoke f is made to press for holding down the lid, in the following manner.
The one end of the spring yoke f has jointed to it an elbow lever having an arm f¹
and a bend f with a projection beyond it.
In placing the spring yoke f in position this projection is inserted into the loop b
which loop by preference turns on a hinge, after which the arm f¹ is pulled over so as
to lie close down on the spring yoke f. By this means the projection at f is caused
to exert a considerable downward pressure upon the end of the spring yoke to which
the arm is attached while at the same time it raises up the loop b and brings the end
of the yoke through the loop, so that this holds the yoke and lever securely in the
position into which they have been brought. The lever f can be made as shown with
a hollow at one end so that it can serve as a spoon. The spring yoke f can also be
made to serve as a fork k by constructing it of two parts connected by a pivot pin k¹,
the fore part k passing underneath the other part when the lid is closed but when it
is not used ias a spring yoke, this part can be turned on its pivot and be used
as a fork...
The end of the spring yoke can be formed as a hook f which can be engaged in a
loop a on the side of the boiler, and thus serve as a handle for lifting it. In order
that the spring yoke may be applied to boilers having no loops at their upper edge as
described, I construct a split metal hoop m adapted to be fitted round the top of such

page_text: boilers with flanges m³ secured by a screw n. This hoop has two opposite loops p p¹
projecting up from it, for the reception of the spring yoke, these loops being either
fixed on the hoop as shewn in Figs. 6 and 7 or one arranged to slide thereon, as shewn
in Figs. 4 and 5, so as to allow of their positions being adjusted when the hoop is
fitted to boilers of different diameters.
The boiler is provided with a separate stand, which may either be of an open tripod
shape as shown in Fig. 1 or of a closed cylindrical shape as shewn in Fig. 3 with
bottom 3 upon which is placed either a lamp or fuel, holes & being provided for the
entrance of air and the escape
of gases.
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The tripod is formed with a metal ring r into which the bottom of the vessel fits,
and which has slit portions r¹ bent inwards on which the boiler rests, the ring r being
carried on feet r².
The cylindrical stand or tripod may be temporarily secured to the boiler by means
of hooks t on the former engaging with studs or eyes on the latter.
The cover c is by preference formed with a raised rim all round, so that it can be
used as a dish or plate for containing food.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A cooking vessel or boiler having its lid secured by a cam lever f1 acting on the
end of a spring yoke f which bears upon a central loop of the lid, substantially
as described.
2. The construction of the cam lever fin shape of a spoon, as and for the
purpose set forth.
3. The construction of the end of the yoke in the form of a hook, which may be
inserted into an eye a¹, so that the yoke may serve as a handle for the vesssel
as set forth.
4. The construction of the spring yoke with a fork k pivotted on it, as and for the
purpose set forth.
5. In combination with a boiler, a ring m clamped thereon and provided with two
opposite eyes p and p', either fixed or sliding, to receive the spring yoke, substantially
as described.
6. In combination with the boiler a support consisting of a ring r provided with
feet 2, or, of the form of a mantle with orifices 8 for air and combustion gases
substantially as described.
Dated this 6th day of July 1807