Improvements in the Fittings of Gas Cooking Stoves.
Year: 1891

page_text: -Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1892-Accepted, 27th Aug, 1892;
.PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fittings of Gas Cooking Stoves.
We, SAMUEL VICKREY BIRD, of 43, St. Paul's Road, Moseley near the City
of Birmingham, Manager of Works, and JOSEPH SYKES WOOD, of 84 Hingeston
Street Brookfields, Birmingham, aforesaid, Foreman of Works, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in, or additions to, meat hooks, employed
in connection with gas cooking stoves as hereinafter described.
The said invention consists in combining with a swivelling meat hook, a handle
or holder, by which a joint of meat, or the like, is taken hold of, for removal when
the hook is inserted within the same.
The said combined apparatus is attachable and detachable, and is provided at
the junction of the handle with the stem of the hook part, with a supplementary
hook, from which the same is hung or suspended, by the said supplementary hook
taking upon a bar, or within an eye, or their equivalents, situated within, or directed
from the sides of the said cooking stove.
In carrying out one form of our invention, the extreme upper end of the shank
of a depending hook, is swivelly connected to near the inner end of a handle or
holder part, whose outer end is preferably cranked downwards, so that the hand
of a person taking hold of the said handle part, shall not come in contact with
the top or crown of the oven, when a joint of meat is being placed in position or
removed.
The extreme inner end of the handle is formed into an inverted hook, with the
joint hanging downwards, and with the same hanging immediately over the meat
carrying hook, and is employed as an attachable and detachable rest, which takes
upon a horizontal bar directed within the interior of the oven, and from the two
opposite sides, and near the top thereof.
The meat carrying hook being made thus to swivel, admits of being turned
round, when the meat carried by it is required to be presented to the fire in
different positions.
When in use, the metal hook is passed into a joint, and the handle then taken
hold of, and the supporting or bearing hook, placed upon the cross rod within
the stove.
In addition to the combined apparatus described a basting attachment may be
used in connection with it.
In this form of my invention, I support a funnel shaped reservoir or tank above
the supporting hook, by an upwardly directed rod or rods, in manner that the
basting liquor contained within the said reservoir is allowed to slowly drip spot by
spot, or trickle through apertures or holes made for the purpose in the bottom of
the said reservoir.
Dated 23rd day of September 1891
SAMUEL VICKREY BIRD,.
JOSEPH SYKES WOOD,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fittings of Gas Cooking Stoves.
We, SAMUEL VICKREY BIRD, of 43 St. Paul's Road, Moseley, near the City
of Birmingham, Manager of Works, and JOSEPH SYKES WOOD, of 84 Hingestor.
Street, Brookfields, Birmingham aforesaid, Foreman of Works, 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, or additions to meat hooks, employed
in connection with gas cooking stoves, as hereinafter described.
The said invention consists in combining with a swivelling meat hook, a handle
or holder, by means of which a joint of meat, or the like, is suspended and taken
hold of, for removal when the hook is inserted within the same.
The said combined apparatus is attachable and detachable, and is provided at
the junction of the handle, with the stem of the hook part, with a supplementary
hook, from which the same is hung or suspended, by the said supplementary hook
taking upon a bar, or within an eye, or their equivalenis situated within or directed
from the sides of the said cooking stove.
In carrying out one form of our invention, the extreme upper end of the shank
of a depending hook, is swivelly connected to near the inner end of a handle or
holder part, whose outer end is preferably cranked downwards, so that the hand
of a person taking hold of the said handle part, shall not come in contact with
the top or crown of the oven, when a joint of meat is being placed in position or
removed.
The extreme inner end of the handle is formed into an inverted hook, with the
point hanging downwards, and with the same hanging immediately over the meat
carrying hook, and is employed as an attachable and detachable rest, which takes
upon a horizontal bar directed within the interior of an oven, and from the two
opposite sides, and near the top thereof.
The meat carrying hook being made thus to swivel, admits of being turned
round, when the meat's position is required to be changed.
When in use the meat hook is passed into a joint, and the handle then taken
hold of, and the supporting or bearing hook, placed upon the cross rod or other
support within the stove.
In addition to the combined apparatus described, a basting attachment may be
used in connection with it.
In this form of my invention, I support a reservoir or tank above the supporting
hook, in manner that the basting liquor contained within the said reservoir is
allowed to slowly drip spot by spot, or trickle through apertures or holes made for
the purpose in the bottom of the said reservoir or tank.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation, a gas
cooking-stove meat hook, constructed and arranged according to one form of our
invention.
It will be seen that the said hook comprehends a swivelling member with a back
handle, by means of which latter, a joint of meat upon the former, can be trans-
ported or carried in a simpler way than with ordinary meat hooks, where no handles
are employed.
Figure 2 represents the said hook, with the fore part in section, showing the
connection of the swivelling member with the shank of the fore part.
Figure 3 is a topside plan of Figure 1, whilst Figure 4 is an end elevation of
the same.
Figure 5 shows the swivelling hook when in use, and how the bent-over fore
part takes upon a suspension bar or other expedient crossing the upper part of the
interior of a cooker.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 5.
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page_text: a is a swivelling hook connected at the upper end of its stem a³, by a neck a³,
and head a', to the shank 62, of a handle b, cranked at 6, and with the fore part of
the said shank, having a bent over hook member part c.
Thus, the neck a³, of the said swivelling hook a, takes within a hole ', made
through the said shank b, and is there capable of rotation, so as to bring the hook
into any position desired, according to the requirements of cooking.
Figure 6 represents a combined swivelling meat hook, with handle, and basting
tank, constructed according to a further form of our invention, and Figure 7 is a
plan of the same.
A portion of the sides of the tank are broken away, in order to show the means.
of connection, and swivelling hook.
In Figures 6 and 7, a is the swivelling hook, with the neck a³, of the upper
end a², swivelling within a hole b', passing through the shank of the handle b,.
which is cranked at 3, and having its fore part made into an inverted rest-
hook.
d is a basting tank, with drip holes d', through its bottom, and attachedly
connected to the shank 6, by a rivet or other means ³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
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First In gas cooking-stove meat hooks, combining with a swivelling hook,
a taking-hold-of handle part, for the purpose, substantially as set forth in
Figures 1 to 5.
Secondly: A gas cooking stove meat hook, the combination with a swivelling
hook a, of a handle part b, with a cranked shank part &³, and an inverted hook rest
member c, as set forth in Figures 1 to 5.
Thirdly: In gas cooking-stove meat hooks, the combination with a swivelling.
hook, having a taking-hold-of handle, of a dripping or basting tin, tank or reservoir,.
as set forth in Figures 6 and 7.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1805
SAMUEL VICKREY BIRD,
JOSEPH SYKES WOOD,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.