Improved Portable Cooking Apparatus.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd J-n., 196-4ccepted, 8th Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Portable Cooking Apparatus.
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 portable cooking apparatus and utensils for ready
transport, specially suitable for use in the open air.
It comprises a novel arrangement of parts, whereby the oven, or ovens, is or
are economically and effectually heated by utilizing the hot gases from an external
fire.
An apparatus embodying my improvements is shown in the accompanying sheet
of drawings, in which similar reference letters and figures indicate similar parts
throughout the drawings; the said drawings to be considered as part of the
Specifications.
Fig. 1 is a horizontal section; Fig. 2 is a plan Fig. 3 represents a front
elevation; Fig. 4 is a vertical section.
Fig. 2 A is the body of the apparatus.
B-boilers as seen in Figs. 2, 3, & 4, standing over flue c, or on the top of A
over t, or in ovens l.
c-Figs. 3 and 4 represents flue connection with e, leading from, or containing
the fire. The said flue may be an ordinary "field cooking trench"
cut in the
ground, of any convenient length, width, and depth; or it may be made of the
usual materials and connected with flue e, e¹, or e, at any convenient place.
d-an iron projection to take the end of B to prevent the escape of smoke and
heat.
e, el, e, e³, and e, are flues leading to chimney y.
dampers by which the direction of the heat is regulated.
g, removable flue pipe or chimney. The connection for the said pipe g, with
flue et may be at any convenient position through the top of A.
h, Figs. 1 and 4, dotted line showing extent of apparatus if containing only one
oven, in which case only the vertical flue e is necessary.
i, soot doors for access to flues.
k, asbestos packing at back of ovens. This may be continued along end of oven
at el, when there is only one oven.
1, the ovens.
m, removable double bottom of ovens, which may, when necessary, The packed
with asbestos.
n, iron stays or supports passing from front to back of A, under each oven.
o, moveable shelves.
P, ledges upon which o, rests.
9, oven doors.
r, removable wooden screen, hooked on to A, below the oven doors and secured
in vertical position by drop hook from top front of A. This, when lowered forms
a rest for anything removed from the ovens, and when attached by hooks to one
end of A and supported with stakes or other supports it forms a table.
stable, hooked on to A and supported in like manner to r. The said table s,
folds over the top of A and may then be secured with bolts and screws to
Screen r.

page_text: aperture, in top of A communicating with flue e. More apertures may be
made, and of any shape desired, to receive other cooking vessels; or the said
aperture, may be varied in design and size.
The casing or body A, as seen in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and the boilers B, Figs. 2, 3,
& 4, are preferably of the form shown and may be made of any suitable and
convenient size. The apparatus may be made with 1, 2, or more ovens. The
apparatus is made of sheet or cast iron, or steel or similar materials, and the boilers
of tin, copper and the like.
To enable my invention to be understood, I will describe how it can be carried
into practice:
Flue is made; and the apparatus is then placed in position as seen in Figs. 3
and 4. The utensils and other articles are removed from the ovens 1, and the top
Hue e. The boilers B, containing water, are placed over flue c, aperture, or in the
ovens. The tables and chimney g, are fixed in position as seen in Figs. 2 and 3
respectively.
The fire is made in flue e, or e, or in an ordinary fire grate or furnace at the
end of c.
As much as possible of the apparatus is then enclosed with a wall
made of earth or other materials; if necessary, aperture t, Fig. 2, may be closed
with one of the extra oven shelves and soil. To give stability to A and B,
when flue is made in the ground, sheet iron plates of a suitable size are
placed along the edges of the flue or trench c, or iron bars may be placed across
the said flue or trench c for the same purpose.
To pack up the apparatus for transport, the cooking utensils, steamers,
meat-roasting tius and the like, and the pieces of flue piping or chimney y,
and the boilers B are put in the ovens. The iron flue or trench plates, iron bars,
fire hooks, flue brush, and other articles are placed in Hue et; the screen, being in
position as seen in Fig. 2. Table s, is folded over on to the top of A and bolted
and screwed to r. The whole forming a complete portable cooking apparatus with
a wooden front and top.
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
1 claim is
1. In portable cooking apparatus, the combination of the casing or body A as
seen in the drawing, with one or more ovens 1, forming flues e, e', e², e³, and e.
2. Flue, as hereinbefore applied & described.
3. The application of packing & Fig. 1; dampers Fig. 3; screcu 7 and table s
Fig. 2, and boilers B substantially the same as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
4. Portable cooking apparatus substantially the same as described and seen in
the accompanying sheet of drawings.
5. The novelties of my invention, which I claim are:-
(a) The construction of portable cooking apparatus without the customary
fire rate or furnace, which can be effectually heated by the superfluous
hot gases passing into it from an external fire. The direct heat from the
said fire having been used for other purposes.
(b) The combination of screen r, tables, and
described and applied.
Dated this 1st day of January 1896.
casing A, as hereinbefore
GEORGE FOWLER.