Improvements in Steam Cookers.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1889-Accepted, 27th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Steam Cookers.
GEORGE JOHN HUTCHINGS 36 King William Street London E.C. "Agent" do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:—
A Steam Cooker comprising two or more seperate compartments and cover. One
contains the water to be boiled provided with a steam whistle, upon this rest, one
or more compartments to contain the food fitted with a tube or steam pipe in which
are one or more holes to admit the steam to pass to the food, in this tube or steam
pipe is a valve to close the hole or holes which when closed the compartments become
a hot plate.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Steam Cookers.
I, GEORGE JOHN HUTCHINGS, 36 King William Street, London, E.C. 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 :-
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This invention relates to improved apparatus for cooking viands by steam whereby
a whole dinner comprising for example fish, soup, meat, vegetables and pudding may
be cooked at once, each article of food in a separate compartment, without mingling of
flavors, the apparatus occupying no more space on the range, oil or gas stove, when
cooking a number of viands than when cooking one only.
My Steam Cooker comprises two or more separate compartments and cover. The
lowest compartment, that which rests upon the stove, is the boiler in which is generated
the steam for cooking the food; this compartment is provided with a steam whistle
to give-warning when the water is getting low and a suitable funnel for renewing the
supply. Upon the boiler rests another compartment to contain food, this compart-
ment being fitted with a tube or steam pipe communicating with the boiler, having
one or more holes or inlets for the passage of steam into the compartment containing
the food to be cooked, and a valve or valves for closing the steam inlets at pleasure ;
this steam pipe is closed at top by a cap and when another similar cooking compart-
ment is superposed this cap is removed to permit the steam tube of the lower
compartment to enter that of the upper and the cap is again placed at the top.
Upon the accompanying sheet of Drawing
Figure 1 is an elevation showing the exterior of a Steam Cooker of my
invention and
.
Figure 2 is a vertical section through same.
A indicates the boiler.
B funnel for filling same.
C Steam Whistle.
D Steam pipe. d stays supporting same.
E Valves for closing Steam inlets to Cooking compartment.
.F Cooking compartments-f flange by which they rest upon each other at the
top f¹.
G. Inlets for Steam to compartments F.
H Cap closing top of Steam pipe.
I Movable plate forming false bottom to compartment F. when cooking fish or
vegetables for example.

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K Lid which may be placed over any of the compartiments when it becomes the
upper one.
The Steam generated in A passing up the pipe D enters the compartments F by the
inlets G, the valves being open as shown on the drawing. When the food in any
of the compartments F is sufficiently cooked the entrance of steam into such compart-
ment may be shut off by pushing in the valve or valves E closing the steam inlets G
the food.being thenceforth kept hot by the steam in the pipe and compartment
above and below it. It will be evident that steam may be shut off from any of the
superposed compartments without interfering with its admission to any other-the
compartments closed to steam becoming a hot plate. I may place partitions in a com-
partment so as to cook several kinds of vegetables without bringing them into contact
with each other.
I may make my apparatus of tin or of any suitable metal or material and, while
finding a circular form very suitable, I do not propose to limit myself to any particular
shape of boiler or cooking compartments nor to any particular number of superposed
compartments or any subdivision of such compartments.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A Steam Cooker consisting of one or more interchangeable Cooking Compart-
ments superposed above a boiler and receiving steam therefrom substantially as
*described.
2. In a Steam Cooker, the application of a steam whistle to the boiler substantially
as described.
3. In a Steam Cooker, the application of a steam check valve or valves to the steam
pipe for the purpose of closing the inlets to the cooking compartments substantially as
described.
4. A Steam Cooker, constructed, combined and arranged to operate-substantially as
described and shown on the accompanying Drawing.
Dated this Twenty fourth day of June 1889.
For the Applicant