Improved Apparatus to be employed in the Boiling or Cooking of Eggs and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1892—Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus to be employed in the Boiling or Cooking of
Eggs and the like.
1, ANNIE NICHOLLS of York House, Alton in the County of Warwick, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows :-
:-
My improved apparatus to be employed in the boiling or cooking of eggs and
known as <<
poaching," consists in the construction or arrangement of parts by
means of which the eggs can be taken from the apparatus when boiled or
"poached" without breaking (which has hitherto been the case) and thus served at
table in a more presentable manner.
I will describe my invention thus :-
I construct a base or bottom, of metal by preference, of a required size, to this
base I secure one, two or more receptacles which are jointed or hinged at one part,
and secured at the other by a pin engaged in a tubular section. The space
occupied upon the base by these receptacles is perforated and the whole is provided
with a suitable handle by means of which it is placed in and removed from a
culinary utensil of a shape and size corresponding thereto. One egg is placed in
each receptacle and when sufficiently cooked the base with its receptacles is
removed from the culinary utensil, and the part hinged is opened by withdrawing
the pin from the tube, this allows a space sufficient to slide the egg out without
breakage.
Dated 20th January 1899
THOS. KENDRICK,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus to be employed in the Boiling or Cooking of
Eggs and the like.
1, ANNIE NICHOLLS of York House Olton in the County of Warwick, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My improved apparatus to be employed in the boiling or cooking of eggs and
known as "
poaching," consists in the construction or arrangement of parts by
means of which the eggs can be taken from the apparatus when boiled or
poached" without breaking (which has hitherto been the case) and thus served at
table in a more presentable manner.
I will describe my invention thus:-
I construct a base or bottom, of metal by preference, of a required size, to this
base I secure one, two or more receptacles which are jointed or hinged at one part
and secured at the other by a pin engaged in a tubular section.
The space
occupied upon the base by these receptacles is perforated and the whole is provided
with a suitable handle by means of which it is placed in and removed from a
culinary utensil of a shape and size corresponding thereto. One egg is placed in
each receptacle and when sufficiently cooked the base with its receptacles is
removed from the culinary utensil, and the part hinged is opened by withdrawing
the pin from the tube, this allows a space sufficient to slide the egg out without
breakage.
And in order that this my invention may be more fully understood, I shall now

page_text: proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose I shall refer
to the drawing upon the sheet hereunto annexed.
a, is the metallic base or bottom, , are the receptacles jointed or hinged at c, and
engaging or fastening by means of the tube d, on the opening part engaging in the
intervening space e, between the tubes ff the ping, passing down each tube and
securing the same. The space of each base of the receptacle is perforated as h, to
admit the water for the process of poaching or cooking, and to allow of its escape
afterwards, i, is the handle.
One egg to be poached or cooked is placed in each receptacle b, when closed,
and by means of the handle i immersed into an ordinary culinary utensil of a corre-
sponding size and when the cooking is effected the one part that is hinged is opened
by removing the pin g, and the egg is removed and conveyed to the table in a
presentable manner.
The above being my said invention I wish it to be observed in conclusion that
I do not limit myself to the details or arrangement of parts as shewn on the
accompanying drawings as I may alter or modify the same and still retain the
principle of my invention, for instance I may vary the shape or configuration of
the whole and the mode of fastening, I may construct my apparatus for cooking
one. egg only two, or more.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is.
1. In apparatus to be employed in the cooking of eggs and the like a receptacle
or receptacles jointed or hinged at a convenient part with a suitable fastening to
secure the same, arranged upon or connected to a perforated base, for the purpose
above set forth.
2. The general construction combination and arrangement of part substantially
as herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated 19th October 1892.
THOS. KENDRICK,
Agent.