Improvements in and connected with Ranges for Cooking Chipped Potatoes and Fish and for Boiling Water or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Ranges for Cooking Chipped
Potatoes and Fish and for Boiling Water or the like.
I, EDWARD BIRCI, of 47, Rochdale Road, Manchester, in the County of Lan-
easter, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with ranges for
cooking chipped potatoes and fish and for boiling water or the like, the object
being to provide means whereby the cooked chips and fish can be kept warm
more readily, the steam arising from the chips can be drawn off and the same
prevented from becoming sodden, the heat from the burner is better utilized
and the burner more readily cleaned and gas saved.
To this end I form the pan of my improved range with a corrugated or
grooved bottom having passages across from one corrugation or groove to the
other in alternate positions.
These corrugations or grooves increase the heating surface of the pan bottom,
retain the heat longer than hitherto has been the case by allowing the same to
gradually radiate.
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In order to keep the inside of the said corrugations or grooves clear of sedi-
ment I place over the same a thin loose bottom which may be perforated.
The upper edge of this I form with a flange adapted to rest upon the casing
usually surrounding such pan, which casing I form near the top with air
holes whilst the pan I may form slightly taper.
At-the side of this pan I form a flue the lower end of which communicates
with the space below the pan and its upper end by means of ports with a
chimney fixed to the top of the pan or a ring placed thereon.
Each of the said ports is surrounded by a beading which prevents the fatty
matter or other liquid if boiling over from running down the said flue into
the pan.
Upon the flange of the said pan, or the said ring, I employ the receptacle in
which the cooked chips or the fish are kept warm.
Below the bottom of this receptacle I form a cavity having in its bottom and
side a lot or port, communicating respectively with the top or interior of the
pan and with a slot or port formed in the said chimney.
The team arising from the boiling liquid in the pan enters the said cavity,
then passes through its side into the said chimney where it meets the hot air
or gases passing up the said Hue whilst by another slot or port in the said
chimney communicating with a slot or port in the side of the said receptacle, the
steam is drawn from the chipped potatoes into the said chimney.
I may however dispense with the last named outlet and draw the said steam
through a slot or port at the top in the back of the said receptacle back into
the said cavity

page_text: The said receptacle may either be pivoted or hinged to the top of the Hange
or the said ring so as to allow of being slid sideways or lifted up for the purpose
of uncovering the pan and permit of placing the fat or liquid and potatoes or
fish into and taking the same out of the pan.
The bottom of the said receptacle I form so as to slant towards the back
where I form a hole or holes through its jacket which serves to drain the chips
or fish and allow the fat to run back into the pan.
As heating medium for the pan I use a Bunsen burner which I form with
a removable top.
This top has an inverted bottom which serves to catch and evaporate the
condensed steam and prevent the flame being disturbed through back draught
or corrosion caused by the dropping of condensed steam.
The said top has also a slotted flange, the openings of which serve as an outlet
for the mixture of gas and air.
lated this 7th day of Tu 1000
Improvements in and connected with Ranges for Cooking Chipped
Potatoes and Fish and for Boiling Water or the like.
I, EDWARD BIRCH, of 47, Rochdale Road, Manchester, in the County of Lan-
.caster, Engineer, 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 and connected with ranges for
cooking chipped potatoes and fish and for boiling water or the like, the object
"being to provide means whereby the cooked. chips and fish can be kept warm
imore readily, the steam arising from the chips can be drawn off and the chips
prevented from becoming sodden, the heat from the burner is better utilized and
the burner more readily cleaned and gas saved.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 a plan, Fig. 3 a vertical section at line A-A
of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 a sectional plan of Fig. at line B-B, Fig. 5 partly a side
view and partly a section at line C-C of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 a plan of Fig. 5
partly in section at line DD) of cooking range constructed in accordance
with one form of my invention. Fig. 7 is a vertical section and Fig. 8 a plan
of my improved burner used for heating the pan of a cooking range.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, I form
the pan of my improved range with a circularly corrugated or grooved! bottom. b
having passages e across from one corrugation or grooved to the other in alter-
nate positions for the liot gases to pass through.
These corrugations or grooves increase the heating surface of the pan bottom
and the heat being caused to gradually radiate, is therefore retained much longer
than hitherto has been the case in such pans..
In order to keep the inside of the said corrugations or grooves d clear of sedi-
ment I may place over the same a thin loose bottom e, see dotted lines Fig. 3;
which may be perforated.
The side of this pan I form slightly taper and its upper edge with a flange f

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adapted to rest upon the casing 9 usually surrounding the pan, whilst its top I
furnish with a lid or lids which may be made to fold.
The said lid or lids may be attached to the pan flange direct or as in the
present instance to a ring a placed thereon.
Around the pan I employ a jacket which forms a flue at the side thereof,
the lower end of which communicates, with the space 7 below the pan and its
upper end by means of the ports m formed in the jacket and the ports n in
the said pan flange with a chimney o, fixed or attached to the top of the said
ring (or the pan flange when no ring is used).
Each of the ports n is surrounded by a beading which prevents the fatty matter
or other liquid boiling over from running down the said flue and causes same
to run back into the pan.
Upon the said ring I employ over the ports », a receptacle
in which the cooked chips or the fish are kept warm.
having a lid q
Below the bottom of this receptacle I form a cavity reaching up the sides
of the same and having in its bottom and at the side respectively a slot or
ports & communicating with the top or interior of the pan, and s by way of
the said cavity and a slot or port formed in the said chimney with the latter.
The steam arising from the fatty matter or boiling liquid in the pan and the
hot air or gases from the said flue both thus enter the said cavity from whence
they pass jointly into the said chimney where they meet the steam from the
chipped potatoes or fish in the said receptacle which is drawn through another
slot or port in the said chimney communicating with a slot or port w in
the said receptacle.
In this manner I utilize both the hot air or gases created by the burner.and
the steam rising from the chipped potatoes or fish for keeping the latter warm
in the receptacle in which they are placed when taken out of the pan.
According to a modification of my invention I may however dispense with
the last named outlet and draw the said steam through a slot or porte formed
at the top in the back of the said receptacle, back into the cavity, see dotted
lines Fig. 5.
The said receptacle may either be pivoted or hinged to the top of the said
ring (or the pan flange) so as to allow of being slid sideways or lifted up for
the purpose of completely uncovering the pan and permit of more readily placing
the fat or liquid and potatoes or fish into and taking the same out of the pan.
The bottom of the receptacle I slant and near its lowest point I form a hole or
holes which serve to drain the chips or fish and allow the fat to run through
the cavity back into the pan .
Referring to Figs. 7 & 8, I use as heating medium for the pan one or a
number of Bunsen burners z each formed with a removable cap like top z².
This top has an inverted bottom which serves to catch and evaporate the
condensed steam and prevent the flame being disturbed through back draught
or corrosion caused by the dropping of condensed steam.
The side of the said top is formed with slots which serve as an outlet for
the mixture of gas and air.
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
I claim is::
1st. In and connected with cooking ranges for chipped potatoes, fish and the
like, a receptacle for holding the cooked potatoes or the like, having a cavity r
adapted to receive the hot air or gases from underneath and the steam from the
interior of the pan, for the purpose of utilizing the same for keeping the potatoes
or the like warm in the said receptacle, all substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
2nd. In and connected with cooking ranges for chipped potatoes. fish and the
like, the pan bottom formed with circular corrugations or grooves & having cross
passages o in alternate position, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 3rd. In and-connected with cooking ranges for chipped potatoes, fish and the
like, the burner z formed with a removable inverted top z, all substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
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1000
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.