Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
I EDWARD CHARLES JOHNSTON, of "Folkestone" Tuppor Street, Marrickville,
near Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Gentleman 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 has been specially devised in order to provide a utensil for
use in roasting joints, game, poultry, etc., so that a thorough basting will be ensured
during the roast without the trouble of continual personal attention and motion. In
addition by the use of this utensil the joint or roast is protected from charring or
burning and it may be cooked in an efficient and thorough manner.
This improved basting colander consists of a double vessel or vessels in two parts
one removably fitting within the other and taking the top position. Both these
parts or vessels are colanders that is have discs or bottoms the perforations in the
upper vessel being of larger diameter than those in the lower vessel. In addition
these compartments or vessels have each a series of legs or supports the upper one
arranged so that said legs will take comfortably within the lower one and the lower
vessel having its legs adapted either to take upon the top of a joint to take (over
the joint) to the bottom of the roasting dish or to take into or upon the breast of
game and poultry.
But in order that this invention may be clearly understood reference will now be
made to the drawings herewith in which Figure 1 shows this improved basting
colander complete and ready for use while Figures 2 and 3 show the top and bottom
compartments or vessels apart and partially in section. A is the rim or shell of the
top compartment or colander and B the perforated bottom or disc thereof C being
extension piece and D feet or supports. E is the rim or shell of the bottom compart-
ment or colander and F the perforated bottom or disc Gare handles and H a series
of feet in the illustration shown as sharp pointers adapted to take into the top of a
joint or roast. It will be seen that the perforations in the upper disc B are larger
than those in the lower disc F.
In use the fat &c. is placed within the top vessel or colander inside the rim A
on the top of disc B and as the basting colander becomes warm it melts and
percolates through the perforations inside the rim E on top of disc F where
it in spread and percolates in small even drips over the top of the whole joint
or roast. Sufficient fat &c. may be placed in the upper compartment or colander
to ensure the basting throughout the whole time of roasting or intermittently
say once or twice during the roast the liquid contents of the baking dish
may be removed therefrom and placed in the said upper compartment or
colander A where said contents will be strained by the disc B and after passing
through said disc B will be spread and distributed by the said disc F the upper
disc B having cleared from it all matters likely to obstruct the perforations in said
lower disc F.
Having now particularly described and explained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The improved basting colauder consisting of upper and lower compartments or
vessels the unner fitting within the lower and each having a perforated bottom or

page_text: disc the upper perforations being larger than those in the lower vessel substantially
as berein described and explained and ns illustrated in the drawing.
Dated this Twentieth day of March One thousand eight hundred and
ninety-six.
EDWARD C. JOHNSTON.
G. F. Redfern & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.