IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CULINARY ROASTING
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Deane, of Arthur Street East, London
Bridge, in the City of London, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CULINARY ROASTING."
Sealed the 22nd February 1861, and dated the 29th August 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Deane at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
August 1860.
I, EDWARD DEANE, of Arthur Street East, London Bridge, in the City of
London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CULINARY ROASTING," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in attaching two or more vertical,"lines" to a
roasting apparatus, and working the same by one spring or motive mechanism,
or where two or more "spits" are employed, the actuating the whole of the
same by one and the same motive arrangement; or, in cases of "lines" or
"spits," or both combined by inore than one spring or motive mechanisms,
provided these springs or mechanisms be made to act simultaneously, that is,
I adopt the usual spring arrangement or other convenient power mechanism,
the motion from which I convey to actuate the vertical "lines" or the "spits"
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page_text: by means of a sliding bar which has racks thereon, which racks are in gear
with the teeth of a pinion in connection with and worked by the power
mechanism; or instead of the sliding bar and racks we use spindles with bevil
wheel arrangements,or "endless screws,"working into suitable wheels, or end-
less chains, ropes, or cranks.
These improvements admit of "spits" and "lines" and dangles being used
with the same apparatus, or separately, as required. This mechanism should
be 'affixed to a suitable screen, frame, or case.
The above is a description of the nature of this Invention, which may
probably be varied in practice.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Deane in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th February 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS, SHALL COME, EDWARD
DEANE, of No. 1, Arthur Street East, Londou Bridge, in the City of London,
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her-Letters
Patent,. bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edward Deane, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Deane,
ny executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Edward Deane, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CULINARY ROASTING," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said. Edward Deane, my executors.or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and: seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed and cause.the same to
be filed in the Great. Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Deane, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to berper-

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
. As bath been heretofore intimated by the Provisional Specification left and
recorded on application for the said Letters Patent, my Invention consists in
attaching two or more vertical "lines" and "dangles" as they are termed, to a
roasting apparatus, in such manner that the same may be worked by one spring
arrangement or motor; or where instead of "lines" or dangles two or more
"spits" are employed, the actuating of the whole thereof by one and the same
motive mechanism; or, when "lines," "dangles," and spits are combined, more
than one spring or motor may be used, provided these springs or motors may be
made to act simultaneously or by one winding up, which system might also be
adopted in the cases before named. To effect all this, I prefer to adopt the
usual spring arrangement, or other convenient power, the motion from which
I prefer to convey to actuate the vertical "lines" or the "spits "by means of
a sliding bar which has racks thereon, which racks should gear with the teeth
of a pinion or toothed wheel in connection with and worked by the spring
arrangement or motor; or, instead of the sliding bar with racks, I use spindles
with wheel arrangements, or endless screws working into suitable wheels, or
endless chains, ropes, or cranks.
These arrangements admit of "spits" and "lines" and "dangles" being
used with the same apparatus, or separately, as required. In any case the
mechanism should be affixed to a suitable roasting screen, frame, or case.
Having thus particularly described the nature of the said Invention, I now'
proceed to particularly describe and ascertain in what manner the same is to
be performed, whereiur I shall refer to the Drawings accompanying this' Speci-
fication as now followeth
Drawing No. 1; view of the sliding bar arrangement herein-before men-
tioned; Drawing No. 2, view of the arrangement.composed of upright spindles
and suitable wheels.
In Drawing No. 1, A denotes a vertical toothed wheel actuated directly by
the spring or other power, such as may be employed for these purposes; B, a
pinion set on an axis, which carries at the other end a vertical crown wheel C,
the teeth of which catch two teeth (one at a time) on the upright spindle D,
the lower part of which spindle carries the sector E, which gears with the
pinion (G), which pinion gears with the racks of the sliding bar F, F, causing
it to move along such movement, having the effect of turning the pinions
G*,G*, secured on spindles, which have also the large toothed wheels H, H, H,

page_text: gearing with pinions I, I, I, and thus working the lines and dangles connected
thereto. The whole arrangement is secured on a suitable case or screen
marked Y, Y, the rack bar being secured by the supports F*, FX, having
rollers beneath the rack bar to assist its motion.
It will be obvious to the practical man that a mere modification of this
arrangement may be used to actuate spits, or spits and lines and dangles com-
bined, and that one spring arrangement or motor may be used to actuate the
spits and another the lines and dangles, as by. bevil gearing, changing the
direction of motion or otherwise.
Drawing No. 2 shews an arrangement whereby upon giving motion to one
central spindle (upright), a number of "lines," "dangles," and appliances
are actuated by suitable wheelwork. This spindle (a) is set agoing by the
spring mechanism of the usual character contained in the box a', by the
toothed gearing connected therewith, a shewn in the upper portion of this
Drawing (No. 2). Secured on this spindle (a) is a toothed wheel 6, which
works other toothed wheels c, c, c, which are secured to the radii d* of the cir-
cular frame d; these toothed wheels having lines and dangles, which are
thereby kept going. e, e, are frames to allow of the meats or things to be
cooked being adjusted as to height and the like, the upper ends of these frames
being secured to the axles of the wheels c, c, c, (moving therewith) in the radii
of the circular frame d, and the lower pivotted in the corresponding radii of
the frame f. This arrangement admits of reflectors being used, if thought
desirable, that is, of pieces of polished tin or metal being secured at an angle
to the upright spindle, thus forming several roasting compartments as it were.
This mechanism should be secured to a suitable roasting screen or case, such
an one being shewn in the Drawing and marked Z, Z.
I may here state that I have found that it will in many cases be desirable
to dispense with the circular frames d, d, and f,f, the radii being left.
It is evident that several modifications of arrangements may be adopted with-
out departing from the main feature of this Invention,namely, the working of
several "lines," or "dangles," or "spits," or the combination thereof by one
and the same spring or motor; for instance, as aforesaid, by substituting for
the sliding bar and racks, endless screws working into suitable wheels, or
endless chains, or ropes, or cranks, though the arrangements shewn by the
Drawings and herein described are what I prefer to use and adopt.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention,and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not claim any of the details
.considered per se, and apart from the purposes set forth; what I claim being
the arrangements for actuating the "lines" and "dangles" or "spits," or both

page_text: combined, by one and the same spring or motor, or by more than one spring or
motor acting simultaneously or upon one winding up.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Deane, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Signed and sealed in my presence,
F. W. CAMPIN, Patent Agent,
156, Strand.
EDWARD DEANE. (L.S.)