Improved Steam Cooking Apparatus, especially applicable for Cooking or Preserving all kinds of Fruits, Vegetables, and Meats.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1993
Complete Specification Left, 16th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Steam Cooking Apparatus, especially applicable for
Cooking or Preserving all kinds of Fruits, Vegetables, and
Meats.
I ALEXANDER BROWNE of 9 Warwick Court, in the County of London, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me
from abroad by Stephen Decatur Smith Gentleman and Joseph Ashby Kennard,
Architect both of Orlando in the State of Florida United States of America) to
be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a steam canning cooker which from
the simplicity of its construction and the case with which it may be used will
greatly facilitate the cooking or preserving of all kinds of fruits vegetables and
meats and this apparatus can also be used as a steam cooker for household
purposes.
According to this invention the generator is made of any suitable metal and may
be round and at a short distance from its top is fixed a cover so as to be steam
tight and in this cover is provided a hole for charging the said generator with water
this hole being afterwards closed steam tight by suitable means and preferably in
the centre of the said cover is screwed an upright pipe to the upper end of which
is connected branch pipes preferably jointed, also stop cock. Receivers or cases
open at bottom (preferably cylinders) and made of suitable metal or material are
placed open end downwards so as to rest on the cover of the generator the open
jars or cans containing the meat or other article to be cooked having been previously
The aforesaid
placed on said cover so as to be under the said receivers or cases.
branch pipes are screwed or otherwise suitably fitted in a hole in the top of each
of the said receivers so that when the stop cock is turned on steam will be injected
in and around the jars or cans containing the articles to be cooked.
The bottom of the said receivers being sealed by water put in the shallow vessel
formed by reason of the cover of the generator being fitted some distance from the
top of such generator.
The generator is heated by any suitable means.
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BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Steam Cooking Apparatus, especially applicable for
Cooking or Preserving all kinds of Fruits, Vegetables, and
Meats.
I, ALEXANDER BROWNE of 9 Warwick Court in the County of London, Patent
Agent, (a communication to me from abroad by Stephen Decatur Smith, Gentleman,
and Joseph Ashby Kennard, Architect, both of Orlando in the State of Florida,
United States of America) 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a steam canning cooker which from
the simplicity of its construction and the ease with which it may be used will

page_text: greatly facilitate the cooking or preserving of all kinds of fruits, vegetables and
meats and this apparatus can also be used as a steam cooker for household
purposes.
According to this invention the generator is made of any suitable metal and
may be round and at a short distance from its top is fixed a cover so as to be steam
tight and in this cover is provided a hole for charging the said generator with water
this hole being afterwards closed steam tight by suitable means, and preferably in
the centre of the said cover is screwed an upright pipe to the upper end of which
are connected branch pipes preferably jointed, also stop cock. Receivers or cases
open at bottom (preferably cylinders) and made of suitable metal or material are
pinced open end downwards so as to rest on the cover of the generator, the open
jars or cans containing the meat or other article to be cooked having been previously
placed on said cover so as to be under the said receivers or cases. The aforesaid
branch pipes are screwed or otherwise suitably fitted in a hole in the top of each
of the said receivers so that when the stop cock is turned on steam will be injected
in and around the jars or cans containing the articles to be cooked.
The bottoms of the said receivers are sealed by water put in the shallow vessel
formed by reason of the cover of the generator being fitted some distance from
the top of such generator.
The generator is heated by any suitable means.
And in order that this said invention may be fully understood I will now describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1. represents a partly sectional elevation of a steam cooking apparatus
constructed according to this invention and Fig. 2 a plan of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in each view.
ashews a steam generator (shewn in section at Fig. 1) of circular and which
may be of rectangular or other convenient form. This generator is made of tin,
copper or other metal with a flange or rinj about the top making a false bottom
with the same which is to hold a shallow sheet of water to prevent loss of steam
from the receivers d, d, d, d, thus putting it under pressure and superheating it,
with an opening g for supplying with water, the cap of which opening can be a safely
valve, and with a collar on which or into which the main pipe or tube b is screwed
or otherwise connected. This generator may be of any desired capacity.
The main pipe or conveying tube & may be made of tin, copper, or other metal
and connected with the generator at the centre or at the side. This is some-
what higher than the receivers d, d, d, d so that the arms or supply pipes c, c, e, c
can be conveniently introduced into the openings e, e, e, e, in tops of the
receivers d, d, d, d, with a bend on which is a nipple, tube, washer or collar m which
may be of caoutchone, leather, rubber, cork or other material and may be put
direct into the receivers d or screwed in so as to fit steam tight; and is fitted with
as many of these arms or supply pipes e as will furnish the desired capacity in the
apparatus, which arins or pipes are screwed into or otherwise connected with the
main pipe and are provided with revolving pendant cocks or stop cock and
hinge combined which can be raised or lowered to facilitate the placing and removal
of cans or jars k, k, k, k under the receivers. A water gauge may be fitted to the
generator u.
The receivers or covers d for the cans or jars or cooking utensils
are made of
tin or other suitable metal or material of any convenient size to cover one or more
cans or jars or cooking utensils k, k, k, k with an open bottom the top closed except
a small opening, e, e, e, to admit the supply pipes c, c, c, c.
n represents the thin sheet of water put upon the false bottom or top 7 of the
generator a to prevent the escape of steam from the bottom of the receivers d until
it is put under pressure and superheated. The water is also brought to a boil
under the receivers and furnishes and additional supply of steam for bottom
beat.
The method of operation is as follows:
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The ownerator is partly filled with water through the lening
About a

page_text: half inch depth of water is put upon the false bottom / or top of generator a. The
main pipe is adjusted on the generator as likewise the supply pipes c, c, c, c with
their stop cocks; the apparatus is then placed upon a stove, range, heater or fire-
place; the cans or vessels containing the fruit, meat or vegetables to be operated
upon are then placed on the false bottom 7 and under the supply pipes, c, c, c, c; the
receivers or covers d, d, d, d, placed over them, and when the water in the generator
boils the end of the supply pipe e is fitted into the opening e of the receiver d and
the steam turned on by means of the cocks f. The end of the supply pipe being
over the open mouth of the can or jar or cooking utensil k containing the fruit,
meat or vegetables the steam is forced down into it and envelops it on the outside
so that from five to fifteen minutes only are required to kill all bacteria or germs
of fermentation and cook and render the fruit, meat or vegetables ready for sealing
or for immediate use.
The advantages of this method over any and all others are seen in the excellent
quality of the product in Havour, colour and form, the form and colour of the fruit
being unaffected by the cooking, and the flavour which is partially lost by the
ordinary method of boiling is retained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
ion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) In steam cooking apparatus, the combination of the base, covered pan, or
steam generator, a, provided with a rim or flange for holding water, the main and
supply pipes connected therewith together with the receivers or covers admitting
supply pipes into same, substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying
drawing.
(2.) The improved steam cooking apparatus substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
16th day
August
naust 1901
BROWNE & Co..
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
BROWNE & Co..
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, W.C., Agents for Applicant.