IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING AND TURNING MEAT, FOWLS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES FOR ROASTING
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Moreton Jones, of Great Pulteney Street,
in the County of Middlesex, Mechanician, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING AND TURNING MEAT, FOWLS, AND SUCH
LIKE ARTICLES FOR ROASTING."
Sealed the 25th February 1862, and dated the 31st August 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Moreton Jones
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 31st August 1861.
I, THOMAS MORETON JONES, of Great Pulteney Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING AND TURNING MEAT, FOWLS,
AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES FOR ROASTING," to be as follows:-
On a spindle supported vertically in a suitable frame carrying the said appa-
ratus is fixed a horizontal scape wheel gearing into pallets attached at the
centre of an oscillating bar, and on the ends of the said bar are adjustable
weights free to slide for the purpose of regulating the speed of the apparatus
as required. To the lower end of the said scape wheel spindle is connected the
hook on which the article to be roasted is placed, and the said spindle is there-
fore carried through the lower bearing (resting therein on a shoulder on the
said spindle), and projects below the case in which the said apparatus is
enclosed..
Motion is communicated to the said scape' wheel by means of a weight sus-

page_text: pended by a line, which passes round a pulley fixed on the said spindle, and
such motion continues until the weight has run down, when as the scape wlieel
is free to turn in either direction tho apparatus may be again set in motion by
removing the weight to the other end of the line, the said weight line may hang
free by the side of the oven, or be conducted through tubes for enclosing it.
The above is a description of my said apparatus arranged in its most simple
form, but by the addition of a multiplying wheel and pinion gearing into the
said scape wheel, the apparatus may be caused to rotate for a longer period of
time; in this case of course the line would be passed round a pulley on the
spindle of the multiplying wheel and a heavier weight must be used.
The apparatus may be constructed for the roasting of more than one joint
by tho simple addition of a train of toothed wlieels for conveying the motion
to spindles for the suspension of other joints.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Moreton Jones in the Great Seal. Patent Office on
the 28th February 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS.
MORETON JONES, of Great Pulteney Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Mechanician, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters s
Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
mo, the said Thomas Moreton Jones, Her special licence that I, the said.
Thomas Moreton Jones, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I; the said. Thomas Moreton Jones, 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 SUSPENDING AND TURNING
MEAT, FOWLS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES FOR ROASTING," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Moreton Jones, 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,

page_text: 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 Thomas Moreton Jones, do hereby
5 declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
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The nature of the said Invention consists in this, I suspend and turn meat,
fowls and such like articles for roasting by means of an apparatus of the fol
o lowing character:-I have a spindle (supported vertically in a suitable frame
for the said apparatus), on which spindle is fixed a horizontal escape wheel
gearing into the pallets or teeth at the centre of an oscillating bar, and on the
ends of the said bar are adjustable weights free to slide for the purpose of
regulating the speed of the apparatus, as required. To the lower end of the
5 said escape wheel spindle is connected the hook on which the article to be
roasted is placed, and the said spindle is therefore carried through the lower
bearing (resting thereon on a shoulder or other support on the said spindle),
and projecting below the case in which the said apparatus is enclosed.
Motion is communicated to the said escape wheel by means of a weight
suspended by a line (or chain), which passes round a pulley fixed on the said
spindle, and such motion continues until the weight has run down, when as
the escape wheel.is free to turn in either direction the apparatus may be again
set in motion by removing the weight to the other end of the line (or chain),
the said weight line (or chain) may hang free by the side of the roasting
screen or oven, or be conducted through tubes for enclosing it; or the appa-
ratus may be arranged in a box, when the weight line may be carried along
to and hang down at a convenient position.
The foregoing is the most simple form of arrangement, but by the addition
of a multiplying wheel and a pinion gearing into the said escape, wheel the
apparatus may be caused to rotate for a longer period of time. In this case of
course the line or chain would be passed round a pulley on the spindle of the
multiplying wheel, and a heavier weight must be used.
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This apparatus may be arranged so as to be used for the roasting of more
than one joint or article by the simple addition of a train of toothed wheels
for conveying the motion to several spindles for the suspension of other joints
or articles; or the same effect may be produced by wheels, spindles, and
driving cords, or chains, or by wheels, cranked levers, and spindles, and for the
prime mover a spring and barrel, or other suitable spring arrangements may
be substituted for the aforesaid lines, chains, and weights. i

page_text: to particularly describe and ascertain in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, wherein I shall refer to the Drawings hereto annexed by the words,
figures, and letters, marked, thereon and herein referred, that is to say:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1, view in plan of my most simple form of arrangement, shewn as
contained in a box or case to receive it; Figure 2, exterior view of said box
or case, shewing the same fitted into the orifice at: top of an ordinary roasting
screen or oven (internal view); Figure 3, vertical section of same. This view
being interposed between the upper and lower portions of the said roasting
screen (Fig. 2). Figure 4, view in plan of the arrangement of multiplying gear,
as applied to an oven or roasting screen with a flat top; Figure 5, partial view
of tho roasting screen or oven, with a slanting shelf for supporting the. neccs-
sary arrangements of mechanism; Figure 6, detail view of the escapement
action Figure 7, vertical section of the arrangements shown at Fig. 4;
Figure 8, view in plan of an arrangement of wheels and driving cords, applied
to a roasting screen or oven with flat top; Figure 9, a roasting screen or oven,
to which the said arrangements in Figure 8 is adapted; Figure 10, vertical.
section of an arrangement shewn in plan at Fig. 8..
A, denotes a bar of metal or material, secured at each end to the box A' (as
in Figures 1, 2, 3), or to the top of the roasting screen or oven A³ (as in
Figs. 4 to 10 inclusive); in which bar are the bearings for spindles; B,.
escapement wheel gearing with the escapement teeth on the escapement, bar
C.; this bar, moving on an axle, which has its bearings in the bar A, and in
the box or case A¹, or top of the oven or roasting screen A; C*, the sliding
or adjustable weights; D, chain or cord attached to the motive weights at the.
ends for motive power, such chain passing round the pulley E on the spindle
of the escape wheel (B), and also passing over the guide pulleys F, F.; G, G,
multiplying spur wheel (Figs. 4 to 7) gearing with a pinion I on the spindle
of the escape wheel (B); I, I, (in Figs. 8 to 10), pulley wheels with spindles,
which have hooks for the suspension, and turning of the meat, fowls, and such.
like articles; these pulleys being kept going by the driving cords I*, 1*;
J, the pulley wheel, actuated by the chain or cord D, and its attached weights
passing over the pulley E; K, moveable shelf (in Fig. 5), for supporting the
mechanism; L, fixed shelf (in Fig. 9); M, tube, for containing chains or
lines and weights; N, a stop or catch, taking into teeth of wheel and setting.
wheel fast, when necessary.
Although I have shown this apparatus placed horizontally, which is, the

page_text: proper plan, yet it is obvious it might be placed vertically, and yet be made to
act efficiently; and it will be observed that the arrangement of the escape-
ment action balance (consisting of the escapement balance bar and'escapement
wheel) is such to allow the escapement action to go on, whether the wheels
rotate from right to left or from left to right, the direction of rotation being
regulated by changing the motive weight from one end of the chain or line to
the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would here
observe that the objects of my Invention being to obtain simple and efficient
arrangements of mechanism for suspending and turning meat, fowls, and such
like articles for roasting, and the use of an adjustable balance, so as to
obtain, when desired, quicker or slower motion, being a principal feature of
my said Invention; therefore I claim the use for the purposes of my Inven-
tion of the adjustable balance, and particularly the herein-described escape-
ment action balance; as also the general arrangements of the mechanism for
the purposes aforesaid, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Moreton Jones, 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-two.
Witness to the signature of said Thomas
Moreton Jones,
B. WALKER,
71, Fleet St.
T. M. JONES. (L.S.)