THEDRAW TY ÅDDARAMIS FAR STIRRING THE CONTENTS OF SAUCEPANS "
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry George Hellier, of Bramah House, Bramah
Road, Brixton, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of
" THEDRAW TY
ÅDDARAMIS FAR STIRRING THE CONTENTS OF SAUCEPANS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry George Hellier
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 20th December 1871.
Bramah House, Bramah Road,
hereby declare the nature of the
I, HENRY GEORGE HELLIER, of
Brixton, in the County of Surrey, do
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STIRRING THE CONTENTS
OF SAUCEPANS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for stirring
the contents of saucepans. For this purpose I affix to the centre of the
lid of a saucepan a close case containing clockwork for the purpose of
giving a revolving motion to a spindle which projects downwards into

page_text: the saucepan, and at its lower end has blades or stirrers standing out
from it. The spindle is square or triangular in section, and passes up
through a corresponding hollow axis at the centre of the case containing
the clockwork. The spindle with the stirring blades upon it is thus
free to drop to the bottom of the saucepan, and a knob at its lower end
rests on the saucepan bottom. By this arrangement the spindle together
with the stirring blades can readily be separated from the clock work
apparatus for the purpose of cleaning. The lid of the saucepan may also
be taken off without taking away the stirrer with it.
I prefer to arrange the train of wheels for giving motion to the hollow
axis in the following manner :-On the lower end of the hollow axis and
within the casing is a pinion gearing with a toothed wheel on a spindle
carried in suitable bearings; within the casing on this spindle is a pinion
gearing with a toothed wheel capable of revolving freely on the central
hollow axis just above the pinion which is fast upon it, and again on this
toothed wheel is another pinion gearing with a toothed wheel on a
second intermediate spindle, and a pinion on this wheel again gears with
a toothed wheel capable of turning freely upon the central hollow axis
near its upper end. The upper end of the hollow axis is embraced by
another hollow axis which passes up through the top of the casing, and
outside the casing has a knob or handle upon it. Within the casing this
latter hollow axis has connected to it the inner end of a spirally coiled
spring, the outer end of which is connected to a stop within the casing.
On this hollow axis is also a ratchet wheel with which works a ratchet
on the last mentioned toothed wheel. By turning the knob or handle at
the top of the casing the spring is wound up, and when the handle is set
free and the spring is free to turn back the hollow axis of the handle in
the opposite direction it drives the train of wheels by the ratchet before
mentioned, and causes the hollow axis through which the spindle of the
stirrer passes to revolve.
The clockwork apparatus is by preference arranged to give motion to
the stirrer for about 20 minutes, but it might be for any other desired
length of time. It can also when in use be wound up from time to time
if required without removing the lid from the saucepan.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry George Hellier in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th June 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
GEORGE HELLIER, of Bramah House, Bramah Road, Brixton, in the
County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry George Hellier, Her special
licence that I, the said Henry George Hellier, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry George Hellier,
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 STIRRING THE CONTENTS OF SAUCEPANS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry George Hellier,
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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
"
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry George Hellier, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
I affix to the centre of the lid of a saucepan a close case containing
clockwork, for the purpose of giving a revolving motion to a spindle
which descends into the saucepan, and at its lower end has blades or

page_text: stirrers standing out from it. The spindle which should be square or
triangular in section passes up through a corresponding hollow axis at
the centre of the case containing the clockwork. The spindle with the
stirring blades upon it is thus free to drop to the bottom of the saucepan,
and a knob at its lower end rests on the saucepan bottom. By this
arrangement the spindle together with the stirring blades can readily be
separated from the clockwork apparatus for the purpose of cleaning.
The lid of the saucepan may also be taken off without taking away the
I prefer to arrange the train of wheels for giving motion to the hollow
axis in the following manner:-On the lower end of the hollow axis and
within the casing is a pinion gearing with a toothed wheel on a spindle
carried in suitable bearings, within the casing on this spindle is a pinion
gearing with a toothed wheel capable of revolving freely on the central
hollow axis just above the pinion which is fast upon it, and again on
this toothed wheel is another pinion gearing with a toothed wheel on a
second intermediate spindle, and a pinion on this wheel again gears with
a toothed wheel capable of turning freely upon the central hollow axis
near its upper end. The upper end of the hollow axis is embraced by
another hollow axis which passes up through the top of the casing, and
outside the casing has a knob or handle upon it. Within the casing
this latter hollow axis has connected to it the inner end of a spirally
coiled spring, the outer end of which is connected to a stop within
the casing. On this hollow axis is also a ratchet wheel with which
works a ratchet on the last mentioned toothed wheel. By turning
the knob or handle at the top of the casing the spring is wound up,
and when the handle is set free and the spring is free to turn the
hollow axis of the handle in the opposite direction it drives the train
of wheels by the ratchet before mentioned, and causes the hollow
axis through which the spindle of the stirrer passes to revolve. As the
spindle is put into the hollow axis it causes a spring which is attached
to a catch to rise, and on withdrawing the spindle the spring falls on
to the said catch. Chains are attached to the fans or arms for the
more effectual stirring of the contents of the saucepan by their sweeping
its bottom.

page_text: work may have three or more supporting arms instead of a cover fitting
the whole of the top of the pot or saucepan.
The clockwork apparatus is by preference arranged to give motion to
the stirrer for about twenty minutes, but it might be for any other
desired length of time. It can also when in use be wound up from time
to time if required without removing the lid from the saucepan.
Having in the foregoing descriptive statements in regard to my said
Invention particularly described and ascertained the nature thereof, I
will now refer to the Drawings accompanying this Specification, so as
with the aid of the foregoing statements to particularly describe and
ascertain in what manner the same is to be performed or carried out
in practice.
Fig. 1, elevation of mechanism, Con
In these Figs. a denotes the spindle with blades (6) and chain c
affixed thereto. The clockwork is arranged thus:-To the lower end of
the hollow axis e a pinion d is secured, gearing with the toothed wheel f
on another pinion g fixed in bearings as shewn; on this spindle is
another pinion h gearing with a toothed wheel i, which revolves freely
on the central hollow axis, and on this toothed wheel is a pinion k
gearing with a toothed wheel 1 fixed to spindle m, to which is also fixed
the pinion n gearing into the toothed wheel o; the upper end of the
hollow axis is embraced with another hollow axis p on which a casing q
is cast, in which casing is a spirally coiled spring r; a ratchet wheel and
pawls is also fixed to the toothed wheel o; the spring is wound up by
the knob or handlet fixed on the hollow axis p.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and
object of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed or put in practice, I hereby declare that I claim the said Invention
of improvements in apparatus for stirring the contents of saucepans as
the same is herein described and illustrated by the Drawings, it being
understood that I do not claim the mechanical details per se shewn in

page_text: the said Drawings and herein described, neither do I limit myself to
the use of exactly such details, but claim to vary the same as occasion
may require.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry George Hellier, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of June, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
HENRY G. HELLIER. (L.S.)
Witness,
THOMAS MORGAN,
Secretary,
Inventors' Patent Right Ass". Limited,
21, Cockspur Street, S.W.