Improvements in Appliances for Toasting, Broiling, and like Methods of Cooking.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Toasting, Broiling, and like
Methods of Cooking.
I, EMMA ANNA TRUSS, of 7, Grosvenor View, Blackman Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to appliances for toasting, broiling or similarly cooking bread,
fish, meat and the like before open fire grates, and consists of a supporting device
adapted to be hung upon one of the bars of the grate, and a hanger provided with
spits or hooks upon which the article being toasted or cooked is hung.
The supporter may be formed of wire bent into the form of a hook adapted to ship
over one of the bars of the grate, and a projecting arm formed of wire bent double.
The hanger may consist of a hoop of wire with cross pieces and provided with
prongs or spits upon which is transfixed the article being toasted. This form of
hanger is suitable for muffins and the like. The wire of the hoop is continued upward
and formed into a kink or loop which rests upon the two members of the supporter
arm. The hanger may thus be moved away from or nearer to the fire upon the two
members of the supporter arm.
In a modification that part of the hanger which passes upward and between the
wires of the supporter arm may be screwed and provided with a nut by which the
hanger is raised or lowered; and in order to steady the hanger the screwed portion
may be square (its edges only being tapped) the wires of the supporter arm being
adapted to clasp it. Or, if the screwed portion is round, its nut may be formed with
turned down ledges which take over the wires of the supporter arm, and thus prevent
the hanger from turning. Or the suspending portion of the hanger may be perforated
and hang upon a pin placed in one of the perforations above the supporter arm.
The hanger may take the form of a hinged frame or double gridiron, the article to
be broiled being placed between the two halves of the frame.
The supporter arm may be notched or serrated so as to hold the hanger at certain
distances away from the fire.
The hanger may be suspended upon links, one of which is passed over the supporter
arm. In this way the height of the hanger relative to the fire may be adjusted. In
some cases the hanger may be in duplicate or multiple, one hanging upon the other,
whereby two or more articles may be cooked simultaneously. A dish or tray may
also be suspended below the hanger to receive drip or gravy.
Instead of being formed of wire, the supporter may be made of cast or sheet metal
and its projecting arm may be of square section adapted to receive a square yoke on
the suspending portion of the hanger, whereby the latter is prevented from turning.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Agent for the Applicant

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Toasting, Broiling, and like
Methods of Cooking.
I, EMMA ANNA TRUSS, of Pleasant View, Rake Lane, Liscard, Cheshire, formerly
of 7, Grosvenor View, Blackman Lane, Leeds, 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 relates to appliances for toasting, broiling or similarly cooking
bread, fish, meat, and the like, before open fire grates.
The appliance illustrated at Figure 1 of the annexed drawing, consists of a
supporting device A, adapted to be hung upon one of the bars of the grate, and a
hanger B, provided with spits or hooks upon which the article being toasted, or cooked,
is hung.
The supporter may be formed of wire bent into the form of hooks a adapted to ship
over one of the bars of the grate, and a projecting arm b, formed of wire bent double.
The hanger may consist of a hoop of wire c with cross pieces and provided with
prongs or spits d upon which is transfixed the article being toasted. This form of
hanger is suitable for muffins and the like. The wire of the hoop is continued
upward and formed into a kink or loop e which rests upon the two members of the
supporter arm. The hanger may thus be moved away from or nearer to the fire upon
the two members of the supporter arm. The hanger and supporter are taken asunder
by screwing the kink e between the two wires of the arm b, the shape of the kink
being more clearly shewn at Figure 5.
In the modification shewn at Figure 2, the wire of the hanger is bent to form a
fork, which ships over the two wires of the arm b.
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In the modification shewn at Figure 3, that part of the hanger which passes upward
and between the wires of the supporter arm is screwed and provided with a nut
which the hanger is raised or lowered so as to be opposite the desired part of the
fire, and in order to steady the hanger the screwed portion h is of square section (its
edges only being tapped), the wires of the supporter arm being adapted to clasp it.
Or, if the screwed rod h is round, the nut g is provided with turned down ledges
which take over the wires of the supporter arm and thus prevent the hanger from
turning. Or, the suspending portion h of the hanger may be perforated, and hang
upon a pin placed in one of the perforations above the supporter arm. In another
modification the hanger may be suspended by links, one of which is passed over the
supporter arm; in this way the height of the hanger relative to the fire may be
regulated.
The hanger may take the form of a hinged frame or double gridiron, the article to
be broiled being placed between the two halves of the frame.
The supporter arm shewn at Figure 4, is adapted to support two hangers or sets of
hangers.
In some cases the banger may be in duplicate or tandem, as shewn at Figure 5, or
in multiple, one hanging from the other, whereby two or more articles may be cooked
simultaneously.
A dish or tray i may be suspended from or below the hanger, to receive drip or
gravy.
Instead of being formed of wire, the supporter arm may be made of cast or sheet
metal, and its projecting arm may be of square section adapted to receive a square
yoke on the suspending portion of the hanger, whereby the latter is prevented from
turning.
The supporter arm may be notched or serrated so as to hold the hanger at certain
distances away from the fire.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. As an appliance for toasting, broiling, and like methods of cooking, the com-
bination of a supporter consisting of a hook-adapted to ship over a grate bar and a
projecting arm, with a hanger provided with spits, which hanger is supported by the
said projecting arm by a kink, fork, or nut, chain, or their equivalent, so as to hang
in front of the fire, substantially as herein described.
Dhe outh Jan Annil 1907
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Registered Patent Agent (Qual. by Exam.),
10 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.