Improvements in Apparatus Applicable for Holding or Suspending a Kettle, Cooking Utensil, or other Object in Close Proximity to a Fire or Flame or at any suitable distance therefrom.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus Applicable for Holding or Suspending a
Kettle, Cooking Utensil, or other Object in Close Proximity to a
Fire or Flame or at any suitable distance therefrom.
I, JOHN TELFER, of 22, Palermo View, Wheatland Lane, Seacombe, in the
County of Chester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object a stand or support for kettles, pans and like vessels
used for cooking, and which is also adapted to hold articles of food, such as joints
of meat, while roasting.
The stand may be provided with a base or bed plate so as to be capable of
being transferred from place to place, or it may be built or screwed to the side of an
open hearth or fire-place. I prefer the latter plan, and will describe my invention as
applied to a kitchen grate
At one side of the fire-place, usually called the hob, is arranged a vertical standard
which is surrounded for nearly the whole of its length by a loose sleeve. A horizontal
arm is attached to a bush which is free to slide on this sleeve in such a manner
as to be capable of sliding up or down the said sleeve, except when clamped at
any desired height by means of a set screw provided for the purpose. Upon this arm
slides a second bushing or boss, also provided with a set screw, and from this boss
the utensils, etcetera depend. This boss being free to slide on the horizontal arm
and the arm itself being adjustable vertically by means of its set screw, and
horizontally by means of the loose sleeve, it follows that an article hung or depending
from the said boss may be placed in the most advantageous spot over the fire, or
swung to one side so as to be. beyond its influence, as may be desired. Suitable
flanges or enlargements are provided to prevent the boss and arm from travelling
beyond the ends of their respective supports.
The mode of attaching articles to the boss may vary. In my experimental
apparatus I have provided the boss with a pair of depending jaws slightly undercut,
so that cylindrical objects such as kettle handles, may be simply slid therein and
retained in place by a set screw or otherwise. These jaws, which are cast in one
piece, are pivotally attached to the boss aforesaid, so that the utensils are capable of
movement.
A cross arm provided with two hooks (more or less) may be placed in the jaws
above mentioned, and upon the hooks pieces of meat or other substance which it is
desired to roast, may be hung. The advantages of the pivotal connection between the
boss and its supporting arm are here apparent, as the meat, etcetera, may easily be
turned to provide for equal heating.
It will be evident that slight modifications may be made in the construction of
my apparatus without departing from the spirit of my invention. For instance, the
vertical standard may, if more convenient, depend from the top of the grate instead
of being supported from beneath; also, if desired, the loose sleeve might be dispensed
with, and the standard itself be rotatable. If desired ratchet devices may be substi-
tuted for the set screws above mentioned.
Dated this 6th day of May 1889.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus Applicable for Holding or Suspending a
Kettle, Cooking Utensil, or other Object in Close Proximity to a
Fire or Flame or at any suitable distance therefrom
I, JOHN TELFER of 22 Palermo View, Wheatland Lane, Seacombe, in the County
of Chester, Engineer, 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 has for its object a stand or support for kettles, pans and like vessels
used for cooking, and which is also adapted to hold articles of food, such as joints of
meat, while roasting.
The stand may be provided with a base or bed plate so as to be capable of being
transferred from place to place, or it may be built or screwed to the side of an open
hearth or fire-place or fastened in any convenient position adjacent thereto.
On the drawings
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stand or support consti ucted in accordance with
my invention and arranged at one side of the hob as hereinafter described.
Figure 2 is a front view of a modified arrangement.
Figures 3 and 4 are details hereinafter described.
Referring first more particularly to Figure 1.-
At one side of the fire-place, usually called the hob, is arranged a vertical standard A,
which, in the example shown, is firmly fixed between the top of the hob and the top of
the grate. This standard is surrounded for nearly the whole of its length by a loose
sleeve B. A horizontal arm C is attached to a bush (which is free to slide on
this sleeve B in such a manner as to be capable of sliding up or down the said
sleeve, except when clamped at any desired height by means of a set screw c provided
for the purpose. Upon this arm Č slides a second bushing or boss D, also provided
with a set screw d, and from this boss the utensils, etcetera depend. This boss D
being free to slide on the horizontal arm C, and the arm itself being adjustable
vertically by means of its set screw, and horizontally by means of the loose sleeve, it
follows that an article such as the kettle E hung or depending from the said boss D
may be placed in the most advantageous spot over the fire, or swung to one side so as
to be beyond its influence, as may be desired A suitable flange e or enlargement is
provided to prevent the boss from travelling beyond the end of its arm C.
The mode of attaching-articles-to-the-boss-may vary. I prefer to provide the
boss D with a pair of depending Jaws D₁ slightly undercut as shown, so that
cylindrical objects, such as the handle E' of the kettle, may be simply slid therein
and retained in place by a set screw d' or otherwise. These jaws D¹, which are cast in
one piece, are pivotally attached to the boss aforesaid, so that the utensils are capable
of movement about an approximately vertical axis.
In Figure 3 a cross arm F is shown provided with two hooks f (more or less)
which may be placed in the jaws D₁ above mentioned, and upon the hooks pieces of
meat or other substance which it is desired to roast, may be hung. The advantages
of the pivotal connection between the jaws D¹ and boss D on the supporting arm are
here apparent, as the meat, etcetera, may easily be turned to provide for equal heating.
In some cases I provide a separate handle G (see Figure 4) which, by means of a
catch 9, may be held upon the bowel of the kettle or other object, preferably
somewhere near the front, and will serve to help in manipulating the same when it is
desired to pour out the water or to move it or adjust its position, etcetera. If it be
desired to tilt the kettle for pouring or otherwise, the set screw d must be loosened.
Referring now to Figure 2:-
In this case the standard A is not rigidly attached to the hob, but depends from
and is free to move along a bearing rod H, its position thereon being regulated by
a set screw h. When this arrangement is employed, a greater range of movement
is possible with the utensil, but in other respects the apparatus does not materially
differ from that already shown and described.

page_text: In another modification the standard A is formed with a clamp device or jaws at
its bottom end, such device being adapted to grip one of the grate bars, and in this
manner the apparatus can very readily be attached to an ordinary grate without
necessitating any alteration thereof.
It will be evident that slight modifications may be made in the construction of my
apparatus without departing from the spirit of my invention. For instance, the
vertical standard A may, if more convenient, simply depend from the top of the grate
instead of being also supported from beneath, as shown in Figure 1, also, if desired,
the loose sleeve B might be dispensed with, and the standard A itself be rotatable.
If desired, pawl and rack devices may be substituted for the set screws above
mentioned.
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. An apparatus for the purpose described consisting essentially of an upright
standard A supporting a movable arm C at or about right angles thereto, the said
arm C carrying a movable gripping device such as D D' free to slide upon the said arm
and which is adapted to hold the article to be supported, and suitable clamps or
screws placed at the various joints whereby the position of the article may be varied
and adjusted, substantially as described.
2. In an apparatus for holding or suspending a kettle or other like article having
an upright standard supporting a horizontal arm, a pair of jaws D¹ pivoted upon a
vertical axis to a boss D which is supported upon said arm in such a manner that it is
capable of a sliding and of a swinging motion thereon, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
Dated this 18th day of December 1889
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, and London, Patent Agents.