Improvements in or relating to the Cooking of Hams and other Meats.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 8th June, 1899-Accepted, 22nd July, 1899
Improvements in or relating to the Cooking of Hams and other
Meats.
I, JOHN AIREY HUNTER, of 25, Stanley Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Provision Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to the cooking or boiling of hams and other meats for use
as food.
Hitherto when large quantities of hams or joints have been cooked, a number of
such hams or joints have been placed all together in a large cooking boiler or copper,
but they have not been individually protected or enclosed in any way, and as a
result the meat undergoes a loss in weight besides other disadvantages.
Now by my invention, I have discovered that if the hams be enclosed in a metallic
wrapping very good results will ensue, as the vapours will be concentrated in the
hams, loss of weight will be prevented, the essences are better preserved, the meat
is more evenly cooked and a better flavour is produced, furthermore the hams are
moulded to a perfect shape, and when they are cut, a delicious jelly is found to have
been formed in the crevices of the meat. The meat is also retained moist for a
longer period than would otherwise be the case. I therefore place round each ham
or joint a sheet of tin or other suitable metal, passing it completely round the ham
or joint with the edges overlapping, and keeping it in place by tying a string or wire
round it or applying a mechanical fastening to keep the metal tightly round the
joint, so that it will not come off. The ends may be left open or closed, or if ends
are provided they may be perforated. Instead of metal, wood or other material
may he used, but at present I find tin to be best adapted for the purpose.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to the Cooking of Hams and other
Meats.
I, JOHN AIREY HUNTER, of 25, Stanley Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Provision Merchant, 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 zolater to the soaking or boiling of hams and other mente for use
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Improvements in or relating to the Cooking of Hams and other
Meats.
I, JOHN AIREY HUNTER, of 25, Stanley Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Provision Merchant, 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 the cooking or boiling of home and other ments for use au
food.
Hitherto when large quantities of hams or joints have been cooked, a number of
such hams or joints have been placed all together in a large cooking boiler or copper,

page_text: but they have not been individually protected or enclosed in any way, and as a result
the meat undergoes a loss in weight besides other disadvantages.
Now by my invention, I have discovered that if the hams be enclosed in a metallic
wrapping very good results will ensue, as the vapours will be concentrated in the
hams, loss of weight will be prevented the essences are better preserved, the meat is
more evenly cooked and a better flavour is produced, furthermore the hams are
moulded to a perfect shape, and when they are cut, a delicious jelly is found to have
been formed in the crevices of the meat. The meat is also retained moist for a longer
period than would otherwise be the case.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a cross section through the metallic wrapping;
Figure 2, a front view thereof;
Figure 3, an end view of the clamping device for compressing the metallic wrapping
round each joint ;
Figure 4, a plan thereof.
Referring to these Figures, A is the metallic wrapping which is placed round each
ham or joint. It is made of a sheet of tin or other suitable metal passed completely
round the ham or joint with the edges overlapping and kept in place by means of a
mechanical fastening such as B, which keeps the metal tightly round the joint of
meat so that it will not come off. This fastening B consists of a claw hinged to one
end of the metallic wrapping and adapted to engage in holes C in the opposite and
adjacent edge. The ends are by preference left open. D is a clamp, the two cheeks
or jaws of which are hinged at E, the upper one being provided with a hand lever F.
In use the base G of the clamp is bolted on to a bench, the metal wrapping A
passed between the two jaws or cheeks with the joint placed loose inside. The hand
lever F is then forcibly brought down and compresses the metallic wrapping tightly
round the ham or joint until the edges thereof overlap, and the claws are engaged in
the holes C. The joint with its wrapping is then removed and placed in the boiler
for cooking or boiling.
Instead of making the wrapping A of metal, it may if desired be made of wood or
other suitable material, but at present I find tin to be best adapted for the purpose.
Furthermore instead of using a mechanical fastening to keep the wrapping tightly
round the joint, it may be held in any other suitable way, such as by tying string or
wire round it.
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. The improvement in the cooking of hams and other meats which consists in tightly
binding each joint round the outside with a cylinder or wrapping of metal, wood or the
like, and then placing the hams or other joints each so enclosed, in the cooking
boiler or copper to undergo the process of cooking, whereby the heat or vapours will
by means of this wrapping be concentrated on to the joint and a better and more
saleable article is produced than hitherto, substantially as described.
2. In connection with the cooking of hams and other joints of meat, a new or
improved article of manufacture, consisting of a metallic or other wrapping adapted
to be passed firmly completely round each ham or joint with the edges overlapping,
and kept in place by a mechanical fastening or otherwise, so that it cannot come off,
substantially as and for the purpose described.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London,