Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
I, RICHARD BARRY, of the Philharmonic Restaurant, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, in the
county of Glamorgan, restaurant manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention consists in an improved machine for basting beef, mutton, poultry
and other meat in respect of which basting is necessary or desirable.
The machine consists of a pan or tray for containing the substance to be cooked,
which pan is provided at one end with a well and strainer.
The bottom of the pan is inclined towards the well. Above the pan is carried a
perforated tray adjustable vertically on the legs by which is supported. Above the
said perforated tray is a trough or shute extending inwards over the tray.
The pan is fitted with an elevator consisting of an endless chain carrying buckets
hinged at intervals thereto, which chain is passed over drums situated at the top and
bottom of a jib the angle of which is adjustable. The lower drum of the elevator is
centred on a spindle which is extended through the well and carried in bearings at the
sides thereof.
The top drum of the elevator is raised above the perforated tray.
The meat or other substance to be cooked and basted is placed in the pan, and the
machine is then placed in the oven or otherwise in proximity to the fire.
The elevator is subsequently set in motion by clockwork or other motor connected
with the spindle of the lower drum.
The dripping collects in the well of the pan and is carried up by the buckets of the
elevator, discharged by them into the trough aforesaid and thence flows over the per-
forated tray and, percolating through the perforations thereof, descends upon and is
distributed over the meat. Thus a continuous mechanical basting operation is kept
up during cooking.
By the use of this machine waste is reduced, regular and uniform basting is effected,
time is saved and no necessity exists, as hitherto, of opening the door of an oven, for
the purpose of basting, whereby the process of cooking is affected. When the machine
is placed in an oven, the spindle of the elevator projects out from the oven through an
orifice provided therefor and is connected outside to the driving mechanism.
Dated this 26th day of March 1888.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: I, RICHARD BARRY of the Imperial Hotel, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, in the county of
Glamorgan, hotel keeper, 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 :-
My invention consists in a machine for basting beef, mutton, poultry and other
meat in respect of which basting is necessary or desirable.
The machine consists of a pan or tray for containing the substance to be cooked,
which pan
is provided at one end with a well and strainer.
The bottom of the pan is preferably inclined towards the well. Above the pan
is carried a perforated tray adjustable vertically on the legs by which it is supported.
Above the said perforated tray is a trough or shute extending inwards over the tray.
The pan is fitted with an elevator consisting of an endless chain carrying buckets
hinged at intervals thereto which chain is passed over drums situated at the top and
bottom of a jib the angle of which is adjustable. The lower drum of the elevator is
centred on a spindle which is extended through the well and carried in bearings at the
sides thereof. The top drum of the elevator is raised above the perforated tray.
The meat or other substance to be cooked and basted is placed in the pan and
the machine is then placed in the oven or otherwise in proper proximity to the fire.
The elevator is subsequently set in motion by clockwork or other motor connected
with the spindle of the lower drum.
The dripping collects in the well of the pan and is carried up by the buckets of the
elevator, discharged by them into the trough aforesaid and thence flows over the
perforated tray and, percolating through the perforations thereof, descends upon and
is distributed over the meat.
Thus a regular mechanical basting operation is kept up during cooking.
When the machine is placed in an oven, the spindle of the elevator projects out
from the oven through an orifice provided therefor and is connected outside to the
drawing mechanism.
By the use of this machine waste is reduced, regular and uniform basting is effected,
time is saved and no necessity exists, as hitherto, of opening the door of an oven for
the purpose of basting whereby the process of cooking is retarded and otherwise
injuriously affected.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of a
basting machine constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan and
Fig. 3 an end elevation of the machine.
The dripping pan A, which contains the meat B, or other substance to be cooked, is
preferably inclined downwards towards that end at which is situated the well C. By
buckets D hinged to the chain E the dripping which collects in the well C in the
process of cooking is carried up and delivered into the vertically adjustable trough F
by which it is conducted over and discharged upon the perforated tray G adjustable

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tray G descends upon the meat B below, which is thereby uniformly and regularly
The dripping passing through the perforations in the
basted.
The necessary motion of the chain E and buckets D around the drums J and K
of the elevator is obtained by clockwork or other motive means acting upon and
rotating the spindle I of the lower drum J. The angle of the jib L of the elevator
be varied as required by means of the slotted strut M pivotted at the lower
end to the pan A and clamped towards the upper and to the jib by the binding
screw m, or otherwiso.
may
Two elevators may, if desired, be employed and arranged at opposite ends or sides
of the machines.
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 combination with a dripping pan provided with a well, of an endless con-
veyor, suitably supported in the pan, and provided with buckets to convey the
drippings from the well, and distribute the same over the meat or other substance in
the pan, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with a dripping pan, a perforated or reticulated tray supported
above the pan, and a trough to discharge upon the tray, of an endless elevator, pro-
vided with buckets to convey the drippings from the pan to the trough, whereby the
drippings will be distributed over the tray, and percolate through the same upon the
meat or other substance in the pan, for the purpose set forth.
3. A machine for basting meats, &c., comprising a dripping pan provided with a
vell, a perforated tray adjustably supported above the meat or other substance in the
an, an adjustable trough to discharge upon the tray, an inclined jib adjustably sup-
orted by the pan and an endless conveyor carried by said jib, and provided with
uckets to carry the drippings from the pan to the trough, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 19th day of January 1889.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.