An Appliance for Boiling Water, Cooking, or Drying Clothes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 9th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1895
An Appliance for Boiling Water, Cooking, or Drying Clothes.
I, GEORGE HENRY MCKAY, of 40 Dumbarton Road, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, North Britain, Wholesale Ironmonger, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:--
This invention has for its object to provide an arrangement for boiling water, or
cooking by means of the gas bracket usually fixed to a kitchen or other mantlepiece,
and also for drying clothes.
In carrying my invention into practice provide a brass or other metal plate
having an upwardly projecting piece in its centre. This plate is screwed or
otherwise fixed to the mantlepiece. When it is desired to heat water or cook, if
the handle of the pan or pot has a small loop at the end of it, this loop is passed
over the upwardly projecting piece and a pin which is connected to the plate by
means of a small chain is passed through a hole provided in this upwardly
projecting piece, and this keeps the pan or pot stationary. The gas bracket is
then placed under the pan or pot, and the flame is regulated according to require-
ments. In the case of a kettle or pot not having such a loop as referred to, I have
a bracket which I fix on the upwardly projecting piece in a manner similar to that
already described, and on this bracket I place the kettle or cooking utensil.
For drying clothes I provide a towel-rail, with a plate at the end where the rails
are connected together, and on the back of this plate there is a recessed piece
which fits into the upwardly projecting piece on the plate.
When it is not in use it can be easily removed so as not to cause any
inconvenience, and by means of another bracket can be fixed up in another part of
the house.
Dated this 12th day of November 1894.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Boiling Water, Cooking, or Drying Clothes.
I, GEORGE HENRY MCKAY, of 40 Dumbarton Road, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, North Britain, Wholesale Ironmonger, 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 arrangement has for its object to provide an arrangement for boiling water
or cooking by means of the gas bracket usually fixed to a kitchen or other
mantlepiece, and also for drying clothes.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect I have hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in the several
letters of
figures of which corresponding parts are marked with the same
reference

page_text: Figure is a side elevation showing the pan appliance for boiling water.
Figure 2 is also a side elevation showing the kettle appliance for boiling
water.
Figure 3 is a plan showing an appliance for drying clothes hereinafter more
fully referred to.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a brass or other metal plate A
having an upwardly projecting piece B in its centre, preferably of square section.
This plate A is screwed or otherwise fixed to the mantlepiece as shown in Figures 1
and 2. When it is desired to heat water or cook, the handle of the pan or pot C
has a hole D formed at the end of it corresponding to the shape and size of the
projecting piece B. This is passed over the upwardly projecting piece B, and a
pin E which is connected to the plate by means of a small chain F is passed
through a hole G provided in this upwardly projecting piece B, and this keeps the
pan or pot stationary. The gas bracket (not shown in the drawings) is then placed
under the pan or pot C, and the flame is regulated according to requirements. In
the case of a kettle or pot not having such a hole D, as referred to, I have a
bracket H which I fix on the upwardly projecting piece B in a manner similar to
that already described, and on this bracket HI place the kettle C' or cooking
utensil, as seen in Figure 2.
For drying clothes at the fire I provide a towel rail I with a plate J at the end,
where by means of a pivot j the rails I are connected together, and on the back of
this plate there is a recessed piece B' which fits onto the upwardly projecting
piece B on the plate A, shewn in Figures 1 and 2. The towel rail I is not
illustrated in the position' just described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 but being
interchangeable in its function may be placed in position' now to be described.
When it is not used for drying clothes it can be easily removed so as not to
cause any inconvenience, and by means of the bracket K, which is provided with a
projecting piece B, can be fixed up in another part of the house, and can then be
used as a towel rail. Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the last named position.
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 :-
An appliance for boiling water, cooking, or drying clothes constructed substan-
tially in the manner hereinbefore described and shown on the accompanying sheet
of drawings.
Dated this 8th day of August 1895.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.