New or Improved Cooking Apparatus for Preparing Meat by the Direct Action of Steam thereon.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Cooking Apparatus for Preparing Meat by the
Direct Action of Steam thereon.
I, BOHUMIL KUCHINKA of 19 Celakowsky Gasse, K. Weinberge near Prague,
Bohemia, 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 construction of an apparatus inside which meat can
be prepared or cooked by the direct action of steam instead of as heretofore cooking
it in water.
In this apparatus the meat is not only sooner done, but the juice also
remains in the meat, and consequently it is when so prepared much more tasty and
valuable. Further, in cases where large quantities as well as large pieces of meat are
cooked, as in barracks, hospitals, etc., the large cooking pot, the heating of which
requires a long time and much firing material, is rendered unnecessary.
The apparatus is especially applicable for preparing ham.
The accompanying drawings explain the invention.
Fig. 1 is a side view of the apparatus with part in longitudinal section;
Fig. 2 is a plan view.
The steam boiler, A, made of copper or iron according to the required size, is
arranged, either lying or standing, directly over the fire bars E.
Steam is led from the upper end of the boiler A by a pipe, a, into the chamber B in
which the meat, hain etc., is laid on perforated gratings, so that the steam can act
upon it from all sides. The fat which drops from the meat, as well as the water
which condenses, is caught in the trough-shaped bottom of the chamber B and can be
drawn off by means of the stop-cock d fixed at the lowest point.
In the steam feed pipe a is fitted a stop-cock e having a spindle 6 projecting
downwards and connected by means of the lovers c and g and the connecting rod f
with the hinge k of the door of the chamber B, so that when the door is opened and
closed the cock e shall be opened and closed automatically and in unison
therewith.
The steam boiler is provided with a water gauge glass w, two safety valves, a
manometer v, a blow-off cock, a feed pipes and an alarm whistle t.
This apparatus can also as shown be fitted in connection with a Kitchener, the cast
iron plate C of which is or may be fired underneath by the gases given off from the
furnace of the steam boiler. The roasting chambers D may, as shown, be fitted in the
flue space F. The furnace gases are or may be led into the space F then around
the chamber D to the chimney which may be at the back or other suitable part of
the apparatus.
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 :-
A steam cooking apparatus for preparing meat by the direct action of steam
thereon, consisting of the steam boiler A, the steam pipe a leading to the exhaust
chamber B and the stop-cock e operated automatically by means of the lever arrange-
ment c, and g, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the annexed
drawings.
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H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.