Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Butter and other Alimentary Substances.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Butter and other Alimentary
Substances.
I, JAMES HUME GIBSON of 4 Cambridge Arcade, Southport in the County of
Lancaster, Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object an apparatus for cooling butter and other
alimentary substances.
In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to provide a suitable
trough or basin having a table or raised portion in the centre thereof, leaving an
annular space all round for cold water. This trough is made of glass, enamelled
iron, glazed earthenware or any other suitable material. In the trough I place an
upright tube of porous unglazed earthenware, stone or the like, capable of absorbing
water in the trough, and this tube is covered by a lid of similar material also
capable of absorption. A window or opening may be provided in the front of the
tube if desired.
The mode of action is as follows-
The trough is filled with cold water, and the butter or other substance to be kept
cool is placed on the raised portion in the centre. The upright tube which stands
in the cold water in the trough becomes saturated with the water, and so also does
the cover. The butter, etcetera, is thus surrounded by a cold envelope or chamber
which effectually keeps it cool and fresh. The window above mentioned may be
provided when the apparatus is used for shops, the window displaying the butter
and yet not interfering with the maintenance of the chamber at a low temperature.
To use or serve the butter, etcetera, the lid is removed, the required amount cut
off and the lid again replaced. As the butter is used up, however, the tube aforesaid
may be entirely removed and the cover employed only.
Dated this 18th day of December 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Butter and other Alimentary
Substances.
I, JAMES HUME GIBSON, of 4, Cambridge Arcade, Southport, in the County of
Lancaster, 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 invention has for its object an apparatus for keeping butter and other
alimentary substances cool.
It will be understood from the following description, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings and the letters and numerals marked thereon, in which,
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the device; and
Figure 2 a view in perspective.
In these figures, A. is a suitable trough or basin having a table or raised portion B
in the centre thereof, leaving an annular space C all round for cold water. This
trough A is made of glass, enamelled iron, glazed earthenware, galvanized iron or
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page_text: any other suitable material. In the trough I place an upright tube D of porous
unglazed earthenware, stone or the like, capable of absorbing water in the trough A,
and this tube is covered by a lid d of similar material also capable of absorption.
A window or opening may be provided in the front of the tube if desired.
The mode of action is as follows-
The trough A is partly filled with cold water, and the butter E or other substance
to be kept cool is placed on the raised portion in the centre. The upright tube D
which stands in the cold water in the trough becomes saturated with the water, and
so also does the cover d. The butter, etcetera, is thus surrounded by a cold
envelope or chamber which effectually keeps it cool and fresh. The window above
mentioned may be provided when the apparatus is used for shops, the window
displaying the butter and yet not interfering with the maintenance of the chamber
at a low temperature.
To use or serve the butter, etcetera, the lid is removed, the required amount cut
off and the lid again replaced. As the butter is used up, however, the tube aforesaid
may be entirely removed and the cover employed only.
I have described one way in which my invention may be carried into effect, but it
is obvious that in some cases, especially for dairy purposes, the cover d and the
tube D may be made in one piece, as shown in Figure 2, instead of making them
separately, also that the table B may be dispensed with so that the butter will rest
on the bottom instead of being elevated on the table.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is-
1. The improvement in apparatus for cooling butter and other alimentary
substances, namely supplying the dish or basin in or upon which the substance is
placed with a cover of porous unglazed earthenware, stone or the like capable of
absorbing the water in the dish, this cover forming a cold envelope or chamber
which effectually keeps the substance cool and fresh.
2. A cooler for butter and other alimentary substances, consisting of a dish or
trough, provided with a receptacle for cold water and of a cover of porous unglazed
earthenware, stone or the like, capable of absorbing the water in the dish, substan-
tially as and for the purpose described.
3. The cooler for butter or the like constructed substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown.
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Dated this 17th day of September 1904.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, and London,
Patent Agents.