Improvements in Electrical Cooking Apparatus.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 10th Mar,, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Electrical Cooking Apparatus.
We, JOHN BAPTISTE CARY, Gentleman, of 296, Seventh Avenue, New York, and
MARY CARY VEUVE DELEVY, Shopkeeper, of 429, Mulberry Street, in the City of
Baltimore and State of Maryland, both in the United States of America, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the
accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which:
Figure 1 is an exterior side view of the improved electrical cooking apparatus,
showing the same as open or in condition for the reception of articles to be cooked.
Figure 2 is a plan of Figure 1 with a part thereof removed.
Figure 3 is a cross section of the apparatus when closed.
Figure 4 is a partly sectional side view of the apparatus showing the upper and
lower sections thereof as extended or set farther apart than in the preceding
figures.
Figure 5 is a front view of Figure 4.
Figure 6 illustrates a modification.
Referring now to Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, A and B are metal boxes,
of substantially the same size and shape, connected by strap-hinges C, four of
which are employed, two of them being at the rear end of the boxes and the
others at the sides of the same. The hinges are secured to the lower box A by
Screws a. The members of the hinges above the lower box are slotted the slots
which are denoted by b, extending to their ends, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
The slotted portions of the strap-hinges are connected to the upper box B by
means of screws c and thumb-nuts d, as shown in Figure 1.
Within each box is a system of heating-wires D, of iron, in gangs, three of
which are shown, and the three gangs are connected by wires e, which run
through eyes fat one end, and the other end of the gangs is united to the leading-
wires g, which are of copper, and the whole is an electric circuit. The wires D),
having a greater resistance than the copper leading-wires g become heated by the
electrical current, as is common in electric cooking apparatus.
Referring to Figures 2 and 3 it will be seen that the wires D are electrically
insulated and tied together by means of insulating strips E and the screws F.
G, G, are corrugated trays, of iron, with their adjoining faces covered with
enamel or some suitable hard smooth electricity-insulating material placed over
the gangs of heated wires and resting on the edges of the boxes A and B in such
manner as to admit of their being slid from over the boxes to allow of access to the
wires underneath in case of disarrangement or for cleaning purposes.
By reference to Figures 1 and 2 it will be seen that the corrugated trays G
extend beyond the fronts of the boxes A and B. The object of this arrangement
is to allow of the placing of a pan H in such position with reference to the boxes
as to catch drippings of grease from their ends. The extension of the upper tray
protects the lower one from the cooling effect of air and prevents the grease from
hardening after it has passed from over the heating-wire.

page_text: By corrugating the trays, as shown, the article to be cooked-for instance, a
steak is supported by heated surfaces, between which there is ample space for
the passage of grease drippings from the meat, and the enameled surface does
not burn into the meat, as would a metallic one, the heat being modified, and
more evenly distributed than if a good heat-conductor were employed.
By slotting the upper members of the strap-hinges and providing them with the
thumb-nuts, as described, the boxes may be set apart to adapt the apparatus for
the cooking of steaks which are thicker than the normal distance between the
corrugated trays, as shown in Figure 3. This arrangement also admits of the
separation of the boxes, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, whereby the apparatus is
adapted as a roaster, when a rectangular shield I is placed between the trays to
confine the heated air around the meat. This shield is provided with a revoluble
shaft h, as shown in Figure 4, whereby a joint or fowl may be suspended between
the trays. One end of this shaft is fitted with a handle j, whereby the article
while roasting may be occasionally turned, so that all sides will be subjected to
heat radiated from the trays.
In order that the roast may stand in any position, the shaft is furnished with a
notched wheel or disk J, and a spring-pawl K, fastened to the end of the shield,
rests on the circumference of the notched disk.
In Figure 6 a series of ordinary incandescent lamps M are shown as sub-
stituted for the heating-wires D..
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents.
Improvements in Electrical Cooking Apparatus.
We, JOHN BAPTISTE CARY, 296, Seventh Avenue, City, County & State of New
York, United States of America, Gentleman, and MARY CARY VEUVE DELEVY,
Shopkeeper, of 429, Mulberry Street, in the City of Baltimore and State of Mary-
land, in the United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
.
In the description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the
drawings filed with the Provisional Specification forming a part thereof, in
which:-
Figure 1 is an exterior side view of the improved electrical cooking apparatus,
showing the same as open or in condition for the reception of articles to be cooked.
Figure 2 is a plan of Figure with a part thereof removed.
Figure 3 is a cross section of the apparatus when closed.
Figure 4 is a partly sectional side view of the apparatus showing the upper and
lower sections thereof as extended or set farther apart than in the preceding
figures.
Figure 5 is a front view of Figure 4.
Figure 6 illustrates a modification.
Referring now to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, A and B are metal boxes.
of substantially the same size and shape, connected by strap-hinges C, four of
which are employed, two of them being at the rear end of the boxes and the

page_text: others at the sides of the same. The hinges are secured to the lower box A by
screws a. The members of the hinges above the lower box are slotted the slots
which are denoted by b, extending to their ends, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
The slotted portions of the strap-hinges are connected to the upper box B by
means of screws c and thumb-nuts d, as shown in Figure 1.
Within each box is a system of heating-wires D), of iron, in gangs, three of
which run
which are shown, and the three gangs are connected by wires e,
through eyes f at one end, and the other end of the gangs is united to the leading
wires g, which are of copper, and the whole is an electric circuit. The wires D),
having a greater resistance than the copper leading wires g become heated by the
electrical current, as is common in electric cooking apparatus.
Referring to Figures 2 and 3 it will be seen that the wires D are electrically
insulated and tied together by means of insulating strips E and the screws F.
G, G, are corrugated trays, of iron, with their adjoining faces covered with
enamel or some suitable hard smooth electricity-insulating material placed over
the gangs of heated wires and resting on the edges of the boxes A and B in such
manner as to admit of their being slid from over the boxes to allow of access to the
wires underneath in case of disarrangement or for cleaning purposes.
By reference to Figures 1 and 2 it will be seen that the corrugated trays G
extend beyond the fronts of the boxes A and B. The object of this arrangement
is to allow of the placing of a pan H in such position with reference to the boxes
as to catch drippings of grease from their ends. The extension of the upper tray
protects the lower one from the cooling effect of air and prevents the grease from
hardening after it has passed from over the heating-wire.
By corrugating the trays, as shown, the article to be cooked-for instance, a
steak is supported by heated surfaces, between which there is ample space for
the passage of grease drippings from the meat, and the enameled surface does
not burn into the meat, as would a metallic one, the heat being modified, and
more evenly distributed than if a good heat-conductor were employed.
By slotting the upper members of the strap-hinges and providing them with the
thumb-nuts, as described, the boxes may be set apart to adapt the apparatus for
the cooking of steaks which are thicker than the normal distance between the
corrugated trays, as shown in Figure 3. This arrangement also admits of the
separation of the boxes, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, whereby the apparatus is
adapted as a roaster, when a rectangular shield I is placed between the trays to
confine the heated air around the meat. This shield is provided with a revoluble
shaft, as shown in Figure 4, whereby a joint or fowl may be suspended between
the trays. One end of this shaft is fitted with a handle j, whereby the article
while roasting may be occasionally turned, so that all sides will be subjected to
heat radiated from the trays.
In order that the roast may stand in any position, the shaft is furnished with a
notched wheel or disk J, and a spring-pawl K, fastened to the end of the shield,
rests on the circumference of the notched disk.
In Figure 6 a series of ordinary incandescent lamps M are shown as sub-
stituted for the heating-wires D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention; and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. In an electrical cooking apparatus, the combination of two boxes each one
having therein heating-wires and a corrugated tray situated over the wires, and
strap-hinges one member of the same being adjustably attached to a box whereby
the boxes may be separated, and held in a separated position, substantially as
specified.
2. In an electrical cooking apparatus, the combination of two boxes having
therein heating appliances, substantially as described, and a connecting-hinge
one member of which is permanently secured to the lower box, and the other

page_text: member adjustably attached to the upper box, whereby the said boxes may be
separated and held in a separated position, substantially as specified.
3. In an electrical cooking apparatus, the combination of two boxes having
therein. heating appliances substantially as described, a connecting-hinge one
member of which is permanently secured to one box and the other member
adjustably attached to the other box, and a shield which is placed between the
separated boxes to confine the heated air around the article being cooked, sub-
stantially as specified.
Dated this 8th day of January 1900.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.