A Cooking or Baking Apparatus.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1898--Accepted, 17th Dec., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Cooking or Baking Apparatus.
We, SAMUEL WESLEY AKINS and CARL ALBERT FREEMAN, both of Denver, in
the County of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, United States of America, Gentle-
men, 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 improvements in cooking or baking pans, the object
being to provide a pan in which a fowl or other meat may be cooked or baked
without opening the receptacle in which it is placed. The invention consists of
an open, outer pan and a closed, cylindrical receptacle or pan whose extremities
are trunnioned in the ends of the outer pan, the cylindrical pan being centrally
divided longitudinally and the two parts hinged together, whereby the pan may
be opened for the purpose of putting in the meat to be cooked or baked, or
removing it after the cooking or baking process is completed. The closed pan
is also provided with an arm projecting beyond, and normally resting upon
the edge of the outer pan, to facilitate the giving of the closed pan half revolu-
tions alternately in reverse directions, whereby the basting of the meat is per-
fected without opening the closed pan.
Having thus briefly outlined the construction of our improved cooking or
baking pan, we will proceed to describe the same in detail and then point out
the novel features in the claims, reference being made to the accompanying
drawing in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.
In this drawing,
Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of our improved cooking or baking pan.
Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal section taken through the outer pan, the
inner closed pan being shown in elevation.
Similar reference characters indicating corresponding parts in these views, let
the numeral 5 designate the outer pan whose extremities are provided with
brackets 5 having forked upper extremities. These brackets form the support
for the closed cylindrical pan 6 composed of two semi-cylindrical parts 6 and 6°
hinged together as shown at 6. The part 6 is provided with a hinged hasp 6
which engages a lug 6h formed on the part 6. The extremities of the part 6
are provided with short journals or trunnions which engage the forked
extremities of the brackets 5" which support the pan 6 in such a manner that
there is a suitable space left between the two pans, whereby the pan 6 may be
moved freely on its trunnions.
When the apparatus is in use, the pan 5 is provided with a quantity of water
which engages the pan 6 and prevents its contents from burning. The engaging
edges of the semi-cylindrical parts 6 and 6° of the pan 6, are provided with
strengthening wires as is common in this class of construction. This wire,
on one extremity of the part 6 is extended horizontally to form an arm (³
which rests upon the upper edge of the pan 5, its outer extremity being pro-
vided with a ball which acts as a weight, causing the pan 6 to complete a half

page_text: revolution quickly and automatically after it has passed the dead center of the
half turn. The intersecting side wire is twisted around the arm wire (as
shown at G".
When our improved cooking or baking pan is in use, the fowl or other meat
is placed in the pan 6 together with suitable seasoning material. This pan is
then closed and placed in position in the outer pan 5 which is provided with a
suitable quantity of water for the purpose. The combined cooking or baking
pan is then placed in the oven, the cylindrical pan being given a half revolution
from time to time, whereby the juices are distributed and run down over the
meat, first from one side and then the other, whereby the seasoning is cooked
thereinto without opening the cylindrical pan for basting in the ordinary
manner. Hence, the pan 6 need not be opened until the meat is cooked. The
water in the pan 5 prevents the meat from burning.
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 a basting cooking or baking pan, the combination of an open outer pan
and the cylindrical pan trunnioned thereon and consisting of two semi-cylin-
rical parts whose adjacent edges are hinged together and adapted to be fastened
together on the opposite side thereof, the edges of said parts being provided with
strengthening wires, one of which is extended to project over the edge of the
open pan, forming an arm provided with a weight to facilitate turning and limit
the movement to a half rotation in either direction, the intersecting wire of the
Same part being suitably fastened to the said extended wire, the inner surface
of the cylindrical pan being smooth, the outer pan being adapted to hold water.
2. In a basting cooking or baking pan, the combination of an open outer pan
and a cylindrical pan trunnioned thereon and consisting of two semi-cylindrical
Barts, one part being movable to expose the contents of the pan, an arm attached
to the other part of the cylindrical pan and projecting over the edge of the outer
pan upon which the arm is adapted to rest, and a weight attached to the outer
Extremity of said arm and projecting beyond the outer pan whereby it is acces-
sible for the purpose of manipulating the cylindrical pan, the said weight
holding the cylindrical pan in such a position that the plane separating the two
semi-cylindrical parts shall occupy a horizontal position when the movable pan
is at rest.
Dated this 7th day of September 1898
SAMUEL WESLEY AKINS,
CARL ALBERT FREEMAN.