Improvements in Rolling Pins and Pastry Boards for Making Puff and other Pastes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rolling Pins and Pastry Boards for Making Puff
and other Pastes.
A communication from abroad by ISABELLA ALICE FANNY GABRIELLE MUSTON
and GEORGE EDWARD ALBERT MUSTON, Engineer, both of No. 116, Calle
de Claris, Barcelona, in the Kingdom of Spain.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E.. of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors 6. Lord Street, Liverpool and 6 Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The invention relates to the utensils employed in the elaboration of puff and
other pastes and consists of an improved rolling pin and pastry board.
In the process of making puff paste, the flour, having a certain quantity of butter
rubbed into it, is made into a dough and this dough is subjected to repeated rolling
out and folding; an additional quantity of butter being introduced at each folding.
The rolling out is usually effected by means of a wooden pin or roller, the board
being of wood, marble or slate. As it is absolutely necessary that the butter,
introduced during the rolling and doubling, be kept cool, the process of paste
making has, in warm weather, to be carried out in a cellar or other cold place, and,
further, the paste has to be allowed to stand for some time between the rollings to
allow it to cool down. The object of the Patent is to obviate these difficulties by
rolling out the paste by means of a refrigerated roller on a refrigerated board thus
allowing the making of puff paste to be carried out in the kitchen or other usual
place, in any weather and in a minimum amount of time.
For this purpose, the rolling pin is made in the form of a hollow cylinder pro-
rided with a suitable inlet through which it is filled, when required, with crushed
ice, snow or any other natural or artificial refrigerating or cooling medium or com-
pound. The pastry board is made in the shape of a shallow box provided with a
suitable inlet or opening through which it can be filled with the necessary refriger-
ating or cooling medium or compound. The rolling pin and pastry board are either
cast, moulded, pressed or otherwise manufactured from glass, china, earthenware,
metal enamelled or plain or any other suitable substance or material, either the
improved rolling pin or the improved board can, if desired, be used without the
other, the ordinary devices being used instead of the other.
The inlet is through the handle, and is closed when the rolling pin is in use by
means of a plug or stopper which may be of any approved form; a sheath of
leather, or other non-conductor of heat round the handle to protect the same and
prevent the heat of the hand being absorbed by the refrigerating matter, may be
used; this is not absolutely necessary, and indeed at one end at least, a solid wood
or other non-conducting handle can be used.
My correspondents wish it to be understood that the invention is not confined to
any special shapes, but that any suitable form may be used: nor do they confine
themselves to the materials mentioned for their construction but any other suitable
ones may be used.
Dated this 11th day of Auril 1891
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rolling Pins and Pastry Boards for Making Puff
and other Pastes.
A communication by ISABELLA ALICE FANNY GABRIELLE MUSTON and
GEORGE EDWARD ALBERT MUSTON, Engineer, both of No. 116, Calle de
Claris, Barcelona, in the Kingdom of Spain.
1, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6 Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 utensils employed in the elaboration of puff and
other pastes, and consists of an improved rolling pin and pastry board.
In the process of making puff paste, the Hour, having a certain quantity of
butter rubbed into it, is made into a dough, and this dough is subjected to repeated
rolling out and folding; an additional quantity of butter being introduced at each
folding. The rolling out is usually effected by means of a wooden pin or roller,
the board being of wood, marble or slate. As it is absolutely necessary that the
butter, introduced during the rolling and doubling, be kept cool, the process of
paste making has, in warm weather, to be carried out in a cellar or other cold place,
and, further, the paste has to be allowed to stand for some time between the
rollings to allow it to cool down.
The object of this invention is to obviate these difficulties by rolling out the
paste by means of a refrigerated roller on a refrigerated board, thus allowing the
making of puff paste to be carried out in the kitchen or other usual place, in any
weather and in a minimum amount of time.
For this purpose, the rolling pin is made in the form of a hollow cylinder, pro-
vided with a suitable inlet through which it is filled, when required, with crushed
ice, snow, or any other natural or artificial refrigerating or cooling medium or
compound. The pastry board is made in the shape of a shallow Box provided
with a suitable inlet or opening through which it can be filled with the
necessary refrigerating or cooling medium or compound. The rolling pin and
pastry board are either east, moulded, pressed or otherwise manufactured from
glass, china, carthenware, metal (enamelled or plain) or any other suitable substance
or material.
Either the improved rolling pin or the improved board can, if desired, be used
without the other, the ordinary devices being used instead of the other.
The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, in
which ;-
Figure 1 is a section of a portion of a rolling pin.
Figure 2 a cross section.
Figure 3 an end view of the clamping piece E.
Figure 4a section, partly in elevation, of a slight modification.
Figures and 6 a plan and an end view, respectively, both partly in section, of
the pastry board.
Figures 7, 8 and 9 show slight modifications in form.
In these figure---
A, is the body of the rolling pin, B one of the handles adapted to be removed in
order to admit the refrigerating matter into the roller but to close the orifice a
when the rolling pin is in use.
The handle is formed of a stopper Chaving a flange c on the face of which is a
packing ring e adapted to make a tight joint against the end face of the roller A.

page_text: The quill D is mounted on a pin d secured to said stopper and the clamping piece E
is secured by a screw. To remove the handle from the orifice a. it is rotated a
quarter of a turn until the ends of the clamping piece E register with the slots e,
the handle can then be removed. The edges of clanning piece E are preferably
chamfered to facilitate their catching the inner end face of the roller when the
handle is put in gain to close the orifice a.
In Figure 4, A is the body of the rolling pin, B and C the handles. The inlet
is through the handle B and is closed when the rolling pin is in use by means of a
plug or stopper D, which may be of any approved form. Fis a sheath of leather
or other non-conductor of heat round the handle to protect the same and prevent
the heat of the hand being absorbed by the refrigerating matter. This is not
absolutely necessary, and indeed, at one end at least, a solid wood or other non-
conducting handle can be used. The pastry board shown in Figures 5 and 6 is
drawn on a smaller scale than the roller shown in Figure 1. E is the orifice or
inlet in the said board, suitably stoppered by means of a plug.
It is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the exact arrangement
shown on the drawings, nor to any special shape, nor to the materials mentioned for
their construction, but any other suitable ones may be used, as modifications can he
made without departing from the nature of the invention. Examples of such
modifications are shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9.
In Figure 7, the shaft G, connecting the handles B, runs through the roller A,
which turns on this shaft. Gis the stopper.
In Figure 8, rods G, on which the handles turn, are fixed to each end of the
roller, the base of the handle B forming the stopper G for the inlet. It may
either be screwed in or fastened by a bayonet joint such as depicted in this sectional
view with or without the interposition of an indin rubber or other washer to make
it water-tight, any suitable locking arrangement being provided in either casc to
prevent accidental opening when in use.
In Figure 9, G is an orifice handle controlled by a stopper D, said stopper
having a handled by which it can be pulled out or inserted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is: —
1. The manufacture and use of refrigerated rolling pins and pastry boards, or
either of them independently, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
2. In the manufacture of rolling pins and pastry boards, or either of them
independently, forming such hollow, and with means for introducing cooling
mediums therein, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
3. The various improved forms for the purposes described of rolling pins sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
4. In refrigerated rolling pins such as hereinbefore described, forming the handles
of, or covering them with, a non-conducting material for the purposes hereinbefore
mentioned.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.