IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR STEAM COOKING VEGETABLES, FISH, AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM PAYNE 23 Slaney Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Japanner do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPLIANCES FOR STEAM COOKING VEGETABLES, FISH, AND THE LIKE," to be as
follows:
A pan (fig 1) to hold water while boiling: a vessel (fig 2) open at its base with
a dome-shaped top, having fixed in its centre a tube or nozzle to carry off steam,
the top to be surrounded by a rim to admit of its being stood on a flat surface
when being filled with potatoes or other articles.
A perforated plate (fig 3) to be placed at the same distance from the base of fig 2
as the depth of the pan (fig 1) this plate to be fitted in by pushing it down by
slots over the wires lengthways to the wires crossways (section fig 4) when a turn
by the handle keeps it in its place. The vessel (fig 2) when filled with potatoes or
other articles to be cooked to be placed in pan (fig 1) thus forming a complete
utensil (fig 5) for steaming potatoes or other articles of food.
THE UTILITY OF THE ABOVE,
I claim by this invention a novel, distinct and effective method of cooking
potatoes and as it is found to be effectual in cooking these vegetables it is evident
that it may be equally well adapted (by altering the shape or form) for cooking
such other articles of food as are sometimes cooked by the process of steaming. By
my simple contrivance any kind of potatoe may be well cooked without boiling,
and as the greater portion of the steam can only find its escape through a small
hole at the top of the utensil, the potatoes are subjected to its immediate action as
fast as it is generated by the boiling water below, thus economizing much time and
fuel, besides the advantage of cooking by steaming only, such of these edibles as
have hitherto required boiling first and steaming afterwards.
My Invention being in form something like an inverted Saucepan with a hole in
the bottom, and in use to be stood as such in an open pan of boiling water, proves
this to be a novelty and of great use to the public.
It can be manufactured of any such metals or materials as are used in the
manufacture of cooking vessels.
Dated this Tmento eccond day of Tab 1001

page_text: I WILLIAM PAYNE of 23 Slaney Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Japanner do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPLIANCES FOR STEAM COOKING VEGETABLES, FISH, AND THE LIKE " 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 utensils for cooking Potatoes and other foods by
steaming instead of by boiling and consists in constructing such utensils in a
manner to cause the steam for such purposes to act in a manner more effective
then hitherto.
A Steaming Vessel or Cooker constructed in accordance with this invention
consists of an ordinary Saucepan or Boiler of somewhat shallow depth to which is
fitted the steaming Vessel or Cooker now to be described. Instead of the ordinary
steaming vessel or Cooker with a loose top or lid I use a Steamer or Vessel with a
top soldered or otherwise fixed in so as to be steam tight and its lower end open
and immersed in the water of the Saucepan or boiler. I make an orifice and insert
a nozzle or short pipe either open or controlled at the top of the said Steaming
Vessel or Cooker so as to cause the steam to escape under a slight. pressure by
reacting upon the water at the base which forms a water joint thereby increasing
its temperature and effectiveness. The steaming vessel is fitted with a perforated
or false bottom easily removed or fixed when the vessel is inverted for the purpose
of filling or emptying the same.
In order to fully ascertain the said Invention I now proceed to describe the
manner of performing the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of
Drawings.
Figure 1 shews a section of my Improved Apparatus as arranged for work.
Figure 2 shews a plan partly in section of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 shew a modified form of same apparatus adapted for fish and
other articles of food.
Figure 5 is an elevation of a modification of the arrangements shown in Figures 1
and 2 and also applicable to Figures 3 and 4.
The same letters of reference apply to similar or equivalent parts in all the
figures.
A. Figures 1 and 2 represents the boiler or Saucepan and B. the steaming Vessel
or Cooker which falls loosely therein as shewn in the drawing. b is the orifice or
nozzle for the escape of steam. 63 shews the water in the boiler or Saucepan which
prevents the escape of steam at the bottom forming a water joint. All these parts
may be made of block tin, copper, or any suitable metal and of any convenient
design or shape. The Saucepan or boiler may be of cast metal if preferred and
both this and the steaming vessel are fitted with handles as shewn and marked c. c.
D is the perforated base or false bottom to the steaming vessel which may be per-
forated by round holes as shewn or in any other manner and is fitted with a
handle d. It has notches d' on opposite sides which slip over ribs on the inside

page_text: of Steamer which stop short of the internal collar d'. When the perforated plate
is pushed to this point it is turned round a little and it is then held by the ribs.
Other devices may be adopted for this purpose.
The principle of this Invention may be applied for cooking fish bacon or other.
foods by the modification shewn by Figures 3 and 4. In this arrangement A. is
the Saucepan or Boiler. B is the steaming Vessel both arranged and acting as
before and fitted with handles c. c' but instead of being circular on plan as is usual
with Cookers for vegetables it is made oval or any other convenient shape for fish
or other substances which rest upon the stand or table E. with perforated top e
arranged to be just above the level of the water in the boiler at base as and for the
purposes described.
Figure 5 shews an arrangement by which a stand similar to that last described
may be used for Vegetables or other purposes by surmounting it with a perforated
top or cage F. for confining the vegetables which may then be filled in and removed
without the inversion of the steaming vessel, shewn in the dotted lines in this
figure and marked 63 which may be taken off and the cage removed by the
handles c. c³. Of course many modifications in detail may be made without
departing from the nature of this Invention.
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
I claim is
1. The construction of Saucepan Steamers for cooking potatoes or other
vegetables or substances in such a manner that the lower portion of the
steaming vessel is immersed in the water of the Saucepan or Boiler and so that
the steam generated is discharged only through a small or regulated orifice or
nozzle by which the pressure and temperature are increased.