Improvements in and in connection with Food Warmers, Adaptable for Use as a Table Requisite, and for other purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Food Warmers, Adaptable
for Use as a Table Requisite, and for other purposes.
I, ELIZABETH EMILY MURRAY of 8 Tedworth Square, Chelsea, London S.W.
Artist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus or appliance capable of
imparting a gentle dry heat to articles placed therein or thereon, without the
employment of gas, hydrocarbon or other oil or hot water for that purpose, and
which may be made in various sizes, shapes or designs, of any kind of metal or
combination of metals, precious or otherwise, and adapted for use as a table requisite
for warming or keeping warm such edibles or viands as toasts, fish, rolls or other
articles of food, or as a utensil for use in the kitchen, or upon a dinner waggon, for
imparting heat to plates, dishes and other articles that require to be kept warm to
render them adaptable for use.
The principle of my invention is the employment of a block or slab of iron or
other suitable metal, which I place in a fire until hot, which may be to the point of
redness, and this when removed therefrom I place in a suitable recess or chamber
formed in the toast rack or other article to be heated, suitable provision being made
in or upon the said slab to facilitate its being handled when heated, which may be in
the form of a recess for the reception of the hook end of the appliance generally
in use in connection with a kitchen range for a similar purpose.
In so far as regards toast racks I may construct these after the manner of such
articles generally, with the exception that beneath the bottom thereof I form a
recess or chamber provided with a hinged or sliding door or the said chamber may
be provided with a drawer and into this I place the said metallic plate, slab or
block when heated, this being, preferably, so shaped as to occupy the whole of the
said recess or chamber, the heat from which serves to keep the toast warm until
eaten, and in order that the heat from said block or slab may not injure the table,
or the table cloth, I provide fancy shaped feet or legs upon the under surface of the
rack, and interpose between these and the hot iron or the chamber containing the
same, a layer or layers of asbestos, slag wool or other non conducting and non
inflammable material for this purpose.
When, fish, rolls or other articles of food are to be warmed or kept. warm, the
toast rack portion of the apparatus may be dispensed with and in lieu of this I form
a hollow chamber or box, which may or may not be surmounted with a fancy or
other lid, or any other decoration befitting it for use upon the breakfast or other
table, and with this exception, the apparatus, may be the same or substantially the
same, in so far as regards the hot iron chamber and its accessories as that previously
described.
In adapting my invention as an apparatus for warming plates, dishes or other
articles or as a receptacle or stand for coffee or ten pots, or urns this may be of any
shape or size desired according to the purposes for which it is intended and the
holding capacity thereof and may be arranged to receive and hold a perforated
plate or plates or divisions, and two or more hot iron slabs, plates or blocks, and
may or may not be provided with suitable conduits for conveying the radiated
heat from the iron or irons, around and about the articles to be warmed or kept
warm.
Dated this 16th day of June 1893.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in and in connection with Food Warmers, Adaptable
for Use as a Table Requisite, and for other purposes.
I, ELIZABETH EMILY MURRAY of 8 Tedworth Square, Chelsea, London S.W.
Artist, 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:―
My invention has for its object to provide an apparatus or appliance capable of
imparting a gentle dry heat to articles placed therein or thereon, without the
employment of gas, or hydrocarbon or other oil or hot water for, that purpose, and
which may be made in a variety of sizes, shapes or designs, of any kind of metal or
combination of metals, precious or otherwise, and employed as a table requisite for
warming or keeping warm such edibles or viands as toast, fish, rolls or the like, or
as a utensil for use in the kitchen or upon a dinner waggon for imparting heat to
plates, dishes and other articles that require to be kept warm to render them
adaptable for use.
The principle of my invention is the employment of a block or slab of iron or other
suitable metal, which I place in a fire until hot, which may be to the point of
redness if desired, and this I place in a suitable recess, chamber or drawer formed
in the toast rack or other article to contain the food to be warmed or kept warm,
or in a stand in which the said toast rack or other article may be placed, suitable
provision being made in or upon the said slab to facilitate its being handled by a
hook or other such appliance generally to be found in connection with a kitchen
range for such purposes.
As the formation of a toast rack is well understood, I have chosen to illustrate
in the accompanying drawings, one of many forms in which I may construct an
apparatus or vessel according to my invention, in which articles of food may be
deposited and warmed or kept warm, and in so far as regards the principle
employed for imparting the said warmth, the method and means herein described
and shewn obtains substantially with toast racks, plate and dish warmers, and other
articles or receptacles for containing food, more especially with such as
designed to be used upon the table, and be an ornament thereto. -
are
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a rectangular receptacle in which food to be
warmed or kept warm may be placed, the open drawer of which shows the heated
iron slab or block deposited therein, and which illustrates substantially the principle
my invention.
of
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a stand or bottom in which Fig. 1 may be
deposited when legs or feet are not provided thereon, or provision made therein for
the deposit of the said hot iron slab or block.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the said iron block or slab.
In so far as regards toast racks, I carry my invention' into effect by constructing
these of any suitable metal or combination of metals, after the manner of such
articles generally, with the exception that, in the lower portion thereof I form a
recess or chamber, which may be provided with a hinged or sliding door, or a
drawer to fit the said recess, and in the said recess or drawer the heated slab or
block A would be deposited before being carried to the table, a suitable eye or its
equivalent a being provided upon or within A by which it may be removed from
the fire and placed in the said recess, the hook or its equivalent that usually

page_text: accompanies kitchen ranges being useful for this purpose, and in order that the
heat from A may not injure the table or table cloth, fancy legs or feet may be
formed upon the under surface of the rack, between which and the hot iron chamber
or drawer a layer or layers of asbestos, slag wool or other non inflammable and
non-conducting material may be placed, in a suitable recess provided therefor.
Or I may provide a fancy stand B as at Fig. 2, a section of which is shewn at
Fig. 3, in the bottom of which the said non-conducting material may be placed, as
shewn by C, covering which I may provide a fixed or movable plate D, and upon
this may rest the hot iron slab or block A, surmounted by a portable or hinged
perforated plate E, and upon this an ordinary toast rack may be stood for the
purposes stated.
When fish, rolls, meat or other articles of food are to be warmed, or kept warm
upon the table, I construct the apparatus substantially as at Fig. 1, which consists
of a hollow rectangular or other shaped chamber or box F, with feet or legs b, and
which may or may not be provided with a hinged or portable fancy or other shaped
lid or cover G, or any other decoration befitting it for the breakfast or other table,
suitable handles being provided upon for conveying this from place to place.
The bottom portion of F may have a chamber or recess formed therein, for the
reception of A, or a drawer H may be fitted to the said recess, and A be deposited
in this, and in the said recess or drawer a layer or layers of the before mentioned
material C, may be deposited upon which A may rest, or the said material C, may
be deposited between H and the bottom of F. Or the said chamber F may be
constructed without the legs and chamber or drawer H, and be deposited upon
the stand B Fig. 2, arranged to receive and hold C and A as therein shewn and
previously described.
In adapting my invention in connection with or as an apparatus for waiming
plates, dishes and other articles for containing food, or as a receptacle or stand for
coffee or tea pots or urns, this may be of any shape or size desired according to the
purposes for which it is intended and the holding capacity required, and may be
arranged to receive and hold a perforated plate or plates or divisions, each com-
partment formed thereby being provided with a heater A, and suitable conduits
may be provided for conducting the radiated heat around and about the articles to
be warmed or kept warm.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. In combination with a toast rack or other receptacle for food to be warmed
or kept warm, and adapted as a table requisite, or for use in the kitchen or other
place for a like purpose, the employment of a heated block or slab of iron or other
metal deposited or placed within the said receptacle, or within a stand for the
reception thereof, substantially as and for the purposes herein described, and which
may be such as that shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2nd. In an improved receptacle for table use for the deposit of food to be
warmed or kept warm, the construction and use of a chamber F, of any size, shape
or configuration, having feet or legs b and handles c, and with or without a cover G,
and provided with a recess, chamber or drawer H for containing and holding a
heated slab or block A, in combination with a layer or layers of any suitable
non-inflammable non-conducting material C such as asbestos or slag wool, placed
in or beneath the said chamber or drawer H, substantially as herein described and
shewn by Figs. 1 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
3rd. In an improved receptacle for the deposit of food to be warmed or kept
warm, the construction and use of a chamber F, with handles c, and with or
without a lid or cover G, placed upon or seated within a stand B, the bottom of
which is lined or coated with a layer or layers of any suitable non-inflammable
non-conducting material (, such as asbestos or slag wool, and covered by a fixed
or movable tray D, carrying or receiving a hot iron slab or block A, surmounted

page_text: by a hinged or portable perforated plate E, substantially as and for the purposes
herein described and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of February 1894.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.