Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1887
Complete Left, 22nd Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 25th Nov., 1887
I, WILLIAM CHARLES BUTLER of 22 London Road, Leicester, Cook, Confectioner
and Caterer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus or contrivance specially
adapted for caterers and for use in grill rooms, clubs, restaurants, dining rooms and
similar places where stoves or ranges are employed for cooking purposes, to facilitate
and expedite the cooking of chops steaks and the like and to enable a cook to prepare
for the table a number of joints at one and the same time with minimized labor.
To carry out this invention therefor I construct a hood or cover of sheet iron or
other suitable material of convenient size and shape, the front and bottom of which
are preferably removed, which I fix over the top of a cooking stove or range.
Secured by suitable means to the sides of the interior of the hood and at convenient
intervals apart are ledges or projections of any required width and formed preferably
of angle iron and upon which may be placed or lodged the tins or utensils employed
in cooking.
In a convenient position near the upper part of the hood or cover may be fixed a
suitable rack or grating which may be used for warming plates or other purposes.
The hood or cover may when desirable form part of the stove or range, or be fitted
so that it may be removed at will and when necessary for cleaning purposes. Or by
employing hinged ledges and a vertical slotted rack and pivot on either side of the
interior of the hood or cover it may be made extensible and raised and lowered as
required, and in case of gas stoves the flame from which the heat is derived may be
regulated in accordance with the space of the interior of the hood and the number of
joints being cooked.
Suitable stays or props may be employed and fixed in a convenient position in the

page_text: hood or cover and secured to the stove or wall as desired to keep it rigid while
in use.
:
The advantages are obvious that whereas with ordinary stoves the number of
chops or steaks which can be cooked together is limited it will at once be seen that by
adopting my invention any number of chops or steaks may be cooked or prepared at
one and the same time, the hood or cover being filled with heated air, it is only
necessary that the position of the tins or utensils employed be alternately changed, to
effect the result. may if required hinge a door to the side, bottom or top of the
hood or make a sliding door to it as desirable but I use preferably a small reinovable
front of tin the upper edge of which is curved to lodge on the top of the hood to
prevent the heat from escaping too rapidly at the top.
Asbestos packing may be employed to cover the outside of the hood to economize
the heat.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cooking Ranges and the like.
I, WILLIAM CHARLES BUTLER 22 London Road, Leicester; Cook Confectioner &
Caterer 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 :—
The object of my invention is to provide, an apparatus, or contrivance, specially
adapted for Caterers, & for use in Grill Rooms, Clubs, Restaurants, Dining Rooms &
similar places, where stoves, or ranges are employed for cooking purposes, to
facilitate & expedite the cooking of chops, steaks & the like and to enable à cook to
prepare for the table a number of joints at one and the same time, with minimized
labour.
To carry out my invention therefore I construct a hood or cover of sheet iron or
other suitable material of convenient size & shape, the front & bottom of which are
preferably removed, which I fix over the top of a cooking stove or range.
Secured by suitable means to the sides of the interior of the hood and at convenient
intervals apart are ledges or projections of any required width and formed preferably
of angle iron and upon which may be placed or lodged the tins, or utensils employed
in cooking.
In a convenient position near the upper part of the hood or cover may be fixed a
suitable rack or grating which may be used for warming plates or other purposes.
The hood or cover may when desirable form part of the stove or range, or be fitted so
that it may be moved at will & when necessary for cleaning purposes. In case of gas
stoves, the flame from which the heat is derived may be regulated in accordance with
the space of the interior of the hood & the number of joints being cooked.
Suitable stays or props may be employed & fixed in a convenient position in the
hood or cover, & secured to the stove or wall as desired, to keep it rigid while
in use.
The advantages are obvious: that whereas with ordinary stoves, the number of
chops or steaks which can be cooked together is limited, it will at once be seen that
by adopting my invention any number of chops or steaks may be cooked or prepared
at one & the same time, the hood or cover being filled with heated air, it is only
necessary that the position of the tins or utensils employed be alternately changed to
effect this result. 1 may if required hinge a door to the side bottom or top of the
hood, or make a sliding door to it as desirable.
Asbestos packing may be employed to cover the outside of the hood to economize
the heat.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention mounted on a gas stove.
Figure 2 is a transverse sectional elevation on the line E. E.
A is an ordinary gas stove upon which may be mounted my improved hood or
cover B which is constructed preferably of sheet iron & made of any

page_text: size & shape. Connected by suitable means to the sides of the interior of the hood B
and at any desired intervals apart are ledges or projections B¹ of any required width
and formed preferably of sheet iron bent at right angles & upon which may be placed
or lodged the cooking tins or utensils B.
An additional chamber C may be provided for warming plates and dishes, but when
desirable this chamber may be dispensed with and the rack or grating B³, at the
upper part of the hood or cover B, be used for that purpose. Heat is supplied to the
chambers by means of suitable gas jets A¹ passing into the lower part of the hood or
cover, & is prevented from escaping too rapidly by means of the doors D, which are
constructed so as to close as shewn by the vertical dotted lines in Figure 2, thus
allowing the handles of the cooking tins or utensils to project outwards, & the position
of the said tins to be varied as required while the doors are closed.
The advantages of using my improved hood or cover are obvious:-that whereas
with the ordinary stoves the number of chops or steaks, that can be cooked is limited,
it will at once be seen that by adopting my invention, any required number of chops
or steaks may be cooked or prepared, at one and the same time, the hood or cover
being filled with heated air it is only necessary that the position of the tins or utensils
employed be alternately changed to effect this result.
It will be understood that the hood or cover may be made of any required size and
when desired in an extensible form so that it can be raised or lowered at will.
I can also make the hood or cover so that it is capable of being moved from place
to place and used apart from a gas stove as shewn in Figure 2. which shews its easy
adaptation for use on a table or other convenient support.
Suitable props or stays may be employed to keep the hood or cover rigid when in
use. I also provide that the cooking tins or utensils B³, may be of different sizes, in
order to allow the heat to ascend more readily to the upper part of the hood.
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. In cooking ranges the combination with a gas or other stove, of a removable
hood such as B provided internally with racks or gratings, substantially as and for
the purpose specified.
2. A hood or cover open at the bottom, and adapted to fit on to an ordinary gas
stove, or other heating appliance, substantially as specified.
Dated this 21st day of September 1887
Witness,
E. N. LEWIS,
Patent Agent,
Market Street, Leicester.
WILLIAM CHARLES BUTLER.