Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Holding and Boiling Eggs.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 8th Feb., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Holding and
Boiling Eggs.
I, JACOB VERDAM, of Alkmaar, Holland, Barrister at Law, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement in writing,
reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters and figures
marked thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention has reference to and comprises a new or improved portable apparatus,
or arrangement and combination of appliances, for holding or retaining eggs, while
being boiled in a kettle or other vessel containing water, and which will be more
simple in construction and hold and boil the eggs in a superior manner to the appliances
heretofore in use for this purpose.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying the
same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended
an explanatory Drawing, in which the same reference letters are used to indicate
corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
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Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of the new or improved apparatus complete as
constructed to carry two eggs. Figure 2 is a front side elevation of the principal
part a, a, with the suspending wire and links, and which holds or retains each A
in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position while being boiled in a kettle or other
vessel containing water, the egg A being indicated in dotted lines; and Figure 3 is
an end elevation corresponding to Figure 2. Figure 4. is an elevation of a modified
form of the hook part e, of the suspending wire, when made loose or free, to hang on
to the top rim or side of the kettle or other vessel with the egg part a inside. And
Figure 5 is an elevation showing how the several suspending wires or links are
joined when the apparatus is constructed to retain and carry more than two eggs A.
Referring to these Drawings:
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The new or improved apparatus consists in constructing two circular and parallel
bands, rings or straps a of elastic steel wire or nickel or electro-plated metal wire
or other equivalent material free at the end to expand and let in and hold each egg A,
and bent at their upper part into a spring loop 6 with an eye c at the centre of each
pair, for hooking on to the one end of a corresponding link part d at the lower end
of a set of hanging wires or links e to e¹¹. As shown in the arrangement illustrated
in Figure 1, four vertical hanging links e, e¹, e², el, are used to carry holding
straps or rings a, the links e¹ being made of a double bent or crook form either as a
fixed link as in Figure 1 or as a loose hanging link as in Figure 4 for hanging on
to the edge rim or side of the kettle or other vessel in which the boiling water is
placed, to suspend and carry the egg part a within same, and having the upper part ell
made of a curved or ring form at top for lifting by the hand or fingers when placing
it within or removing it from the kettle or other vessel to be boiled, and this upper
link part e is made of a zig-zag or corrugated or other shape below the ring for
giving ornamentation.
Two of the circular parallel bands or rings a are used to hold each egg A, and they
can be constructed in one pair to carry and hold only one egg A, as in Figure 2 or
in two pairs a to carry two eggs as in Figure 1. Or they may be made to carry more
than two eggs A, in which case two lower hanging links e would be used, connected
to the parts e or e² by a ring or eye e³ as shown in Figure 5.
Instead of carrying the egg holders a by a series of links e to e³, they may be
carried by a chain and hooks, or other equivalent hanging appliances.
In this new or improved apparatus each egg A lies horizontally within the two
spring bands a which grip the smaller ends of the egg and retain it steadily without

page_text: the chance of displacement when suspended or placed beneath the surface of the
water in the kettle or other apparatus to be boiled on a fire. As the opening in the
top of kettles are generally narrow one egg A in the apparatus for holding it might
be inserted through it at a time, and so several eggs can be placed in the kettle one
after another, and the apparatus being made of metal the water remains absolutely
pure. The rings a for gripping the eggs A need not necessarily be smooth rings,
as bent polygonal or corrugated rings might grip the egg nearly equally well..
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.
First. The construction or arrangement and combination of the parts of an
apparatus or appliance for holding and boiling eggs in a horizontal or nearly
horizontal position within a kettle or other vessel in which water is placed,
substantially as herein described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
Second. The constructing of an apparatus for holding and boiling eggs in a
horizontal or nearly horizontal position within a kettle or other vessel, in which
water is placed, in the form of two circular wires, or bands to carry each egg on
a spring stem, substantially as and in the manner herein described, in reference to
and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Third. The constructing of an apparatus for holding and boiling eggs in a
horizontal or nearly horizontal position within a kettle or other vessel in which
water is placed with two or more pairs or series of circular rings or bands a to carry
two or more eggs, substantially as and in the manner herein described in reference
to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Dated the 12th December 1889.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.