Cooked Food, and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 30th May, 1887.
Cooked Food, and the like.
I, HERBERT DE LA RUE, of 73 Portland Place, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to an apparatus specially designed for keeping hot plates
warm; for warming cold plates; for keeping cooked food warm, and for warming,
or keeping warm, other articles or substances.
In order that my Invention may be clearly understood, I proceed to describe the
same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is an elevation of an apparatus constructed according to my Invention, and
Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line x, x, of the sectional plan, Fig. 3, the
plan itself being taken on the line y, y, of Fig. 2.
The apparatus consists of two portions viz: a lower portion A, forming a stand, and
an upper portion B, forming a cover for said stand.
In Fig. 2, the portions constituting the apparatus are, for the sake of clearness,
shewn separate, but their proper relative position is shewn in the elevation, Fig. 1.
The lower portion A, is constructed as a cylindrical watertight metal casing or
vessel, the upper surface of which is dished. This casing is provided with handles
for convenience of carriage, and with a short length of pipe a, through which hot water
is supplied to the casing. This pipe is closed by a screw cap.
C is a wooden disc secured to the base of the stand, to prevent radiation of heat.
The upper portion of the apparatus consists of a cover B, having an inner and an
outer shell b, b, respectively, as shewn in fig. 2, the space between these shells forming
a receptacle for hot water, or in other words, a water jacket. Hot water is supplied
to this receptacle or jacket through the nozzle c, which is fitted in the crown or dome
of the outer shell 6, said nozzle being afterwards closed and secured by a plug d,
forming a handle, and by a union joint e.

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Instead of arranging the plug at the crown of the cover, my be arranged at any
suitable point on the cover, in which case, a handle, or handles, would be provided
either on the crown, or at the sides.
Thus it will be seen that, when a pile of plates, or dishes, or cooked food, is laid
upon the stand, and the cover placed over it, it will be kept warm by the heat
imparted from the hot water contained in the cover and stand.
Although I have described and shewn a cylindrical casing, or vessel, it will be
obvious that I may construct my apparatus of any suitable shape, and that although
I prefer to construct the apparatus of metal, yet it may be made of china, earthenware,
glass, or other suitable substance.
Having now described my Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, I declare that I claim :-
:-
1. The herein described apparatus, for warming, or keeping warm, plates, dishes,
cooked food, and the like, consisting of a watertight casing or vessel, constituting a
stand for the reception of said articles, in combination with a cover formed with a hot
water jacket, substantially as specified and as shewn in the drawings.
2. The cover consisting of an outer and an inner shell, forming a receptacle for hot
water, and furnished with means for filling and emptying such receptacle, as herein
described and as shewn with reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings.
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ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
68, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.