IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR COOKING
Year: 1839

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
BROWN, of Lyme Regis, in the County of Dorset, Ironmonger, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twentieth day of July, in the third year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Edward
Brown, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,
the said Edward Brown, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Edward Brown, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exer-
cise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR COOKING ;" in which
said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said Edward Brown,
shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said.
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calender months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Edward Brown, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
(that is to say):-

page_text: My invention relates, nrst, to the improvemems in the construction of
kitchen ranges; and, secondly, to improvements in the construction of roasting
jacks, which are acted on by means of air currents acting against the oblique
vanes of a wheel.
And in order to give the best information in my power, I will proceed to
describe the Drawing hereunto annexed, in which the same letters of reference
indicate similar parts whereever they occur.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a front view of a range constructed according to my
Invention; Figure 2 is a transverse, and Figure 3 a longitudinal section of
Fig. 1. A is the fireplace, which I prefer to be lined with fire brick, as is
shewn in the Drawing; B are the fire bars in front of the fireplace, and in
front of such bars there is a grating C, one portion of the bars thereof being
fixed and the other moveable, hence one half of the bars C can be slided back
and stand behind the other bars C; and in such case the fire would be open
in front, or by sliding the one half of the bars C so that they filled the spaces
between the other half of the bars, the fire would be closed in front. D is a
hot plate, to be used for the ordinary purposes for which hot plates are now
used; E is an opening having a cover, through which opening the fire is fed
with fuel (and any species of fuel may be effectually used), and by removing
the covering of the opening E, a teakettle or other vessel may be set over the
opening when desired; F is the ash drawer by which the ashes are removed,
and by the extent to which this drawer is opened the quantity of atmospheric
air which passes to the lower part of the fire to support combustion is regu-
Jated. G is a tube passing from the front of the range into the flue at the
back of the range, the object of this tube will be hereafter described; H is
the oven, and it will be seen that the flue from the fireplace is so arranged
that it passes from one side of the fireplace over the oven and then downwards
under the boiler I, and then upwards at the side of the boiler and into the
chimney; and it will be found by this arrangement of flue in respect to the
oven, great advantages will be obtained in baking, as meat, pastry, &c. baked
in this way will be destitute of the disagreeable flavour usually attendant on
meat, &c. dressed in a common oven. J is a hot closet; all which is clearly
shewn in the Drawing; K is a door, in order to allow of the upper part of
the oven being cleaned; and L is a door, by which the flue below the boiler I
can be cleaned out. The boiler may be arranged in any convenient manner
for cooking or for keeping hot water, or partly for cooking and partly for hot
water.

page_text: I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which relates to a
peculiar arrangement of jack and apparatus for roasting; Figure 4 repre-.
senting a perspective view of this apparatus, and Figure 5, a section thereof on
a larger scale. M is the external screen in which the joints or other articles
to be roasted are suspended; N being a door by which the cook can con-
veniently get at the inside of the screen to examine the progress of the
cooking; O is an axis which revolves on bearings at P, P, and it should be
stated that this apparatus may be arranged for roasting one or more joints or
articles at one time; thus it. will be seen that in Figure 4 three articles are
being roasted at one time, and each article has its pan, which being carried by
the revolving spindle, at all times retains its proper position under its joint or
other article which is being roasted; and according to the arrangement at
Figure 4, the spindle O rises vertically and has a wheel Q affixed at the upper
end, from which any number of hooks can be suspended according to the..
number of joints or other articles to be roasted at one time; and at Figure 5
the revolving spindle is only arranged for cooking or roasting one joint, and it
will be seen that there is only one pan, which is carried by the revolving
spindle, as is shown. The mode by which motion is communicated to the
spindle is as follows:-R is a tube, which is of a proper size to enter closely
into the tube G of the range; the tube R is attached to the chamber S, which
is affixed at the bottom of the screen, and within this chamber the fly wheel T
works; this fly wheel is similar to those of ordinary smoke jacks, the axis of
which turns in bearings at V, carried by the bars W, which cross the chamber
S, and on the axis of the fly wheel T is affixed a toothed pinion or worm,
which takes into and drives the cog wheels X, the axis of which turns in bear-
ings at Y, and on the axis of the wheel X is affixed a pinion or worm, which
takes into and drives the cog wheel Z affixed to the spindle O¹. This train of
wheels and apparatus for carrying it being all arranged in a frame, such frame
can be readily removed from the chamber S when required, and it will be seen
that the lower part of this chamber is open, so as to admit the air to flow
freely up through between the spokes or vanes of the fly wheel, and thus give
motion to the train of wheels, and consequently to the spindle O and the
articles to be roasted. The upper part of the chamber S is covered by the
cover S*, and it will readily be understood that if this apparatus be placed
opposite the fireplace of the range, and the tube R inserted into the tube G,
the air in such tubes will be heated by the fire, and by this means a quick and
powerful draft will be caused towards the chimney, and thus keep up a con-
stant rotatory motion to the jack. And I would remark in respect to this part

page_text: of my Invention, that the apparatus of the jack may be varied, so long as the
mode of getting motion thereto be retained.
And I would wish it to be understood that I make no claim to the mode of
arranging the train of wheels to reduce the high speed of the fly to a suitable
speed for the spindle O when uncombined with the means of obtaining motion
thereto, as herein described; and I would have it understood, that what I
claim as my Invention is,-
First, the mode herein described, of arranging the flue of the fireplace and
oven of a range, as herein described.
Secondly, I claim the mode of applying a double grating to the front of a
fireplace of a range, in order to such fire being used open or closed as desired,
as above described.
Thirdly, I claim the mode of combining hot plate, oven, and hot chamber,
heated by one fire, as above described, all in one case or frame.
And, fourthly, I claim the mode of constructing a roasting jack and
obtaining motion thereto, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty.