IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEW PANS AND OTHER SUCH LIKE COOKING UTENSILS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Lamb Atkinson, of Stamford Street, Black-
:
friars Road, County of Surrey, Wharfinger, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEW PANS AND OTHER SUCH LIKE
COOKING UTENSILS."
Sealed the 30th December 1862, and dated the 2nd July 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Lamb Atkinson at
the Office of the Commissioners. of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd July. 1862.
I, THOMAS LAMB ATKINSON, of Stamford Street, Blackfriars Road, County
of Surrey, Wharfinger, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEW PANS AND OTHER SUCH LIKE
COOKING UTENSILS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in forming the boiler or stew pan with an inner
lining, within which is placed the article to be cooked. The space between
the inner lining and the outer holds the water, which is introduced through
the hollow handle, this being closed by a plug; the steam from the water enters
into the interior through one or more holes formed in the upper part of the
inner lining; by means of the steam thus introduced I cook whatever is placed
within the stew pan or boiler more speedily than by immersing the materials
in water, at the same time retaining the flavor.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said. Thomas-Lamb Atkinson in the Great. Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd January 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
LAMB ATKINSON, of Stamford Street, Blackfriars Road, County of Surrey,
Wharfinger, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Lamb Atkinson, Her special licence that I, the said
Thomas Lamb Atkinson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Thomas Lamb Atkinson, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter. during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEW PANS AND OTHER SUCH
LIKE COOKING UTENSILS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Thomas Lamb Atkinson, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed; and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Lamb Atkinson, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 consists in forming the boiler or stew pan with an inner
lining, within which is placed the articles to be cooked. The space between
the inner lining and the outer holds the water, which is introduced through
the hollow handle, this being closed by a plug; the steam from the water enters
into the interior through one or more holes formed in the upper part of the
inner lining;
means of the steam thus introduced I cook whatever is placed
within the stew pan or boiler möre speedily than by immersing the materials
in water, at the same retaining the flavor.
In order more clearly to illustrate the foregoing Specification I have

page_text: Fig. 1 is an elevation of an ordinary saucepan; Fig. 2 is a side elevation
of an oval saucepan or kettle of the usual form. Similar letters refer to the
same or similar parts in the different Figures.
A is the exterior or outer skin or lining; B being the inner lining, the edges
of which are carefully soldered to the inner surface of the outer lining, a
closely fitting cover C covering the saucepan or kettle; two or more holes
D, D, are made in the inner lining, which serve to let the steam into the
interior; the water is admitted by a passage E, which is closed by a plug..
The action is as follows:-The articles to be cooked being placed within the
saucepan by means of the passage E; the space between the inner and outer
linings is partially filled with water, the steam from it will pass into the interior
by means of the holes D, D, filling the interior of the saucepan or kettle, and
in a very short time the cooking is completed.
Having now described my Invention, and how the same is constructed and
carried out in practice, I wish it understood that what I claim and desire
secured to me by the before in part recited Letters Patent, is the construction
and use of a saucepan or kettle with a double lining, so that the water does
not come in contact with the substances to be cooked, thus preserving the
flavour and colour, shortening the process of cooking, and economizing the
fuel, substantially as here-within described and set forth, and more fully illus-
trated in the Drawings accompanying this Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Lamb Atkinson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of January, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three.
THOMAS LAMB ATKINSON. (L.S.)