Cooking Utensils.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Cooking Utensils.
I, CHARLES EBENEZER CHALLIS of No. 30 Navarino Road, Hackney
London N.E. Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a utensil for cooking puddings &c.
without the use of a cloth, and which will exclude the water while it allows the
pudding to increase in bulk during cooking.
My invention consists of a bowl or basin, preferably of glazed earthenware with
a perforated or channelled ring or flange at foot to allow for the circulation of
water and to serve as a handle when the bowl is inverted for the ejection of the
pudding.
A disc or plate, preferably of glazed earthenware, lies over the mouth of bowl
to prevent any contact between the pudding and the metal cover, and also prevent
any sticking.
The cover is a cylinder with a closed end, preferably of metal, this being
inverted over the bowl the water cannot rise high enough to reach the mouth of
bowl; or when necessary a flexible washer or ring may be inserted to exclude the
water; outside the cover, on opposite sides, are fixed two ears in each of which are
jointed the ends of two wire loops; these loops are lifted to enable the cover to be
placed over the bowl, and then being depressed clip under the bottom of bowl from
opposite sides and thus secure all together. A handle for lifting is also jointed to
the ears.
Although the vessels described for containing puddings &c. are preferably of
glazed earthenware they may be made in metal or enamelled ware.
Dated the 19th day of October 1893.
Cooking Utensils.
I, CHARLES EBENEZER CHALLIS of No. 30 Navarino Road, Hackney
London N.E., Machinist 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 :-
By my invention I provide a utensil for cooking various puddings and other
foods, that will exclude the water and allow for the expansion of the pudding,
without the customary pudding cloth.
The construction is as follows: The bowl or vessel for containing the substance
to be cooked may vary considerably in shape, but preferably has a domed bottom
and slightly tapering sides; a ring, flange or feet are made upon the outside of the
bottom of the bowl and channelled, serrated or distorted in such manner as to
permit the free circulation of water underneath, and so shaped as to serve as a
handle, or as a base for the attachment of a handle. This "handle" enabling the
bowl to be held safely when inverted for ejecting the pudding.
A disc or plate lies over the mouth of the bowl to prevent any contact or
sticking of the pudding to the cover next described.

page_text: The cover or cap is a cylinder with a closed end, the sides being of such depth
that when the cover is inverted over the mouth of the bowl (being of slightly
larger diameter than the bowl) the water in which the vessel is immersed is
prevented from rising to the mouth of bowl owing to the air or vapour imprisoned
under the cover. When desirable a flexible ring may be inserted round the cover
or bowl to avoid the possibility of the water splashing over the bowl during
violent ebullition.
The cover may be attached to the bowl by means of a coarse external thread on
the bowl and a corresponding internal thread in the cover, or an equivalent device;
or the cover may have two ears on opposite sides, in each of which the ends of
wires or loops are jointed, two loops (more or less) to clip under the rounded
bottom of the bowl from opposite sides, and one to serve as a handle for lifting the
cover, or the complete utensil as the case may be.
It is preferable for the purposes mentioned that the bowls and discs be made of
glazed earthenware and the covers and loops of metal, but the vessels may be
made of earthenware, metal, enamelled or other ware to suit various requirements.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 shows the elevation of a bowl with the cover on; A is the bowl; B is the
serrated flange or ring at the bottom, and C is a wire handle inserted through the
flange; D is the cover, E is one ear thereon with the ends of the wire loops F. G. H
inserted, of which F & G are the loops for holding the bowl, and H is the handle
of cover. The dotted lines F' G' indicate how the loops are raised to release the
bowl; H¹ shows the handle raised.
Fig. 2 shows the vertical section of the bowl and cover at right angles to the
elevation, A is the bowl, B is the flange or ring, C is the handle therein; D is the
cover, E. E are the ears for holding the ends of the wire loops; F is one of
the wire loops for holding the bowl, and H is the handle on cover; J is the disc
over the mouth of the bowl.
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 :
1. The exclusion of water from the cooking utensil by means of the inverted
outer vessel or cover substantially as set forth, and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The construction and use of the bowl, plate, cover wires, loops and attachments
substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth and described; and shown
in the accompanying drawings marked A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H Figs. 1 and 2.
Dated the 19th day of July 1894.
C. E. CHALLIS.