Improved Attachment to Gas Brackets for Holding Pans and other Vessels.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1886
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June, 1897--Accepted, 17th July, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECI
An Improved Attachment to Gas Brackets for Holding Pans and
other Vessels.
I, SYDNEY JOSEPH FANE of No. 273, Lord Street, Southport, in the County of
Lancaster, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a simple, efficient and inexpensive appliance
for heating or boiling water or food or other substances, and it consists of a bracket
of special construction and easy application for attachment to any ordinary gas
bracket, for holding a pan or other vessel."
The said bracket is constructed entirely of wire suitably twisted or connected
together. A horizontal "back bone" is formed of two or more wires twisted together.
At one end they are bent downwards and separated, each wire having waves or corru-
gations in order to grip the horizontal pipe of the gas bracket between them. A hook
is formed at the end of one of these wires to hook on to the other and so grip the
bracket firmly. At the other end the wires of the backbone are also separated for
a short distance and beyond the opening are brought together again so that they can
be locked together by a hook or clip formed with or attached to one of them.
This latter opening is to receive the vertical part or elbow of the gas bracket
immediately below the burner and is preferably made of four wires, two on each arm
in order to hold the bracket firmly,
A frame work of wire springs from or is attached to the back-bone of suitable form
and height to act as a holder or hob to receive the vessel whose contents are to be
heated, and to hold it over the flame.
I prefer to make a portion of the holder with a sunk floor so as to securely retain
the vessel.
To attach the appliance to a gas bracket the hooks are detached and the horizontal
opening slipped on to the burner elbow. At the same time the vertical arms are
passed one on each side of the pipe and when the holder is in position both hooks are
locked.
EDGAR CONISTON MILLS,
Agent to the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Attachment to Gas Brackets for Holding Pans and
other Vessels.
I, SYDNEY JOSEPH FANE of 273 Lord Street Southport in the County of
5 Lancaster, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide a simple efficient and inexpensive
appliance for heating or boiling water or food or other substances and it consists of a
bracket of special construction and easy application for attachment to any ordinary
gas bracket for holding a pan or other vessel.
The said bracket is constructed entirely of wire suitably twisted or connected
together and its construction will be understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus shewing its attachment to a gas
bracket.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation, and
Fig. 3 is a plan view.
A is a horizontal bockbone formed of two or more wires twisted together. At one
end they are bent downwards as shewn at a and separated. Each wire is then formed
into corrugations al in order to grip the horizontal arm g of the gas bracket G. At
the end of one of these wires a hook a² is formed to hook on to the other a³ and so
grip the arm g firmly. At the other end the wires of the "back-bone " A are also
separated as shewn at a Fig. 3. When the "back-bone" is formed of four wires two
of them are continued at this open part in the same horizontal plane as shewn
at a Fig. 1 and two are carried to a lower level by being bent downwards at a³ and
horizontally at a Fig. 1. At a' they are again bent upwards to their previous level.
One wire from the lower level a' and one from the upper level at are now twisted
together as shewn at a to form one arm and the other two are similarly treated to
form another arm a". At the end of one of these a hook a¹0 is formed so that it can
lock with or embrace the other as shewn. When the "back-bone" A is formed of
two wires only the two extra wires constituting the lower level are worked into it at
or near the point a³. The object of providing the two levels is to obtain a firmer
hold of the vertical or burner arm g¹ of the gas bracket G by gripping it at two
points. The upper structure B to hold the vessel P is formed by the diagonal
wires b b which are bent horizontally to form the top guards 61 61. From these the
sunken floor is suspended being formed by the wires cc on the horizontal part of
which the vessel Prests. In order to give the structure B stability it is tied to the
upper and lower levels of the "backbone "A by means of the wires d d which at their
upper ends einbrace the guards 61 61 and are each twisted once round one of
the wires a and at their lower ends embrace each one of the wires a' a'.
The lower ends of the wires b b are of course firmly twisted to the "back-bone" A
and their proper distance at the top is secured by the two cross ties ee.
I do not confine myself to the exact arrangement of wires and members as herein
described but the general construction is such as I believe to be as simple and
efficient a construction as any by which my invention can be carried out."
To attach the appliance to a gas bracket the hooks a² and al are detached and the
horizontal opening slipped on to the burner and elbow g¹. At the same time the
vertical arms a¹ are passed one on each side of the horizontal pipe g and when
the holder is in position both hooks are locked.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The bracket attachable to any ordinary gas bracket and constructed of twisted
wire substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2. The bracket for holding a vessel over a gas bracket and having two points of
attachment or grip controlled and locked by spring hooks formed by continuations of
the wires of which the back-bone or main member of the bracket is constructed

page_text: substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. The bracket for holding a vessel over an ordinary gas bracket and having a
superstructure constructed of wire with a sunk floor or frame substantially as and for
the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
1st dere of Tune 1807
EDGAR COINSTON MILLS,
Agent to the Applicant.