An Improved Cooking Utensil.
Year: 1893

page_text: France),
.Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 16th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 16th June, 1894
I, JUST FRANÇOIS EDMOND GASTON ROUSSET, of 130, Boulevard Montparnasse,
Paris, France, Licentiate of Law, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be follows:-
This invention consists of a reversible pipkin made of fireclay, for dry cooking
or roasting potatoes, chestnuts, etc.
The utensils ordinarily used, have the form of a saucepan with a cover.
According to the present invention, the vessel and its cover are made of the same
form, each being provided with a flat surface or bottom so that either may be
placed undermost on the fire.
The accompanying drawing illustrates an example of the invention Figure 1
being an elevation of the pipkin, Figure 2 a sectional elevation, and Figure 3 a part
section of the handle portion.
The utensil is composed of two vessels A B, each of hemispherical, elliptical, or
other suitable form in section, fitting together on the line M N Figure 1, each
having a flat surface C or Feither of which may be placed upon the fire. Each
half is also formed with a handle D E which fit together and form a conjoint
handle in the same way as the two parts A B.
With this utensil the cooking operation is quicker and more uniform than with
other vessels heretofore used. Suppose the vessel to have its bottom F downwards-
when one-half the contents are cooked it is reversed so as to bring the bottom C
undermost to cook the other half of the contents.
.
The form of the vessel and the mode of fitting the two parts together, may be
varied according to the purpose for which it is to be used.
Dated this 16th dox of Anaerot 1802
J. F. E. G. ROUSSET,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cooking Utensil.
I, JUST FRANÇOIS EDMOND GASTON ROUSSET, of 130, Boulevard Montparnasse,
Paris, France, Licentiate of Law, 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 :-
This invention consists of a reversible pipkin made of fireclay, for dry cooking
or roasting potatoes, chestnuts, etc.

page_text: The utensils ordinarily used have the form of a saucepan with a cover.
According to the present invention the vessel and its cover are made of the same
form, each being provided with a flat surface or bottom, either of which may be
placed undermost on the fire.
Reference being had to the drawing accompanying my Provisional Specification,
which illustrates an example of the invention, wherein Figure 1 represents an
elevation of the pipkin, Figure 2 a sectional elevation, and Figure 3 a part section
of the handle portion.
The utensil is composed of two vessels A, B, each of hemispherical, elliptical,
or other suitable form, in section, fitting together on the line M N Figure 1, each
having a flat surface C or F, either of which may be placed upon the fire. Each
half is also formed with a handle D, E, which fit together and form a conjoint
handle in the same way as the two parts A, B.
With this utensil the cooking operation is quicker and more uniform than with
other vessels heretofore used. Suppose the vessel to have its bottom F downwards,
when one half the contents are cooked it is reversed so as to bring the flat surface C
undermost to cook the other half of the contents.
The form of the vessel and the mode of fitting the two parts together may be
varied according to the purpose for which it is to be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A pipkin, denominated a reversible devil, constructed of two vessels A, B, fitting
together, each provided with a handle D, E, and each having a flat bottom C or F,
so that either half may be undermost on the fire, all substantially as described and
illustrated in the drawings for the purpose specified.
Dated
J. F. E. G. ROUSSET,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.