IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING STOVES AND UTENSILS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MILITARY AND LIKE USES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Amelia Louisa Freund, trading under the name of Amelia
Lewis, of Oldham, Lancashire, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING
STOVES AND UTENSILS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MILITARY AND LIKE USES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Amelia Louisa Freund at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th April 1878.
AMELIA LOUISA FREUND, trading under the name of Amelia Lewis, of Oldham,
Lancashire. "IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING STOVES AND UTENSILS SPECIALLY ADAPTED
FOR MILITARY AND LIKE USES."
This Invention relates to improvements in cooking stoves and utensils specially
adapted for military and like uses.
According to my Invention I take a chamber of convenient size and form, say,
for example, two feet long, fifteen inches wide, and six inches deep, and support
this a convenient distance from the ground on legs or sides of sufficient strength;
in this chamber I kindle my fire. It is perforated in the front with a slide to
wholly or partially close the perforations to regulate the draft, as may be required.
It is also more or less perforated at the bottom to admit draught and to allow or
ash to drop through on to the ground, or into any receptacle provided for that
purpose.
The fire does not occupy the whole of the interior, but only the centre portion,
that part being partially shut off from the sides by vertical plates not reaching
quite to the top plate so as to allow the heat to pass over the whole area of the
upper plate.
The centre portion occupied by the fire is not covered over, for the principal
cooking operations may be so covered in by a sliding pipe provided for the purpose.
The smoke and draft confined from directly ascending when the cooking utensil
is on the top passes through a flue provided for the purpose at the back. This
I by preference take first downwards and then upwards, and just before the front
D

page_text: of the entrance thereto place a short vertical plate reaching from top to bottom of
the chamber so as to compel the heated products of combustion to pass around the
ends and so into the flue.
The flue does not pass very high, say, eighteen inches, and is covered in at the
top by a T to prevent downward draught. The vertical part also is removable so
as to allow of packing in the smallest possible space.
The cooking utensils consist, firstly, of a large boiler of the form and size of the
top of the stove so as to stand thereon, and is covered in by a flat lid made to fit
inside of its dimensions.
The second utensil is made of such size and form that it may be packed away
inside of that first described, and when in use the lid of the first-described utensil
also fits it, but on the outside of its dimensions. It is also provided with a tap
to enable it to be used as a boiler, which tap may be removed for packing.
There are also four square recesses for carrying water or other use as for boiling
in. They are of such form that they will all pack into the smaller of the vessels
already described, and each is provided with a handle, which for the packing is
made to move inwards.
There is also a dripping pan and roaster; this is a pan constructed with a double
bottom so as to allow of a current of air between them, and thus prevent the food
from getting burnt. Upon this is placed a grating or meat rest upon which the
food is placed, and the whole is then covered up by the largest of the above-
described utensils, being divested and placed over it for packing the outer vessel
containing all the others within it; it is provided with flanches to slide into guides
fixed to the bottom of the fire chamber, so that all the utensils are thus contained
within the area of the supports of the stove.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Amelia Louisa Freund in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th
October 1878.
AMELIA LOUISA FREUND, trading under the name of Amelia Lewis, of Oldham,
Lancashire. "IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING STOVES AND UTENSILS SPECIALLY ADAPTED
FOR MILITARY AND LIKE USES."
This Invention relates to improvements in cooking stoves and utensils specially
adapted for military and like uses.
In the accompanying Drawings,
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stove constructed according to my Invention ;
Figure 2, a plan thereof; and Figure 3, an end elevation.
Figures 4, 5, and 6, are similar views respectively of a second form of stove con-
structed according to my Invention.
I will first describe the form of stove illustrated by Figures 1, 2, and 3.
A is a chamber of convenient size and form, say, for example, two feet long, fifteen
inches wide, and six inches deep. This is supported a convenient distance from the
ground on. sides or legs B; in chamber A the fire is kindled. The chamber A is
perforated in the front and has doors or slides a to wholly or partially shut up or
cover the perforations, as may be required to regulate the draught. The bottom is
also perforated to admit a draught and allow of the fall of ash.
The fire does not occupy the whole of the interior of chamber A, but only the
centre portion, that part being partially shut off from the side by vertical plates C,
not reaching quite to the top plate, so as to allow the heat to pass over the whole
area of the upper plate.
The centre portion occupied by the fire is not covered over during the principal
cooking operations, but may be so covered in by a sliding plate provided for the
purpose.
The smoke and draught confined from directly ascending when the cooking
utensil is on the top, passes through a flue d provided for the purpose at the back,
and just before the front of the entrance thereto I place a vertical plate D reaching
from top to bottom of the chamber so as to compel the heated products of com-
bustion to pass around the ends and so into the flue.
The flue does not rise very high, say, eighteen inches, and is covered in at the
top by a T to prevent downward draught. The vertical part of the flue also is
removable so as to allow of packing in the smallest possible space.
The cooking utensils consist, firstly, of a large boiler of the form and size of the
top of the stove so as to stand thereon, and it is covered in by a flat lid made with a
rim to fit inside of the utensil.
The second utensil is made of such size and form that it may be packed inside of
that first described, and when in use the lid of the first-described utensil also fits it,
but on the outside of its dimensions. It is also provided with a tap to enable it to
be used as a boiler, which tap may be removed for packing.
There are also four square vessels for carrying water or for other use, such as for
boiling in. They are of such form that they will all pack into the smaller of the
said vessels already described, and each is provided with a handle, which for the
packing is made to turn inwards.
I construct also a pan with a double bottom so as to allow of a current of air
between the two plates to prevent the food from getting burnt. Upon this is
placed a grating or. meat rest upon which the food is placed, and the whole is then
covered up by the largest of the above-described utensils being inverted and placed
over it.
For packing the outer vessel containing all the others within it is so made as to
slide into the space under the fire space and between the sides, so that all the
utensils are thus contained within the area of the supports of the stove.

page_text: In the form of stove illustrated in Figures 3, 4, and 5, the fire confined in a
similar chamber as situated at the bottom of the area of the stove, and the centre
portion is converted into an oven, the draught passing up the sides and back, and
thence to the whole area of the top where the cooking is effected in a manner and
with utensils similar to above described. When not in use the utensils are packed
in the space forming the oven, and are therefore not quite so large in relation to the
stove as with the first form described.
The several parts of the stove are evident from the Drawings, and do not require
any further description.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said In-
vention and the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed, I desire
to secure by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent,—
First. The new or improved stove, substantially as herein-before set forth and
described, and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The improved utensils, substantially as herein-before set forth and 1
described, and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Amelia Louisa Freund, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
AMELIA LOUISA FREUND, (L.S.)
Trading as Amelia Lewis.