Year: 1897

page_text: I, JOHN ALLAN, of 16, Union Place, in the County of the City of Glasgow, North
Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object not only the constructing of an apparatus for
pressing bread, but also capable of reducing or melting fatty matter and compress-
ing the same simultaneously.
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In carrying out my invention I take the ordinary bread press, which consists of
a frame-work to which there is fixed a circular or other shaped plate provided
with a running or pouring lip. On this plate there is placed a cylindrical vessel
open at top and bottom, inside of which there is another vessel somewhat deeper,
but of less width and provided with holes or perforations all round it, the weight or
press being connected to a rod carried in the upper portion of the frame-work.
one side of the frame-work I provide a bracket of any convenient shape and to
which there is connected a Bunsen or other suitable burner, this burner lying
immediately below the circular or other shaped plate above referred to. Connected
to this burner there is a pipe leading from any gas supply and provided with suit-
able stop-cocks.
In using the apparatus as a lard press the fatty matter is placed in the inner
vessel and the burner is then lit and the flame spreading over the underside of the
plate on which the vessels are set, heats the fat until it is produced to a liquid when
by the pressure of the weight or press, it is squeezed out of the holes or perforations
into the space between the two vessels when it passes out of the running or pouring
lip already referred to, the solid or unreducible matter remaining in the inner
vessel.
If desirable I might also provide an adjustable and revolving disc or plate
towards the lower end of the inner vessel so as to keep the fatty matter while being
reduced in a state of agitation.
In lieu of the inner vessel as already described, I may only have one vessel or
boiler having
an outlet at the bottom and with a perforated plate lying across the
boiler at a similar distance from the bottom, so that as the fatty matter becomes
liquified it passes through these perforations into the lower portion of the boiler
and out through the outlet provided for the purpose.
Dated this 26th day of T
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:
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My invention has for its object not only the constructing of an apparatus for
pressing bread, but also capable of reducing, melting, or roasting fatty matter and
compressing the same simultaneously.
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In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect, I have hereunto appended, one sheet of drawings partly in elevation and
partly in section shewing my improvements.
In carrying out my invention I take the ordinary bread press, which consists of
a frame-work A to which there is fixed a circular or other shaped plate B lying at
a slight angle to the front and provided with a running or pouring lip C. On this
plate B there is placed a cylindrical vessel 1) open at top and bottom, inside of
which there is another vessel E somewhat deeper, but of less width and provided
with holes or perforations Fall round it, the weight or press L being connected
to a threaded rod G carried in the upper portion of the frame-work and having a
handle N to operate same. This rod G passes through a screwed bush O which is
supported on top by means of a nut P, so that when the nut is released the press. L
gradually falls by its own weight as the suet becomes liquified. On one side of
the frame-work A I provide a bracket H of any convenient shape and to which
there is connected a Bunsen cr other suitable burner I, this burner lying immedi-
ately below the circular or other shaped plate B above referred to. Connected to
this burner there is a pipe J leading from any gas supply and provided with suit-
able stop-cocks K.
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In using the apparatus as a lard or roasting press the fatty matter or suct is
placed in the inner vessel E and the burner I is then lit and the flame spreading
over the underside of the plate B on which the vessels are set, heats the fat until
it is reduced to a liquid when by the pressure of the weight or press L it is squeezed
out of the holes or perforations F into the space M between the two vessels. D and E
when it passes out of the running or pouring lip C already referred to, the solid or
unreducible matter remaining in the inner vessel.
If desirable I might also provide an adjustable and revolving disc or plate towards
the lower end of the inner vessel so as to keep the fatty matter while being reduced
in a state of agitation.
1. In lieu of the inner vessel as already described, I may only have one vessel or
boiler having an outlet at the bottom and with a perforated plate lying across the
boiler at a suitable distance from the bottom, so that as the fatty matter becomes
liquified it passes through these perforations into the lower portion of the boiler
and out through the outlet provided for the purpose.
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In using the apparatus as a bread press, the dough which is saturated with
water to extract the barm, is placed into the inner vessel and the pressure applied,
when the excess is squeezed out of the material and through the perforations into
the outer vessel in a similar manner to the rendered fat,,but no heat being necessary.
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:
The combined bread and roasting press constructed substantially as described and
illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.