Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1887
Complete Left, 31st Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
1, GEORGE GOLDSMITH of Oxford Street, Leicester, in the County of Leicester do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the construction of apparatus for cooking chops,
steaks and other articles of food, by means of gas, in a more economical and
expeditious manner than is generally done by what are commonly known as grillers.
The invention consists of two open shallow cases or chambers, the backs of the said
chambers being made double and having an intervening packing of silicate, asbestos
or other suitable material to prevent loss of heat by radiation from the outside. These
chambers are supported upon pillars fixed to a base plate. Both the chambers are set
vertically so that their open sides may be opposite to each other, and one of them is
pivotted at one end to its pillar, so that it may be made to approach near to or with-
drawn from the other. The pillars are hollow and convey the gas to a horizontal
square bunsen burner laid along or close to the bottom of each chamber. The chambers
have a great number of studs, each stud being about a quarter of an inch, more or
less, thick. A dripping pan is attached at or near the bottom of one of the chambers,
and provision is made for the attachment of hooks or other similar contrivance for
suspending the food to be cooked. Handles are provided for opening or closing the
chambers and for carrying the whole apparatus about.
The use or action of the apparatus is as follows. Gas being supplied to the burners,
it is lighted, when the heat plays upwards and about the studs making them exceedingly
hot. The article of food is suspended in front of the interior of one of the chambers, and
the other chamber is then swung round so as to approach the first as near as convenient.
The food to be cooked is therefore hung between two highly heated surfaces, the
radiation from which together with the direct heat from the burning gas effectually and
expeditiously cooks whatever may be enclosed.
The apparatus may be made of cast, wrought or malleable iron or tin plate, or partly
of one or other of these or other appropriate materials.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Cooking Apparatus Commonly Called
Grillers.
I, GEORGE GOLDSMITH of Oxford Street, Leicester, in the County of Leicester, 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 has for its object the construction of apparatus for cooking chops,
steaks and other articles of food by means of gas in a novel, more economical and
perfect manner than is generally done by what are commonly known as grillers.
In order that the invention may be easily understood drawings are attached hereto
of which the following is a description. Fig. 1 is a front end elevation of the griller
with its sides closed, but with a portion of one end plate removed in order to show the
studs and the packing. Fig. 2 is also a front end elevation with one side swung open
so as to expose the arrange- of the interior of the griller and admit of the introduction
of the food to be cooked. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the apparatus, and Fig. 4 is
an appliance which may be used in substitution for the studs hereinafter described.
The apparatus consists of two open shallow cases or chambers A and B, the backs of
the said chambers being made double and having an intervening packing C of silicate,
asbestos, or other suitable material to prevent loss of heat by radiation from the outside.
These chambers are supported upon pillars D and E, are slightly inclined towards each
other at the top, and are fixed to a base plate F. Both the chambers are set vertically
so that their open sides may be opposite to each other, and one of them is pivotted at
one end to its pillar E by means of a long screw or couplin U so that the chamber B
may be made to approach near to, or be withdrawn from the other A. The pillars D
and E are hollow and convey the gas from the inlet G in the direction of the arrows
to each of the horizontal square bunsen burners H and J having a number of orifices
for the exit of the gas on their upper sides, and are laid along or close to the bottom
of each chamber. The chambers have a great number of studs K each stud being
about a quarter of an inch more or less, thick. A drip pan L is supported at or near
the bottom of one of the chambers by brackets M, M fixed to each end. This drip pan
serves to reflect the heat, and having holes in its bottom allows the fat to fall into an
ordinary dripping pan N placed on the base plate. Provision is made for the attach-
ment of hooks O, O, or other similar contrivance for suspending the food to be cooked.
A handle P is provided for opening or closing the chambers, and there may be
attached other handles for carrying the whole apparatus about.
The use or action of the apparatus is as follows.-Gas being supplied from the
inlet G it passes in the direction of the arrows to the burners H and J, being mixed
with air that enters by a hole Q at the end of each burner. The mixture is then
lighted when the heats plays upwards and about the studs, making them exceedingly
hot. The article of food is suspended in front of the interior of one of the chambers A

page_text: and the other chamber B is then swung round so as to approach the first as near as
convenient. The food to be cooked is therefore hung between two highly heated
surfaces, the radiation from which together with the direct heat from the burning gas
effectually and expeditiously cooks whatever may be enclosed, and as the meat is
cooked on both sides at the same time the gravy is driven into the centre of the meat
and the flavour therefore retained. An additional advantage is that owing to the
position of the food in relation to the burners the products of combustion escapes
without difficulty and therefore without prejudice to the articles cooked.
The apparatus may be made of cast, wrought or malleable iron or tin plate, or
partly of one or other of these or other appropriate materials, and in lieu of the studs
a casting or castings such as shown in Fig. 4 curved and perforated and of an irregular
pattern and surface may be attached to the plates.
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 vertical cases or chambers A, B, packed with non-heat conducting material
and having studs K, and pivotted at U as herein described and shown on the
drawings.
2. The general arrangement of the whole apparatus as herein described and shown
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