Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 22nd May, 1897
I, JOSEPHINE HUCKINS, Housewife, of the Town of Bellows Falls, in the County of
Windham, and the State of Vermont, one of the United States of America, 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 relates to improvements in kitchen utensils, and has more particular
relation to pie pan attachments. The invention comprises a tube having a lower
pointed open end and adapted to be inserted through the top pie crust of a pie, to
permit the steam within the same to escape and thus prevent the liquids of the pie
being forced out about the edges by the steam pressure.
In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,
Figure 1 represents a central vertical section through a pie, with my invention
applied thereto.
Figure 2 represents an enlarged detail perspective view of my said invention.
A in the drawing represents the pie, and B my improved pie attachment. The
said attachment comprises a metallic tube B, having an inclined lower open end b,
formed with a penetrating point 61. The upper end of said tube is also inclined, as
at 62, and is provided with a supporting lip 6 3, extending at right angles thereto
and adapted to rest upon the top of the pie crust, to support the attachment in
position within the pie.
In applying my invention to a pie, an incision is first made in the top of the pie
crust, and the said point 1 forced down through the same, until the lip 63 contacts
with the top of the pie. When in this position the central opening in the pie will
be thus held open and at the same time the steam will be permitted to pass readily
into and up through the tube and out at the top of the pie, and thus prevent the pie
from boiling internally and causing the juices to overflow about the edge. By
forming said tube with inclined upper and lower edges the steam is permitted to pass
into the said tube from the pie along the greater portion of its length, and at the
same time the tube is kept sufficiently clear of all solid substances to permit the
steam to readily escape upward.
This invention is very simple and cheap in construction, but when once applied
within a pie, is very effective and positively prevents the boiling of the pie and the
loss of the juices.
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. An attachment for pie pans, comprising a tube having a lower pointed end and
adapted to be inserted into a pie to permit the steam therein to escape, substantially
as described.
2. In a pie pan attachment, the combination with a tube having a lower pointed
end and an upper supporting lip, and adapted to be inserted into a pie so that the
supporting lip rests upon the upper surface of the pie crust, substantially as
described.

page_text: 3. A pie pan attachment comprising a tube having an inclined lower open end,
provided with a penetrating point, and an upper inclined open end provided with a
supporting lip, substantially as described.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.