Improvements in Cooking Kettles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 8th Dec.. 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cooking Kettles.
I, BELLE C. SABIN of Prospect Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County,
Minnesota, United States of America, Musician, 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 certain improvements in cooking kettles.
The object of the invention is to provide a safe, simple and durable cooking
kettle in which a uniform temperature may be preserved and to which water may
be supplied, or from which it may be drawn while cooking, without removing the
cover or exposing the operator to escaping steam, and in which vegetables etc.,
can be more easily par-boiled, and soups, gravies etc., can be strained as they are
poured from the kettle.
A further object of the invention is to provide a cooking kettle, with a lip
under the close fitting flange cover for the kettle and combined with this flanged
cover, a protecting cover for the lip, which will prevent steam escaping and the
flavors of meats, vegetables etc. from escaping while they are cooking.
A further object of the invention is to provide a cooking kettle with a graduated
series of strainers suitable for all sorts of cooking, ways or guides on the inside
of the kettle receiving and retaining the strainer.
The invention consists in certain novel features of constructions and in com-
binations of parts more fully and particularly described hereinafter and pointed
out in the claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar
parts,
Figure 1, is a perspective view of the kettle with the lid off and parts of the
kettle and lip broken away.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the strainer.
Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the lid or cover.
Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the kettle, with the lid or cover on.
In the drawings the reference letter A indicates the kettle proper.
B, indicates the handle securely fastened to the back side of the kettle.
C, indicates the bail.
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D, indicates ways or guides on the inner side of the kettle.
E, Fig. 3, indicates the cover or lid, the main part being flanged to fit the
kettle closely while the projection F, covers the lip closely.
G, indicates the handle on the lid.
H, indicates the lip which is to be made with a large flared top and is attached
to the kettle over the hole covered by the strainer. The dotted lines I, indicate
the position of the lid when it is turned to uncover the lip.
Figure 2, indicates the strainer.
Referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that the guides D, which are rigidly
attached to the inside of the kettle near the bottom, and at the sides of an aperture,
will allow the strainer to be readily inserted or removed.
The strainers are to be made in a graduated series, and when placed in the

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guides D, are to prevent any article being cooked in the kettle from passing out
when drawing off water and also to prevent the thickening of strained soups,
gravies and pudding sauces which can be made most successfully in this kettle.
By means of the lip the water is poured directly from the bottom of the kettle
without disturbing. its contents and without allowing the steam to escape.
adding water to the kettle through the lip H, which is enlarged and flared at
the top for that purpose it enters at the bottom of the kettle instead of being
poured in at the top. This arrangement together with the tight fitting cover
Fig. 3, preserves an even temperature in the kettle at all times, thereby insuring
better cooking, better flavors, and less inconvenience than by the ordinary kettle,
where in order to add water to, or withdraw it from the kettle, the contents
of the kettle are exposed to the cold draft. Again, the hands and person of
the operator of this kettle are protected from hot steam as the kettle is fed
through the lip, with the top on the kettle and before removing its contents the
kettle can be drained dry by means of the lip. The strainers, Fig. 2, are to be
made in a graduated series to suit all kinds of cooking and straining. They
may be made of either punctured sheet metal or other wire gauze and should
be made so as to work easily in the ways D, and are to be inserted or removed
from the inside of the kettle.
The operator can determine what size holes are required in the strainers for
different kinds of cooking and select from the series the one adapted to each
particular use. When the kettle is ready for use as shown in Fig. 4, the operator
can shift the cover from the lip, to a position shown by dotted lines I, by taking
hold of the handle G, and turning the cover in the kettle, the slit allowing the
lip cover to work around the bail freely. The kettle is then ready to receive
or deliver liquid through the lip. The entire cover, (Fig. 3) is to be removed
when the articles to be cooked are put in the kettle or taken from it, which is
done by lifting the handle G; soups, gravies, etc. are strained directly from the
kettle by way of the lip. The kettle is handled and manipulated by the bail C,
and the handle B. The kettle may be of any of the ordinary materials for the
purpose and may have either a flat or round bottom as desired.
In boiling meats, vegetables etc. this kettle gives the same advantages over the
ordinary kettle that the enclosed baking pan gives from the open pan, namely,
retains all juices and an even temperature, thereby giving superior flavors to the
cooking.
It is evident that various changes might be made in the forms, arrangements
and constructions of the parts described, without departing from the spirit and
scope of my invention, hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact con
struction herein set forth, but consider myself entitled to all such changes as
fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.
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 :-
1. The herein described cooking kettle, substantially as set forth.
2. A cooking kettle having the side lip open at the top and opening into the
lower part of the interior of the kettle, and the kettle lid having a projection to
cover the open top of the lip, substantially as described.
3. A cooking kettle having a side lip opening into the lower part of the kettle
and the kettle cover carrying means for closing the mouth or open top of said
lip and so arranged that the lip can be opened without removing the cover from
the kettle proper, substantially as described.
4. A kettle having the side discharge or mouth and a bail and the cover
having a lateral projection to close said mouth and a slot to receive one end of
the bail, as and for the purpose set forth.
5. In a cooking kettle, the combination of graduated strainers, Fig. 2, made to

page_text: fit in grooves, ways or guides on the inside of the kettle, and when inserted
covering the opening between the kettle and lip, substantially as described.
Dated this 11th day of September 1894.
How the Aliu
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.