Improvements in and relating to Sauce-pans and similar Cooking Utensils.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr.. 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Sauce-pans and similar Cooking
Utensils.
I, JOHN VINCENT MOORE, 8 Crowland Road Stamford Hill, London N. Court
Slipper Maker, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in sauce-pans and similar cooking utensils,
and has for its object to provide a means whereby sauces, thickening for gravies,
gruel, milk and other foods that require constant and regular stirring during their
preparation, may receive the necessary attention without exposing the same to
possible contamination by being open to dust, dirt and smoke during the operation,
as obtains when the lid is removed and such stirring is effected by the use of a
spoon as hitherto.
I attain this by constructing the body of the sauce-pan or other circular vessel,
capable of receiving and holding a specially constructed almost steam tight lid or
cover, provided with suitable gearing actuated by a handle upon the outside of the
cover, for operating a vertical spindle depending within the containing vessel
carrying one or more perforated wings or beaters, which are thereby caused to
travel round and round within the vessel and so keep the contents thereof
constantly stirred or agitated, while the lid or cover still remains in position,
suitable ventilating apertures being provided therein for the necessary escape of
steam. The said sauce-pan or other vessel being capable of receiving an ordinary
lid may be employed in the usual way for cooking foods that do not require to be
stirred during their preparation.
In order that my invention may be fully understood reference may be made to
the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a sauce-pan according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a lid or cover and its accessories for same, also
forming part of my invention.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the, or one of the beaters or wings detached from
but forming part of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the entire apparatus when Fig. 2 is fitted upon and
within Fig. 1.
For the purposes of my invention I provide a sauce-pan or other circular vessel A
as at Fig. 1, having the usual handle B, and provided at its mouth with an annular
ridge or rim C, in which are formed two apertures D and D¹, and with the vessel
so constructed an ordinary lid may be used when the vessel is required for cooking
foods that do not require stirring.
When food is being prepared in the vessel A. that requires to be constantly
stirred or mixed, I employ a special cover or apparatus constructed as at Fig. 2,
which consists of a dome shaped roof or lid E, enclosed at its under surface by a
plate F, any suitable number of small holes G being formed in E and F to permit
escape of steam. The portion E is provided with a handle E¹, and has swellings H
and H which form bearings for a horizontal spindle J, provided with a handle J,
and upon J within E is mounted a mitre wheel K, which gears with a like wheel L
fixed to a vertical spindle M, carried in a bearing N, formed integrally with or
attached to the plate F. The spindle M is rectangular or polygonal in cross
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page_text: section below the bearing N, and of a length approximating to the depth of the
vessel A, and upon M is mounted a sleeve O, retained thereon by a thumb nut or
its equivalent V. To the sleeve O is fixed or formed therewith one or more wings
or beaters P, preferably of thin metal, provided with suitable holes or apertures,
through which the sauce or other liquid would be driven while being stirred, and I
prefer to form these apertures by cutting horizontal slits R in the substance of P
and bending or curling the thus severed portions S outwardly, either all in one
direction as at Fig. 3, or some in one direction and some opposite thereto, and in
addition to these apertures I may form holes T in the substance of P above or
between the apertures R.
Upon the under surface of the plate F are fixed or formed therewith a pair of
lugs W and W', the former of which is so formed as to provide a hook by which
the apparatus Fig. 2 may be suspended when not in use, while both are capable of
easy passage through the apertures D and D' in the rim of the vessel A, and
engaging with said rim.
Fig. 5 shows the apparatus Fig. 2 placed in position upon and within the vessel
Fig. 1, and to effect this the lugs W and W₁ would be first passed through the
apertures D and D¹ in the rim C, when by given say a quarter turn to the cover
by means of the handle E' the lugs W and W¹ would pass beneath the rim C, and
so lock the cover in almost air tight connection with the vessel A, when by rotating
the spindle J, by means of the handle J', rotary motion would be imparted to the
spindle M and the wing or wings or beaters P thereon, and as this or these is or
are driven around within the vessel A., the contents thereof would be thoroughly
stirred, and its constituent parts be divided by the cutting edges of the projections S,
and become thoroughly mixed by being forced through the apertures R and T,
while still covered and protected from dust and smoke.
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 1
claim is.
1st. The construction and use of the herein described culinary vessel and the
accompanying accessories, connected, combined and operating substantially as and
for the purposes herein set forth and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
2nd. In an improved culinary vessel the combination of a vessel A with rim C
having apertures D D', and provided with a lid or cover E, with plate F, having
lugs W and W, and carrying a spindle J with handle J', borne by bearings H HI,
and to which is fixed a mitre wheel K gearing with a like wheel L, mounted upon
a spindle M rotating in a bearing N, and carrying a sleeve O, supporting one or
more wings or beaters P, having slits R, projections S, and apertures T, the whole
connected together and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein
described and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of January 1895.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.