An Improved Stove or Cooking Mat.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Nov.. 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan.. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stove or Cooking Mat.
I, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 23 Southampton Buildings, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
(a communication to me from John Gustavus Rollins, of 15 to 25 Whitehall Street,
New York, United States of America, Merchant), to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object an improved stove or cooking mat which, when
interposed between the stove and a cooking utensil, will obviate the necessity for
stirring and will prevent scorching or burning; it will also prevent the boiling over
of coffee and will enable bread to be nicely toasted when placed on it.
The mat consists of a sheet of asbestos fabric protected around its edges by a
metallic rim; it is conveniently of circular form and the rim has preferably attached
thereto a loop by which the mat can be suspended when not in use.
The rim consists preferably of a strip of sheet metal bent into trough form to fit
the edge of the mat, and such rim is crimped on to the body of the mat and the
adjoining ends are connected by a suitable clip carrying the suspending loop, or in
any convenient way.
Dated this 20th day of June 1893.
B. J. B. MILLS,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
An Improved Stove or Cooking Mat.
I, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 23 Southampton Buildings, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
(a communication to me from John Gustavus Rollins, of 15 to 25 Whitehall Street,
New York, in the United States of America, Merchant), and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The invention has for its object a new or improved stove or cooking mat which,
when interposed between the stove and a cooking utensil, will obviate the necessity
for stirring and will prevent scorching or burning; it will also prevent the boiling
over of coffee and will enable bread to be nicely toasted when placed on it.
The improved stove or cooking mat is represented in the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1 is a face view and Fig. 2 is a cross section drawn on the line 1-1 of
Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a like section drawn to an enlarged scale.
In Figs. 2 and 3 the rim and clip are somewhat exaggerated for the sake of
clearness.
The mat consists of a sheet a of asbestos fabric protected around its edges by a
metallic rim 6; it is conveniently of circular form and the rim b has preferably
attached thereto a loop c by which the mat can be suspended when not in use.
The rim b consists preferably of a strip of sheet metal bent into a trough form,
which may be crimped on its two sides and then applied around the edge of the
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page_text: sheet a so that the two ends overlap each other a short distance. The clip d
carrying the loop c is then applied to the rim b, so that its ends turn up and enclose
between them the overlapping ends of the rim. Then, in order to secure the rim b,
the loop c and clip d to the mat, pressure is applied all round the rim so as to press
its two sides towards each other and thereby firmly grip the sheet a between them
and, in order to prevent the lateral shifting of the clip d, an indent d' is made by
means of a suitable tool on each side of the clip so as to force the indented parts of
the clip into like indents in the rim. If desired the rim may be otherwise applied
and secured to the mat.
Before using the mat for the first time it should be placed on a hot stove for
about ten minutes and if, in use, it becomes soiled, it should not be washed or scraped,
but the soiled part should be turned to the fire and burnt until clean.
If desired the mat may be made of other forms than that shown.
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. A stove or cooking mat constructed substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. A stove or cooking mat having the body composed of a sheet of asbestos or
analogous fabric and a metallic rim, substantially as herein shown and described.
3. A stove or cooking mat having the body composed of a sheet of asbestos or
analogous fabric, a metallic rim and a suspending loop, substantially as herein
shown and described.
4. A stove or cooking mat having the body composed of a sheet of asbestos or
analogous fabric and a rim composed of a trough shaped strip of metal, substantially
as herein shown and described.
5. A stove or cooking mat having the body composed of a sheet of asbestos or
analogous fabric, a rim composed of a trough shaped strip of metal corrugated on
both sides thereof, and a clip to connect the two ends of the rim, the said clip being
provided or not with a suspending loop and being fixed in position, substantially as
herein shown and described.
Pated this 9th day of November 1899.
May SOCI
B. J. B. MILLS,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.