Improvements in Baking Apparatus.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Baking Apparatus.
I, CARL MAAGER, of 13 Hobzstrasse, Konigsberg, Prussia, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer, 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 au apparatus for baking waffles and the like, which is
arranged for gas stoves, and in which the baking pan can at will be brought.
nearer to or further away from the fire. In addition to this the fire-place is placed
eccentrically to the baking pan and the latter is arranged so that it can be turned
in a circle, thereby enabling different parts of the pan to be heated to different.
degrees. A claw arranged above the apparatus moreover enables the cover to be
opened without any need for touching the latter with the hand.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing thereof reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
In Figs. 1, to 3, of the drawing I have represented this apparatus. Upon the
thick table slab a is mounted in the first place the gas burner e whose cock h is.
connected by a rod or string I with a handle m at the work stand in such a manner
that it may be conveniently regulated in position.
Four hollow columns d are mounted on flat plates b and c to carry a ring r
consisting of two flat halves which are adapted to be moved relatively to each
other by means of balls running in grooves. As already stated, the gas burner is
arranged somewhat eccentrically with regard to the ring ; the latter is not.
represented in the drawing for the sake of simplicity. On the ring r the waffle-
iron i is supported in the customary manner. In the hollow columns are held
four rods d which butt at the top against the ring r and terminate at the bottom.
in a common plate g. This plate g is carried by a rod n which may be guided in.
a bracket o, and raised and lowered by a foot lever p provided with a roller..
Laterally on the table slab is adjustably secured in a sleeve s' a bent arms which
is furnished at its free end with a gripping claw k adapted to engage with the
eye of the waffle iron i.
The operation of the apparatus is very simple. By means of the foot lever p.
(and handle f for hand support by the operator) the baking iron i is always kept.
at a proper distance from the heating flame; if the cover of the pan is to be opened
the latter is moved quite up, the claw is caused to engage with the eye i¹, and
the pan is then moved downwards, the cover being of course obliged to open. If it
is then found that the flame has not acted sufficiently at any point, the pan is.
turned round so that the flame placed eccentrically will now impinge most against
the part which is to be heated most.
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 baking apparatus for waffles and the like, characterized by the pan-
adapted to be adjusted in height, that is to say in its distance from the fixed fire-

page_text: 2. In a baking apparatus according to the first claim the arrangement of a bent
arms with gripping claws k for the purpose of enabling the cover of the pan to be
opened without any need for touching the said cover.
Dated thie 8th day of October 1896.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.