Improved Appliance for Protecting Bread in Bakers' Ovens.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Loft 21st Sent 1807 Accented 30th Oct
1807
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance for Protecting Bread in Bakers' Ovens.
I, REUBEN WEATHERBY, of Star Bakery, Rochdale Road, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Baker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In the ordinary forin of bakers' ovens heated with flues at the sides the outside
loaves or those nearest to the sides of the oven receive a greater amount of heat and
are very liable to be burnt.
This invention is designed to provide a protector which will shield the loaves at the
sides from the heat as it radiates from the brick work and before it becomes diffused
through the interior of the oven. And it consists essentially of a trough shaped
appliance capable of holding a number of the bread tins and formed with a deflector
or protecting plate extending upwards at one side.
In carrying out. the invention I construct from sheet tin similar to what the bread
tins are made from or of other suitable sheet metal an appliance corresponding to the
shape of the tins. This appliance is of sufficient length to hold a number of the tins
or may be the whole length or breadth of the oven. At the side which is placed
nearest to the bricks of the oven I place a plate or deflector which prevents the heat
as it radiates from the walls striking the bread before it is diffused through the oven
and thus the bread at the sides is baked in practically the same temperature as that in
the centre of the oven.
Instead of being trough shaped the protector may be
shape with a flat plate for
the bread tins to sit upon and a side plate to act as a deflector or protector.
Dated this 19th day of December 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance for Protecting Bread in Bakers' Ovens.
I REUBEN WEATHERBY, of Star Bakery, Rochdale Road, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Baker, 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 :-
In the ordinary form of bakers' ovens heated with flues at the sides, the outside
loaves or those nearest to the sides of the oven, receive a greater amount of beat, and
are very liable to be burnt.
This invention is designed to provide a protector which will shield the loaves at
the sides of the oven from the heat as it radiates from the brick work, and before it

page_text: becomes diffused through the interior of the oven. And it consists essentially of a
trough or other shaped appliance capable of holding a number of the bread tins, and
forined with a deflector or protecting plate extending upwards at one side.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which,
as an example, the protector is shown as constructed to hold three bread tins.
Fig. 1. Longitudinal section.
Fig. 2. Transverse section.
Fig. 3. Transverse section of oven plate, showing the protector in use.
Fig. 4. Perspective view with the front or side removed.
Fig. 5. Perspective view showing a modified form.
The protector or appliance A is constructed of a suitable shape with a base to
receive a number of the ordinary bread tins B (preferably three or four) with a
protecting plate or deflector C extending along one side, and projecting above the
tins B. The protecting plate C is of such a height, and when the protector is in the
oven, is so placed, as to prevent the heat as it radiates from the walls striking
the bread in the tins B before it becomes diffused through the oven, and thus the
bread at the sides of the oven nearest to the heated flues, is baked in practically the
same temperature as that in the centre of the oven.
In addition to the protecting plate or deflector C, an additional plate D-loose or
removable may be hung upon the plate C to give additional protection, when baking
cakes or fancy bread.
The protector A may be constructed of trough shape as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, to
enclose the bread tins B, or it may be of L shape in cross section, as shown in Fig. 5,
with a flat plate for the bread tins to rest upon, and a protecting plate or deflector
extending upwards at one side.
The protector or appliance A is constructed from sheet tin similar to what the
bread tins are made of, or of other suitable sheet metal.
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. An appliance for protecting bread in bakers' ovens from excessive heat,
constructed with a base upon which rests a number of ordinary bread tins, and a
protecting plate or deflector extending upwards at one side, substantially as
described.
2. An appliance or protector for protecting bread in bakers' ovens from excessive
heat at one side constructed substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 9th day of September 1897.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.