An Improved Device for Use in Cooking Eggs.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1894
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I, JOHN MORPHEW MARTIN, of 60 Lant Street, Borough, in the County of
Surrey, Chef-de-Cuisine, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved device for use in cooking eggs and the
like.
A device constructed according to this invention consists of a tubular piece
carrying at each end a spoon bowl which is perforated to allow of the
of
escape
water when the device is used for lifting eggs from the saucepan so that they may
be dished up dry. Within the tubular piece is placed an elongated hour glass
consisting of two chambers of glass or other suitable transparent material com-
municating by a small passage one of which is charged with a quantity of sand
which occupies a certain space of time in passing from one to the other through
the passage aforesaid in the well known manner. The sides of the tubular piece
are slotted so as to permit of a clear view of this timing arrangement.
In use, one of the spoon bowls of the device is employed for placing the egg in
the saucepan in which it is to he boiled. The device is allowed to remain in the
saucepan during the boiling lying in an inclined position against the side of the
saucepan so as to allow of the sand passing from the upper to the lower chamber.
In this manner it may be seen when the egg is sufficiently cooked, when it may be
removed by the same spoon. Should it be desired to cook another egg the bowl
at the other end of the device may be used in order that the charged chamber
of the timing arrangement may be uppermost and no time lost in awaiting the
transfer of the sand as would be necessary if but one spoon bowl were employed.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Use in Cooking Eggs.
1, JOHN MORPHEW MARTIN formerly of 60 Lant Street but now of
86 Collinson Street Borough in the County of Surrey Chef-de-Cuisine 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 an improved device or instrument for use in cooking
or boiling eggs.
According to this invention the instrument consists of a tubular piece or stem
carrying at each end a spoon bowl which is perforated or formed of openwork to
allow of the escape of water when the device used for lifting eggs from the
saucepan so that they may be dished up dry.
Within the tubular piece or stem is placed an elongated time glass consisting
of two chambers of glass or other suitable transparent material communicating by
a small passage and charged with a suitable quantity of sand which occupies a

page_text: The sides of the tubular piece or stem are slotted or formed of openwork so as
to expose to view the time glass.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of a saucepan showing the improved device or
instrument in position therein.
Figure 2 is a similar view to Figure 1 but drawn at right angles thereto, part
of the instrument being broken away and
Figure 3 is a plan of the instrument separately.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a represents the tubular piece or stem of the instrument which is formed with
long slots a¹ therein or it might be formed of several wire bars or other openwork
for the purpose hereinafter described.
At each end of the tubular stem a is fixed a skeleton spoon bowl or the like a
which is formed of a number of loops of wire or it might be formed of perforated
metal or otherwise so as to allow of the escape or drainage therefrom of water
in order that the eggs may be dished up dry when the device is employed for
lifting them from the saucepan.
Within the tubular or openwork stem a is fitted an elongated time glass or egg
boiler, consisting as is usual of two chambers b of glass or other suitable trans-
parent material united by a narrow neck 6' leaving a small communicating passage,
and which chambers are charged with a suitable quantity of sand which occupies
a given period of time in passing by gravity from one chamber to the other through
the small communicating passage as is well understood.
The object of forming the tubular stem of openwork or with slots therein is to
expose the time glass to view whilst at the same time the tubular or openwork
stem a efficiently protects the time glass b from accidental injury.
When the instrument is to be used the egg is placed in the skeleton bowl a²
adjacent to that chamber which is empty the other chamber b being charged
with sand the egg being thus placed in the saucepan in which it is to be boiled as
will be readily understood and the instrument is preferably allowed to remain in
the saucepan during the boiling of the egg when it will naturally lie against the
wall of the saucepan and assume a more or less vertical or inclined position as
shown more particularly at Figure 2 so that the sand will pass from the upper to
the lower chamber b.
By an occasional inspection of the time glass b during the boiling of the egg
it may readily be seen when the given period of time has elapsed and the egg is
sufficiently cooked when it may be removed from the saucepan by means of the
instrument and placed in an egg holder or the like.
Should it be desired to at once cook another egg, the instrument must now be
reversed and the egg placed in the skeleton spoon bowl a² at the opposite end of
the instrument so that, that chamber 5 of the time glass into which the sand has
run during the previous operation may be placed uppermost and thus no time is
lost in awaiting the return of the sand to the first chamber b, as would be necessary
if one spoon bowl a² only were employed.
Although the instrument is described as formed with two spoon bowls it will be
evident that for some purposes it may be formed with only one spoon bowl, but
the former is the preferred arrangement, and it may also be remarked that the
instrument may if desired be withdrawn from the saucepan during the boiling of
the egg and suspended from a nail so as to be placed in a better light or for other
reasons.

page_text: 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. In a device for use in cooking eggs the combination of a tubular or openwork
stem, an openwork bowl or the like and a time glass mounted within the stem
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
2. In a device for use in cooking eggs the combination of a tubular or openwork
stem an openwork bowl or the like at each end of the stem and a time glass
mounted within the stem substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1894.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.