Improved Toast Rack.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 17th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL STOLICATION.
Improved Toast Rack.
:-
I EMILY CURLING of 1 Cranley Mansions, South Kensington in the County of
London, Dame, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of toast rack and has for its
object to provide means of keeping toast hot.
To this end I make the toast rack hollow, wholly or in part, so as to contain hot
water.
The whole rack may be made of tubular material, or of flat plates, or of the
two combined, and of any suitable and preferably good heat-conducting material,
and it is arranged in such a manner as to afford the greatest amount of heating
surface in contact with or acting upon the toast.
A screw plug for filling and emptying is arranged in the handle or in any
other suitable position, and non-conducting material is or may be inserted where
desirable.
The rack may be of any suitable shape and the stand may be adapted to hold
a spirit lamp if desired.
Dated this 17th day of February 1892.
J. C. CHAPMAN, C.P.A.,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Toast Rack.
I, EMILY CURLING, of 13, Albemarle Street, in the County of London, Dame,
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 an improved construction of toast rack and has for its
object to provide means of keeping toast hot.
To this end I make the toast rack hollow, wholly or in part, so as to contain
hot water. The whole rack may be made of tubular material, or of flat plates,
or of the two combined, and of any suitable and preferably good heat conducting
material, and it is arranged in such a manner as to afford the greatest amount of
heating surface in contact with or acting upon the toast.
In the annexed drawing I have illustrated a toast rack made in accordance with
my invention, but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to any special
construction or design as hollow toast racks may be made of any desired form or
design, ornamental or plain, without departing from the nature of my invention
so long as they will contain hot water for the purpose specified.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a cross section on line 1-1 thereof;
in this design the transverse partitions are made up of a series of hollow vertical
fingers a a closed at their tops and open at their feet and fixed to a hollow base A
so that the hot water spaces W W communicate throughout.
Fig. 3 is a cross section showing the hollow transverse partitions made up of a
pair of plates a' a' closed around their three upper edges but open at their bases
to the lower water space W. The capacity of the hot water spaces may be made
as large as is compatible with elegance of design. S is a screw plug for filling
which may with advantage be situated at the highest point of the rack, and may
for convenience be affixed to the handle H as illustrated, or otherwise. F F are
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page_text: feet supporting the hollow base A and m m indicate small heat-insulating pieces
interposed when desirable, and T represents a piece of toast placed in the rack.
Such a rack may if desired be bodily mounted upon a frame or stand adapted to
hold a spirit lamp as will be readily understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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purpose of keeping toast hot.
Dated this 17th day of November 1892.
For the Applicant,
J. C. CHAPMAN,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.