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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FRANCES PICKETT TERVEY, OF BRENHAM, TEXAS.
OO00KING UTENSIL.
SPE ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,527, dated January 4, 1887.
Application filed December 26, 1885. Serial No. 186,751. (No model.)
To all whom it mnay concern: notch, K, in the lid J, maintains the vessel C 5o
Be it known that I, FRANCES PICKETT in position and preserves the water - space
HERVEY, of Brenham, in the county of Wash- around it, as represented.
ington and State of Texas, have invented cer- When the two vessels are together, as shown
tain new and useful Improvements in Cook- in the drawings, the handle G of the inner ves-
ing Utensils, of which the following is a full, sel, C, is directly above the handle B of the 55
clear, and exact description. outer vessel, so that both may be removed to-
This invention consists in the construction gether, and to conveniently remove the inner
and arrangement of parts, as will be herein- from the outer vessel its handle G is bent up-
after fully described and claimed. ward, forming a space sufficient so as to pass
Reference is to be had to the accompanying the fingers between the two handles, as shown 60
drawings, forming part of this specification, in Fig. 1. By this construction and arrange-
in which similar letters of reference indicate ment of the two vessels-the one to receive the
corresponding parts in both the figures. food and the other to contain water-articles
Figure 1 represents a vertical central sec- being cooked are prevented from burning by
tion through the two vessels, with their han- coming in contact with the outer vessel by 65
dles in elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view preserving the water-space E, and the inner
of the outer vessel with part of the cover vessel quickly removed, leaving the water in
broken away to show the inner perforated yves- the outer vessel and the food to be neatly
sel and the water-space around it. served. By the notch K in the lid J and the
A in the accompanying drawings repre- pivoted handle G the food-vessel is maintained 70
sents an ordinary vessel, of any suitable mate- centrally in the water-vessel without attention,
rial, intended to contain water, provided with as represented.
a handle, B, secured thereto in any conven- It will be observed that by curving the han-
ient manner. To the interior of this water- dle G so that its outer pivoted end rests upon
vessel is fitted a gauze or perforated inner the surface of the handle B both vessels may 75
vessel, C, in which the food to be cooked is be readily removed together, the same as if
placed. This inner vessel, C, is somewhat they were but one vessel.
smaller than the outer vessel, A, so that a wa- I am aware that a perforated vessel has been
ter-space, D, between them is formed in or- placed within an outer vessel, the inner ves-
der that the article being cooked shall be sur- sel having a swinging bail folding within the 80o
rounded by water, and shall not come in con- outer vessel, a separate hook being provided
tact with the outer vessel, to be injured or for lifting the bail. Below the perforated ves-
burned thereby. sel was placed a removable frame for holding
It will be understood that by the expression it above the water. When the frame was not
"a water-space" Imean a space for water only, used, the perforated vessel would be directly 85
in contradistinction to the space within the on the bottom of the outer vessel, and there
perforated vessel for the water and the article would be no water-space between the bottoms
being cooked. of the two vessels, so that the articles being
The space E between the bottoms of the two cooked would be liable to be burned. In my
vessels is formed by securing legs F to the bot- construction the handle of the perforated ves- 90go
tom of the perforated vessel C, as shown. In sel is rigidly secured thereto, and extends be-
order to maintain the interior vessel, C, cen- yond the two vessels at an inclination, so that
trally in the exterior vessel, A, so that the two the perforated vessel may be removed and its
vessels may not come in contact on their sides, contents poured out or emptiedwithout danger
to injure the food by scorching or burning, the of scalding the hands by the escaping steam. 95
end of the handle G is perforated, through The feet F will hold the perforated vessel suf-
which perforation projects a steady-pin, I, ficiently above the bottom of the outer vessel
from the handle B, which, together with a to prevent burning.
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Hervey, Frances Pickett. Cooking Utensil., patent, January 4, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171433/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.