US1461509A - Ham boiler - Google Patents

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HS ABELDANN, OF NW YORK, N, Y., ASSIGNGR TQ m BOLEE GE., QE

. YORK, N. Y., CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

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.application led June 22,

To all whom t my concern:

l-ie it lmown that I, HANS ADELMANN, a citizen of Germany, residing at the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the s county of Bronx and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Imrvements in Ham lBoilers, of which the ollowing is a specification. 4 This invention relates to cooking appli- 10' ences or apparatus and has particular reference'to boilers or cookers for hams or other pieces of meat or for the cookinglof meat loavesor the like, the invention relating to vdevices in a general way of the nature w set forth in Letters Patent of the United States'No. 1272883 issued on my application Ito Ham Boiler Corp. on the 16thday of my, 191s.

,Among the objects of the present inven- 20 tion is to improve devices ofthe character indicated alon the lines of simplicity of construction, 'c eapness of manufacture, and general satisfaction in practice. More definitely stated whereas the boilers 25 of this type heretofore have generally in Yeluded a receptacle and a cover between which there is provided relative resiliency during the cookmg operation to provide for the lswelling of the meat while opking, in the so present case the receptacle and cover when connected have a practically ri 'd relationship, and resiliency is provide within the bottom of the receptacle by the employment of a false bottom resiliently mounted upon sa the main bottom of the receptacle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the inventionconsists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and'claimed, and while the into vention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is i had to the'accompanying drawings, in which 68 like reference characters designate the'same parte in the several views, and -in which- 'Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a preferred embodiment ofthe invention.

Fig. 2 yis a plan view.

. 8 is' a fragmentary and elevational 192i. serial m. 479,562.'

l- F ig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view indicating a modication.` F Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of part et tcferri'n'g now more s eciically to' the drawings, 10 indicates t e receptacie or main portion of the boiler which is or may be'substantially similar in design and4 con1 to struction to that set forth in dgetail in my co-pending a' lication for hand operated ham boilers, erial No. 442,1'27, tiled hebi ruary 3, 19,21. As set forth the receptacle\ has a substantially flat bottom 11 and vertic tical side and end walls, although in plan the shape of the boiler is oval so as to ap#- proximate somewhat the natural shape o the ham which is presumed to he fitted theren into for boiling and which when cooked is adapted to be sliced into practically equate or rectangular slices transversely from one end to the other. The receptacle is provided -at its opposite endswith verticalv series' eri" d projecting outward and down@ to rack teeth 12 ward. e A f\ The cover comprises a plate 13 which'ie substantially flat and is so shaped as to slidably within the upper portion of the receptacle so as toplace 'the ham or other commodity under al suitable degree of presh sure. ToV lock the cover in pressure apply@A ing position the end portions ther-soft 'are provided with upwardly projecting standards 14 each terminating in anoutwardly directed goose neck 15, to the eye of which is pivoted 'a rigid hook 16 cooperating with the teeth of the rack beneath it. The stand-1 ard .and hook are long enough for proper, co-'operation with any portion of vthe recit: to teeth and yet permit the platepo the cover, to'extend well downward into the' receptace, Thus the cover may be madegashsingle casting or drop forging with the standards "al with'the flat platejand it is thansA ti@ very easy to make and also easy to' manipulate and keep in a sanitary conditionn Whenthe. hooks are interlocked with the selected teeth of the racks 12 the cover is held in a fixed position relativo to the receptacle. As indicated in Fig. 3 the standards 14 have broad or fan shaped loewe lei so as to give great bracing strength Without adding nia.-

terially to the mass of the cover, the thick ness of the material being substantially uni- :term: throughout the Hat and standard portions.

It being borne in mind that order to,

prevent loss or waste during the cooking operation incident to theexpressing of the natural juices from the' meat, provlsion must be made to allow for a certaln amount of expansion of the meat, in the present instance I provide a false bottom. comprising a plate 17 of any. suitablef material or .tinckness and upon which the bottom portion of the commodity being cooked will rest. This plate 17 is shown dat and supported'V by re-A silient means adapting the false bottom plate to move downward coincident with the swelling of the meat. #As indicated there l' as set forth in 12 of the rece tacle.

are three coil springs 18 arranged one at thesmall end of the boiler and 'two at. the larger end. l also indicate two leaf springs 19 arranged lengthwise of the bottom and' the coil springs may be attached by' rivets,

staples, or any other suitable means such as loops 21 struck from the late 17. Either type of springs may be use to the exclusion of the other, and the invention contemplates other forms of cushions than the part1cularl ones illustrated.

As shown 1n Fig. 4, while the lid 13 and standards 14 ma be substantially the same dig. 1, I show armerls to provide resilienc.. for the device interposed betweenthe standards and the rack portions In this f orm of the invention the alse bottom may not be used.

, 2d is anchored at vits ends 'to the knuckle Each hook 16', which may be pivoted as above stated tothe goose neck 15, comprises several relatively movable parts, the knuckle part 22 and the catch partl 23. A spring and the catch and tends to draw the catch toward the knuckle. These springs 24 'are f strong enough for their Apurpose of giving sufiicient compression to. the meat for shaping it and yet will allow sufficient expansion of the. meat during cooking to prevent expressing therefrom the valuable ingredients thereof, as already explained.

As a suitable means for holding the catch member in proper operativo position wherebyits tooth 25 will always i'iroperly .co-op crate with a selected tooth of the rack ,12, I show a pair of guido rods 26 fastened in an odset portion 22 of the knuckle and extending thencepdownward parallel to each other and through the catch member and along which the 'catch member is slidable.

tached adjustable stop means such' as a plate 27 adJustable vertically along the rods as by means of nuts 28l threaded upon the rods.

The plate 27 'will prevent an excessive amount of strain being brought upon the spring 24, but for ordinary practice thev catch will not impinge against the stop plate. Each catch member is provided with a lug or shank 23 throu h which pressure may be brought to bear downward thereupon for attaching the catch tothe rack or ldetaching it therefrom. The rod structure 26 w111 constitute 'sufficient stiffness for the hook member as a" whole to render the same equivalent to the hooks 16 of Fig. 1 so far as the co-operation with the rack teeth is concerned, but the catch member will nevertheless move freely lengthwise of the rods to afford the resiliency demanded.

It will be noted, furthermore, that in both forms of this inventionthe hook pivots are located far enough beyond the vertical plane of the-racks to `provide that the hooks will yswlng clear of the rack teeth by gravity l when the'lid or cover is depressed, and that the hooks are made to engage with the rack teeth by beingl forced inward. I claim: 1. IIn a ham boiler, the combination with 'a receptaclel constituting a' mold for a ham or the like, of a cover fitted 'slidably within the receptacle for compressing the ham,"said cover being provided.l with upwardly pro jecting standards, the upper ends of which extendoutward beyond the upper edge of the receptacle, andengagement means for the receptacle pivoted to andI depending from the outwardly projecting portions of the standards, `the engagement members comprising hooks, each cf which includes a knuckle pivoted to a standard. a catch member spacedbelow and movable vrelatively to the knuckle, and connecting meansbetween the knuckle and the catch member providing for movement of the catch member resiliently 'with respect to the knuckle. f

2. In a lham boiler, the combination with a receptacle having rack teeth and a cover slidable within the receptacle, of locking means between the cover and the receptacle comprising a pair of hooks flexibly connected to the cover and co-operating with the rack teeth, each hook comprising a knuckle connected by a. horizontal pivot to a part of the cover, rigid guide meansextendino. downward from the knuckle', a catch member movable along the guide means but held` stili' thereby in other directions', and a spring anchored to the knuckle andthe catch memslidably movable` within the receptacle, of

'125 bar, and tending to draw the catch member upward toward, the knuckle.

Lemme leeg Meeus between the covert?. tte receptacle comprising e, pair of hooks em- `bly connected to the cover and cc-operat wlth the rack tecth,cach hcokcoprisin 5 a, pivoted uckle, a. pir'o n para lel guida ms wnnected thereto and. e-

ing dovmimr therefrom, adjustable means onthe lower ende of said mds, c

, anchor@ Ember Sudam@ along the ms *but held'.

,thereby from movement inl other directions reativel and a coil srin having its ende tc the humy e an the catch memn ber respectively and located between said .guide rods.

In testimony whereof ax my signature.

" HS ADELMNN.

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