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No. 794,292. PATENTED JULY 11, 1905. J. S. PREY.

BAKING PAN.

APPLIOATION Hum M11. 18, 1904.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED ULY 11, 1905.

J. S. FREY.

BAKING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1904.

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J. S. FREY.

BAKING PAN.

APPLIGATION FILED JA1L18. 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. FREY, OF GLENDALE STATION, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SILVER & COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWV YORK.

BAKING-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,292, dated. July 11, 1905.

Application filed January 18, 1904. Serial No. 189,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. FREY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Glendale Station, Queens county, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baking-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those covered pans known as baking-pans? and it consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The first part of the invention consists more particularly in certain improvements on the sheet-metal pan-cover patented the 6th day of December, 1892, by Silver 8: Company, corporation, assignee of Herman Hollandt, by Patent No. 487,443; and its objects are to reduce the cost of manufacture,-to render the improved cover neater and cleaner, to safeguard the edges of the metal so as to free the cover from cutting edges, and to adapt the cover when closed to more perfectly confine the steam or vapor arising from its contents.

The second part of the invention consists more particularly in providing the pan itself with a novel corrugated bottom; and its ob? jects are to facilitate decanting the gravy and also dipping the same with a spoon, as in basting meat, to keep the contents from burning at the bottom, and to accomplish these results more cheaply than is in part done by putting in an extra grating similarly embossed.

Three sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 is an end view of the improved baking-pan. Fig. 2 is a top view projected from Fig. 1. tion on the line A, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cover inverted. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the fiat blank from which the body of the cover is formed. Fig. 6 is a plan view on the same scale as Fig. 5 of the body of the cover as formed by bending up said blank. Fig. 7 is a plan view of one of the ribs, hereinafter described, as it appears in its first shape. Fig. 8 is a perspective view on sub- Fig. 3 represents a crosssecstantially the same scale as Fig. 7, showing the same rib as bent up preparatory to fastening it in place. Fig. 9 represents a fragmentary section through one of the ribs on the line B B, Fig. 2. Fig. 10 represents a fragmentary section through the edge of the cover on the line C C, Fig. 6. Figs. 11 and 12 are fragmentary perspective views illustrating the way in which the corners of the body of the cover are put together. Figs. 13 and 14 are respectively top and bottom views of the fastened corner. Figs. 15 and 16 are respectively top and bottom views of the same corner more nearly completed. Figs. 17 and 18 are respectively top and bottom views of the completed corner, and Fig. 19 is a top view of the uncovered pan on the same scale as Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Like reference letters and numbers refer to like parts in all the figures.

The cover a and pan 6 are in common of suitable sheet metal, preferably sheet-iron or sheet-steel of suitable gage and quality, and preferably are provided in common, as is customary, with suitable handles 1 and 2 at each end, those of the cover a being preferably rigid and projecting upwardly and those of the pan 6 hinged and normally depending.

The cover a closely resembles in appearance that of said patent datedthe 6th day of December, 1892, No. 487,443, but is of somewhat widely-different construction, as will now be pointed out.

The main blank, Fig. 5, not only forms the top and sides or main body of the dome-shaped cover, as in the patented device, but also forms in one part therewith by the metal outside of the dotted lines 3, 4, 5, and 6, Fig. 5, the outwardly and downwardly projecting rims 7 and 8 of the cover, inturned flanges 9, Fig. 10, whereby the sharp edge of the metal is inclosed and perfectly masked, and lugs 10 and 11, by means of which the corners are closed and reinforced in the-manner illustrated by Figs. 11 to 14, inclusive. This metal is first doubled upon itself to form the rims 7 and 8 themselves with the flanges 9, as in Fig. 10, the lugs 10 forming elongations of the several parts of the outwardly-projecting rim 7, as shown in Fig. 11. These elongations interlock with each other in pairs and are united by a rivet 12 at each corner, as shown in Figs. 12 to 14:. The lugs 11 are bent at right angles, as in Fig. 11, and serve to close and reinforce the corners formed by the rim 7, as in Figs. 12 and 14. It will be understood that the. cover a is inverted in Figs. 11, 12, 14c, 16, and 18, as in Fig-4. Another advantage of so constructing said rims 7 and 8 is that when the cover a is applied to the pan in use the escape of vapor or steam at this point is prevented in a highly-effective manner owing to the absence of seams and the elasticity of the downwardly-projecting rim 8 adapting it to fit snugly within the pan 6. The inturned flanges 9 locate the sharp edges of the metal out of reach as well as out of sight, and thus prevent cutting accidents in handling and cleaning the cover. Each corner as a whole is further reinforced and safeguarded against cutting edges in a very simple way by means of a shield c, of pliable sheet metal, attached to the top of the rim 7 by a pair of rivets 13, as in Figs. 15. and 16, and bent around and under the corner, as in Figs. l7.and 18.

Each of the corner-seams (indicated at 14, 15, 16, and 17 in Fig. 6) is closed and safeguarded against cutting edges by a superposed rib d, one of which is shown detached in Figs. 7 and 8. These ribs are conveniently stamped from flexible and pliable sheet metal, such as a suitable grade and gage of tin-plate, with a central longitudinal depression 18 and otherwise flat, includinga pair of lugs 19 at one end. They are then stamped into their final shape except as regards said lugs 19, as in Fig. 8. In this form they are substantially M-shaped in cross-section, and when attached to the body of the cover a, as in Fig. 9, said central portion 18 projects inwardly into and through the seam 14, 15, 16, or 17, as shown in Fig. 9. To prevent the escape of steam or vapor by way of the channels so formed, the lower end of each rib depression 18 is closed by inturned metal of the lower end of the rib, as shown at cl in Fig. 8.

The lugs 19, by which one end of eachrib is fastened in place, are admitted by slots 20, Figs. 13 and 14, in the body metal and are clenched inside the cover, as in Figs. 16 and 18. The other ends of the ribs dare conveniently fastened down by rivets 21, Figs. 2 and 4:, to admit which the ribs are provided with rivet-holes, as shown at 22 in Figs. 7 and 8. By means of such ribs so fastened in place the inside of ,each seam as well as the outside is rendered smooth and free from cutting edges and at the same time is exposed, so as to be easily kept clean. The edges of the body metal are at the same time wedged apart and the seams filled, so as to form tight joints of ample strength.

An opening in one end of the cover a; is preferably and conveniently provided with a ventilating attachment 0, Figs. 1, 2, and 4:, of known construction, comprising a slide and its frame. As this forms no part of the present invention it will not be further described.

The pan 6 is or may be of known construction, apart from its bottom 23, Figs. 3 and 19, which see. To facilitate either decanting or dipping gravy therefrom, as well as to keep solid contents from burning fast, said bottom is preferably and conveniently embossed with eight groups of corrugations f, Fig. 19, arranged in pairs within its four corners, and with fourintermediate groups of corrugations g, the several groups of corrugations being connected with all parts of the pan-bottom by longitudinal transverse and oblique channels it, 2', and j. All parts of the bottom are thus adapted to discharge the gravy of meat quickly into either corner of the pan, from which it can be readily decanted, and by the same means are connected with a mid-length space 76 at each side of the pan, from which the gravy can be conveniently dipped for basting purposes. In connection with the improved cover the pan 6 may in some cases be ofadifferent construction, the ventilating attachment 6 may in some cases be omitted, and 95 other like modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this specification- 1. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheetmetal cover having outwardly and downwardly projecting rims integral with the body of the cover, the metal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form the outwardly-. 5 projecting rim and then downwardly and upwardly to form the downwardly-projecting rim.

2. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheetmetal cover having outwardly and down- 11 wardly projecting rims integral with the body of the cover, the metal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form the outwardlyprojecting rim and then downwardly and upwardly to form the downwardly-projecting I15 rim, and constructed with inturned terminal flanges whereby the edges of the metal are inclosed and masked within said outwardlyprojecting rim.

-3. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheet- 120 metal cover having outwardly and downwardly projecting rims integral with the body of the cover, the metal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form the outwardlyprojecting rim and then downwardly and up- 5 wardly to form the downwardly-projecting rim, and constructed with elongations of said outwardly-projecting rim interlocked with each other and secured by a single rivet at each corner extending therethrough.

4:. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheetmetal cover having outwardly and downwardly projecting rims integral with the body of the cover, the metal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form the outwardlyprojecting rim and then downwardly and upwardly to form the downwardly-projecting rim, constructed with elongations of said outwardly-projecting rim interlocked with each other and secured by a single rivet at each corner extending therethrough and inclosed by superposed shields of pliable sheet metal bent around the edges at each corner and fastened in place by a pair of rivets extending through each shield.

5. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheetmetal cover having outwardly and downwardly projecting rims integral with the body of the cover, the metal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form the outwardlyprojecting rim and then downwardly and upwardly to form the downwardly-projecting rim, and constructed with lugs integral with said downwardly-projecting rim whereby the several parts of the latter are securely interlocked with each other at each corner of the pan.

6. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped cover having its body constructed in one piece with corner-seams, and provided with ribs constructed with longitudinal depressions which project between the edges of the metal at each seam.

7. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped cover having its body constructed in one piece with corner-seams, and provided with superposed ribs constructed with longitudinal depressions which project inwardly between the edges of the metal at each seam.

8. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped cover having its body constructed in one piece with corner-seams, and provided with superposed ribs constructed with longitudinal depressions which project inwardly between the edges of the metal at each seam, the channels formed by said depressions having closed lower ends.

9. In a baking-pan, a pan having a rectangular bottom constructed with corrugations integral therewith including inwardly-extending oblique channels in communication with all the corners of the pan.

10. In a baking-pan, a pan having a rectangular bottom constructed with corrugations integral therewith and mid-lengthbastingspaces at the sides of the pan in communication with said corrugations, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

JOHN S. FREY.

Witnesses:

GUY W. FERDON, J. L. EWIN.

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