G. F. JEFFERSON.
BREAD PAN.
APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 29, i9‘
I L01 5,892‘
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Pataailted Jan. 305 1912.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE F. JEFFERSON, 0F HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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BREAD-PAN.
Speci?cation of Letters Patent.
1,015,892.
Application ?led September 29, 1911.
Patented Jan. 30,1912.
Serial No. 651,911.
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blades and consequently do not reach to the
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, GEORGE F. JEFFERSON, bottom of the pan. The blades are so
a citizen of the United States, residing at shaped as to ?t closely against the sides of
Houston, in the county of Harris and State the pan and said blades are provided with 60'
of Texas, have invented certain new and ‘laterally extending shoulders, 6 and 7, one"
useful Improvements in Bread-Pans, '7 of on each side which ?t into corresponding
which the following is a speci?cation.
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vertically extending slots 8 and 9, and which
My invention relates to new and useful rest upon the lower end of said slots. The
blades are held ?rmly in place by means of 65
improvements in bread pans.
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The object of the invention is to provide said slots and their distance apart and the
a. pan of the character described having a consequent thickness of the slices of the loaf’ .
lid to which is attached ‘a numer of alumi are thus preserved uniform. .,
I Each end of the covering is provided with
num blades. Between these blades the
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dough rises in form of slices adhering to a hasp, hinged thereto wh1ch is provided to
‘the lower crust, which is not penetrated by engage over staples 11, secured u on each
said blades.
These blades distribute heat end‘of the pan, and-the lid is t us held
and bake the loaf uniformly, thereby pre against being forced u wardly byv the ris
venting sogginess and producing a more ing of the loaf as it bakes. A handle 12 is
palatable and healthful bread. The loaf secured to the covering, by means of which
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when it comes from a pan of the character said covering may be removed.
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The dough is ?rst placed ‘in the pan and
described is also sliced, and ready for use,
the slices being held‘together by the bottom the lid with its depending blades is then se
crust of the loaf.
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cured in place, the end blades 3 and ‘trest
WVith the above and other objects in view, ing against each end of the loaf and the
the invention has particular relation to cer intermediate blades projecting into the
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tain novel features of construction, use and dough. _ The pan is later placed in an oven
arrangement of parts, an example, of which and as the loaf bakes it rises between the
is given in this speci?cation, and illustrated blades, and is limited in length by the end
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blades and'is formed into slices, by means 85
1n the accompanying drawings, wherein :
Figure l is a perspective view of the pan of the intermediate .blades 5, the said slices
cover with the blades secured thereto. Fig. being secured together by the bottom crust
2 is a perspective view of the pan, and Fig. . ;of the loaf. The slices correspond in thick
' ness to the distance between the blades and
3 is a plan view of one of the blades.
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Referring now more particularly to the this distance is usually about half an inch
drawings, wherein like numerals of refer but may be varied as desired. When the
ence designate similar parts in each of the loaf is thoroughly baked ‘the hasps ‘10 may
?gures the numeral 1 refers to the pan, be loosened and the covering ‘removed ‘and
which, in cross section is shaped substan the blades and loaf are withdrawn with it
tially similar to the shape of the blade from the pan.
shown in Fig. 3', the sides diverging slightly
After removing the pan from the oven
outwardly so that the loaf may be readily
withdrawn therefrom. A covering 2 is pro
vided for this pan which is a parallelogram
in shape and whose ends are crimped or
the blades (which are preferably made of
aluminum) retain heat for a long time,
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thereby a?ording means for regulating dif
ferent degrees of crispness of the bread, so
it can be changed directly into either toast,
rusk, wafers, crackers or zwieback, accord
ing and depending therefrom is a plurality ing to the length of time the loaf remains
of blades arranged at a uniform distance between the blades after removal from the
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45 curved downwardly so as to ?t 'closely over
the ends of the pan. Secured to this cover
apart and the end blades being arranged
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oven.
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tirely to the bottom of the-bread pan ‘and carried by the upper edge of the blade which
?ts into a corresponding transverse slot in 110
the
covering, all of which methods of secur
and the intermediate blades 5 are preferably
about a half inch shorter. than the end ing the blades are shown in Fig. 1.
rest upon the extreme ends of said bottom
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The blades may be made integral with the
each an equal distance from the end of the
covering. These end blades are designated covering or may be riveted thereto, or may
by the numerals 3 and 4 and extend en— be secured thereto by means of a dove-tail
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newness
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A bread pan constructed as described in‘ at a uniform distance apart, projecting into
this speci?cation and illustrated in the the pan and extending entirely across the
drawings accompanying the same and made same, the end blades extending entirely to
a part thereof will be found to be easily the bottom of the pan and the intermediate
made and used and will produce a loaf of blades falling short of said bottom, a shoul 40
bread evenly cooked throughout and sliced der on each side of each blade, the said
and ready for use when withdrawn from the shoulders projecting into the corresponding
slots on the sides of the‘pan, and a suitable
pan.
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What I claim is z-—
handle for removing said covering and
1. A device of the character described in-v blades from the pan.
4. A device of the character described in
cluding a suitable pan, a detachable cover
ing therefor, a plurality of blades secured to cluding a suitable pan having a row of ver
the covering, arranged at a uniform distance tically extending slots in each side thereof, a
apart and projecting within the pan, the end covering for said pan, means carried by each
blades extending entirely to the bottom of end of the pan and each end of said covering
I the pan and the intermediate blades falling for securing the covering on the pan, a plu
short of said bottom and‘ means for securing rality of blades secured to the covering and
arranged a uniform distance apart, project
the covering on the pan.
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2. A device of the character described in- ,
cluding a suitable pan having a row of ver
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ing into the pan and extending entirely
across the. same, the end blades extending 55
tically extending slots arranged in each side entirely to the bottom of the pan and the in
thereof, a covering for said pan, a plurality termediate blades falling short of said ‘bot- '
of blades secured to the covering‘ arid ar tomfa shoulder‘on each side of each blade,
ranged at a uniform distance apart and pro the said shoulders projecting into the c0rre~
25 jecting into the pan, ‘a shoulder on each side sponding slots on the sides of the pan, and a 60
.of each blade, the said shoulders projecting suitable handle for removing said covering
into the correspondingslots on the sides of and blades from-the pan.
the pan and means for securing the covering
In testimony whereof I have signed my
on the pan.
name to this Specification in the presence of
3. A device of the characterdescribed in- I two subscribing witnesses.
cluding a suitable pan’ having a row of ver
tically extending slots in each side thereof,
a covering for said pan, a means for secur
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GEORGE E. JEFFERSON. .
Witnesses: I
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ing the covering 0n the pan, a plurality of
E. L. Carney,
blades secured to the covering andarranged
MAY 'MoNTeoMnRY.