Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 12th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 13th Sept., 1887.
We, JOHN MARSTON, of Paul Street Works, Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford, japanner and tin plate worker, and WILLIAM EVANS, of 4 Ashley Crescent,
Noel Park, Wood Green, in the County of Middlesex, commercial traveller, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Coal boxes as usually constructed are provided with a door or lid at the front and
are fitted with a removable lining which is passed into and out of the shell through
the front.
Now, according to this invention, the back of the shell is formed open, and the
removable lining is passed into and out of the shell through the back, the back of
the lining forming also the back of the shell when the lining has been placed in
position within the shell. The back of the lining is formed, preferably, to project
beyond the main body so as to bear against the top and side edges at the back of
the shell and thus form a stop against pushing the lining too far. inwards.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton and Walsall,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We, JOHN MARSTON, of Paul Street Works, Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford, japanner and tinplate worker, and WILLIAM EVANS, of 4 Ashley Crescent,
Noel Park, Wood Green, in the County of Middlesex, commercial traveller, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of
reference marked thereon (that is to say):
Coal boxes as usually constructed are provided with a door or lid at the front and
are fitted with a removable lining which is passed into and out of the shell through
the front. For this purpose it is, of course, necessary to open the door, and as the
lining is ordinarily carried by two handles, and in any case is heavy when full of
coal, it frequently has to be placed upon the floor while the door is opened to receive
it. The peculiar shape also to which the forward part of the box is usually preferred
to be formed makes the insertion and withdrawal of the lining an inconvenient
operation. Moreover, if the lining is over-filled, as is very commonly the case, the
door rests when down upon the fuel, which is not only unsightly but frequently
results in injury to the door. It is sometimes the practice to carry out the coal
scoop when removing the lining to be refilled, in order to use the scoop in refilling
the lining and in such case it is inconvenient to carry both the scoop and lining
especially when the latter has been re-filled.
Now, according to this invention, the back of the shell is formed open, and the
removable lining is passed into and out of the shell through the back, the back of the
lining forming also the back of the shell when the lining has been placed in position
within the shell. The coal scoop may be carried at the back of the lining in the
manner in which it is usually carried at the back of the shell so as to be conveniently
removable therewith.
In describing this invention reference will be made to the drawings herewith, of
which figure 1 represents in side elevation a coal box shell and lining constructed
according to this invention, the lining being shewn out of the shell. Figure 2 is a
plan of figure 1, and figure 3 a longitudinal section, to an enlarged scale, shewing the
lining in position within the shell. The same letters indicate the same parts throughout
the views. The shell A is provided with a door a at the front in the usual manner for
access to the coal in the box, but is formed open at the back for the reception of the
lining B. The back bb of the lining is closed in, and is slightly wider than the lining
on each side and higher at the top, as shown, in order to be flush with the sides and
top of the shell when the lining is inserted therein and to act as a stop against the
lining being pushed too far inwards. The bottom of the shell projects slightly at the
back, as shewn, and is formed with a wired edge c on its upper side to act as a stop to
the slipping out of the lining when inserted within the shell, and the lining is, of

page_text: course, slid over such edge as it is inserted within the shell and withdrawn therefrom.
The inclined part d at the forward end of the bottom of the lining has a less inclination
than the corresponding part d' of the shell in order to leave a space d' into which any
slack may be pushed up which may fall over the front of the lining as it is being
inserted within the shell, and thus avoid any liability which there might otherwise be
of the lining being prevented from being pushed properly in. In case the lining is
over filled it is not pushed in to its fullest extent until the removal of some of the coal
enables this to be done without the coal remaining therein pressing against the lid,
and a top fis formed across the lining so as to hide the interior thereof when not
pushed fully into the shell. The scoop C is shewn in the drawings to be carried at the
back of the lining in the manner in which it is usually carried at the back of the shell,
and is thus removed and replaced together with the lining. The lining is carried by
means of a handle e at the back thereof and by passing the hand under the front edge
of the part, or under a bar in lieu thereof, across the top of the lining.
It will be seen that, according to the invention above-described, the lining may be
very easily inserted into and withdrawn from the shell, and that it is not necessary to
raise the door for such purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is
1. A coal box the shell of which is provided with a door at the front and is
constructed so that the lining may be inserted and withdrawn therefrom through the
back, the back of the lining forming the back of the box when inserted within the
shell, substantially as described for the purpose set forth.
2. The part d of the lining formed to a lesser inclination than the corresponding
part d' of the shell, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.
3. The top across the lining B for the purpose of hiding the interior thereof when
the lining is not pushed fully into the shell, substantially as described.
4. The coal box constructed substantially as described with reference to the
drawings herewith, for the purpose set forth.
Dated this Eleventh day of August 1887.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton and Walsall,
Agent for the Applicants.