IMPROVEMENTS IN COAL. VASES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Walton, of the Old Hall Works,
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COAL. VASES."
Sealed the 15th October 1869, and dated the 18th May 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Walton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th May 1869.
I, FREDERICK WALTON, of the Old Hall Works, Wolverhampton, in
the County of Stafford, Manufacturer; do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COAL VASES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
constructing and arranging the parts of coal vases whereby compactness

page_text: and neatness of appearance are secured combined with convenience in
filling the said coal vases.
In constructing coal vases according to my Invention I make them
of an outer metallic case and an inner metallic case or frame, the said
inner case or frame supporting a box in which the coal is placed. This
box may either be capable or incapable of removal. The front or one
side of the outer case is open, and to the bottom edge thereof the inner
case or frame is jointed. By turning the inner ease or frame upon its
joint it moves in a vertical plane, and can be turned into the outer case
so as to close the vase, or be withdrawn from the outer case so as to open
the vase. The jointed inner case or frame and the coal box carried in it
are of such a figure that they fill up the interior of the coal vase, the
open side or front of the outer case being closed by the outer side of the
jointed case or frame when the latter is raised into the outer case. The
outward motion of the jointed inner case or frame is limited by a stop.
The jointed inner case or frame is provided with a handle by which it
can be turned out of or into the outer case. When the inside box is
made removeable it is furnished with handles, by means of which it can
be removed from the jointed inner case or frame and filled with coal and
replaced in the said case or frame. The removal of the coal vase from
the room for refilling is thereby rendered unnecessary. In order to
obtain access to the coal vase it is only necessary to pull down the
handle of the inner case. The said case is thereby turned out of
the vase, and the coal carried by the removeable box is exposed. By
pushing inwards the inner case the coal vase is closed. The coal
shovel may either be carried by a socket outside the coal vase or by the
removeable coal box. In the latter arrangement 1 make the coal vase
of a rectangular figure instead of square, that is, the vertical sides are
longer than the base, and I joint the inner case or framic carrying the
removale coal box at its sides instead of at its extreme bottom as in
the first-described arrangement. The inner jointed case is of less
height than the outer case, so than when the former is turned into or
out of the latter the coal shovel placed in a socket at the back of the
removeable coal box is enabled to pass without striking the top of the
vasc.

page_text: the 9th November 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
WALTON, of the Old Hall Works, Wolverhampton, in the County of
Stafford, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Frederick Walton, Her special licence that
I, the said Frederick Walton, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Frederick Walton, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COAL VASES,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frederick
Walton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Walton, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
constructing and arranging the parts of coal vases whereby compactness
and neatness of appearance are secured combined with convenience in
filling the said coal vases.

page_text: In constructing coal vases according to my Invention I make them of
an outer metallic case and an inner metallic case or frame, the said inner
case or frame supporting a box in which the coal is placed; this box
may either be capable or incapable of removal. The front or one side of
the outer case is open, and to the bottom edge thereof the inner case or
frame is jointed. By turning the inner caso or frame upon its joint it
moves in a vertical plane, and can be turned into the outer case so as to
close the vase or be withdrawn from the outer caso so as to open the
vasc. The jointed inner case or frame and the coal box carried in it are
of such a figure that they fill up the interior of the coal vase, the open
side or front of the outer case being closed by the outer side of the
jointed case or frame when the latter is raised into the outer case, The
outward motion of the jointed inner case or frame is limited by stops.
Tho jointed inner case ar frame is provided with a handle by which it
can be turned out of or into the outer case. When the inside box is
made removeable it is furnished with handles, by means of which it can
be removed from the jointed inner case or frame and filled with coal and
replaced in the said case or frame. The removal of the coal vase from
the room for refilling is thereby rendered unnecessary. In order to
obtain access to the coal vase it is only necessary to pull down the handle
of the inner case. The said case is thereby turned out of the vase, and
the coal carried by the removeable or fixed box is exposed. By pushing
inwards the inner case the coal vase is closed. The coal shovel may
either be carried by a socket outside the coal vase of by the removeablo
or fixed coal box. In the latter arrangement I make the coal box of a
rectangular figure, the vertical sides being longer than the base, and I
joint the inner case or frame carrying the removeable or fixed coal.box
at its sides instead of at its extreme bottom, as in the first described
arrangement. The inner jointed case and coal box are of less height
than the outer case, so that when the former is turned into or out of the
latter the coal shovel placed in a socket at the back of the coal box is
enabled to pass without striking the top of the vase,
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in

page_text: coal vase provided with a removeable coal box constructed according
to my Invention; Figure 3 represents in perspective the said vase
open. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures
1, 2, and 3,
a is the outer metallic case of the coal vase, having a handle a at top.
The front or side at 4 of the said casc a is open, and to the bottom edge
of the said open front an inner case or frame c is jointed at e, the said
case being capable of turning in a vertical plane upon the said joint. The
front plate of the said jointed case or frame o is of a size and shape proper
to accurately close the open front of the vase when the said jointed
case is raised. By turning the inner jointed case or frame c outwards
upon its joint by means of the handle c it moves in a vertical plane,
and withdraws the said case or framo c from the outer case a and opens
the vase, as illustrated in Figure 3. By raising the jointed frame or
casc c by its handle it enters the outer casc a and closes the vase, as
seen in Figures 1 and 2. At the back of the jointed inner case or frame c
are stops d, d, which, when the said inner case or frame c is opened,
come against the part a³ of the top of the outer case a, and thereby limit
the distance to which the said jointed inner case can be moved outwards.
The jointed inner case or frame c supports a removeable box e in which
the coal is placed. The said coal box c is of such a figure that it nearly
fills up the interior of the vase, as illustrated in Figure 2. The removeable
coal box e is provided with handles on its inner sides, by means of
which the said box can readily be removed from the jointed inner case or
frame for filling and replaced in the said jointed case or frame after
filling. By making the said coal box e removeable as described the
removal of the coal vase from the room for refilling is rendered.
unnecessary. The coal shovel fis carried by a socket y at the back of
the outer case a.. When it is required to gain access to the coal vase the
handle c of the jointed inner case c is pulled down, when the coal box in
the said jointed case is exposed, as illustratod in Figure 3. By afterwards
pushing inwards the jointed case c by its handle the coal vase is closed,
as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. When the, coal box e filled with
coal is placed in the jointed oase or frame c the weight is so disposed
that the said jointed case only requires to be slightly lifted to cause it
to pass into and close the vase or slightly pulled to cause it to pass out
of the vase.

page_text: The
Figures 4, 5, and 6 represent another coal vase constructed according to
my Invention in which the shovel is carried by the removeable coal box,
and the body or outer case of the vase and the jointed case or frame are
of a different shape from those in the arrangement already described.
Figures 4 and 5 represent the coal vase in section, Figure 4 representing
the vase closed and Figure 5 the vase open; Figure 6 represents a front
elevation of Figure 4, the front handle being removed. In this arrange-
ment the outer case is made of the rectangular figure represented, and the
inner case or frame is jointed to the sides of the outer case instead of to
the bottom edge of the open front of the said outer case. a is the outer
case; is the opening in the front thereof; c is the inner case or frame
turning on joints c, c, at the sides of the case a; d is the removable coal
box, having a socket at its back for holding the shovel c.
removeable coal box d is of less height than the front of the jointed inner
case c, and the position of the joints of the said case c is such that when
the latter is turned into or out of the outer case a to close or open the
vase the coal shovel e at the back of the coal box passes into or out of
the vase without striking the top of the opening in the said vase. The
jointed case c is prevented from being pushed too far into the outer case a
by the top of its front plate coming against the top a² of the opening in
tho said casc a, and the said jointed case c is prevented from being
turned too far out of the said case by means of the plate g on the
said jointed case coming against the stop h on the bottom of the
outer case, as seen in Figure 5. Instead of employing a removeable
coal box, as illustrated in the Drawings, the jointed case itself may
form the coal box, or a separate coal box may be fixed to the jointed
inner case. I prefer, however, to provide the coal vases with removeablo
coal boxes.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not limit myself to the precise details herein described, as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention;
but I claim as my Invention, the improvements in coal vases herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, that is
to say, constructing coal vases of an outer metallic case and a jointed
inner case or frame supporting a removeable or fixed coal box, the said
jointed iuner case or frame being turned out of the outer case to open the

page_text: vase and gain access to the coal, and pushed into the said outer case to
close the vase, substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Walton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-ninc.
Witness,
JOHN WILKINS,
Old Hall Works,
Wolverhampton.
FREDERICK WALTON. (L.S.)