A Combined Cinder Sifter and Housemaid's Box.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 20th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Cinder Sifter and Housemaid's Box.
I, GEORGE EDWARDS Matthew Bank North Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Butler, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a combined cinder sifter and housemaid's box and has
for its object to provide an apparatus which will allow of the cinders being sifted at
the same time as the grate is cleaned and without the production of dust. It is a
well known fact that if the cinders are removed from the room in which the grate
has just being cleaned, the same will in all probability never be sifted at all but
simply thrown away in the dust hole.
Now my invention has for its object to remedy this defect. and thus to effect a
considerable economy in fuel for household purposes.
In carrying my invention into practice provide a box or casing in which is
arranged a sifting vessel of smaller dimensions than the said box being movable
to and fro with the aid of a handle arranged outside the box and mounted upon a
spindle passing through the latter and fixed to one end of the sifting vessel; this
spindle passing through several layers of felt for the purpose of preventing the dust
from escaping outside.
Dated this 26th day of November 1891.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Cinder Sifter and Housemaid's Box.
I, GEORGE EDWARDS of Matthew Bank North Jesmond Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Butler, 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:―
My invention relates to a combined cinder sifter and housemaid's box and has
for its object to provide an apparatus which will allow of the cinders being sifted at
It is a
the same time as the grate is cleaned and without the production of dust.
well known fact that if the cinders are removed from the room in which the grate
has just been cleaned, the same will in all probability never be sifted at all but
simply thrown away in the dust hole
Now my invention has for its object to remedy this defect, and thus to effect,
considerable economy in fuel for household purposes.
In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a box or casing in which is
arranged a sifting vessel of smaller dimensions than the said box, being movable to
and fro with the aid of a handle arranged outside the box and mounted upon a
spindle passing through the latter, and fixed to one end of the sifting vessel; this
spindle passing through several layers of felt for the purpose of preventing the
dust from escaping outside.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 a
vertical section of my improved apparatus in which is the box containing the
cinder sifter 2 and supporting the housemaid's box 3 at its top. The box 3 is
divided into several compartments, as shown, for containing the various materials
required, and can be lifted from the box 1 by the large longitudinal division 3*
having a suitable slot for that purpose. The cinder sifter has its bottom formed
of coarse wire gauze, or sheet metal stamped with a suitable number of holes, and

page_text: is supported on the longitudinal strips 4 fixed to the box 1, so that it can be
slidden backwards and forwards in order to sift the ashes. This is done by means
of the handle 5 and the connecting rod 6, passing through the box 1 and any
suitable material placed there to prevent the passage of dust, with a cross piece 7
formed to engage with the suitably formed end of the cinder sifter, as shown,
when the latter is slipped into the box. The cinder sifter can be readily lifted out
by means of the two projections 2, 8 is the handle by which the whole apparatus
can be lifted when carrying it from place to place. The box 1 is preferably made
with metal plates at each corner as strengthening pieces.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The combination of a housemaid's box and a cinder sifter capable of being
oscillated, both fitted into a box such as 1, substantially as shown and for the
purpose specified.
Dated this 15th day of January 1892.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.