Improvements in or connected with Cinder Sifters.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Cinder Sifters.
I, WILLIAM HENRY GREETHURST, of 109, Judd Street, Saint Pancras, in the
County of Middlesex, Umbrella Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with cinder sifters.
The domestic cinder sifter generally employed consists of a rectangular box
formed with a rocker shaped bottom and interiorly provided with a sieve.
This is a more or less expensive and clumsy contrivance intended to be kept
in a scullery thus necessitating the carrying of the cinders from the various
fire places and their transference thereto with the result that to save trouble
the sifting is frequently altogether omitted and the ashes and cinders are thrown
into the dustbin as waste.
Now the object of the present invention is to obtain a simple portable and
inexpensive device which may be easily carried about to the various fire-places
so that the ashes and cinders may be placed directly thereinto and at once sifted
with little or no trouble.
In carrying the invention into effect a strong galvanized iron pail or bucket
is employed in the upper edge or mouth of which, and in a suitable position
preferably adjacent to one of the ears carrying the handle, is formed a vertical
slot which at its upper end is open and at its lower end terminates in a hori-
zontal slot extending a short distance around the body of the bucket.
Immediately beneath the horizontal slot around the interior of the bucket
are provided several guides shelves or brackets or an annular flange or equiva-
lent device might be substituted therefor.
Loosely resting upon the guides or shelves is a circular tray formed with a
sieve bottom and provided with a laterally projecting stud or spike upon which
is fitted a wood or other handle in such manner as to leave a neck or short length
of stud between the handle and the tray.
The neck of the handle is designed to traverse the vertical and horizontal
slots so that the tray or sieve may be introduced into the bucket and placed
upon the guides or shelves leaving the handle projecting upon the exterior of
the bucket so that the tray or sieve may be manipulated in the manner desired.
The bucket is provided with a lid by means of which it may be closed dust
tight and the tray or might be the lid is provided with means for covering the
horizontal and vertical slots and preventing the escape of dust thereat.
By means of this device which may be carried about from room to room like
an ordinary bucket the dust and cinders from each fire-place may be at once
deposited in the tray or sieve when by placing the lid in position and by the
aid of the handle giving several rapid oscillations within the limits of the
horizontal slot to the tray or sieve the cinders will be efficiently sifted ready for
immediate use.
In some cases the horizontal slot may be dispensed with and the shelves may

page_text: be substituted by centres located at diametrically opposite points in the circum-
ference of the bucket so that the tray may be oscillated vertically instead of
horizontally.
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improvements in or connected with Cinuer pinters.
I, WILLIAM HENRY GREETHURST, of 109, Judd Street, St. Pancras, in the
County of Middlesex, Umbrella Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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The invention relates to improvements in or connected with cinder sifters.
The domestic cinder sifter generally employed consists of a rectangular box
formed with a rocker shaped bottom. and interiorly provided with a sieve.
This is a more or less expensive and clumsy contrivance intended to be kept
in a scullery thus necessitating the carrying of the cinders from the various
fire-places and their transference thereto with the result that to save trouble
the sifting is frequently altogether omitted and the ashes and cinders are thrown
into the dustbin as waste.
Now the object of the present invention is to obtain a simple portable and
inexpensive device which may be easily carried about to the various fire places
so that the ashes and cinders may be placed directly thereinto and at once sifted
with little or no trouble.
In carrying the invention into effect a strong galvanized iron pail or bucket
is employed in the upper edge or mouth of which, and in a suitable position
preferably adjacent to one of the ears carrying the handle, is formed a vertical
slot which at its upper end is open and at its lower end terminates in a hori-
zontal slot extending a short distance around the body of the bucket.
Immediately beneath the horizontal slot around the interior of the bucket
are provided several guides shelves or brackets or an annular flange or equiva-
lent device might be substituted therefor.
Loosely resting upon the guides or shelves is a circular tray formed with a
sieve bottom and provided with a laterally projecting stud or spike upon which
is fitted a wood or other handle in such manner as to leave a neck or short length
of stud between the handle and the tray.
The neck of the handle is designed to traverse the vertical and horizontal
slots so that the tray or sieve may be introduced into the bucket and placed
upon the guides or shelves leaving the handle projecting upon the exterior of
the bucket so that the tray or sieve may be manipulated in the manner desired.
The bucket is provided with a lid by means of which it may be closed dust
tight and the tray is provided with means for covering the horizontal and ver-
tical slots and preventing the escape of dust thereat.
By means of this device which may be carried about from room to room like
an ordinary bucket the dust and cinders from each fire place may be at once
deposited in the tray or sieve when by placing the lid in position and by the
aid of the handle giving several rapid oscillations within the limits of the
horizontal slot to the tray or sieve the cinders will be efficiently sifted ready for
immediate use.
In some cases the horizontal slot may be dispensed with and the shelves may

page_text: be substituted by centres located at diametrically opposite points in the circum-
ference of the bucket so that the tray may be oscillated vertically instead of
horizontally.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
more fully to describe the same:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation of a cinder sifter constructed according to the present
invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical section taken approximately at right angles to Figure 1
of the upper part thereof.
Figure 3 is a plan thereof with the lid or cover removed.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the shield or screen and connected parts separately.
Figure 5 is a detail view of a portion of the bucket.
Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 2 illustrating a modification.
Figure is a similar view illustrating a further modification and
Figure 8 is a similar view illustrating a still further modification.
In the several figures in which like parts are indicated by similar letters of
reference Figure 8 is drawn to a reduced scale with respect to the other figures
of the drawings.
Referring to Figures 1 to 5 a represents a strong galvanized pail or bucket,
a represents the usual lugs or ears, a² represents the bail like handle which is
pivotally attached to the ears a¹ and b represents the lid or cover.
In the upper edge or mouth of the bucket a adjacent to one of the lugs or
ears a or it might be in any other suitable position is formed a vertical slot a³
which at its upper end is open and at its lower end terminates in a horizontal
slot which extends a short distance around the body a of the bucket.
Immediately beneath the horizontal slot a* and at equidistant points around
the interior of the bucket a are provided two guides shelves or brackets a¹ and a
cylindrical stud a* fixed thereto by soldering or rivetting or studs such as a**
might be substituted for the shelves or brackets a or an annular flange or equiva-
lent means might be employed in lieu of the above named devices.
Loosely resting on the guides or shelves at a* is a circular tray c formed with
a sieve bottom and provided with a radially and laterally projecting stud or
spike 2 upon which is fitted a wood or other handle 3 in such manner as to
leave a neck or short length of stud between the handle and the tray or
sieve c.
The neck of the handle c³ is designed to traverse the vertical slot a³ so that
the tray or sieve may be introduced into the bucket a until it rests upon the
guides or shelves a a** and then to traverse the horizontal slot 3* leaving the
handle projecting upon the exterior of the bucket a as shown more particu-
larly at Figure 2 so that the tray or sieve may be manipulated in the manner
desired.
The bucket is furnished with a lid 6 by means of which it may be closed dust
tight and the tray or sieve is provided with a vertical shield soldered or rivetted
thereto which covers or screens the vertical and horizontal slots a³, a* in all
positions of the sieve and prevents the escape of dust thereat.
In addition to the handle the tray or sieve c is provided with a turn-down
bail or handle adapted to assist the removal of the tray from the bucket.
The device herein before described may be readily carried about from room
to room like an ordinary bucket and the dust and cinders from each fire-place
at once deposited in the tray or sieve c when upon placing the lid bin position
and by the aid of the handle 3 giving several rapid horizontal oscillations within
the limits of the horizontal slot a* to the tray or sieve c the cinders will be
effectually sifted ready for immediate use and without danger of the dust escaping
into the room.

page_text: In the example given at Figure 6 the device is substantially the same as that
herein before described except that the guides shelves or brackets a, a* the
slots a, a* and the shield are dispensed with and the tray or sieve e is pro-
vided with an annular rim or flange which takes a bearing upon the upper
edge or rim as of the bucket a.
As a necessity of this construction the stud or neck c³ of the handle c³ extends
over the rim of the tray or sieve c and is fixed to the inside thereof and the lid b
fits into the sieve c instead of into the bucket a a notch or recess being provided
in said lid to receive the handle c³.
This form of the device which is intended to be operated in a similar manner
to that herein before described with respect to the previous figures, possesses' the
advantage that it is comparatively simple and inexpensive to produce.
In the example given at Figure 7 the device is substantially the same as that
lastly herein before described but in this case the bearing rim or flange c6 is
formed at the lower part of the tray or sieve c and the latter is provided with a
cylindrical extension or flange 7 of reduced diameter which fits into the bucket a
and forms a guide for the sieve during its oscillating movements whilst the stud
or neck of the handle is fixed to the exterior of the tray or sieve c.
In the example given at Figure 8 the shelves a are dispensed with and cylin-
drical studs * located at diametrically opposite points in the circumference
of the bucket a are employed to support the sieve c and serve as centres of
motion therefor by which arrangement the sieve or tray c may be oscillated
vertically instead of horizontally as indicated by the dotted lines but the hori-
zontally oscillating arrangement is the preferred one.
By the means hereinbefore described a simple, efficient, compact and inexpen-
sive form of cinder sifter is obtained which by means of its portobility and other
advantages is particularly adapted for domestic use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A cinder sifter comprising a bucket, a sieve removably mounted in the
upper part of the bucket with capability of oscillation, a handle for oscillating
the sieve and a lid for preventing the escape of dust substantially as herein
shown and described.
2. A cinder sifter comprising a bucket, a sieve removably mounted by its
periphery in the upper part of the bucket with capability of oscillation a handle
for oscillating the sieve and a lid for preventing the escape of dust substantially
as herein shown and described.
3. A cinder sifter comprising a bucket having interiorly projecting shelves or
supports near the upper part thereof, a sieve removably mounted on the shelves
with capability of oscillation, a handle for oscillating the sieve, vertical and
horizontal slots in the bucket for receiving the neck of the handle, a shield
carried by the sieve for covering said slots and a lid for preventing the escape of
dust substantially as herein, shown and described.
4. A cinder sifter constructed arranged and operating substantially as herein
shown and described
Dated thin 17th day of til 1000
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
Birkbeck Bank Chambers, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents.