Improvements in or connected with Fire-ranges.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Fire-ranges.
I, CHARLES HATTERSLEY of Rockleigh, Mexbro, in the County of York, Iron
Founder, 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 :—
This invention has reference to that part of the range below the grate bars,
where hitherto a loose front piece has been employed to fill up the space between
the bottom rib of the grate and the hearth, in order to stop the draught and thus
economize fuel. When thus arranged or fitted, the cinders fall from the fire onto
the hearth in front of the said front plate, which is unsightly and dangerous, whilst
the ashes falling from the grate pass onto the floor or hearth within or beyond the
said loose front. Now the object of my said invention is to provide apparatus for
the reception of the cinders and ashes as they fall from the fire, at the same time
closing up the space between the bottom rib of the grate and the floor or hearth.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe
same with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters refer to
like parts in both figures.
Figure 1 is a front elevation in perspective showing a portion of a range with
my invention applied thereto, and Figure 2 is a transverse section of same.
According to my invention I employ a box-like receptacle A, the inner portion
thereof being of such a shape and size as to pass within the space below the grate
bars B. Immediately below the bottom rib C and to the base of the receptacle A,
I fix a front plate D, which closes up the space below the ribs C and thus prevents
any draught passing underneath the grate bars B, this having the effect of
producing slow combustion and economizing fuel.
To the outer portion of the receptacle A, and at a suitable distance from the
front plate D, I provide another front plate E, which is also fixed to the base of
the receptacle A.
The receptacle A outside the ribs C may be of such a shape and size as to fit
the grate to which it is applied, and the front plates D and E may also be of
a similar shape to that of the ribs C; the plate D being plain, whilst the outer
plate E may be of an ornamental character, as shown in the drawing.
It will thus be seen that the plate D divides the receptacle into two parts A'
and A³, so that the ashes or dust from the fire fall through the grate bars B into
the part A', whilst the cinders from the front of the fire fall into the part A², thus
keeping them separate one from the other.
A knob or handle F is employed in the outer front plate E, whereby the
receptacle A can be withdrawn from under the grate when it is desired to remove
the ashes and cinders.
By the employment of apparatus as above described, the hearth is kept entirely
free from cinders, whereby the range always presents a tidy appearance, at the
same time the sifting of the cinders from the ashes is dispensed with.
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 :-
1. The receptacle A, composed of back and front portions A' and A³, for
momcising oohoo and sindows aubstantially no set forth

page_text: 2. In a receptacle for receiving ashes and cinders from a fire grate, the
employment of an outer front plate E and an inner front plate D, substantially
as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 24th day of July 1894