An Improved Coal Box.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 4th Nov., 1893
An Improved Coal Box.
I, OLINTHUS ROBERTS BARNICOTT of 27 Ashley Road Crouch Hill London N.
Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a coal box or cabinet, and has for its object to provide
a box by means of which coal or other fuel can be put on the fire without noise,
thus being especially applicable to sick rooms or for very sensitive persons.
Each
In carrying out my invention I employ a cabinet having a set of drawers of
peculiar construction arranged above one another in one or more sets.
drawer is formed with a bottom, curved or sloping towards the top at the back, so
that its greatest depth is at the front. A suitable handle is furnished for each
drawer, one at the top of the cabinet and one at each side, in order that the cabinet
may be moved easily. The fuel is placed in the drawers, each containing sufficient
for one supply, so that when the fire requires replenishing, it is simply necessary to
take one of the drawers out and empty it on the fire, the sloping bottom allowing
this to be done practically without noise, thus dispensing with the shovel. The
sloping bottom also allows the drawers to be lifted more easily, as the weight is
almost wholly at the front.
Dated thin 9th don of December 180
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Coal Box.
I, OLINTHUS ROBERTS BARNICOTT of 27 Ashley Road Crouch Hill London
Clerk 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 relates to a coal box or cabinet, & has for its object the providing
of a box by means of which coal or other fuel may be put on the fire without noise,
thus being especially applicable to sick rooms, or for sensitive persons.
In carrying out my invention I employ a cabinet of wood, or metal, or other
suitable material, having drawers, arranged one above another, in one or more sets.
(Fig. 1 & 2.) These drawers are of peculiar construction, differing from ordinary
drawers in this respect, that is to say :- -Each drawer is formed with a bottom (b)
which curves or slopes upward from the front towards the back, so that the greatest
depth is in the part towards the front. (Fig. 3.)
A suitable handle (a) is furnished for each drawer. There is also a handle at
the top of the cabinet, or else one at each side (c) in order that the cabinet may be
moved easily.
The fuel is placed in the drawers, each containing sufficient for one supply, so
that, when the fire requires replenishing, it is simply necessary to take one of the
drawers out, & empty it on the fire, the sloping bottom allowing this to be done
practically without noise, thus dispensing with the use of a shovel. The sloping
bottom also allows the drawer to be lifted more easily, as the weight is mostly at
the front

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The provision of a cabinet with drawers as recentacles for the charges
O. R. BARNICOTT.