AN IMPROVEMENT IN COAL SCUTTLES OR FUEL BOXES
Year: 1884

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I, JAMES HENRY RAMSAY of Bamff in the County of Perth, Baronet, do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN COAL SCUTTLES
OR FUEL BOXES" to be as follows:-
According to my Invention, I make a coal scuttle or fuel box suitable for use in
apartments, in the following manner. A box of oblong shape is provided with a
lid of arch or roof form hinged at one side of the box and secured by a catch or
other suitable fastening at the other side. The front end of the box is mado to
open downwards, being hinged to the bottom of the box and secured by a catch to
the top. The bottom of the box is made with a downward slope or curve from its
front end extending the whole or part of its length. For filling the box with coals
or fuel, the lid is oponed, and after the box is filled, the lid is closed and secured,
its arch or roof form giving room to accommodate a scoop or shovel that is laid on
the contents with its handle presented towards the front end of the box. When
fuel is to be taken from the box, the front end is opened and turned down on its
hinges, giving access to the scoop or shovel, which is used in the ordinary way,
being inserted under the fuel exposed at the front end of the box, and pushed
along the slope of the bottom so as to receive a charge. For complete emptying or
cleaning out of the box, the lid can be opened when required.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.

page_text: I, JAMES HENRY RAMSAY of Bamff in the County of Perth, Baronet, do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN COAL SCUTTLES
OR FUEL BOXES" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
According to my Invention, I make a coal scuttle or fuel box suitable for use in
apartments, in the following manner :-
A box of oblong shape is provided with a lid of arch or roof form, hinged at one
side of the box, and secured by a catch or other suitable fastening at the other side.
The front end of the box is made to open downwards, being hinged to the bottom
of the box and secured by a catch to the top. The bottom of the box is made with
a downward slope or curve from its front end extending the whole or part of its
length. For filling the box with coals or fuel, the lid is opened, and after the box
is filled, the lid is closed or secured, its arch or roof form giving room to
accommodate a scoop or shovel that is laid on the contents with its handle
presented towards the front end of the box. When fuel is to be taken from the
box, the front end is opened and turned down on its hinges, giving access to the
scoop or shovel, which is used in the ordinary way, being inserted under the fuel
exposed at the front end of the box, and pushed along the slope of the bottom so as
to receive a charge. For complete emptying or clearing out of the box, the lid can
be opened when required.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a perspective view of one form of coal
scuttle or fuel box closed, according to my Invention, and Fig. 2 is a perspective
view shewing it opened. A is the body of the box which may be of metal, as
shewn, or it might be of wood, or of basket work, lined with metal. B is its lid
preferably of arched form, so that there may be room for a scoop to lie upon the
fuel when the box is nearly full. The lid is hinged at one side of the box, and is
secured by hasps or other suitable fastenings at the other side. The front end O
of the box is hinged at the bottom, so that it can be turned down for the purpose
of scooping fuel out of the box. When it is turned up it is fastened to the top by a
hasp or other convenient fastening.
Part of the bottom of the box slopes downwards from the front, as shewn at D,
so as to prevent the fuel from falling out when the front is opened. Obviously, the
whole bottom might be made to slope downwards.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed; what I claim is
A coal scuttle or fuel box, made with a lid hinged at the side, a front hinged at
the bottom, and a downward slope from the front at the bottom substantially as
described.
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ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.