Improvements in or appertaining to Ash-pans of Kitchen and similar Fire-places.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov.. 1890-Accepted, 27th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Ash-pans of Kitchen and similar
Fire-places.
I, JOSEPH EDWARD AYKROYD, of Thornhill Place. Thornbury near Bradford in the
County of York Wool Stapler, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to ashpans of kitchen and
other fire-places similarly raised above the hearth and its object is to provide a more
cleanly and convenient method of collecting the ashes and cinders and afford ready
means of separating the two.
The said improvements consist in the employment of a box attached behind an
ordinary hearth "tidy" adapted to extend beneath the fire-grate and provided with a
vertical grating to separate said box from the space embraced by the tidy. By this
arrangement the cinders and ashes dropping from the front of the fire are collected
between the said grating and the tidy and the ashes dropping through the
bottom of the fire-grate pass into said box thus permitting the whole to be removed
together. Besides by holding the improved ash-pan forward and by slightly shaking
it the ashes from the front compartment pass through said grating leaving the whole
of the cinders behind.
I preferably fit a pair of lids to cover the ash-pan when it is removed arranged to
open and slide into vertical grooves parallel with said grate in a similar manner to the
arrangement described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me on the
5th day of December 1888 and numbered 17,731.
Dated this 24th day of February 1890.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Ash-pans of Kitchen and similar
Fire-places.
1, JOSEPH EDWARD AYKROYD, of Thornhill Place, Thornbury near Bradford in the
County of York, Wool Stapler, 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 improvements in or appertaining to ash-pans of kitchen
and other fire-places similarly raised above the hearth and its object is to provide a
more cleanly and convenient method of collecting the ashes and cinders and afford
ready means of separating the two.
The said improvements consist in the employment of a box attached behind an
ordinary hearth "tidy" adapted to extend beneath the fire-grate and provided with a
vertical grating to separate said box from the space embraced by the " tidy." By
this arrangement the cinders and ashes dropping from the front of the fire are collected
between the said grating and the tidy and the ashes dropping through the bottom of
the fire-grate pass into said box thus permitting the whole to be removed together.
Besides by holding the improved ash-pan forward and slightly shaking it the ashes
from the front compartment pass through said grating leaving the whole of the
cinders hehind.
I preferably fit a pair of lids to cover the ash-pan when it is removed arranged to
open and slide into vertical grooves parallel with said grate in a similar manner to

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the arrangement described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me on the
5th day of December 1888 and numbered 17,731.
In order to fully describe my invention reference is to be had to the accompanying
sheet of drawings forming a part of this Specification, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, is a plan view of my improved ash-pan with the lids open but the broken
lines represent their position when closed.
Figuro 2, is a front view of the same.
Figure 3, is a sectional view on the line a, b of Figure 1.
Figure 4, is a section on the line c, d Figure 1 with the lids open, and
Figure 5, is a similar view showing the lids as they drop into the closed position.
To insure lightness and also to produce cheaply I preferably make my improved
ash-pan of sheet metal but this is not essential. The front compartment. A, similar in
shape to an ordinary hearth tidy, is separated from the back compartiment B by the
grating C. The compartment B is both narrower and not so deep as the compartment A
and the grating is formed of light metal bars fixed at each end to the shoulders D
at the back of the compartment A.
The lids E and E' are divided and hinged by their inner edges to the bar F, which
bar is also passed through the eyes G, G, at the ends of the handle H. Guide slits to
hold the edges of the lids and the ends of the bar F are made down opposite sides K, K
of the compartment Band the edges of such slits turned inwards so as to form vertical
guides L, L. A cap e is riveted outside over each slit to complete the guides and
allow the ends of the bar F to project slightly beyond the sides of the compartment.
The "wiring" i along the top is bent over the upper end of the guides I, L, forming
stops at the top of such guides adapted to engage the ends of the bar F and so
prevent it being drawn out of the guides when the lids are raised and the ash-pan
litted by the handle H.
It will be readily understood that the lids when open lie close together in the
guides L, L with the handle between them in the position shown in Figure 4, and that
lifting the handle raises the lids to the top of such guides and they fall down on each
side in the manner shown in Figure 5.
The lid E is bent over at the top to form a guard jadapted to cover both of the
lids and the space between them when the lids are open, and notches n are formed in
such guard to allow it to pass the handle.
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 what I claim is :-
1. An ash-pan having two compartments separated by a grating, substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
2. The combination with an ash-pan, having two compartments separated by a
grating, of lids arranged substantially as herein shown and described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of November 1890.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.