Improvements relating to Receptacles for Cinders and Ashes for Domestic Fireplaces.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1893-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Receptacles for Cinders and Ashes for
Domestic Fireplaces.
I GEORGE AUGUSTUS GRITTON of 11 Guildford Place Camberwell
London, S.E., Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to what are generally known as tidies,"
""savealls" or
receptacles for cinders and ashes for domestic fireplaces.
My improved device which would be made of sheet iron or the like, consists of
two main parts or elements; that is to say:-of the receptacle proper, of rectangular
shape, in which, is received a sliding member comprising a frame attached to the
front plate of the "tidy" and having secured to said framing a wire gauze, or the
like, tray, of suitable shape to allow of the ashes passing therethrough to the bottom
of the main receptacle first above referred to. The essential feature distinctive of
my invention consists in the provision which I make, so as to allow of a "tidy" in
accordance with my invention fitting exactly into the fireplaces or ashpits of
domestic kitcheners, fireboxes, and the like of varying widths. That is to say: in
order to allow of this object being effected I provide the top of the two sides and
back of the ash receptacle first above referred to with hinged flaps or wing pieces
which may be elevated or depressed to any angle or degree sufficient to suit the
width of the ashpit to which my improved "tidy" is to be adapted; an exact fit
being thus ensured between the sides of the ashpit and the front of the "tidy" so
as to provide against the escape of ashes or cinders falling outside of the "tidy'
into the ashpit. The back end of the ash receptacle is also provided with a
vertically sliding door to allow of the removal of the ashes.
Dated this 17th day of October 1892.
"
JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, W.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Receptacles for Cinders and Ashes for
Domestic Fireplaces.
I, GEORGE AUGUSTUS GRITTON of 11 Guildford Place, Camberwell, London,
Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to what are generally known as "tidies," "savealls," or
receptacles for cinders and ashes for domestic fireplaces, and has for object so to
construct such receptacles that they may be easily adaptable to fireplaces of
different sizes.
The receptacles, in accordance with this invention, consist essentially of two main
parts or elements: An outer container, and a sliding sifting plate or tray. To the
outer casing aforesaid, (and this forms a distinctive feature of my invention,) I affix
hinged flaps or wing pieces, so that the "tidy or "saveall "may fit exactly into
the fireplace or ashpit of whatever width these latter may be.
"
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will now proceed to describe same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings and the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, that is
to say:

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Figure is a view in plan of a tidy" or "saveall" adapted for use in kitcheners,
and other similar grates.
Figure 2 is a plan of a modification of the same adapted for use in "register"
stoves, and other similar fireplaces.
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Figure 3 is a back elevation shewing an arrangement of sliding door through
which the ashes and dust may be emptied out of the container whenever
required.
Figure 4 is a section through line A B Figure 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the figures.
b
a is the outer container or receptacle before referred to, preferably of a
rectangular shape as shewn. bis the sliding sifting plate or tray, supported by
and sliding upon the longitudinal beadings or rails c. This sifting plate or tray is
attached to the front plate d and may be drawn to and fro as and when required by
means of the knob or handle e attached to the front plate d aforesaid. The tray
may be formed of wire gauze or other suitable substance or material providing
perforations or holes through which the ashes and dust may pass into the
container a and allowing cinders and refuse of a larger kind to be collected in the
said tray b. To empty the receptacle or container a of its contents the tray b may
be entirely withdrawn and the container a be turned over. Or, this latter may be
provided at its back end with any suitable door or covering to an opening formed
therein. Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings illustrates a vertically sliding
door a well adapted for the purpose, though a hinged, or a horizontal sliding, or
other form of door may be employed if desired.
The provision which I make so as to allow of a "tidy" or "saveall " fitting
exactly into the fireplaces or ashpits of domestic kitcheners, fireboxes, and the like,
of varying widths consists in adapting to the sides and rear end of the container a.
hinged flaps or wing pieces fff which may be elevated or depressed to various
angles so as to suit the width of the ashpit to which it is to be adapted. Thus
an exact fit may be ensured between the sides of the ashpit and the front of
the tidy so as to provide against the escape of ashes or cinders outside the container
or receptacle.
Referring particularly to Figure 1 of the drawings which as aforesaid is
illustrative of a "tidy" or "saveall" adapted for use in connection with kitcheners
and other similar grates I prefer to form the front of same with the rearward
slanting plates or guards g as a further protection against ashes and cinders
falling outside.
For parlor fireplaces and "register" and other similar stoves I prefer to adopt
the arrangement of "tidy" illustrated particularly in Figure 2. In this arrange-
ment I reduce the size of the sliding tray and partially cover in the top of the
container a with a slotted metal top a¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements relating to receptacles for cinders and ashes for domestic
fireplaces, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. In receptacles for cinders and ashes for use in domestic fireplaces the
construction and arrangement of hinged flaps or wing pieces off to the sides and
end of the container a for the purpose of adapting such receptacles to ashpits of
various widths substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, W.C., Agent for Applicant.