IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFES OR RECEPTACLES DESIGNED TO SERVE AS COAL BOXES, AS SHOW CASES FOR SHOPS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
Office," Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFES OR RECEPTACLES DESIGNED TO SERVE AS COAL
BOXES, AS SHOW CASES FOR SHOPS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."-A
communication from abroad by Benjamin Richard Deacon, of
Montreal, in the Dominion of Canada, Painter.
Sealed the 13th January 1871, and dated the 17th November 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Haseltine at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 17th November 1870.
I, GEORGE HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," South-
ampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFES OR RECEPTACLES DESIGNED TO SERVE AS
COAL BOXES, AS SHOW CASES FOR SHOPS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," a
communication, to be as follows:-
The said Invention has reference to the construction of a box or safe
of a neat form for holding coal and other materials and articles. When
used for coal, the said box allows of keeping a large quantity thereof on

page_text: hand in any required place, and at the same time obviates the difficulty
found in reaching down into a deep box to extract the coal therefrom
and the loss arising from having a large portion of the small or powdered
coal left accumulated at the bottom as rubbish, when had it been used
in due proportion with the large coal it would be beneficial as fuel
This box is capable of being made to conform in external appearance to
any article of furniture having cubical capacity commensurate with the
amount of coal required to be kept on hand at one time, such for
example as a set of drawers, a sideboard, a book case, or the like. The
shell of the coal safe has the ordinary bottom, above which is arranged a
double inclined inner bottom, placed at a suitable angle, or made in a
suitable curved form. A regulating board is placed on the front inner
side of the shell for regulating the "flow" of coal to the mouth. The said
board may be either fixed or made adjustable at will before the safe is
filled. A door or opening is provided for the coal to be taken from.
The top or cover may be arranged with a drawer for ordinary purposes,
above or below it or not as found most desirable. In the space existing
between the inclined bottom and outer bottom a drawer may be placed
for wood or other substances. The safe may be filled to the top. The
too rapid escape of the coals from the mouth is prevented by the regu-
lating board and second inclined part of the bottom. On opening the
door a coal shovel may be introduced and as the small or powdered coal
more readily finds its way to the bottom it is taken out in due proportion
with the large pieces. The above description relates to the use of my
Invention as a coal box, but, as herein-before stated, the safe may have
various forms and be used for holding different substances or articles,
and it may be formed of metal, wood, glass, or other suitable material.
It may be combined with a show case for confectionery, drugs, or other
merchandize with a refrigerator for domestic or other purposes, or may
be constructed on a large scale under the side walk of a street, supplied
by the ordinary opening made in the side walk for the purpose of
letting coal into cellars.
It may also be built in a half underground basement, combined with a
cupboard.
It may also be arranged as a revolving show glass in a number of
compartments for confectionery or the like, and may be made with an
additional story. In this modification the shell is formed by a central
post with radial divisions extending therefrom. The shell will not

page_text: extend in front of the glass. If an upper story is used its bottom may
be provided with a pin in its centre, and a corresponding hole in the top
of the lower story to receive it. The bottom of each story may be
supplied with small sunken wheels or castors for it to run on.
It may also serve as a canister for grocers, or a corn bin.
It may also form part of a shop fixtures. In this modification the
safe is arranged as a high narrow one forming a bin by the side of the
wall of the shop it is situated in, with shelves attached to its upper
part, drawers in the centre, and a congregation of smaller safes at its
lower part, while the mouth of the bin is formed at the bottom. In the
same manner it may serve as a pantry or store room fixture, and for
other like purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Haseltine in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 17th May 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," Southampton
Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said George Haseltine, Her special licence
that I, the said George Haseltine, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said George Haseltine, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SAFES OR RECEPTACLES DESIGNED TO SERVE AS COAL BOXES, AS SHOW CASES
FOR SHOPS AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES,' a communication to me from '
abroad by Benjamin Richard Deacon, of Montreal, in the Dominion of
Canada, Painter, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
George Haseltine, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
"

page_text: in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a section of part of a coal safe,
and Figure 2 an end elevation of the same, the remainder of the Figures
shew modifications of the same principle applied to various purposes,
as will be herein after more fully described.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2. This Invention has reference to the
construction of a coal box or safe in a neat form for holding coal and
other materials and articles; it embraces the advantages of keeping a
large quantity of coal on band in any required place, and at the same
time obviates the difficulty found in reaching down into a deep box to
extract the coal therefrom, and the loss arising from having a large
portion of the small or powdered coal accumulated at the bottom as
rubbish, when had it been used in due proportion with the large coal it
would be beneficial as fuel; this box is capable of being made to
conform in external appearance to any article of furniture, having
cubical capacity commensurate with the amount of coal required to be
kept on hand at one time; for example, it may be in the form of a set of
drawers, a sideboard, a bookcase, or the like.
1 is the shell of the coal safe; 2, the ordinary bottom, above which is
arranged the double inclined inner bottom 3, 4, placed at a suitable
angle, or made in a suitable curved form, as indicated by the dotted
curved line in the Figures; 5 is a regulating board placed on the front inner a
side of the shell 1 for regulating the "flow" of coal or other substance
to the mouth 6. The board 5 may be either fixed in its position or
made adjustable at will before the safe is filled; 7 is the door or opening
for the coal to be taken from. The top or cover 8 may be arranged with
a drawer for ordinary purposes above or below it or not, as found most a
desirable. In the space existing between the inclined bottom 3 and
outer bottom 2 a drawer may be placed for wood or other substances.
The safe being arranged substantially as described it may be filled to the

page_text: top. The coals are prevented from flowing out of the mouth 6 by the
action of the regulating board 5 and second inclined part of the bottom 4
faster than. required, as shewn in Figure 1. On opening the door 7 the
coal shovel 9 may be introduced, and as the small or powdered coal
more readily finds it way to the bottom it is taken out in due proportion
with the large pieces.
As herein-before stated the safe may have various forms and be used
for holding different substances or articles, some of its applications or
modifications being shown in the following Figures, wherein the corre-
sponding parts are distinguished by the same numerals as those above
described.
Figure 3 represents a section of a coal safe arranged in a bookcase
form, wherein 1 is the outer shell; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner
bottom; 5, regulating board; 6, mouth; 7, door or opening for taking
out the coals; 8, the cover or opening to put the coal in. This case has
two mouths 6 with corresponding parts provided.
Figure 4 represents an elevation, and Figure 5 a section of a coal
safe arranged in monumental form, wherein 1 is the outer shell;
2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottom; 5, regulating board;
6, mouth; 7, door; 8, cover.
Figure 6 represents an elevation of a safe arranged as a pedestal
show glass for druggists or the like, wherein 1 is the shell formed of a
glass cylinder; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottom; 6, mouth;
8, cover.
Figure 7 represents an elevation of a safe composed entirely of glass
arranged for dry confectionery or dry materials of any kind of suitable
size, wherein 1 is the shell; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottom;
5, regulating board; 7, door; and 8, cover.
Figure 8 represents a side section; Figure 9, a detail; and Figure 10,
a perspective view of a safe arranged as a show case for confectioners or
the like, wherein 1 is the outer shell; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner
bottom; 5, regulating plate, in this case made of glass, and the outer
casing in front of it is not used; 6, mouth; 7, door made of glass;
8, cover; and 9, scoop.
Figure 11 represents a section of a coal safe combined with a refri-
gerator wherein the refrigerator is shown in dotted lines, and 1 is the.

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outer shell; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottom; 5, regulating
board; 6, mouth; 7, door; and 8, cover.
Figure 12 represents a section, and Figure 13 a perspective view of a
coal safe arranged on a large scale under the side walk of a street, and
supplied by the ordinary opening made in the side walk for the purpose,
1 is the outer shell built of brick; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inner inclined
bottom; 5, regulating board; 6, mouth; 7, door; and 8, cover or side
walk.
Figure 14 represents a side section, and Figure 15 a perspective view
of a coal safe arranged for a large quantity of coal built in a half under-
ground basement combined with a cupboard, wherein 1 is the outer shell,
the back part of it being formed by the wall of the house, and having an
opening 8 for introducing the coal; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inner inclined
bottom; 5, regulating board; between this and the front of the shell
formed of doors the cupboard is situated.
Figure 16 represents an elevation, Figures 17 and 18 details, and
Figure 19 a section of a safe arranged as a revolving show glass in ten
compartments for confectionery, and may be made with an additional
story, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 16. In these Figures the
shell 1 is formed by a centre post with radiated divisions extending from
it., 2, 2, are the bottoms; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottoms; 5, regulating
plates of glass. In this case the shell will not extend in front of the
glass. 6 is the mouth; 7, door; 8, cover.. If an upper story is used its
bottom may be provided with a pin in its centre, as shown in Figure 17,
a corresponding hole being made in the top of the lower story to receive
it, as shown in Figure 18. The bottom of each story may be supplied
with small sunken wheels to run on, as shown in Figure 17.
Figure 20 represents a perspective view, Figure 21 a detail, and
Figure 22 a section of a safe arranged as a canister for grocers, wherein 1
is the shell made of tin; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inner bottom; 5, regu-
lating board; 6, mouth; 7, door; 8, cover. -
Figure 23 represents a perspective view, and Figures 24 and 25
sections of a safe arranged as a corn bin in sections, whereof one or the
whole number may be used. 1 is the outer shell; 2, bottom; 3 and 4..
inclined inner bottom; 5, regulating board; 6, mouth; 7, door; 8, cover.
In this modification shelves are arranged in front of the regulating board
and the front part of the shell is formed by doors.

page_text: . Figure 26 represents a perspective view, and Figure 27 a section of
improved shop fixtures. In this modification the safe is arranged as a
high narrow one, forming a bin by the side of the wall of the shop it is
situated in, with shelves attached to its upper part, drawers in the centre,
and a congregation of smaller safes at its lower part, while the mouth of
the bin is formed at the bottom. In these 1 represents the shells; 2,
bottoms; 3 and 4, inner bottoms; 5, regulating boards; 6, mouth;
7, doors; 8, covers.
Figure 28 represents a section of a safe arranged as a counter, wherein
1 is the shell; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottom; 5, regulating
board; 6, mouth; 7, door; 8, cover.
Figure 29 represents a section arranged as a pantry or store room
fixture. This resembles so nearly the modification shown in Figures 26
and 27 as to require no further explanation than to state that in it 1 is
the shell; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottom; 5, regulating
boards; 6, mouths; 7, doors; 8, covers.
Figures 30 and 31 represent perspective views, and Figures 32 and 33
sections of modifications of safes in the form of desks, where 1 is the
shell; 2, bottom; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottom; 5, regulating board;
6, mouth; 7, door; 8, cover.
Figures 34 and 35 represent perspective views, and Figures 36 and 37
sections of coal safes arranged with an attached hat rack on top and
umbrella stand at their ends, wherein 1 represents the shells; 2, bottoms;
3 and 4, inclined inner bottom; 5, regulating boards i 6, mouths;
7, doors; 8, covers.
Figure 38 represents an elevation and Figure 39 a section of a modi-
fication of safes arranged as show glasses for shop windows, consisting of
a number of small safes attached to the inner sash, where 1 represents
outer shells; 2, bottoms; 3 and 4, inclined inner bottoms; 5, regulating
boards; 6, mouths; 7, doors; and 8, covers.
In addition to the modifications shown the same principle of arrange-
ment may be applied to numerous other purposes which it is needless to
describe.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me from abroad, I claim, the improvements in the construction of coal
boxes or safes consisting in the novel combination of the outer shell 1,

page_text: outer bottom 2, inclined inner. bottom 3 and 4, regulating board 5,
mouth 6, door or opening for taking out the coals 7, and cover or
opening for filling the safe 8, substantially in the manner and for the
purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Haseltine, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Witness,
E. C. JACKSON.
GEORGE HASELTINE. (L.S.)