IMPROVEMENTS IN CINDER AND OTHER SHOVELS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard George, of Bridge Street, Kilburn, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CINDER AND
OTHER SHOVELS."
Sealed the 9th August 1867, and dated the 15th February 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard George at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th February 1867.
I, RICHARD GEORGE, of Bridge Street, Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CINDER AND OTHER SHOVELS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in shovels for sifting and separating
cinders from ashes, such shovels being applicable to other useful purposes;
for this purpose to the under side or back surface of a wire or other perforated
shovel I apply sheet metal, so as to form a chamber or receptacle below the
perforated surface of the shovel. The front edges come close together at a
sharp angle, so as to form one flat edge, and the back plate also serves to
close the sides of the receptacle thus formed below the upper perforated
surface, a space being left open at the upper or back edge for the discharge of
the ashes after they have passed through the wire or other perforated upper
surface of the shovel. The back and sides of the upper surface are raised to.
prevent the cinders from falling off when the shovel is tilted backwards to
discharge the dust and ashes from the space formed to receive them below.

page_text: the perforated surface. The back edge of the lower plate is prolonged to
prevent the discharge of the ashes until the shovel is tilted backwards, or a
self-acting hinged flap may be applied to the opening at the back to prevent
the escape of the dust until the shovel is tilted backwards.
Shovels of this improved construction are suitable for sifting or separating
coarse from finer materials other than cinders and ashes, or for separating
large from smaller seeds, or for other similar purposes.
For some purposes a bag or other receptacle may be attached to the back
of the space below the perforated surface to receive the matters which have
passed through the screen when the shovel is tilted backwards.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard George in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th August 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
GEORGE, of Bridge Street, Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Richard George, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
George, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Richard George, 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 CINDER AND OTHER SHOVELS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Richard George, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 Richard George, lo hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: Figure 1 shows a plan, Figure 2 a side view, and Figure 3 a longitudinal
section of a shovel for sifting cinders or other matters, constructed in
accordance with my improvements.
a is the upper perforated surface of the shovel, by preference formed with
wires interlaced together so as to form a surface of wire web; b is a plate of
iron or other metal or material, which is secured to the front edge and sides
of the wire shovel by turning over and closing the edges of the plate of metal
thereon, a space. being left between the wire and the inner surface of the
plate, the back end of such space being left open at 6' for the discharge of the

page_text: ashes or other matters which are sifted through the perforations in the upper
surface of the shovel. When thus put together the shovel is "galvanized"
by immersion in a bath of molten metal, as is now well understood in the
manufacture of wire shovels and other articles made of wire in order to
unite the wires where they cross each other, so as to impart strength and
durability thereto; c is a hinged flap (represented in dotted lines) which is
retained so as to close the opening at 6', when desired, by a spring d, which
can be readily released by the finger in order to allow the flap c to fall, and
thus permit the ashes or other matters to be discharged from the receptacle
formed below the wire or other perforated surface a of the shovel.
I would remark that the form and construction of shovels made according
to my Invention may be considerably varied and the degree of fineness of the
wire web or other perforated surface a, together with the metal or material of
which they are made, may also be varied so as to suit the purpose for which
shovels of this character are required, and if desired a bag or receptacle may
be applied to the opening at b¹ for the reception of the finer matters which
pass through the perforated surface of the shovel.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing or carrying the same into practice, what I claim is the con-
struction of wiro or other perforated shovels having a chamber or receptacle
formed or arranged in combination therewith, as herein described, for the
reception of the ashes or other matters which pass through the perforated
surfaces of such shovels.
. In witness whereof, I, the said Richard George, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
Patent Agent,
RICHARD GEORGE. (L.S.)
34, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.