A NEW APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND SEPARATING ASHES AND CINDERS, PART OF WHICH ACTS AS A CINDER GUARD AND MAY BE USED AS A SHOVEL
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Kenyon, of Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer and Cotton Spinner, for the Invention of
"A NEW APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND SEPARATING ASHES AND CINDERS,
PART OF WHICH ACTS AS A CINDER GUARD AND MAY BE USED AS A SHOVEL."
Scaled the 4th March 1873, and dated the 19th October 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Kenyon at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th October 1872.
I, JAMES KENYON, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer and Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND SEPARATING ASHES
AND CINDERS, PART OF WHICH ACTS AS A CINDER GUARD AND MAY BE USED AS &
SHOVEL," to be as follows:-
This apparatus consists of two parts, the lower one being a vessel or
ash pan, which occupies the space under the fire-grate to receive the
fine ashes which are riddled through the perforated bottom of the upper
part of the apparatus; this upper part has a front and two sides, and

page_text: It is open at the back, On smaking the upper part the nine ashes are
separated from the cinders and fall into the vessel or ash pan below,
and the cinders are then ready to be thrown on to the fire, which can
be done by lifting the upper part of the apparatus, and using it as a
shovel.
The upper part of the apparatus may be used alone, and the fine
ashes would then fall on the floor or into the ash-pit.
it is open at the back. On shaking the upper part the fine ashes are
separated from the cinders and fall into the vessel or ash pan below,
and the cinders are then ready to be thrown on to the fire, which can
be done by lifting the upper part of the apparatus, and using it as a
shovel.
The upper part of the apparatus may be used alone, and the fine
ashes would then fall on the floor or into the ash-pit.
The perforations in the upper part of the apparatus are by special
preference oblong slots, but they may be of any other shape, and either
perforated sheet or other metal or wirework may be used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said James Kenyon in the Great Scal Patent Office
on the 18th April 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
KENYON, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer and
Cotton Spinner, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Kenyon, Her special license,
that I, the said James Kenyon, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Kenyon, 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 "A NEW APPARATUB
FOR COLLECTING AND SEPARATING ASHES AND CINDERS, PART OF WHICH ACTS AS
A CINDER GUARD, AND MAY BE USED AS ▲ SHOVEL," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said James Kenyon, 'my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to

page_text: 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 James Kenyon, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say) :-
This apparatus consists of two parts, the lower one being a vessel or
ash pan, which occupies the space under the fire-grate to receive the
fine ashes which are riddled through the perforated bottom of the upper
part of the apparatus; this upper part has a front and two sides, and
it is open at the back. On shaking the upper part the fine ashes are
separated from the cinders, and fall into the vessel or ash pan below,
and the cinders are then ready to be thrown on the fire, which can be
done by lifting the upper part of the apparatus, and using it as a
shovel.
The upper part of the apparatus may be used alone, and the fine
ashes would then fall on the floor or into the ash-pit.
The perforations in the upper part of the apparatus are by special
preference diagonal oblong slots, but they may be of any other shape,
and either perforated sheet or other metal, or wirework may be used.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood, and readily
carried into operation, I will proceed to describe the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings.
Fig. 1 is a plan; Fig. 2, a front elevation; Fig. 3, a side view; and
Fig. 4, a section of the apparatus.
a is the lower part, which consists of a sheet iron or other metal ash
pan with a front and back and two sides, which is placed under the fire-
grate; the upper part of the apparatus, which rests upon the lower
part, consists of the bottom plate 6, which is made by preference with
diagonal oblong slots set alternately in opposite directions, as shewn in
Fig. 1. This bottom plate is set in an oblique position to facilitate the
sliding down of the cinders, and it is provided with a front b' and two
sides ; the front of the plate 6 is open. When the cinders and ashes
have accumulated to the desired amount in the upper part of the

page_text: apparatus it is only necessary to shake it gently to separate the ashes
which fall through the perforations in the plate 6 from the cinders,
which can then be thrown on the fire by lifting the upper part of the
apparatus, and using it as a shovel.
It may sometimes be desirable to use the upper part without the
lower part; in that case when the plate b is shaken the ashes would fall
on the floor or into the ash-pit, and the cinders can then be thrown on
the fire as before.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the
manner of performing the same, I wish to remark that I do not intend
to limit myself to the details given, as the shape of the apparatus can be
varied, and the perforations in the plate b, instead of being diagonal
oblong slots as shewn, may be round, square, or of any other shape, or
it may be made of wirework. I claim the apparatus above described and
shewn in the Drawing for collecting and separating the ashes from the
cinders, and for putting the cinders on the fire. And I claim the said
apparatus, whether used with the upper and lower parts combined, or
the upper part separately.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Kenyon, have hereto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of April, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.