Improvements in the Construction and Manufacture of Scoops, Shovels, Coal Boxes or Scuttles, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 19th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction and Manufacture of Scoops,
Shovels, Coal Boxes or Scuttles, and the like.
We, JAMES HENRY BRAIME, of Rothwell, near Leeds, in the County of York,
Engineer, and THOMAS FLETCHER BRAIME, of 148 Chapeltown Road, Leeds,
aforesaid, Oilcan Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has for its objects improvements in scoops, shovels, coalboxes
and the like; and it consists in an improved method of constructing such scoops,
shovels, coalboxes or scuttles, and the like whereby the same are rendered much
more durable than those of a similar shape constructed in the ordinary way.
This invention relates to that class of scoop, shovels, and the like made of sheet
metal, such as are used by grocers, seedsmen, and the like, and in the case of
shovels, to the class of shovel made of sheet metal used for collecting dust (as for
instance the ordinary dust-pan or shovel) or mud sweepings, the said scoops,
shovels, being provided with a back covered in portion constituting a receptacle for
the material scooped-up or collected therewith and therein. Coalboxes or scuttles
and the like may also be made and constructed according to this invention.
Heretofore such scoops or shovels as above described have been made up by
piecing or joining together two or more parts, or by seaming together parts of the
edges of the same plate, thereby occasioning seams which were liable to be burst
or broken open or be damaged.
In the improved construction the member forming the surface of the scoop or
shovel, comprising the mouthpiece, bottom, sides, ends, and covering-in portion,
is formed by pressure by means of suitable dies, in one piece, without seam or
joint, out of one plate of suitably shaped metal such as steel, brass, copper, and the
like.
By this construction it will be seen that scoops, shovels, coalboxes, or scuttles,
and the like, so formed, having no seams or joints to break or burst open, are
rendered far more durable than those of ordinary construction.
Dated this Eighteenth day of November 1895.
JAMES HENRY BRAIME,
THOMAS FLETCHER BRAIME,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.
improvements in the Construction and Manufacture of Scoops,
Shovels, Coal Boxes or Scuttles, and the like.
We, JAMES HENRY BRAIME, of Rothwell, near Leeds, in the County of York,
Engineer, and THOMAS FLETCHER BRAIME, of 148 Chapeltown Road, Leeds,
aforesaid, Oilcan Manufacturer, 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 has for its objects improvements in scoops, shovels, coalboxes
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page_text: and the like; and it consists in an improved method of constructing such scoops,
shovels, coalboxes, or scuttles and linings for the same, and the like whereby the
same are rendered much more durable than those of a similar shape constructed in
the ordinary way.
This invention relates to that class of scoop, shovels, and the like made of sheet
metal such as are used by grocers, seedsmen, and the like, and in the case of
shovels, to the class of shovel made of sheet metal used for collecting dust (as for
instance the ordinary dust-pan or shovel) or mud sweepings, the said scoops, or
shovels, all of which are hereafter termed scoops, being provided with a back
covered-in portion constituting a receptacle for the material scooped-up or collected
therewith and therein. Coalboxes or scuttles and the like may also be made and
constructed according to this invention.
Heretofore such scoops or shovels as above described have been made up by
piecing or joining together two or more parts, or by seaming together parts of
the edges of the same plate, thereby occasioning scams which were liable to be
burst or broken open or be damaged.
In the drawings hereunto annexed :-
Fig. 1 is a blank or diaphragm cut out in the ordinary way.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the blank or diaphragm after it has undergone
the first drawing operation for forming it into a scoop.
Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a plan looking at the top, and a sectional elevation
of the scoop when finished after the second drawing operation.
Fig. 5 a blank or diaphragm for a scoop having a narrow flat top.
Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a plan looking at the top and a sectional elevation
of a semicircular (or nearly so) scoop with a narrow flat top constructed according
to this invention.
Fig. 8 an elevation of a coal box or scuttle constructed according to this
invention.
Like parts are marked with the same letters of reference in all the views.
A is the member, diaphragm or blank, hereafter termed the blank A, forming
the surface of the scoop or shovel B, comprising the mouth-piece, bottom, sides,
ends, and covering-in portion, and is formed by pressure as for instance obtained
by a drawing press by means of suitable reducing dies, of ordinary well known
construction, in one piece, without seam or joint, out of one plate of suitably
shaped metal such as steel, brass, copper, and the like.
The blank A after being punched out or otherwise cut or formed is placed in
the female portion out of centre as regards the male portion or plunger of the
drawing machine. That is to say for a scoop shaped as shown at Figs. 2, 3 and 4,
it would be placed so that the male portion of the die-fixed to the plunger of the
drawing machine-will come in contact with the blank A. at or about the part
shown by the circle in dotted lines and marked C, Fig. 1, or as shown at Fig. 5.
According to the position that the male portion of the die strikes the blank A,
near to or further from its edge a, will the covering portion D of the scoop B be
drawn longer or shorter as may be required. That is to say if a
covering D is required for the scoop then the male portion of the die will be
arranged to strike the blank A nearer to its edge a than when a broader covering D
is required. The blank A at the first drawing operation is shaped somewhat as
shown at Fig. 2; afterwards it 18 removed to smaller and suitably shaped reducing
dies also of ordinary construction and such as are used on machines for reducing
metal goods for drawing it by pressure to the shape shown at Figs. 3 and 4
which is the second and finishing drawing operation.
narrow
But for scoops shaped somewhat semi-circular and provided with a narrow
covering portion D the male portion of the die will require to be provided with a
flat portion shown in dotted lines and marked c at Fig. 5. In all other respects
the operations for forming these scoops, shaped as at Figs. 6 and 7 are the same as
for those shaped at Figs. 3 and 4.
A bandle E of any suitable shape shown in dotted lines may be either attached

page_text: thereto by any suitable means, such as say rivetting, or it may be formed thereon
if so desired.
A coal box or scuttle, or a lining for the same may be produced in a similar
manner to that shown at Fig. 8 in which case the male portion of the reducing
die will require to be provided with a flat portion to produce the flat base F
upon which the coal box or scuttle, or lining for the same will stand or rest.
By this construction of goods as above described, it will be seen that scoops,
shovels, coalboxes, or scuttles, and the like, so formed, having no seams or joints
to break or burst open, are rendered far more durable than those of ordinary
construction.
Although we bave illustrated the invention as being applied to round or circular
articles produced by two drawing operations with the metal plate in a cold state,
we would distinctly have it understood we do not limit ourselves to this particular
shape as articles of other shapes may be produced in the same manner by one, two,
or more drawing operations as may be found necessary and convenient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A scoop, shovel, coalbox, scuttle, or lining for the same, and the like,
substantially such as herein set forth and illustrated, formed as described out of a
blank of metal plate such as A pressed or drawn by dies to the required shape,
with a covering such as D, of any suitable width, said scoop or other article being
formed without any seam or joint for uniting and securing the various parts
or portions such as the bottom, sides, ends, or covering, to each other or
together.
Dated this Eighteenth day of August 1896.
JAMES HENRY BRAIME.
THOMAS FLETCHER BRAIME.