A Household Cinder or Coke Separator and Coal-rake Combined.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1897--Accepted, 18th Sept., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Household Cinder or Coke Separator and Coal-rake Combined.
SAMUEL SIMS Commercial Traveller The Exchange New Whittington near
Chesterfield do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of a handle made of Iron or other material, the said handle being
fastened to the centre or near to the centre of a flat or bent plate. The said plate
may be made of Steel or other material. On one edge of the plate a number of
pieces are cut out at equal distances so that this edge of the plate is left with a
number of teeth. This toothed plate is to be used for separating the cinders of coke
from the ashes that fall out of House and other Fire-grates. The opposite edge of
the said plate is cut level so that it forms an ordinary Coal-rake. The plate forming
the cinder or Coke Seperator and Coal-rake can be made flat or slightly bent inwards.
It can also be made in various strengths sizes and designs and with any number or
length of teeth. The handle can be made in various lengths, strengths and patterns.
Dated this 21st day of November 1896,
SAMUEL SIMS, The Exchange New Whittington near Chesterfield Commercial
Traveller, 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 tool consists of a handle of Wrought Iron, Steel or other suitable material
fastened by rivetting to the centre or thereabouts of a flat or curved plate of Iron,
Steel, or other suitable material, shaped as per accompanying drawings in the
following manner.
A sheet of the material to be used is taken and cut to the required size by means
of a Fly Punching Machine. The portions A A are then cut out with
the same machine and likewise the spaces B. B. B. B. B. B. leaving the
teeth D. D. D. D. D. D. D. for the rake as shewn. The hole C is then punched
to receive the handle and the teeth D. D. D. D. D. D. D. formed by putting the plate
in a Vice and, with a tool made to fit them twisted at right angles to their
original form, which both strengthens them for wear and gives a sharper edge to
the teeth of the rake. The handle is then rivetted through the hole C already
punched in the piece of plate. The opposite edge of the plate to that on which the
teeth are formed is ent straight to form an ordinary Coal Rake. The whole of the
plate may be left flat or bent inwards to any form required,

page_text: The object of this Invention as its title implies is to separate Cinders or Cokes
out of the ashes which fall from house or other fire grates and also to be used as an
ordinary Coal Rake.
This Cinder or Coke Separator and Coal rake combined can be made in any size,
design or strength and with any number and length of teeth desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination of the Separator and rake as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 6th day of August 1907