IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVE GRATES
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Redmayne, of Rotheram, in the County
of York, Ironfounder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVE
GRATES."
Sealed the 12th January 1855, and dated the 13th July 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Redmayne at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
July 1855.
I, THOMAS REDMAYNE, of Rotheram, in the County of York, Ironfounder,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STOVE GRATES" to be as follows:-
I propose to cast to the bottom part or grate bars a hollow gutter with one
or more holes to allow the ashes to fall through on or into an ash pan or
ash-pit of any kind or construction; I cast an ornamental portable front in one
or more parts, which conceals the ash pan or pit, and consequently all the dust,
dirt, or offensive matter, which front is easily removed to take out the ash pan
or ashes; and I also cast a fender or guard, either plain or ornamental,
which may be either cast with the said portable front or separate, as may be
required.
By this arrangement I entirely dispense with the necessity of an ornamental

page_text: ash pan, the front or cover entirely concealing it; any kind of one, however
common, will answer the purpose. It is also evident that this improvement is
applicable to any kind of stove grates.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Redmayne in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th January 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
REDMAYNE, of Rotheram, in the County of York, Ironfounder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Redmayne, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas
Redmayne, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Thomas Redmayne, 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOVE GRATES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Thomas Redmayne, by an instrument in writing under my hand and scal,
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 Royal Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Redmayne, 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 (that is to say) :-
I cast to the bottom part or grate bars a hollow-gutter with one or more
holes to allow the ashes to fall through on or into an ash pan or ash-pit of
any kind or construction; I cast an ornamental portable front in one or more
parts, which conceals the ash pan or pit, and consequently all the dirt, dust, or
offensive matter, which front is easily removed to take out the ash-pan or
ashes; and I also cast a fender or guard, either plain or ornamental, which

page_text: may be either cast with the said portable front or separate, as may be required.
By this arrangement I entirely dispense with the necessity of an ornamental
ash pan, the front or cover entirely concealing it; any kind of one, however
common, will answer the purpose. It is also evident that this improvement
is applicable to any kind of stove grates.
This my said Invention will be clearly understood by reference to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and the letters of reference thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front view of a stove with my improvements attached; Fig. 2
is a transverse section of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan of the grate and hollow
gutter; and Fig. 4 is a view of the portable front detached from the stove.
a represents the hollow gutter, placed towards the front of the stove; b, a hole
through which the dust or offensive matter passes into the ash pan c; d
represents the portable front, to which the fender e can be attached or not, as
desired.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I desire it
to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the exact details
herein set forth, as such may be varied or modified without departing from the
principle thereof; but I claim as my Invention, and which to the best of my
knowledge and belief has not been hitherto used within this realm, the
construction and arrangement of stove grates with hollow gutters, portable
fronts, and fender, either cast together or separately, to dispense with the use
of ash pans, as herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Redmayne, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of January, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-six
THOMAS REDMAYNE. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-named
Thomas Redmayne, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.