IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR COALS.
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sidney Samuel Bromhead, of Bristol, in the County
of Gloucester, Ironmonger, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR COALS.'
Sealed the 7th August 1862, and dated the 8th March 1862.
PROVISIONAL. SPECIFICATION left by the said Sidney Samuel Bromhead
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th March 1862.
I, SIDNEY SAMUEL BROMHEAD, of Bristol, in the County of Gloucester,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR COALS," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements applicable to boxes or
receptacles for coals for domestic or household use. The boxes or receptacles
are formed of metal or wood, or of other suitable material or materials, a plate
or grating being placed therein either entirely or partially across the area of
the interior of the box or receptacle; such plate is either horizontal or in a
slanting position, and has the effect of sifting or screening the coal, or of
regulating the pressure thereof upon the lower chamber or compartment of
the box or receptacle. A mouth-piece or aperture, covered or uncovered as
may
be desired, is provided at the lower part of the box or receptacle for the
admission of a slice or scoop or shovel for the withdrawal of the coal.
therefrom.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of-the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Sidney Samuel Bromhead in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th September 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SIDNEY
SAMUEL BROMHEAD, of Bristol, in the County of Gloucester, Ironmonger, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Sidney Samuel Bromhead, Her special licence that I, the said
Sidney Samuel Bromhead, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Sidney Samuel Bromhead, 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR
COALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Sidney Samuel
Bromhead, 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 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 Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Sidney Samuel Bromhead, 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, reference being had to the Drawings bereunto annexed,
and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say:―
My said Invention relates to certain improvements applicable to boxes or
receptacles for coals for domestic or household use, and which tend to obviate
the inconvenience connected with the coal boxes in ordinary use when coals
containing a considerable amount of dust or coal in a fine state of division are
employed, the principal object of my Invention being the separation of the
dust or small coal, and the collection thereof in such manner as to be readily
removable. The boxes or receptacles for coals constructed in accordance
with my Invention are formed of metal or wood or of other material or

page_text: materials suitable for such purpose, an iron grating or a plate or diaphragm,
composed either of wirework or of perforated material being placed therein,
either entirely or partially across the area of the interior of the box or
receptacle; such grating, plate, or diaphragm may be placed either in a
horizontal or slanting position, and has the effect of sifting or screening the
coal, or of regulating the pressure thereof upon the lower chamber or com-
partment of the box or receptacle. In order to provide for and facilitate the
removal of the dust or small coal separated and collected by the agency of the
said grating, plate, or diaphragm, a mouth-piece or aperture, with or without
a removable cover, as may be desired, is provided at the lower part of the box
or receptacle, such mouth-piece or aperture admitting of the introduction of a
slice, scoop, or shovel, for the withdrawal of the dust or fine coal therefrom.
In the accompanying Drawings Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent boxes or
receptacles constructed upon the principles of my Invention.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and also the manner in which it is to be performed, I wish it to be distinctly
understood that I do not confine myself in the construction of boxes or
receptacles for coal to any precise external form thereof; but what I consider
to be novel and original, and therefore claim as my Invention, is the con-
struction of boxes or receptacles for coals, as herein-before substantially set
forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sidney Samuel Bromhead, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
S. S. BROMHEAD. (L.S.)