IMPROVE- MENTS IN FIRE-GRATES AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George William Herbert, of Dean Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FIRE-GRATES AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR."
Scaled the 17th September 1878, and dated the 11th April 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George William Herbert
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th April 1878.
GEORGE WILLIAM HERBERT, of Dean Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-GRATES AND IN APPARATUS
THEREFOR."
The objects of this Invention, which relates to certain improvements in or
connected with fire-grates and the adjunctive apparatus or furniture thereof,
are,―
To allow of the grate being entirely drawn out or removed from the chimney or
fire-place, so that the chimney or flue can be the better and more easily cleaned.
To allow the ashes to fall away from the grate and hearth, and thus to prevent
the injurious effects on the furniture of rooms from the dust arising from the usual
gathering or sweeping up of the ashes.
And to provide a receptacle for the coal or fuel in the wall, or at the side or other
part of or adjacent to the chimney piece, whereby the carrying of the coal or fuel
about, or from one part of a room to the fire-place, is obviated.
To attain these desirable objects, I propose to mount the grate upon wheels or
castors; I provide it with a canopy top, to cause a sufficiency of draught to carry
away the smoke and prevent it escaping into the room, and I fit it with a top
door to close up and prevent rain or damp coming down the fluc, as in ordinary
dog or open grates. The top or upper part of the grate is built or fixed in the flue,
and it is formed with a movable part which is capable of rising, and falls or fits
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page_text: on to that part of the grate which is detachable or removable, and can be raised at
will to allow of the grate being entirely drawn out or removed from the fire-place
to enable the chimney or flue to be better and more easily cleaned.
I also apply to the foot of the grate a bead or mould of a low or other suitable
shape, made of steel or other suitable material, to form the front of the ash pan and
keep the ashes together.
The ash receptacle consists of a square or other suitably-shaped funnel or box, the
upper end of which is fixed on a level with the hearth stone or tiled hearth under
the grate, and passes in an inclined direction into a brick-built receptacle with a
lower man-hole or door, and which receptacle preferably contains an iron pan by
which the whole of the ashes may be removed at once and without creating dust
to the detriment of the furniture in the room or apartment in which the grate is,
the receptacle being placed at the outside of the chimney, either in a yard or passage
or other convenient place.
The coal receptacle is made of iron or other suitable material, and is built or let
into the wall of the room at the side of the chimney piece, behind the skirting
board, or at any convenient height from the floor. It is provided with two doors
at opposite sides, and through one of which the coal or fuel is put into the receptacle
from the outside of the wall, and through the other of which or the inside door it
is taken as required for supplying fresh fuel to the fire. Thus the carriage of coal
about rooms in which there is expensive furniture is prevented, to the great advan-
tage of the furniture, both as to cleanliness and durability. The inside door can
be ornamented in any desired style to suit any contiguous furniture or parts of the
grate.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George William Herbert in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th
October 1878.
GEORGE WILLIAM HERBERT, of Dean Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-GRATES AND IN APPARATUS
THEREFOR."
The objects of this Invention, which relates to certain improvements in or
connected with fire-grates and the adjunctive apparatus or furniture thereof,
are,-
To allow of the grate being entirely drawn out or removed from the chimney
or fire-place, so that the chimney or flue can be the better and more easily cleaned.
To allow of the ashes falling away from the grate and hearth, and thus to prevent
the injurious effects on the furniture of rooms from the dust arising from the usual
gathering or sweeping up of the ashes.
And to provide a receptacle for the coal or fuel in the wall, or at the side or
other part of or adjacent to the chimney piece, whereby the carrying of the coal or
fuel about, or from one part of a room to the fire-place, is obviated.
To attain these desirable objects, I mount the grate 1 upon wheels or castors 2,
as shown in Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings, and I provide or form it with a
canopy top 3 to cause a sufficiency of draught to carry away the smoke and prevent
it escaping into the room, and I fit it with a top door 4 which can be closed to
prevent rain or damp coming down the flue, as in ordinary dog grates. The grate
is provided with a top or upper part 5 (illustrated in the detached view, Figure 2),
which is built or fixed in the flue, and is formed with a movable part 6, which is
capable of rising, and falls or fits on to that part of the grate (illustrated in Figure 1)
which is detachable or removable, and can be raised at will to allow of the grate
being entirely drawn out or removed from the fire-place to enable the chimney
or flue to be better and more easily cleaned.
The ash receptacle which is illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 consists of a square or
other suitably-shaped funnel or box 7, the upper end 8 of which is fixed on a level
with the hearth stone or tiled hearth under the grate, and passes in an inclined
direction into a brick-built or any other suitable receptacle (provided or formed with
a man-hole or door) placed at the outside of the chimney, either in a yard or
passage, or other convenient place, and containing an iron pan by which the whole
of the ashes may be removed at once and without creating dust to the detriment
of the furniture in the room or apartment in which the grate is.
The coal receptacle 9, which is illustrated in Figure 5, is made of iron or other
suitable material, and is built or let into the wall of the room at the side of the
chimney piece, behind the skirting board, or at any convenient height from the
floor. It is provided with two doors 10, 11, at opposite sides, and through one of
which the coal or fuel is put into the receptacle from the outside of the wall, and
through the other of which or the inside door it is taken as required for supplying
fresh fuel to the fire; thus the carriage of coals about rooms in which there is expen-
sive furniture is prevented, to the great advantage of the furniture, both as to
cleanliness and durability. The inside door can be ornamented in any desired style
to suit any contiguous furniture or parts of the grate.
Having now described the nature and objects of my said Invention, together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that 1 claim as my Invention,-
The novel and peculiar construction and arrangement of fire-grates, substantially
as above described, and as illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and
for the purpose specified.
And the above-described improved method and means of storing a supply of coal

page_text: and conveying the ashes away from the grate, substantially as and for the purposes
described, and as illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George William Herbert, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.