Improved Ash-pan and Cinder-sifter.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug. 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1894-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Ash-pan and Cinder-sifter.
CHARLES RIDSDALE, 286, Cardigan Place, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, Stone-mason,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An article, the front part of which serves as hearth tidy, the back part of which
fits under an ordinary house fire-grate. It has two compartments, the upper one
has a grating at the bottom, and collects the cinders and ashes as they fall from the
grate, and slides like a drawer, and as you slide it backwards and forwards, the
cinders are riddled, and the ashes fall into the bottom compartment. Then they
can be taken out separately, and the cinders can be used, and the ashes thrown
away, thereby preventing a deal of waste.
Dated this 14th day of August 1893.
CHARLES RIDSDALE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Ash-pan and Cinder-sifter.
I CHARLES RIDSDALE of 286 Cardigan Place, Kirkstall Road, Leeds in
the County of York, Mason 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 :-
An article the front part of which serves as hearth tidy, the back part which fits
under an ordinary house fire grate.. It has two compartments, the upper one has a
grateing at the bottom and collects the cinders and ashes as they fall from the fire
grate and slides like a drawer, as you slide it backwards and forwards the cinders
are riddeled and the ashes fall into the bottom compartment then they can be taken
out separately and the cinders can be used and the ashes thrown away thereby
preventing a deal of waste.
Fig. 1 in the accompanying drawing is a front elevation. Fig. 2 a plan. Fig. 3 a
longitudinal section.
The front A Fig. 1 stands out from the facings D in the form of a tidy, two
inches higher and four inches wider, than sifter B Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 and made in
the form of a segment, having a knob in centre of A and C as shown in Fig. 1 and
Fig. 3, the front A to be riveted to the sides of the sifter B.
The sifter B as shown in Fig. 2 and 3 is twelve inches from front to back at top and
ten inches at the bottom, the back slopeing two inches from the top to the bottom.
Height and width made to suit opening under fire grate, but must be one third
deeper than C Fig. 1, 2, 3, say four and half inches B and three inches C the top
edge lapped and wired. The bottom of sifter B Fig. 2 & 3 to have half inch flange
all round, with holes in front and back flange quarter inch apart, for wire not less
than one eighth inch thick. One wire stay across the centre to be fastened to the
outside wires, and connected to the others by small wire.
The bottom compartment or ash pan C is twelve and a quarter inches long and a
quarter inch wider, than sifter B. It is three and half inches deep, allowing half
inch for socket for sifter to slide in as shown at E Fig. 3. The lip for B to work
on is half inch from top of ash pan C as shown at Fig. 3 it is made of angle iron
half inch by half inch by one sixteenth thick, and riveted to each side of the
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page_text: ash pan as shown in Fig. 3. The socket E to be cut off two and half inches from
front A as shown in Fig. 3 to allow sifter B to slide backwards and forwards.
Part G Fig. 2 and 3 is to prevent ashes falling over side of sifter and is a piece
of sheet iron riveted to front A and falling over side of B as shown in Fig. 2
and 3.
The bottom of C and sides of B Fig. 2 and 3 to be made of sheet iron.
The front A Fig. 1 to be made of sheet iron brass or other metal, to be made
ornamental to suit. When A is made of sheet iron the top edge is lapped and
wired and mounted with brass pipe as shown.
I also make provision on angle iron F for runners H half inch diameter as shown
on Fig. 4 in the accompanying drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1. The sifter or upper compartment been attached to tidy, to fit under fire
grate with knob in centre, and half inch flange round bottom the back to be in a
sloping direction.
2. The oscillating movement on slides or runners.
3. The ash pan or lower compartment with knob in centre, and part of Bocket
cut off level with flange to allow for sifter to work.
The slide for sifter with or without runners.
CHARLES RIDSDALE,
Applicant.