IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF WOOD FOR LIGHTING FIRES, AND IN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING THE SAME:
Year: 1877

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LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Cole, of Victoria Park Road, South Hackney,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
ARRANGEMENT OF WOOD FOR LIGHTING FIRES, AND IN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING
THE SAME:
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Cole at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th June 1877.
FREDERICK COLE, of Victoria Park Road, South Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF WOOD FOR LIGHTING FIRES,
AND IN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING THE SAME.”
One part of this Invention consists in the method of arranging wood for lighting
fires, and by means of which that operation is effected with great facility, rapidity,
and economy. Any desired number of flat strips of wood are taken, and. a
longitudinal slot cut in one end of each strip by any suitable means. The strips of
wood are then connected together by means of a flat wooden tongue which is siinply
passed through the slots, so that the further ends of the respective strips of wood
are capable of being moved laterally, and to be placed in a divergent or fan-like
form. The effect of placing the strips of wood in such divergent or fan form is,
that upon the same being ignited and applied to the purpose of lighting a fire, the
atmospheric air readily passes between the respective strips of wood, thus affording
supply of oxygen and causing the fire to be speedily kindled.
The wood may, if desired, be coated with tar, rosin, oil, paraffin, or any other
suitable inflammable or combustible material or materials.
The second portion of this Invention relates to the construction of apparatus för
cutting the strips of wood. A number of knives or cutting edges are fixed
longitudinally in a rectangular frame, the sharp edges being uppermost. A series
of knives or cutting edges is also placed transversely across the longitudinal knives
or cutting edges, the former being slotted so as to be capable of sliding or being
moved upon the latter and adjusted at any desired distance from each other.

page_text: The block of wood which is to be converted into strips is placed upon the face
of the cutting frame, and a sufficient amount of pressure exerted thereon by steam,
hydraulic, or other power to force the wood downwards, when the same is divided
into strips of the desired size by the action of the knives or cutting edges.
It is manifest that the cutting apparatus herein-before described may be 5
employed for cutting fire-wood of any description.
SPECIFICATION. in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Frederick Cole in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th
December 1877
FREDERICK COLE, of Victoria Park Road, South Hackney, in the County of 1
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF WOOD FOR LIGHTING FIRES,
AND IN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING THE SAME."
One part of my said Invention consists in the method of arranging wood for
lighting fires, and by means of which that operation is effected with great facility,
rapidity, and economy. Any desired number of flat strips of wood are taken, and a 1
longitudinal slot cut in one end of each strip by any suitable means. The strips of
wood are then connected together by means of a flat wooden tongue which is
simply passed through the slots, so that the further ends of the respective strips of
wood are capable of being moved laterally, and to be placed in a divergent or fan-like
form. The effect of placing the strips of wood in such divergent or fan-like form is
that upon the same being ignited and applied to the purpose of lighting a fire, the
atmospheric air readily passes between the respective strips of wood, thus affording
a supply of oxygen and causing the fire to be speedily kindled.
Instead of arranging the strips of wood as before described the same may be
arranged on the tongue a little distance apart and parallel to each other, and in this 2
case when desired a tongue is placed at each side, both ends of the strips of wood
being slotted to receive them.
The wood may, if desired, be coated with tar, resin, oil, paraffin, or any other
suitable inflammable or combustible material or materials.
The second portion of this Invention relates to the construction of apparatus for.
cutting the strips of wood. A number of knives or cutting edges are fixed
longitudinally in a rectangular frame, the sharp edges being uppermost. A series
-of-knives-or-cutting edges is also placed transversely across the longitudinal knives
_or_cutting-edges,-the-former-being-slotted so as to be capable of sliding or being
moved upon the latter, and adjusted at any desired distance from each other.
The block of wood which is to be converted into strips is placed upon-the-face-of-
the cutting frame, and a sufficient-amount of pressure exerted thereon-by steam;
hydraulic,-or-other-power-to-force the wood downwards, when the same is divided
into strips of the desired size by the action of the knives or cutting edges.
It is manifest that the cutting apparatus herein-before described may be employed
for cutting fire-wood of any description.
Having thus declared and ascertained the nature of my said Invention and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I would observe in conclusion that
what I consider novel and original, and therefore claim as constituting the
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page_text: Invention secured to me, by the said herein-before in part recited Letters Patent,
are,―
First. The improvements in the arrangement of wood for lighting fires, sub-
stantially as herein-before set forth and described.
And, Secondly. The combination and arrangement of apparatus, substantially as
and for the purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Cole, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Third day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
O CAT
F. COLE (LS)