IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-GRATES FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: We, DAVID ROGERS, and DAVID ROGERS the younger, 44 Park Street, Warrington,
in the County of Lancaster, Breeze Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of
our said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-GRATES FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES
to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to so improve and construct a fire grate for
domestic purposes that there will be little waste from partially consumed fuel
falling from the fire, and that the cinders which do fall or are raked from the fire
may be easily separated from the ashes so as to be returned to the fire.
It consists in forming the grate with a series of narrow bars at short intervals
apart placed in front of the ordinary horizontal bars and with a double ash pan
placed under the bottom of the grate into the top one of which the ashes and
cinders fall the finer material passing through perforations or meshes into the
bottom pan.
In carrying out the invention we make a frame of narrow metal bars or wires
preferably arranged so as to stand vertical, and either flat or curved so as to suit
the contour of the grate to which it is to be applied. This frame where the grate
is flat or square in front is preferably hinged or pivoted to stands provided for the
purpose or to the frame-work or side of the grate. Thus pivoted it can be removed
when desired from before the fire by turning it down and may if desired be
supported in a horizontal position, and act as a support or stand for dishes, pans or
the like. In grates where the front is curved the frame is supported from the bars
or may be hinged at the sides, and made to open in the middle, one half to each
side. It is obvious that the frame may be supported or connected to the grate in
other ways and may be even made a fixture. The frame is by preference made to
extend up above the horizontal grate bars for one or two inches and inay be finished
off with ornamental rods or knobs. It extends down to within an inch or half an
inch of the bottom of the grate allowing of sufficient room to insert a small poker.
In front of the grate and rising to a level with the bottom of it is placed a plate
or screen behind which any ashes or cinders faliing from the fire falls, and thus
they are hid from sight and the fender or front of the fire place has always a clean
appearance. Behind this front plate is placed horizontally or slightly inclined a
perforated plate onto which the cinders and ashes fall-this plate is made movable
so that it can be taken out and replaced at pleasure. Below this perforated plate

page_text: receive the finer ashes which fall through the
This is also movable so that it can be taken out to
we place a plate or pan to
perforations in the other plate.
remove the ashes as they collect.
The different parts of the invention are so arranged as not to impede the
draught to the fire, air being allowed to pass under and between the bars of the
front frame and also between the bottom bars and the front plate and entering
there has a free passage through the grid in the bottom of the grate. The front
plate may be ornamented in any suitable way, and be either polished, painted or
otherwise finished, at its junction with the horizontal perforated plate it is
preferably finished with a beading of polished metal when used for sitting rooms.
When for kitchen use, common plain joints may be made, and these may all be hid
from sight by a fender, screen or dust preventer placed in front of the fire place.
This will be easily removable, and may be taken away when inconvenient, when
cooking or other culinary operations are going on.

page_text: guide d when it can be turned over the projection " then acting as a stop retain
it horizontally. The slot d¹ may be made straight or inclined, the shape shown in
the drawing is preferred as the inclined part at the top prevents the pins being too
easily jerked out. The frame A may thus be removed from its vertical position in
front of the fire and utilized as a support, or it may be lifted away from its
supports and removed altogether. It is obvious that the frame may be supported
or connected to the grate in other ways, and may be even made a fixture.
A plate or screen F is placed in front of the grate rising to a level with the
bottom of it. Any ashes or cinders falling from the fire fall, and thus they are hid
from sight, and the fender or front of the fire place has always a clean appearance.
This front plate F forms part of a horizontal perforated plate or tray G with
sides g preferably inclined, onto which the ashes and cinders fall. This tray is
movable sliding to and fro so that it can be shaken or taken out at pleasure.
Below this perforated plate we place a pan or tray H to receive the finer ashes
which fall through the perforations in the other plate. This is also movable so
that it can be taken out to remove the ashes as they collect. The end plate g¹ of
the tray G may be made to slide up as shown in Figure 6, so that the cinders
remaining therein may be easily alid off into the fire. The ashes and cinders fall
from the fire onto the tray G where they are riddled, the finer portion or refuse
falling through to the pan H for removal, while the cinders and larger portions of
unconsumed or partially consumed fuel remain in the tray G from whence they are
easily returned to the fire.
The different parts of the invention are so arranged as not to impede the draught
to the fire, air being allowed to pass under and between the bars of the front frame
and also between the bottom bars and the front plate and entering there, has a free
passage through the grid in the bottom of the grate. The front plate may be
ornamented in any suitable way, and be either polished, painted of otherwise
finished, at its junction with the horizontal perforated plate it is preferably finished
with a beading of polished metal when used for sitting rooms. When for kitchen
use, common plain joints may be made, and these may all be hid from sight by a
fender, screen or dust preventer, placed in front of the fire place. This will be
easily removable, and may be taken away when inconvenient, when cooking or
other culinary operations are going on.
Having now particularly described and, ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1st. The combination with a fire grate for domestic purposes of a frame hooked,
hinged or pivoted thereto having a number of upright bars, substantially as and
for the purposes described.
2nd. The combination with a fire grate for domestic purposes of a double ash
pan, the top one having a perforated bottom to receive and hide from view the
ashes as they fall, and from the top one of which the cinders can be returned
to the fire and from the bottom one the ashes removed, substantially as described
and shown.