An Improved Cinder Sifter.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left,- 14th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
An Improved Cinder Sifter.
I SEYMOUR REGINALD BOLTON of 53 Lillie Road West Brompton in the
County of Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
:-
My invention relates to an improved cinder sifter and my invention consists of
novel device arranged and constructed substantially as follows.
My improved sifter is intended to be placed under the grate of a fire place and
consists of a metal frame shaped to conform with the shape of the lower part of the
stove beneath the grate to which it is applied.
The front of the sifter which may be of steel, brass or other suitable metal and
may be ornamented or formed of any desired configuration preferably corresponding
in depth with the space, between the hearth and the lower edge of the grate thus
arresting the draught and converting a stove of ordinary construction into a slow
combustion stove.
The frame before mentioned has attached thereto a bottom of wire uetwork or
grating the meshes of which are of any desired size.
The said sifter is adapted to be used either in conjunction with an ashpan or
without the latter. If used with an ashpan the said metal frame is adapted to lie
upon or fit into the ashpan, which occupies the space beneath the grating or wire
grid before mentioned. When used alone the rear portion of the frame is provided
with legs or feet so as to leave a space beneath the grid or sifter.
When in use the device is placed beneath the grate, and the ashes and cinders
falling from the stove fall into the device, the ashes falling thro' the wire grid or
grating into the ashpan under the same or on to the hearth and the cinders are
caught or intercepted by the said grating in their fall.
The said grid, with the cinders thereon may be drawn or lifted out, and the
cinders replaced upon the fire as desired.
Dated this 14th day of March 1893.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cinder Sifter.
I SEYMOUR REGINALD BOLTON of 53 Lillie Road West Brompton in the
County of Middlesex Gentleman 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:-
My invention relates to an improved cinder sifter and my invention consists of a
novel device arranged and constructed substantially as follows.
My improved sifter is intended to be placed under the grate of a fire place and
consists of a metal frame shaped to conform with the lower part of the stove
beneath the grate to which it is applied.
The front of the sifter which may be of steel brass or other suitable metal and
which may be ornamental or formed of any desired configuration preferably
corresponds in depth with the space beneath the hearth and the lower edge of the
grate thus arresting the draught and converting a stove of ordinary construction
into a slow combustion stove.

page_text: The frame before mentioned has attached thereto a bottom of wire network or a
metallic screen the meshes of which are of any desired size.
My invention is adapted to be used either in conjunction with an ashpan or
without the latter. When used with an ashpan the said metal frame is adapted to
rest upon or fit into the ashpan which occupies the space beneath the grating
or wire grid before mentioned. When used alone the rear portion of the frame
is supported upon short legs or feet so as to leave a space beneath the grid or
sifter.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood reference is made
to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the sifter.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same and
Fig. 3 is a section taken on the liner, r, in Fig. 2 and shewing the sifter with
an ashpan under the grid before mentioned.
Like letters indicate similar parts in all of the figures:-
The frame A which is of metal is shaped to fit beneath the grate of the stove;
the front B of said frame being preferably made ornamental to improve the
appearance of the same. The said front B corresponds in depth to the distance
from the grate to the hearth thus closing in the space and arresting the draught.
C is a wire or other sieve or screen which is fixed to the frame A the meshes
being of such a size as to allow the ashes to pass through and intercept the cinders
and coal falling through the grate.
As shewn in Fig. 3. an ashpan D may be placed under the grating C so as to
catch the ashes falling through the latter the front B entirely concealing the ashpan
from view. The said ashpan may however be dispensed with and the ashes allowed
to fall onto the hearth.
The sifting device with the cinders thereon may be drawn or lifted out and the
cinders replaced on the fire as required.
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 1
claim is
A cinder sifter consisting of a metal frame having a perforated bottom and
adapted to be fitted under the grate of an ordinary stove and to be used either
alone or in conjunction with an ashpan constructed and arranged substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of December One thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
SEYMOUR REGINALD BOLTON.