AN IMPROVED Box OR RECEPTACLE FOR COAL, COKE, GRAIN, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for an Invention of "AN
IMPROVED Box OR RECEPTACLE FOR COAL, COKE, GRAIN, OR SIMILAR
MATERIALS." A communication from abroad by Jacob Hilgers, of Rheinbrohl,
Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th February 1880.
WILLIAM ROBERT Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, "AN IMPROVED BOX OR. RECEPTACLE FOR COAL,
COKE, GRAIN, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS." [A communication from abroad by Jacob
Hilgers, of Rheinbrohl, Germany.]
This Invention relates to an improved box or receptacle for containing coal, coke,
seeds, and other materials or substances in a convenient manner for portions of the
said materials or substances to be readily withdrawn from time to time, as required.
A box or receptacle made according to this Invention may be of any suitable
form, and may be used not only as a coal scuttle, but also for holding conveniently
many kinds of materials or objects, such, for instance, as beans, peas, or the like.
In carrying the said Invention into practice I construct a box within which I
place a plate or shute, which is inclined downward from the front towards the rear,
so that the material put into the box above this shute will be forced to fall down
through the aperture or space between the end of the shute and the rear wall of the
box into the lower part of the latter. A portion of the coal or other material will
thus be caused to form a slope toward an opening in the front of the box, thus
rendering the insertion of a shovel on the bottom of the box and beneath the material
very easy, and the shovel may be filled without the difficulty which frequently
occurs in the ordinary coal scuttles.
The said inclined plate or shute may vary in form according to the purpose for
which the box is designed, and it may be inclined more or less as required.
At the lower part of the front of the box I usually provide a ledge or shelf which
projects outward and is slightly inclined in an upward direction, and in some cases
this ledge may extend forward far enough to secure the object of the said Invention
without the employment of the aforesaid internal shute; the front edge of the ledge
may be curved or rolled up.
In some cases I make the box without an opening at the top, and the material is
then placed in the said box through the front opening, which is easily done by
inclining the box. In order to be able to make the advancing ledge shorter than it
would otherwise have to be in a box closed at the top a small inclined plate may be
adapted to the interior of the box for the purpose.
The front opening may be closed by a door or a slide.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th August 1880.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED BOX OR RECEPTACLE FOR COAL,
COKE, GRAIN, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS." A communication from abroad by Jacob
Hilgers, of Rheinbrohl, Germany.
This Invention relates to an improved box or receptacle for containing coal, coke,
and other materials or substances in a convenient manner for permitting portions
of the said materials or substances to be readily withdrawn from time to time as
required.
The said Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, in which,—
Figure 1 is a front view of the said receptacle.
Figure 2 is a section on the line d, e, of Figure 1, and
Figure 3 is a section on the line a, b, Figure 2.
Figures 4 and 6 are vertical longitudinal sections, and
Figure 5 is a front view of a modification of the said receptacle.
The coal or other substance placed in the said box will, in consequence of the
obliquely arranged plate h, be forced to fall down through the aperture p into the
lower posterior part, as shown in Figure 2. The coal or other material will thus
be caused to form a slope towards the opening g, thereby affording great facility for
the insertion of a shovel at the bottom of the box beneath the material, so that the
filling of the shovel, which is difficult with the ordinary coke and coal boxes, may
be conveniently effected. The said box or receptacle may be of any suitable form,
so long as the essential features of the said Invention are preserved, and may be
used not only as a coal or coke box or scuttle, but also for containing various
kinds of materials, such, for instance, as beans, peas, and other vegetables and fruit
or the like.
The intermediate plate h has its form adapted to the special purpose for which
the box is to be used, and may be set in any required inclined position; it may also
be entirely dispensed with, but in this case the projecting part i, Figures 2 and 3,
must be augmented.
The rolled raised part c and the projecting part i at the opening g are also to be
made larger or smaller according to the purpose for which the box is required, and
they may also be dispensed with in some cases.
Furthermore, the said box or receptacle may be constructed as represented in
Figures 4 to 6; in this case it is closed at the top and must be filled or charged
through the opening g, the box being inclined or tilted over on the edge k.
In order to allow of the shortening of the projecting part i a small plate l, as
shown in Figure 4, may be adapted to the interior of the box. The opening g may
be closed by a door or slide.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,
The construction of a box or receptacle for coal, coke, or other substances, as above
described, so that the material in the box may be readily and conveniently taken

page_text: out of the same by reason of the facility with which the shovel may be inserted at
the bottom beneath the loose mass of material, and thereby easily filled, all
substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.