Improvements in and appertaining to the Doors of Ashpits and Frames therefor.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in and appertaining to the Doors of Ashpits and
Frames therefor.
We, DANIEL PILLING and JAMES GREIG of Victoria Foundry, Buck Street,
Colne,-in-the-Gounty-of-Lancaster, Ironfounders, do-hereby-declare-the-nature-
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to that class of ashpit doors and frames, which
are constructed of iron, and arranged to dispense with the usual catches and
swivel bar as a means of fastening.
In our invention, we form the frame so as to stand flush with the ball of the
building.
The top and bottom horizontal portions of the frame are cast with over-
lapping edges or flanges, which project at right angles thereto, the top edge
being preferably a shade deeper than the bottom edge. Cast to the frame at
the top and bottom respectively are lugs or blocks to form a kind of guide for
the reception of the ashpit door. These blocks or lugs are cast or set at such
a distance as to permit of the ashpit door being pushed between them and the
top and bottom flanges respectively.
The top blocks or lugs project some distance below the top flange; and the
ashpit door, which may be made wholly of cast iron provided with knobs or
hand notches, is first introduced by being placed against the projecting portion
of the said lugs, and then raised by the knobs or handles, until the bottom of
the door is capable of passing the bottom flange or edge of the frame, when it
then drops into position between the lugs at the bottom and the bottom edge.
The lugs are so situated as not to block up with ashes when the ashpit is
emptied.
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Improvements in and appertaining to the Doors of Ashpits and
Frames therefor.
We, DANIEL PILLING and JAMES GREIG of Victoria Foundry, Buck Street,
Colne, in the County of Lancaster, Ironfounders, 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:-
This invention has reference to that class of ashpit doors and frames, which

page_text: are constructed of iron, and arranged to dispense with the usual catches and
swivel bar as a means of fastening.
In our invention, we form the frame so as to stand flush with the ball of the
building.
The top and bottom horizontal portions of the frame are cast with over-
lapping edges or flanges,, which project at right angles thereto, the top edge
being preferably a shade deeper than the bottom edge. Cast to the frame at
the top and bottom respectively are lugs or blocks to form a kind of guide for
the reception of the ashpit door. These blocks or lugs are cast or set at such
a distance as to permit of the ashpit door being pushed between them and the
top and bottom flanges respectively.
The top blocks or lugs project some distance below the top flange; and the
ashpit door, which may be made wholly of cast iron provided with knobs or
hand notches, is first introduced by being placed against the projecting portion
of the said lugs, and then raised by the knobs or handles, until the bottom of
the door is capable of passing the bottom flange or edge of the frame, when it
then drops into position between the lugs at the bottom and the bottom edge.
The lugs are so situated as not to block up with ashes when the ashpit is
emptied.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the frame for an
ashpit door as constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a similar
veiw with the ashpit door inserted in position; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section
of the same.
A is the frame, B the ashpit door, and C hand blocks, knobs or notches, by
which the door is raised in or out of position. D is the top overlapping edge
or flange, and E is the bottom flange. The top edge or flange D is preferably
made a shade deeper than the bottom edge for the purpose hereinafter
explained.
As seen in Figs. 2 and 3, at a short distance from the overlapping flanges D
and E are lugs or guide-blocks F G H and J. The ashpit door is first placed
with its top edge against the top lugs or guide-blocks F and G, and then pushed
forward between the top overlapping edge or flange D and the lugs F and G,
until its bottom edge is capable of passing over the bottom flange E, when it is
then dropped between the latter and the guide-blocks H and J.
For removal, the door is first raised until it can be passed over the bottom
flange E, when it is then slid out.
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 :-
1. The improved arrangement and construction of "ash-pit doors' and frames
therefor, substantially as described, and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. The improved means of retaining ashpit doors in position, consisting of
overlapping flanges D and E and guide blocks F G H and J, substantially as
described, and illustrated.
Dated this 30th day of September 1897
F. RICHMOND,
12 Standish Street, Burnley, Agent for the Applicants.