Improvements in or connected with Ash-pans and Fire-guards.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Ash-pans and Fire-guards.
I, WILLIAM BRANDON, of 121 Great Lister Street, Bloomsbury, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object improvements in, or connected with, ash-pans and
fire-guards, and cousists in the combination of a fire-guard with an ash-pan, the
same being so arranged and fitted that the fire-guard, which cau be made in one or
more sections, can, when required, be raised and held in position for use and, when
not required, can be lowered out of the way.
In carrying the invention into effect the fire-guard is fitted to the ash-pan front
and guided by suitable means so that it can be slidden up and down as may be
required, or it may consist of flaps capable of being turned up or lowered on hinges
or joints carried by the ash-pan front. The fire-guard may consist of cast or
wrought iron or other metal either plain or having perforations or openings therein
for the passage of heat therethrough, but which will preveut the passage of cinders;
or it may consist of any suitable metallic frame combined with metal gauze or other
meshed or openwork material. Suitable stops or fastening means are provided for
securing the fire-guard when in its raised position.
Dated this 29th day of February 1896.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
I, WILLIAM BRANDON, of 121 Great Lister Street, Bloomsbury, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Foreman, 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 :-
The invention has for its object improvements in or connected with ash-pans and
fire-guards and consists in the combination of a fire-guard with an ash-pan the
same being so arranged and fitted that the fire-guard which can be made in one or
more sections can when required be raised and held in position for use and when
not required can be lowered out of the way.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a
front view and Fig. 2 a cross section of a combined ash-pan and fire-guard
and Figures 3 and 4 are similar views showing slight modifications.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
In carrying the invention into effect the fire-guard b is fitted to the ash-pan.
front a and guided by any suitable means so that it can be slidden up and down as
may be required.

page_text: In the arrangement represented at Figures 1 and 2 slots a' a' are formed in the
neh-pan front a and the screw pins of knobs e are passed through such slots and
Fcrewed into the fire-gunrd; thus after loosening the knobs c the fire-guard b can bo
raised or lowered and when raised it can be fixed in position by screwing up the
knobs c. The slots a' a' also serve at their upper ends as stops to limit the upward
movement of the fire-guard.
in the arrangement represented at Figures 3 and 4 the ash-pau front a has plaiu
holes through which the screw pins of the knobs e are passed and sluts & aro
formed in the fire-guard b; the knobs e are screwed into nuts d which have parts
formed to fit the slots bb.
The action is the same as that of Figures 1 and 2, that is to say by loosening the
kuobs c the fire-guard cau be raised or lowered and by screwing up the knobs
the fire-guard can be fixed in its raised position, the ends of the slots b' b' serving
as stops.
Other means for guiding and fixing the fire-guard may be employed.
The fire-guard may consist of cast or wrought iron or other metal either plain or
having perforations or openings therein for the passage of heat therethrough but
which will prevent the passage of cinders or it may consist of any suitable
metallic frame combined with metal gauze or other meshed or openwork material.
The upper part of the fire-guard may be provided as shown in all the figures
with a plate e on which culinary vessels can be placed.
The fire-guard may however cousist of flaps capable of being turned up or lowered
on hinges or joints carried by the ash-pan front, in which case hooks or other
fastening means may be employed to connect such flaps together at their upper ends
when the flaps are raised in position for use as a fire-guard. I have not thought
it necessary to give a drawing of this modification as it will be readily understood
from the above description.
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 I
claim is :-
A combined ash-pan and fire-guard substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated November 27th 1900
Unted November 27th 1900
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Sonthampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.