Improved Arrangement of Apparatus for Riddling Cinders and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Mar., 1892-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Arrangement of Apparatus for Riddling Cinders and
the like.
ALBERT REANEY 312 Albert Road, Heeley near Sheffield out of business do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of a rotary cinder riddle with a
detachable cinder pan, both of which are intended to be worked in combination
with each other in the manner hereinafter described, chiefly for the purpose of
quickly and effectually riddling household cinders and also of freeing the operator
absolutely from the annoyance of dust.
The apparatus consists principally of two parts, viz., a rotary riddle fixed in a
case or covering and a movable cinder pan. The riddle of either square, round or
oblong formation is made of two vertical sides of metal or wood placed at a suitable
distance apart on an axletree, a light grate or strong wire mesh is fastened across
the said sides for a distance of about half their circumference, the remaining half
is then formed as a receptacle or compartment with an opening or mouth to admit.
the cinder pan, which pan is intended to be pushed in or drawn out in the same
way as an ordinary drawer.
The riddle is now serviceably hung on bearings in a metal or wood case, or to a
face plate or board, having a hinged door opening on the orbit of the pan com-
partment for the through admission of the cinder pan. The said door is placed
preferably in front, or in other words, at right angles with and directly underneath
the axletree, the case may be readily fixed permanently to a closet wall, ash pit or
dust bin.
The method of working the apparatus is as follows. The cinder pan made of a
size and shape so as to fit the compartment referred to in the riddle, is first placed
under the fire grate to collect all the droppings and when full of ashes is carried
away and pushed bodily into the riddle, becoming for the time being a component
part of the same, the casement door is now closed, protecting the operator entirely
from dust which can only escape through an opening in connection with the ash
pit. A few turns of the handle alternately rolls the ashes from the pan over the
mesh of the riddle. At the end of the operation the pan and its compartment
(being naturally the heaviest part of the riddle) stops at the bottom of their radins,
the riddled cokes therefore fall into the pan and are ready to be drawn out for
further fuel.
By this novel application of riddle, pan and box, I am enabled to dispence with
shoveling, raking, or throwing ashes and consequently the house or dwelling place
and the operator are both completely protected from dust by this system.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1891
ALBERT REANEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Arrangement of Apparatus for Riddling Cinders and
the like.
I, ALBERT REANEY of 312, Albert Road, Heeley, Sheffield Edge Tool Manager,
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:-
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This invention relates to the construction or arrangement of apparatus for

page_text: riddling cinders and the like, chiefly for household purposes, and it may also be
adapted for use in connection with earth closets.
The object of the invention is to separate the small ash from the cinders which
are retained in the ash pan for further use as fuel, and to avoid the dust that rises
during such process.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have illustrated it
in the annexed sheets of drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate
similar parts in any of the figures in which they may occur.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation and end view of the receptacle and separator.
Fig. 2, front view of same.
Fig. 3, modified construction of separator.
Fig. 4, front elevation of dust bin & separator.
Fig. 5, another dustbin and separator.
Fig. 6, combined separator and earth closet.
Speaking broadly the apparatus consists of a detached cinder receptacle, and a
revolving separator enclosed in any kind of casing.
In carrying out my invention in the form which I consider best adapted for
household purposes,
make a revolving riddle or sieve such as shown in Fig. 1.
The body is made cylindrical, one half or thereabouts being woven wire A, or
perforated iron, or its equivalent in any form that constitutes a riddle or sieve,
and the other or lower half B, may be of sheet iron or the like.
The back end C, is preferably closed, and the front end D, is half closed;
the lower half being open to receive the receptacle or ashpan E, shown partly
drawn out in Fig. 1. The cylinder is provided with a central shaft, or two
short axles or trunions F & G, upon which it revolves.
The front axle is either constructed to form a handle H, or to receive a
loose handle, by which the separator is made to revolve in its bearings.
The ashpan or receptacle E, is made to correspond and fit into the lower part
of the separator or cylinder as shown, and it should also fit under the grate of
the fireplace in which it is intended to be used, to catch the ash and cinders in
falling therefrom. It may be made of sheet iron, and be provided with a handle
by which it can be drawn from under the fire, and out of the cylinder.
I prefer to make it flat on its underside as shown at I, so that it will not readily
roll over.
What I have called the cylinder or separator need not be necessarily cylindrical;
it may be octagonal or the like, or it may be part of a cylinder as shown in Fig. 3,
the depending edges J, being constructed of metal and of such a shape that they
will receive and retain the ashpan or receptacle E, when it is pushed into position.
This arrangement (on the removal of the receptacle) leaves the underside quite
open for the free passage of any house refuse to be thrown into the bin, and for the
same end, I may make the lower part of cylinder an open framework, giving
support to the receptacle, and providing open spaces for the passage of refuse.
To retain the cylinder in position to receive the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 1, I
may use a catch or detent, or I may weight the cylinder, or put the axle a little out
of the centre.
In Fig. 4, I have shown the apparatus in combination with a dust-bin K, made
of sheet iron in a cylindrical form, the apparatus being fixed on the top, over an
opening, in such a manner that the ash will drop from the meshes of the wire into
the bin when the riddle is revolved. A door L, (shown open), is closed during the
process to prevent the escape of dust.
Another arrangement of dust-bin is shown in Fig. 5, in which the riddle or
cylinder is carried by the lid M, which is raised to receive the receptacle, and
closed while the handle is being turned.
Fig. 6, illustrates the combination of the apparatus with an earth-closet, N is a
shoot upon which the ash, or the riddled earth falls when the riddle is turned, and
from which it is thrown into the closet pan P.
It is intended that the receptacle is to be used as an ashes pan by being placed

page_text: under the firegrate, so as to catch all the ash and cinders as they fall, in which
position it may be concealed by the usual tidy or fender, and when full it is taken
out and placed in the cylinder as shown, the door L, or the lid M, is then closed
and a few turns given to the handle H, which causes the riddle to revolve and the
cinders to roll over the sieve or wirework at each revolution, the fine ash falling
through, and the cinders being retained in the receptacle for further use.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said. invention
and in what manuer the same may be carried into practice, and premising that I
am aware that cylindrical riddles are in use and that I do not claim such broadly, I
declare that what I do claim is :-
The improved arrangement of apparatus for riddling cinders and the like,
consisting of a revolving riddle or sieve so constructed as to receive and hold a
receptacle or ashpan, and to carry it round with it, for the purpose specified and
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in Fig. 1.
2The combination of a revolving riddle or sieve, and an ashpan or receptacle
as claimed in the foregoing claim, with a dustbin so as to form a portable domestic.
article substantially as hereinbefore described and as shown in Figs. 4, and 5.
3 The combination of a revolving riddle or sieve, and an ashpan or receptacle
as claimed in the first foregoing claim, with an earth-closet, substantially as herein-
before described and as shown in Fig. 6.
Dated the 2nd day of March 1892.
ROBT. F. DRURY, C.P.A.,
Bauk Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.