An Automatic Box-iron Door.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 18th Dec. 1891-Accented. 23rd Jan. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Automatic Box-iron Door.
We, EDWARD HENRY RUST D'EYE, no occupation, and ROWLAND HILL
ROWLAND, Hardware Dealer, both of Woodbridge, in the County of Suffolk, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An automatic door balanced by a projecting piece of iron at the top with a small
iron nob-which causes the automatic action; it is balanced on a pivot at either side
which forms part of the door, and can be cast in one piece on the large end of the
box-iron and raised above it about one inch in height.
The handle is at right angles fixed on to the box clear of the nob; handle
pointing to the rear.
Dated this 31st day of July 1891.
EDWARD HENRY RUST D'EYE.
ROWLAND HILL ROWLAND.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Automatic Box-iron Door.
We, EDWARD HENRY RUST D'EYE, no occupation, and ROWLAND HILL
ROWLAND, Hardware Dealer, both of Woodbridge, in the County of Suffolk, 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 :-
According to this invention we form box irons with a door which opens
automatically when the box iron is turned up end wise and which closes again when
the box iron is turned into a horizontal position and then impedes the passage of
air to and from the iron and reduces radiation of heat.
The drawing annexed shews a box iron constructed according to our invention.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and
Figure 2 an end elevation of the box iron when closed.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the door end of the same and
Figure 4 is a similar longitudinal section when the box iron has been turned up
on end and the door has opened.
A is the box, B the door, with pivots B₁ projecting from it that enter slots A¹
cut in projections which rise up from the two opposite sides of the box. B' is a
projection rising from the top of the door and bent forward so that its weight
keeps the door closed when the box iron is in a horizontal position. The door
then rests against a raised rim which passes all around the interior of the box and
its lower end comes behind a rim A which stands up from the front end of the
bottom of the box-this rim keeps the door from opening when the box is turned
into an inclined position with the door end downwards.
The portion of the slots A' in which the pivots B' lie when the door is closed is
as shewn inclined to the front end of the box in such a way that when the box is
turned on end with the door end uppermost the pivots slide downwards along the
slots and the door moves endwise until its end is clear of the rim A². The pivots
then drop into the ends of the slots which roughly are at right angles to the first
portion of the slots and the projection B so drops and causes the door to turn on
its pivots and brings it into the position shewn in Figure 4. When the box is
again turned into a horizontal position the weight of the door overcoming the
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page_text: weight of the projection B' turns the door downwards and brings it into a vertical
position and the door then drops into the position shewn in Figure 3.
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. A box iron with the door constructed to open automatically when the box is
turned up end wise and to close when the box is turned into a horizontal position
substantially as described.
2. A box iron with its door made and hung substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the drawing annexed.
Dated this 7th day of December 1891.
EDWARD HENRY RUST D'EYE.
ROWLAND HILL ROWLAND.