AN IMPROVED BOX HOLDING COALS
Year: 1835

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAMI
EVATT WRIGHT, of Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,.
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Twelfth day of August, in the sixth year of His reign;
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Evatt Wright, His especial licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said William Evatt Wright, my exors, admors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Evatt Wright, my exors,
admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN IMPROVED BOX
HOLDING COALS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso
that I, the said William Evatt Wright, shall cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be inrolled in Ilis said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in part

page_text: recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto
had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Evatt Wright, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being
had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon (that is to say):-
My Invention consists of a box so arranged and constructed for holding coals
in such a manner that by means of a shovel a quantity may with facility be
drawn from the bottom, and at the same time such coal-box is portable, or
free to be moved from one place to another, and, if formed of mahogany or
other ornamental wood, or of iron or other metal painted, will constitute an
elegant piece of furniture.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a front view of a coal-box constructed according to my
Invention, the door being opened as it would be in case it was desired to
withdraw a shovel full of coals. Figure 2 is a transverse section of Figure 1,
by which the internal construction will be more evident. Figure 3 is a plan
of the coal-box with the upper door removed. In each of these Figures the
same letters of reference indicate similar parts, a, a, being the outer box.
b is the door which is opened when coals are required for the fire. c is a door
at the upper part of the box by which a supply of coals are put into the
hopper-shaped portion of the box d, e, the board d sloping from the front, and
the board e sloping from one side. The lower portion of this box for holding
coals is divided into two portions f and g. That portion at f is the part or
space on to which the coals fall from the hopper d, e, and the part g is to con-
tain a small shovel when a separate one is used for supplying coals to the fire.
Having thus explained the construction of a coal-box when made according
to my Invention, I will proceed to describe the manner of using the same.
A supply of coals having been put into the hopper d, e, a portion thereof will
fall down on the part f, and on taking a quantity. away from f, the coals will
descend from the hopper and be ready to be removed when required. And I
would remark, that although I have described and shown the improved box
for holding coals as quadrangular, it is evident that the same may be con-
structed of other figures to suit the taste of the purchaser. And I would
further remark, that it is not the particular shaped coal-box which constitutes
my Invention, but the constructing of a portable or moveable box for holding

page_text: coals, such box having a provision similar to the hopper d, e, for directing the
coals in their descent therefrom to a position most convenient for being
removed by a shovel from time to time as the fire requires replenishing.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Evatt Wright, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.