Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct., 1887
Specification Accepted, 29th Nov., 1887
I JOHN GEORGE CATHIE, of No. 43 St. Julian Road, Kilburn in the County of
Middlesex, Publican 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 :-
My Invention relates to domestic or open fire grates, and it has for its object to
provide a receptacle for the cinders as they fall from the grating and for enabling
them to be readily separated from the dust or ashes, the said receptacle thus combining
the advantages of an ash pan with those of a cinder sifter. In addition to this, the
apparatus of my invention enables the too rapid combustion of the fuel to be
checked.
To this end my invention consists in the employment of a perforated or reticulated
metal tray which corresponds in shape to the sides of the stove, or to the recess in
which the stove is built, supported on guides or runners beneath the grate. The said
tray is provided with knobs or handles which project from the front edge of the tray
and enables the tray to be shaken and the cinders and dust to be separated without
removing the receptacle from beneath the grate for the purpose and the tray after-
wards withdrawn and the cinders thrown on the fire. The knobs are also adapted to
hold a fire screen or guard or for supporting other apparatus such as a dutch oven for
instance, in front of the fire. The receptacle is about 2 or 3 inches in depth with a
bottom of perforated metal or wire work. Its sides and back would be of plain sheet
metal, while its front, which would preferably be semi-circular or correspond with
the contour of the bars, might be of more or less ornamental character, and when the
tray is in position, project beyond the bars so as to catch any cinders or unburnt fuel
which may drop from the fire.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming part of this
specification, wherein Figure 1 is a front view, Figure a central vertical section,
and Figure 3 a sectional plan on line 1-1 Figure 1 of a fire grate fitted with my
invention. Figure 4 shows, on a smaller scale, a front view of a fire grate fitted with
the apparatus of my invention, and with a fire guard attached thereto.
a is the tray or receptacle made preferably with iron sides and with a bottom a' of

page_text: perforated metal or wire work. bare guides or runners which are fixed to the wall
at back of the grate and project forward beneath the grate a sufficient distance to
properly support the tray and enable it to be shaken to separate the dust or ash from
the cinders, in situ. The bottom edges of the front and back portions a² a² of the
tray extend beyond the plane of the perforated bottom a¹ so as to rest on the runners.
cc are the knobs or handles on the front of the tray which may be provided with
sockets c¹ to receive projections d d on the fire guard or other article and hold the
latter securely in place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The combination with an open or domestic fire grate of a perforated or reticulated
tray or receptacle supported on guides or runners beneath the grating, substantially
as shown and described for the purpose specified.
J. G. CATHIE.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.