Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 10th July, 1885.
Complete Left, 15th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 25th Mar., 1887.
I BENAMMI KEDAR NOY Master Boiler Maker Water Side Works Hythe Colchester
England do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This ashpan is constructed so as to catch all cinders & dirt that falls from the stove
fitted with perforated plate or grateing resting on two lugs or swivel the ashpan is
divided into two compartments upper part haveing slanting lip and sides to catch all
cinders and dirt the grateing or perforated plate acting as the sifter the bottom com-
partment receving the refuse wich can be empeted when required the shovel can be
easily admitted to take out the sifted cinders from top of sifter the dirt haveing passed
through. It is fitted with a knob or handle to draw out and with a drop handle to
carry away when being emptied this ashpan made with any kind of materiail.
There are some good points in this ashpan first being a self sifting ashpan it do
away with the sifting of cinders wich can be used without taken them away to be
sifted secondly when the ashpan is in its place under the grate it fitts in close so as to
add cleanliness to utility & saftey not in any way interfereing with any make or
shape of fender as the hearthstone is showing in full.
Fig. 1. is ground plan of ashpan showing the sifter in its place.
Fig. 2. is the sifter taken out made of iron or steel or copper or wire or any kind
of metal.
Fig. 3. is a through section showing the two compartments.
Fig. 4. is three quarter projection of ashpan compleit.
This ashpan fitted to any kind of stove with rounded lip and rounded cinder sifter
wither convex or concave lip. See fig. 5. & fig. 6 on plan.
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page_text: I, BENAMMI KEDAR NOY, Master Boiler Maker, Water Side Works, Hythe,
Colchester, England 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 is an ash-pan fitted with a cinder sifter and constructed so that when
in use the cinders and ashes fall out of the fire upon the sifter, the ashes are sifted
through into the lower part of the ash-pan, and the cinders can be easily shovelled up
from the sifter without removing the ash-pan.
To effect my purpose I have a receptacle constructed of sheet iron or other suitable
material of any shape and size that may conveniently fit into the space beneath the
grate. This receptacle is divided into two compartments by the sifter, which is a
perforated plate, grating, or wire netting, fitted into grooves on the sides of the
receptacle or supported in a groove, or on a lug, or lugs, or by swivel joints at the
back of the receptacle, and resting in front on the lip or sloping part of the receptacle
bereafter described. The sifter is movable but it is not intended that it should be
removed when the ash-pan is beneath the grate. The front of this receptacle or
ash-pan above the sifter is shaped like a lip so that a shovel can be easily inserted and
the cinders removed while the ash-pan is beneath the grate. The sifting can be
performed sufficiently well by stirring the cinders and ashes on the sifter with a shovel
or poker. When it is desired the ash-pan is drawn out from beneath the grate, the
sifter taken out or opened, and the ashes removed.
To show more clearly how my invention is carried out, I furnish drawings in which
similar letters represent corresponding parts throughout.
Fig. 1 is a representation of the ash-pan in position under the grate.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the ash-pan.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the lip and sifter.
A is the lower portion of the ash-pan to contain the ashes.
B is the lip on the upper front part of the ash-pan.
(is the sifter.
D) is a handle to lift the ash-pan.
E is a knob on the ash-pan.
F is the rim of the lip.
G is a lug on the back of the ash-pan to support the sifter.
H is the upper part of the ash-pan.
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:
An ash-pan with cinder sifter substantially as described and set forth in the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of February 1887.
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for the Applicant.