Iм- PROVEMENTS IN COAL VASES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Hayward Perman, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of “Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN COAL VASES."
Sealed the 10th September 1870, and dated the 15th June 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Hayward
Perman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 15th June 1870.
I, CHARLES HAYWARD PERMAN, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COAL VASES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the arrangements or combinations of parts
herein-after described for opening and closing the lids or covers of coal
vases, whereby the opening and closing of the said lids or covers by
hand is dispensed with and the soiling of the fingers thus prevented.
My said Invention consists in so constructing and arranging the said
lids or covers, and parts connected with them, that the opening of the.

page_text: lid or cover is effected by the withdrawal of the hand scoop or shovel
from its pocket or pouch at the back of the coal vase, and the closing
of the lid or cover is effected by the introduction of the said hand scoop
or shovel into its pocket or pouch.
According to one arrangement of my Invention I make the bottom
or body of the coal vase of a semicircular figure, and I use a curvilinear
sliding lid or cover working under the curved bottom of the vase to
close the said vase. The edges of the sliding lid or cover work in
grooves at either side of the vase, and when the lid or cover is in its
raised position it covers the open front of the coal vase and closes the
said vase, and when the said lid or cover is in its depressed position
it lies under the bottom of the vase and uncovers the opening in
front of the vaso. The sliding lid or cover is so arranged with respect
to the opening in the front of the vase that the said lid or cover takes
the last described or open position by its own weight. A curved
metallic strap or band is connected to the back of the sliding lid
or cover, and passes into the pocket or pouch at the back of the vase
into which the hand scoop or shovel is inserted. The upper end of
the said strap or band is provided with a forked plate or clip, with which
the end of the hand scoop may engage. When the hand scoop is
introduced into its pocket or pouch at the back of the vase, and its
end engaged with the clip or fork described, the weight of the said
scoop pushes before it the forked band of the sliding lid or cover, and
causes the said lid or cover to be raised and close the vase. When
the hand scoop is removed from its pocket the sliding lid or cover being
no longer kept in its raised position by the scoop descends by its own
weight to the under side of the vase and thereby opens the said vase.
Thus the introduction of the hand scoop or shovel into its pocket closes
the vase, and the removal of the said scoop or shovel from its pocket
opens the said vase.
According to another arrangement of my Invention I use a jointed
lid or cover. In this arrangement a cranked or bent lever is jointed
to the under side of the top of the vase, the said lever turning in a
vertical plane. The end of the outer arm of the lever carries an anti-
friction roller, and bears upon the under side of the jointed lid or cover
beyond the joint. The other or inner arm of the lever is pressed down
by a spring, the pressure of the said spring causing the outer arm of

page_text: the lever when at liberty to move to be raised and with it the lid or
cover. A horizontal arm is jointed to the inner arm of the lever, and
passes into the pocket at the back of the vase by a slot in the said
pocket. When the hand scoop or shovel is withdrawn from its pocket
the jointed lid is raised by the action of the lever and spring and the
coal vase is opened. When the lid is raised the outer end of the hori-
zontal arm protrudes into the pocket of the hand scoop, and on intro-
ducing the said scoop into the said pocket the back of the said scoop
pushes inwards the said horizontal arm. The inner arm of the lever is
thereby raised and the outer arm made to descend from the lid or cover.
The said lid or cover is thereby allowed to fall by its own weight and
close the vase.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Hayward Perman in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 8th December 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
HAYWARD PERMAN, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Fifteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Charles Hayward Perman, Her special licence
that I, the said Charles Hayward Perman, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Hayward
Perman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COAL VASES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Charles Hayward Perman, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be

page_text: performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Hayward Perman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of the arrangements or combinations of parts
herein-after described for opening and closing the lids or covers of coal
vases whereby the opening and closing of the said lids or covers by hand
is dispensed with, and the soiling of the fingers thus prevented.
My said Invention consists in so constructing and arranging the said
lids or covers, and parts connected with them, that the opening of the
lid or cover is effected by the withdrawal of the hand scoop or shovel
from its pocket or pouch at the back of the coal vase, and the closing of
the lid or cover is effected by the introduction of the said hand scoop or
shovel into its pocket or pouch.
According to one arrangement of my Invention I make the bottom
or body of the coal vase of a nearly semicircular figure, and I use a
curvilinear sliding lid or cover working under the curved bottom of
the vase to close the said vase. The edges of the sliding lid or cover
work in grooves at either side of the vase, and when the lid or cover
is in its raised position it covers the open front of the coal vase and
closes the said vase, and when the said lid or cover is in its depressed
position it lies under the bottom of the vase and uncovers the opening
in front of the vase. The sliding lid or cover is so arranged with
respect to the opening in the front of the vase that the said lid or cover
takes the last-described or open position by its own weight. A curved
metallic strap or band is connected to the back of the sliding lid or
cover and passes into the pocket or pouch at the back of the vase, into
which the hand scoop or shovel is inserted. The upper end of the said
strap or band is provided with a forked plate or clip with which the cnd
of the hand scoop may engage. When the hand scoop is introduced
into its pocket or pouch at the back of the vase and its end engaged
with the clip or fork described the weight of the said scoop, together;
with the pressure of the hand, advance the sliding lid or cover and cause
the said lid or cover to be raised and close the vase. When the hand

page_text: scoop is removed from its pocket the sliding lid or cover being no longer
kept in its raised position by the scoop descends by its own weight to
the under side of the vase, and thereby opens the said vase. Thus the
introduction of the hand scoop or shovel into its pocket closes the vase,
and the removal of the said scoop or shovel from its pocket opens the
said vase.
According to another arrangement of my Invention I use a jointed
lid or cover. In this arrangement a cranked or bent lever is jointed
to the under side of the top of the vase, the said lever turning in a
vertical plane. The end of the outer arm of the lever carries an anti-
friction roller and bears upon the under side of the jointed lid or cover
near the joint. The other or inner. arm of the lever is pressed down by
a spring, the pressure of the said spring causing the outer arm of the
lever when at liberty to move to be raised, and with it the lid or cover.
A horizontal arm is jointed to the inner arm of the lever, and
passes into
the pocket at the back of the vase by a slot in the said pocket. When
the hand scoop or shovel is withdrawn from its pocket the jointed lid is
raised by the action of the lever and spring, and the coal vase is opened.
When the lid is raised the outer end of the horizontal arm protrudes
into the pocket of the hand scoop, and on introducing the said scoop
into the pocket the back of the said scoop pushes inwards the said
horizontal arm. The inner arm of the lever is thereby raised and the
outer arm made to descend from the lid or cover. The said lid or cover
is thereby allowed to fall by its own weight and close the vase.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in
which the same is to be performed :-
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Figure 1 represents in perspective, and Figure 2 in longitudinal
section a coal vase provided with a curvilinear sliding lid or cover
according to my Invention, the said vase being represented closed;
Figure 3 represents in perspective, and Figure 4 in longitudinal section,
the said vase open. The same letters of reference indicate the same
parts in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
a is the body of the coal vase, the bottom 6 of which is nearly semi-
circular, or has the figure of a portion of a circle; c is the pocket or
pouch at the back of the coal vase for receiving the hand scoop d. The
front marked as of the body of the coal vase a is open, the said open.

page_text: front being covered and uncovered so as to close and open the coal vase
by the curvilinear sliding lid or cover e, working under the curved
bottom of the coal vase. The edges of the sliding lid or cover e work
(see Figures 3 and 4). The
weighted by the ornamental
the lid or cover e when at
in grooves ff, at either side of the vase;
top edge of the said sliding lid or cover e is
beading e³. By means of the said beading
liberty to move descends and passes under the bottom of the vase a and
uncovers the opening a' in the front of the vase as illustrated in
Figures 3 and 4. When the weight of the lid or cover e is counter-
balanced by the hand scoop d as herein-after described the said lid or
cover is raised and made to cover the open front a² of the coal vase as
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. To the bottom edge of the curved lid or
cover e a curved strap or band g is attached, the said strap working
through the loop h and passing into the pocket or pouch c at the back
of the coal vase. The upper or outer end of the strap or band g is
furnished with a trough shaped plate i (or a fork or clip may be used) for
receiving the front end of the hand scoop or shovel d. When the coal
vase is open the trough i of the lid or cover e is situated above and
covers the top of the pouch or pocket c.
scoop d after use is restored to its place in
end of the said scoop into the trough
pushing the said scoop downwards.
To close the vase the hand
the pocket c by inserting the
of the sliding lid or cover and
The trough plate i and band g are thereby carried to the bottom of the
pocket c, the descent of the band g causing the lid or cover e to be
raised in front of the vase and close the said vase as illustrated in
Figures 1 and 2, the weight of the hand scoop d maintaining the lid or
cover in its closed position. To open the coal vase the hand scoop / is
withdrawn from its pouch or pocket c. The sliding lid or cover c being
no longer kept in its raised position by the weight of the said scoop
descends to the under side of the vase, and opens the said vase as
illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
In order to increase the size of the opening in front of the coal vase
a portion of the top of the vase may be formed into a jointed lid, which
jointed lid may be opened and closed by the action of the sliding lid or
cover e. A jointed lid k at the top of the coal vase is represented in
Figures 1, 2, and 3 combined with a sliding lid or cover, but I wish it to
be understood that the said sliding lid or cover may be used without the
jointed upper lid.

page_text: The jointed upper lid k is worked by the lever m, m³, and double
link p, q, in the following manner:-The short outer arm m of the
lever m, m², bears against the under side of the lid k and the outer arm m²
of the said lever is connected by the double link q, p, to the top of the
sliding lid or cover c. The lever m, m³, and double link q, p, are situated
between the partition plate and one of the sides of the body a of
the coal vase. The partition plate is represented partly broken off in
Figures 2 and 4. When the sliding lid or cover e descends to open the
coal vase the inner arm m² of the lever m, m³, is depressed by the links
p, q, the outer arm m of the said lever raising the jointed lid k, as
illustrated in Figure 4. The sliding lid or cover e and jointed lid k are
thus simultaneously opened. When the sliding lid or cover e is raised
to close the vase the inner arm m² of the lever m, m³, is also raised, the
descent of the arm m permitting the jointed lid k to fall and close the
top of the coal vase, as illustrated in Figure 2.
Figure 5 represents in perspective and Figure 6 in longitudinal section
a coal vase with a jointed lid or cover for opening and closing the front
of the vase constructed according to my Invention, the vase being
represented closed; Figure 7 represents in perspective and Figure 8 in
longitudinal section the said vase open. The same letters of reference
indicate the same parts in Figures 5, 6, 7, and 8; t is the body of the
coal vase; is the open front of the same; u is the pocket or pouch at
the back of the vase to receive the hand scoop v; w is the jointed lid
or cover of the coal vase jointed at w² to the top of the body; x, x², is a
cranked or bent lever turning in a vertical plane on the centre x³. The
end of the outer arm x of this lever carries an antifriction roller which
bears against the under side of the lid w near its joint.
The other or inner arm x² of the lever x, x², is pressed down by the
spring or band of india-rubber y (or by a coiled spring), the pressure of
the said spring y causing the outer arm x of the lever when at liberty to
move to be raised, and with it the lid or cover w; z is a nearly horizontal
arm having a sliding motion. The inner end of the said arm z is jointed
to the inner arm of the lever x, x², and the outer end of the said arm
carries an antifriction roller. The outer end of the arm z passes
through a slot in the back of the coal vase and is pressed outwards by
the action of the spring y upon the lever x, x³, into the pocket u.
The arm is guided in its sliding motion by the pin and slot represented.
When it is wished to open the coal vase the hand scoop is withdrawn

page_text: introduction of the hand scoop into the pocket of the vase and for raising
the said lid or cover by the withdrawal of the hand scoop from the said
pocket substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Hayward Perman, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
CHARLES HAYWARD PERMAN. (L.S.)