Improvements in Ash Sifters.
Year: 1899

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ash Sifters.
I, SAMUEL HARTRIDGE, Farmer, of Huntington Harbor, in the County of Suffolk
and State of New York, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: --
My invention has relation to ash sifters, and the object is to provide a device
of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, inexpensive
of production, and by means of which the ashes may be easily and quickly sifted,
and the dust therefrom prevented from rising.
With these objects in view, the invention consists in certain features of con-
struction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and
claimed.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ash-sifter, showing it ready for
use; and
Figure 2 is a similar view of the parts separated.
In said drawing, 1 represents a rectangular box having ser
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legs 2, the lower ends of which project below the bottom of the box, and may-ve-
formed with handles 3.
4 denotes vertical strips secured to the sides of the box, two on the rear side,
and one on the front side. These strips project considerably above the upper edge
of the box, and to the strips on the rear side of the box, is hinged the cover 5.
6 denotes the rectangular frame having a screen bottom, adapted to fit on the
upper edge of the box and be held in position by the legs 2 and the strips 4.
When in place, the cover 5 is swung down, and may be fastened to the strip 4,
on the front side of the box by the hook 7.
8 denotes a bail or handle by means of which the device may be carried from
one place to another.
Particular stress is laid upon the legs 2, which observe three functions; first
as a rocking fulcrum by means of which the ashes are sifted; secondly, as means
for preventing the endwise shifting of the sieve frame; and thirdly to provide
means by which the box may be rocked from side to side.
The strips 4 on the rear side of the box besides holding the sieve frame against
lateral displacement in one direction, also serve as means for hinging the cover
to the box, while the strip on the front side of the box serves to prevent the
sieve frame from moving laterally in the opposite direction, and is also provided
with a staple to receive the fastening hook of the cover.
The device is exceedingly simple, may be made at small cost, and is easily
operated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The combination with a box, having legs at its ends, the lower ends of said legs

page_text: projecting below the lower edges of the box, and the upper ends projecting above
the top of said box, of strips secured to the front and rear sides of the box and
having their upper ends projecting above the upper edge of the box, a sieve frame
adapted to be supported upon the upper edge of the box and held against displace-
ment by the upper ends of the strips, and by the upper ends of the legs, and a
cover hinged to the upper ends of the strips, and are secured to the rear side of
the box, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 16th day of March 1899.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.