Improvements in Soot Collectors for Smoke Passages, Chimneys, and I the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Soot Collectors for Smoke Passages, Chimneys, and
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the like.
I, CARL BAER, of 33, Schurelborcherstrasse, Eltville on the Rhine, in the
Empire of Germany, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
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My present invention relates to soot-collectors for smoke-passages chimneys,
or the like, and consists of a preferably rectangular frame or box, made of sheet-
iron and suitably secured in a corresponding aperture made in the wall of the
smoke passage, chimney or the like, so that the soot falls upon the bottom of said
box or frame. The box or frame is provided with back and front walls, hinged
to said frame, said back wall being adapted to be folded inwardly upon the front
wall when the latter is turned outwardly in horizontal position for removing the
soot. In order to prevent the floor from being soiled by soot when it is desired
to remove the latter, said front wall is in the shape of a shovel having suitable
sides for retaining the soot and permitting the same to be easily removed without
soiling the floor.
Dated this 28th day of February 1899.
Improvements in Soot Collectors for Smoke Passages, Chimneys, and
the like.
I, CARL BAER, of Eltville on the Rhine, Germany, Architect, 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 present invention relates to soot-collectors for chimneys and other smoke
passages, the object being to provide a device of this kind, with, which, the soiling
of the floor in rooms etc., is effectively avoided, and it consists in the features
of construction and combination of parts fully described hereinafter and specially
pointed out in the claims.
And in order that this my invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into effect or practice, reference is hereby made to the accompanying
drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the improved device with the parts in closed
Dositions, and

page_text: Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device with the parts in open positions.
Like numerals refer to like parts in both views.
Referring to the drawings 1 indicates the front wall of a chimney or other
smoke passage provided with a suitable preferably rectangular aperture 2. The
top of the latter is lined with a metal plate 3, the front end of which is bent
upwards as indicated at 4 and provided with an eye or loop 5 for the purpose
hereinafter described. The rear or inner end of said plate 3 is bent downwards
as shown at 6 and provided with a downwardly extending lug 7 for the purpose
hereinafter described. The bottom of the aperture 2 is slightly concave and
lined with a corresponding metal plate 8 the front end of which is bent down-
wards as shown at 9, the rear end of said plate 8 being bent upwards as shown
at 10. To the front end of the metal plate 8 is hinged the front door 11 provided
with sides 12, 12, and with a projecting band 13 which ensures the tightness of
the joint when the door is closed as shown in Fig. 1. The door 11 is held in
closed position by means of a lever bolt 14 working on a pivot a adapted to
engage the above-named eye or loop 5, said lever bolt 14 being secured to a
suitable handle 15 pivoted to the door 11.
When the door 11 is in its open
position it is supported by means of a lever 16 pivoted to the wall 1 and pivotally
secured to the end of another lever 17, the other end of which is pivotally secured
to one side wall 12 of the door 11.
To the rear upwardly extending_part_10_of_the_bottom plate 8 is hinged the
inner door 18 adapted to be folded outwardly upon the front-door 11 as shown
in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. When said door 18 is closed, it rests
against the rear downwardly extending part 6 of the top plate 3 and is held-in
closed position by means of a pivoted lever 19 adapted to engage the above named
Flug 7 on said top-plate 3. The lower part 20 of the lever 19 is preferably hinged
to the latter so that it can be folded upwards in horizontal position (see dotted
lines in Fig. 1) to serve as a handle for said lever 19.
To remove soot from the chimney or smoke passage, the front door 11 is first
folded downwards in horizontal position and the inner door-18 is then folded
upon said front door as shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. It will
be seen that the side walls 12, 12 of the front door together with the inner door 18
when folded upon the front-door prevent soot from falling upon and soiling the
floor of the room.
It is evident that many changes may be made in the arrangement and minor
details of construction without departing from the scope or sacrificing any
advantages of the invention.
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:-
A soot-collector for chimneys and other smoke passages, comprising top and
bottom plates suitably secured into the usual aperture in the chimney wall, an
inner door hinged to a vertically extending part on the rear end of said bottom
plate, an outer door hinged to the front end of the latter, suitable side walls on
said outer door, said inner door being adapted to be folded outwardly upon the
outer door in horizontal position, means for holding said doors in closed position
and means for supporting the outer door in its open position, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th dow of Vanamba 1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.