Improvements in Sifter Shovels.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st Dec., 1890-Accepted, 31st Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sifter Shovels.
1, EDWARD FLEMING of 1773, Lexington Avenue, in the City County and State
of New York, United States of America, Physician, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
1
With the ordinary form of grate or stove it is desirable that some provision be
made for the separation of the ash or dust and the cinders, before their removal, in
order that the cinders may be returned to the fire and utilised and the dust
deposited in any convenient receptacle.
The object of my invention is to provide a shovel that may be used to sift its
contents and from which the ash receptacle may be readily detached.
The shovel proper may be formed from a single sheet of metal brought to the
proper curved shape, and its edges overlapped and rivetted, the bottom of the
shovel being flat and of openwork or perforated and the shovel provided with side
flanges which are produced by bending out the metal. A handle is secured to the
curved part of the shovel and the bottom constitutes a sieve and stands at an angle
to the handle. The dust receptacle is of similar shape, but its bottom is not
perforated and it is provided with grooves which fit on the flanges of the shovel
when in place. Its front edges may, however, have a line of perforations to prevent
clogging. When in position, the dust receptacle will receive the dust which passes
through the bottom of the shovel as the shovel is s aken while the cinders are
retained in the shovel and may be returned to the fire.
In another form, the handle projects from the dust or ash receptacle and the
sifter has an open wire bottom which at front is hooked to secure it to the dust
receptacle while at the rear of what constitutes the sides of the sifter are cars
which engage recesses in the receptacle or the front upper corners of the dust
receptacle may be bent inwardly and downwardly to engage the forward ends or
sides of the sifter.
The combined instrument may be conveniently used as a shovel and the ash
receptacle readily detached when necessary.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1890.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sifter Shovels.
I, EDWARD FLEMING of 1773, Lexington Avenue, in the City County and State
of New York United States of America, Physician, 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 :-
With the ordinary form of grate or stove, it is desirable that some provision be
made for the separation of the ash or dust and the cinders before their removal in
order that the cinders may be returned to the fire and utilized and the dust
deposited in any convenient receptacle.
The object of my invention is to provide a shovel that may be used to sift its
contents and from which the ash receptacle may be readily detached.

page_text: Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shovel, the position of the ash receptacle
being indicated by dotted lines.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the ash receptacle.
Figure 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the combined implement, and
Figures 4 and 5 are perspective views illustrating modified constructions.
Similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the
views.
10 represents a shovel that is preferably formed by taking a single sheet of
metal, entting it into proper form, bending it so that flanges aa will be formed, and
carrying the wings d of the blank upward and overlapping the edges of the wings
and uniting the said edges by rivets c. The bottom is an openwork or perforated
one for the purpose of forming a sieve. A hamile 11 is secured in place as repre-
sented. The structure formed as above described constitutes a shovel of which the
sieve bottom & forms an angle with the handle 11.
The ash receptacle 12 in the form shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 3, is formed by
taking a blank cutting it into proper shape and bending and rivetting the several
flaps to place as represented. The edges of the sides of the receptacle 12 are
bent over to form grooves or ways adapted to receive the flanges a of the shovel,
the arrangement being such that the ash receptacle may be applied to the sieve as
indiented by dotted lines in Figure and as shewn in full lines in Figure 3. If
desired, a catch might be provided for holding the receptacle to the shovel. For
the sake of convenience I prefer to provide the receptacle with a handle 11.
The ash receptacle is applied to the perforated shovel, as indiented by dotted
lines in Figure 1, and then the ashes and cinders in the ash pit of the stove are
gathered and the implement is shaken while in the stove whereby the ash will pass
downward in the receptacle 12 while the einders will be retained above the sieve
body then if the receptacle be removed from the sieve the einders may be thrown
on to the fire.
:
Instead of forming the shovel bottom_from_apertured sheet metal it will be
understood that wire netting might be employed.
In the form shewn in Figure 4. the handle 11 of the ash receptacle 12" and the
removable sifter member it has the front end of its wire bottom & formed with
hooks that hook over the front end of the ash receptacle. The rear end of the
member 10ª is formed with downwardly-extending ears 10° one on each side, that
engage the upper edges of the sides of the receptacle.
In the form shewn in Figure 5, the ash receptacle is formed similarly to that
shewn in Figure 4 except that the front upper corners 12 of its sides are bent
inwardly and downwardly, for engaging the forward ends of the sides of the
removable sifter member 10*.
The combined implement may be conveniently used as a shovel and the ash
receptacle readily detached when necessary.
In Figure 2, the ash receptacle is shewn perforated at its extreme front end, as
at 14, to prevent the ashes from clogging at said end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what mauner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is-
1. The combination, with a shovel having an openwork or perforated bottom, of
a receptacle for dust and ashes, the said receptacle being detachably held to the
shovel, substantially as described.
2. The herein described combined implement comprising a shovel having a
perforated or openwork bottom and an ash receptacle detachably held to said
shovel, both the shovel and ash receptacle tapering toward the front enabling them
when connected to he used as a shovel, substantially as described.
3. The herein described combined implement comprising a shovel having a

page_text: perforated or openwork bottom and upwardly-extending sides or flanges and a
receptacle for dust and ashes, detachably held to said shovel, substantially as
described.
4. The herein described combined implement comprising a shovel having a
suitable handle and a perforated or openwork bottom inclined with respect to the
handle and a receptacle for dust and ashes, having an open top and inclined sides
adapted to the incline of the shovel, substantially as described.
5. The combination, with a shovel having a perforated bottom, of an ash
receptacle below said bottom and formed with a perforated front end, substantially
as described.
Dated this 21st day of Dom1000
E. FLEMING.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.