Improvements in and connected with Coal Boxes and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Coal Boxes and the like.
WILLIAM COLIN MORISON 72 Willows Road Birmingham Gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists mainly of a receptacle into which coal or other suitable substance
may be placed, and duly removed as may be required say for kindling or
replenishing a grate fire in a room.
It consists of a, preferably wooden, box preferably oblong in length and square
in width with one of its two ends open and the other closed, and when the box is
in its normal upright position said open and closed ends are respectively the upper
and lower ends of the box.
Said open end is furnished with a cover hinged preferably to one side of the box
(rather than made in two, meeting in the middle, and hinged to two sides of the
box) while the lower edge of the box, on the same side to the upper portion of
which the cover is hinged, is hinged to a stationary foot piece, on which normally
rests the free portion of the bottom of the box, in such manner that the box may
be suitably turned on said lower hinge in the same direction as said cover is
opened. To enable the box to be readily so turned a suitable handle is fixed to
and projects upwards from the outside of the upper end of the box diagonally
opposite to said lower hinge.
So as to prevent said cover on being opened striking against the side of the box
a suitable rubber cushion is suitably fixed to the side of the box.
A suitable pocket arrangement is fixed to one side of the box to receive a suitable
shovel.
By opening said cover coal, or the like, may readily be dropped into the box
which, by means of said handle, being duly suitably turned on said lower hinge
may readily be suitably inclined to enable said coal to be readily taken out of the
Bame.
Preferably a sheet metal box is fitted closely inside of the wooden box so that
coal, or the like, may be placed in it rather than in the wooden box which is partly
ornamental.
Said metal box is suitably provided with a handle to enable it readily to be
carried, placed within, and duly withdrawn from, the wooden box.
It desired the free end of the cover when opened may readily be arranged to
support the free end of the box on being turned on the lower hinge and suitably
inclined; for said purpose, if desired, the cover may be placed against the aforesaid
cushion; or some other simple well known arrangement may be used for said
purpose.

page_text: WILLIAM COLIN MORISON 72 Willow's Road Birmingham Gentleman do
bereby 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 :-
This invention is of a box upright, or nearly so, to contain coal, or other suitable
inaterial, and is formed with a hinged cover to its upper end and having its lower
end hinged to a foot frame in such manner that it may readily be inclined as
required and in that position retained by means, preferably, of a linked supporting
piece which is duly suitably placed automatically upon the floor by the act of
inclining said box.
Of said invention Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a front and side view, the box
being shown open and in its normal upright position, while in Fig. 2, it is also
shown in its inclined position by dotted lines.
The floor is indicated by the line r, s.
The letters of reference apply to the same parts in both drawings.
The box a, Fig. 2, in its normal upright position is preferably inclined slightly
forward and is shown open with its cover b, hinged at c, c¹, retained close to the
front of the box by the free portion of the rubber spring d, fixed in a recess
formed in the edge of the free portion of b, engaging with the rounding projection e,
formed on the upper portion of the piece ffixed to the front of said box; the
position of said cover when covering the open end of the box is shown by dotted
fines, in Fig. 2.
The lower end of said box is connected with the foot frame 9 by means of the
hinges h, h, which enable it to be inclined in the position shown by dotted lines in
Fig. 2.
The two similar levers i, ¹, work respectively on the pins k, k', fixed to and
projecting from the sides of the box, so that as the box is being inclined forward
said pins are carried forward with it, and as the upper ends of said levers are
similarly connected on each side of the box respectively with the upper ends of the
links 1, 1, (only one being shown) the lower ends of which work respectively on the
pins g, g, (only one being shown) fixed to and projecting from the sides of the foot
frame 9, the upper ends of the levers i, , are to a certain degree prevented by the
connecting links 1, 1, from moving forward with the pins k, k¹, as the box is being
inclined, which thus causes the lower ends of said levers to be moved comparatively
rapidly forward, the upper ends of said levers being short, compared with their
lower ends. Fixed between and to the lower ends of said levers is the suitably
formed piece m, which as the box is being inclined is suitably carried forward and
downward until it reaches the floor, line r, s, when it then acts as a support for the
inclined box, as shown in Fig. 2.
The knob n fixed to the cover 6 enables said cover to be readily worked on its
hinges c, c¹, as required.
The handle o is fixed to the box to enable it to be readily worked on its
hinges h, h; while the handles p, p', enable the whole device to be readily lifted.
By moving the box from the inclined position, shown in dotted lines, to its
normal upright position the piece m is duly returned to the position shown in full
lines.
When the box is open and inclined a part of the upper and inner portion of the
cover projects above the front of the box and is thus exposed to particles, say, of
coal dropping upon it, to prevent which, if desired, the front of the box may be
extended upwards to the extent of the thickness of the cover the inner portion of
which equal to the thickness of the front of the box being cut away, to allow of its

page_text: properly fitting when closed, while the position of the hinges c, c¹, remains as
shown; thus, the cover could be kept much more out of the way of said droppings.
If preferred, in lieu of the piece m and its connecting levers and links, the cover
may be arranged with a suitable catch to retain it in the required position to
support the box in the desired inclined position.
If desired, the cover, hinged as shown, may be formed of two suitable portions
hinged together so that when the box is suitably inclined the outer and lower
portion of the cover may suitably rest flatly upon the floor and thus with the other
portion, inclined from the box, support the box in the inclined position.
Or the cover may be formed of two suitable portions hinged together in such
manner that the box may be supported in the inclined position by the first and
upper portion of the cover resting against, say, a small rubber cushion fixe.l to
and projecting from the front of the box while the outer and lower portion inclines
outwards from the front of the box with its outer edge resting upon the floor.
Any competent mechanic may readily perceive how the method of arranging
the cover and of supporting the box in the required inclined position may be easily
modified in many ways; therefore I claim the arrangement generally as my
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. The construction or general arrangement and combination of the parts of
my aforesaid invention substantially as and for the purpose bereinbefore described,
and substantially as shown by the accompanying drawings.
2nd. The box a, with its cover b, hinged to the foot frame 9 substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described, and substantially as shown in the
accompanying drawings.
3rd. The piece m connected and worked substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described, and substantially as shown in the accompanying drawings.
4th. The levers i, 1, and links 1, 1, substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described, and substantially as shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of April 1896.
W. C. MORISON.