An Appliance for Recovering the Unconsumed Fuel from the Deposit as they Fall from any House Fire-grate, thereby causing a con- siderable Saving of Fuel.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 8th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 17th Feb.,
1900
An Appliance for Recovering the Unconsumed Fuel from the Deposit
as they Fall from any House Fire-grate, thereby causing a con-
siderable Saving of Fuel.
I, ALEXANDER ANDERSON, of Sea View Gardens, Roker Park Side Monkwear-
mouth, in the County of Durham, Boiler Builder, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows;-
The object of my invention is for the recovery of the unconsumed fuel by
separating it from the deposit as they fall from any house fire-grate, thereby
causing a considerable saving of fuel.
The manner in which I propose to work my invention is as follows:-I provide
two drawers or boxes, which inay be made of any desired, suitable material, and
are placed in the space beneath any house fire-grate, one above the other. The
upper drawer or box I call the separator and the lower drawer or box I call the
deposit receiver. The separator has its bottom made as a riddle or is perforated
in order that the ash deposit may fall through into the deposit receiver below,
while the unconsumed fuel is retained in the separator. The separator may be
from time to time withdrawn and the recovered unconsumed fuel which it contains
be returned to the fire or otherwise disposed of, the ash deposit being removed
without the usual inconvenience of dust.
The separator and deposit receiver will project forward from the front of the
grate-bars and this projecting portion may be utilized to form a support for
cooking-utensils, &c. This support may be carried either from the separator or
from the deposit receiver as may be found most suitable.
The bottom of the separator is inclined to facilitate the fall and separation of
the unconsumed fuel, or the bottom may be made in various other shapes as may
be desired, to assist in carrying into effect the utility of my invention.
Dated 9th day of March 1899.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Recovering the Unconsumed Fuel from the Deposit
as they Fall from any House Fire-grate, thereby causing a con-
siderable Saving of Fuel.
I, ALEXANDER ANDERSON, of Sea View Gardens, Roker Park Side Monkwear-
mouth, in the County of Durham, Boiler Builder, 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:-

page_text: separating it from the deposit as they fall from any house fire-grate, thereby
causing a considerable saving of fuel.
The manner in which I propose to work my invention is as follows:-I provide
two drawers or boxes, which may be made of any desired, suitable material, and
are placed in the space beneath any house fire-grate, one above the other. The
upper drawer or box I call the separator and the lower drawer or box I call the
deposit receiver. The separator has its bottom made as a riddle or is perforated
in order that the ash deposit may fall through into the deposit. receiver below,
while the unconsumed fuel is retained in the separator. The separator may be
from time to time withdrawn, and the recovered, unconsumed fuel which it contains,
be returned to the fire or otherwise disposed of, the ash deposit being removed
without the usual inconvenience of dust.
The separator and deposit receiver will project forward from the front of the
grate-bars and this projecting portion may be utilized to form a support for
cooking-utensils &c. This support may be carried either from the separator or
from the deposit receiver, as may be found most suitable.
The bottom of the separator is inclined to facilitate the fall and separation of
the unconsumed fuel or, the bottom may be made in various other shapes as may
be desired, to assist in carrying into effect the utility of my invention..
In order that my said invention may be more fully understood, I shall now
proceed to describe, by means of the accompanying sheet of drawings, the features
of my invention which it represents.
Figure 1 represents a cross section of the separator and deposit receiver in
position beneath any house fire-grate. Figure 2 is a front elevation, and Figure 3
is a plan view of the same.
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A" is the separator, of which "B" is the riddled or perforated bottom.
"C" is the deposit receiver and "D" is the support for cooking-utensils &c.
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
1. The separator with its riddled or perforated bottom as in the manner shown
and specified.
2. The deposit receiver as described and shown.