Improvements in Ash-pans.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1894-Accepted, 11th Aug.. 1894*
Improvements in Ash-pans.
I, MARY ANN JACKSON of 71 Forest Road, in the Borough of Nottingham,
wife of R. H. Jackson, of the same address, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates more especially to improvements applicable to ash-pans for
kitchen ranges but is also applicable to ash-pans generally.
In carrying out this invention the body of the ash-pan is formed of a box
preferably shaped so as to fit into the recess under the grate.
Fitting in the upper part of this box is a removable tray of a suitable depth
preferably provided at the back and sides with a beading to retain it in position
and at the front with a projecting lip or shoot to catch the ashes falling out of the
front of the grate. The bottom of the removable tray is formed by a grating of
suitable construction through which the ashes fall into the body of the box while
the cinders are retained in the tray by the grating and may be returned to the fire
when desired.
The arrangement described is specially applicable to ash-pans for kitchen ranges
but it may be modified to suit fire-places of different construction.
Dated this 18th day of October 1893
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Ash-pans.
MARY ANN JACKSON 71 Forest Road Nottingham wife of R. H. Jackson of
the same address, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in ash pans for use in connection with
house fire grates, the improvements being more particularly applicable to ash pans.
used in connection with cooking ranges kitchen grates and others of similar
construction.
At the present time ash pans as generally used are in the form of an open box,
which fits the space under the grate, and into which the cinders ashes and pieces of
coal fall from the fire, and unless these are separated by independent means, the
cinders and coal are thrown away with the ashes.
Now with an ash pan constructed according to this invention the objections to the
present ash pans are overcome, this being accomplished by making the ash pan in
two parts, the lower of which is shaped to fit the space under the grate. The upper
part of the ashpan is removably fitted to the inside of the lower part, and has a
projecting lip or shoot to catch the cinders falling from the front of the fire, while
the bottom is made in the form of a grating, through which the dust and ashes fall,
leaving the cinders, which can then be dealt with as desired.
The accompanying drawings, referred to with following detailed description,
illustrate this invention as applied to ash pans for ordinary kitchen ranges.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of an ash pan and Fig. 2 a plan of the same.
The lower part a of the ash pan is shaped to fit the space under the grate and is

page_text: constructed according to any of the well known methods, the top of the same
having by preference a wire b round it to strengthen it, and to form a support for
the upper part which also has a wire d at the top which is arranged as shown to
rest upon the wire b. At the front of the upper part c is a lip or shoot e which
projects some distance over the front of the lower part of the pan and allows the
fatter to be made so much smaller. The bottom of the upper part c is formed by
a grating which is supported on the flanges 9 and held in position by plates or
preferably by a clip h which extends all round the inside of the upper part c and is
fastened to the flanges 9 by rivets or other convenient means.
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The upper part may be made shorter than the lower part as shown in the
drawings, or it may be made to extend the full length of the lower part, and when
applied to grates fitted with dust preventers, the shoot is dispensed with. The
upper part may also be provided with handles if desired, and it may be supported
on ledges fixed to the inside of the lower part.
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 :-
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1. An ashpan for the purpose herein set forth having a lower part and a
removable upper part the bottom of which is in the form of a grating and which
may have a projecting lip or shoot at the front of the same substantially as shown
and described in the accompanying drawings and Specification.
2. The combination and construction of the parts forming the improved ash pan
as shown and described and for the purpose set forth in the accompanying drawings
and Specification.
DaLed Luis orn day of Jniv 1894
DALEO LOIS DID day of July 1894
W. H. POTTER, M.I.M.E.,
Patent Agent,
Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.