Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 20th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 5th July, 1887.
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We CAMPBELL FORREST and ALEXANDER SYM, both of Philips Park Foundry,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Ironfounders, do hereby declare the nature
of our invention to be as follows:
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These improvements relate to that class of Ash pans generally known as "Gadroon"
Ash pans for fixing in front of Fireplaces and Stove grates to hide the ash and
cinders falling from the firo and consists in so constructing the ash pan that the
cinders and ash can fall into the pan and yet the content of such pan are entirely
screened from view leaving an entire bright and polished surface only.
In carrying out our invention we construct the framing and body of the pan very
much as heretofore but instead of the usual radial bars or platos operated by hand we
fit what we call our self-acting plates in lieu thereof. These plates consist of suitably
shaped pieces of steel or other metal hung on pivots in the framing of the pan with
the centre of gravity of the plates below the pivot in such manner that as the cinders
fall, they can push aside the plates and enter the ash box, the plates self-actingly
returning to the closed position and screening the contents of the ash box from view.
These self-acting plates can be arranged in a radial or other direction of any suitable
form as required.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We CAMPBELL FORREST and ALEXANDER SYM, both of Philips Park Foundry,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Iron founders, do hereby declare the nature
of our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
These improvements relate to that class of Ash-pans generally known as "Gadroon"
ash-pans for fixing in front of Fireplaces and Stove gratos to hide the ash and cinders
falling from the fire and consists in so constructing the ash pan that the cinders and
ash can fall into the pan and yet the contents of such pan be entirely screened from
view leaving an entire bright and polished surface only.
In carrying out our invention we construct the framing and body of the pan very
much as heretofore but instead of the usual radial bars or plates operated by hand we
fit what we call our self-acting screening plates in lieu thereof. These plates consist
of suitably shaped pieces of steel or other metal hung on pivots in the framing of the
pan with the contre of gravity of the plates below the pivot in such manner that, as
the cinders fall, they can push aside the plates and enter the ash box, the plates self-
actingly returning to the closed position and screening the contents of the ash box
from view.
These self-acting plates can be arranged in a radial or other direction and be of any
suitable form as required.
And in order that this our said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, we have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings illustrative
of our improvements in ash pans and will now proceed to describe the same with the
assistance of the various Figures and letters of reforence marked thereon.
Fig. 1. is a plan view, Fig. 2. a front sectional view across the line a—b in Fig. 1.
and Fig. 3. a side sectional view of a segmental form of ash pan embracing our
Improvements, but it must be understood that the improvements are equally applicable
to rectangular and all other forms of ash pans and for screening the various designs and
usual shapes of fireplaces.
In all the views a. is the usual framing and body of the ash pan supporting on the
top a correspondingly segmental skeleton frame or plate b. This latter carries the
improved radial bars c. hereinafter called the "self-acting screening plates" which
in accordance with this invention are not fixed rigidly in position as heretofore but are
provided at each extremity with pivots or projecting pins d. which are designed to
enter holes either formed in the front and back edge of the framing itself or (which
we prefer) to mount, as illustrated, in grooves a formed in the upper surface of a
bar e. as seen separately in Fig. 4. These bars e. are clamped on the underside of the
segmental skeleton frame b. and secured thereto by bolts and nuts f. or by set screws,
rivets, or in any other suitable manner.

page_text: In Figs. 5. and 6. we illustrate a plan and a cross sectional view respectively of one
of the self-acting screening plates c. shewn separately which in this case is angular in
form, but the same may be curved or of any other desired cross-section and be
constructed of steel, iron, brass or other suitable metal and be polished or otherwise
ornamented on the outside. These screening plates c. thus mounted, have their centre
of gravity below the points of suspension and being equi-poised, thus have a constant
tendency to rest with their lower adjoining edges in about the same horizontal plane
but should a cinder fall from the fire-place on to one of the said screening plates c. or
between any two of them, the equilibrium is at once disturbed, and, turning partially
upon their pivots or axes, they so open or diverge from each other and permit the
cinder to fall through into the pan below. Having thus disposed of the extra weight,
the self-acting screening plates c. immediately re-assume the normal or closed position
and so effectually screen the contents of the ash pan from view.
Instead of employing a skeleton frame b. as a supporting medium for the self-acting
screening plates c. we sometimes dispense with the former and mount the pivots direct
into holes or their equivalents formed in the ash pan itself or in plates secured thereto,
and instead of pivots projecting from the screening plates c. it will be apparent that
the same may project from the ash pan or its framing into holes formed in the ends of
the screening plates. In other cases and where greater sensitiveness is desired, we
construct the screening plates to turn upon centres or knife edges.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, wo declare that what wo claim is :—
Mounting the screening plates of an ash pan for a fireplace upon pivots or axes
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
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JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicants.