An Improved Oinder Sifter to be Used in Sifting the Oinders in the Firegrates of Houses and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st July, 1893—Accepted, 5th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Oinder Sifter to be Used in Sifting the Oinders in the
Firegrates of Houses and the like.
JAMES HENRY ATKINSON, Ironmonger, 196 Hunslet Road, Leeds, Yorkshire,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I form wire netting of a suitable mesh, into the shape of an open basket, raised
a distance from the floor, by means of feet or supports.
I place the said sifter, or basket, underneath the grate of a fireplace, a portion
of the sifter protrudes and fits close within the ashpan or "tidy," thus catching all
the cinders and ashes which fall from the fire.
After removing the ashpan or
the cinders from the ashes.
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tidy" a slight shake of the sifter, will seperate
Dated this Eleventh day of January 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cinder Sifter to be Used in Sifting the Oinders in the
Firegrates of Houses and the like.
I JAMES HENRY ATKINSON of 196 Hunslet Road Leeds in the County of
York Ironmonger 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 :—
My invention consists in forming wire netting of suitable mesh in the shape of
an open, preferably rectangular basket; and of such dimensions as to fit the space
underneath the grate of the fire place and close within the ash pan or tidy, so that
all cinders ashes and dust dropping from the fire place fall into or through
the basket. The front edge of the basket is made to protrude somewhat beyond the
front of the fire bars, as it then catches any cinders etc. which fall out through the
front of the fire bars. The basket is mounted on feet or supports preferably formed
as shewn in the drawing to facilitate shaking the basket, so as to separate the
dust and ashes before removing the basket from its place beneath the fire grate.
The accompanying drawing shews my new cinder sifter in position below the fire
grate, the supports on which the same is mounted being indicated by the
letters a a.
The feet or supports are formed of strong wire. The basket itself may be
formed from one sheet of wire netting bent on a block of suitable size, the two
top wires on the selvedge edge of the netting being united to the two last cross
wires by twisting the two together at each corner after the longitudinal wire ends
have been turned over the last two cross wires, thus forming a selvedge edge all
round. In the action of blocking, the wires are drawn together at each corner,
and the horizontal wires bent up, thus forming a high place at each corner.
These
may be cut off level after the tying and twisting is done. The whole is then
dipped in a galvanizing bath.
I wish it to be understood that the above is intended merely as an illustration of
the manner in which my invention may be performed, but I do not limit myself to
the above described method of construction.

page_text: 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 improved cinder sifter constructed. entirely of wire or wire and wire
netting for use in sifting the cinders in situ, i.e. beneath the fire grates of house and
similar fires, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2nd. A cinder sifter consisting of wire network formed as a basket with an open
top and mounted on supports substantially as herein set forth;
Dated this 29th day of June 1893.
J. CLARK JEFFERSON, A.R.S.M. Wh. Sc.,
2, East Parade, Leeds, Agent for Applicant.