US1450A - Coal-sifter - Google Patents

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HORACE WELLS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT,

COAL-SIFTER.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 1,450, dated December 31, 1839.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HORACE WELLS, ot the town and count-y ot Harttord and State ot Connecticut, have invented a new and usetul Machine tor Separating the Ashes trom the Coal and Ashes that have Fallen tro-m the Stove or Grate; and I do hereby declare that the following is a tull and clear and exact description ot the construction and operation ot the same, reterence being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot this specification.

The machine or sitter consists ot an oblong box M which is made some inches longer than the stove pan or draw, the bottom ot which is represented by the line marked A in the annexed drawings ot which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. Qis a sectional view through the center, the draw being partly inserted in the case.

The top is represented by the letter C, the back part by the line marked B and the tore-part above the stove draw or pan when inserted in the sitter, and above the sieve and below the top marked II. The bottom and top are ot equal size; the two sides are also ot equal size and ot the same width as the length ot the end represented by the line marked B.

The sieve which is represented by the line marked E, Fig. 2, is not as long by some inches as the, bottom orytop, but is ot the same width and ot an equal length with the stove pan or draw, is made by wires crossing each other, or by making holes through a piece ot tin or sheet iron or some other substance and suflicient in number and sufficiently large to let the ashes through, which are with the coal and separates the space marked J J J, which is made torreceive the stove pan or draw trom the space marked F, F, F, into which the ashes tall when the machine is turned over they are separated trom the coal by the sieve E.

G represents the space between the stove pan or draw when it is shut within the sitter and the back part B and into which the ashes descend when the case stands on they end B.

I represents the stove pan or draw partlyl inserted and K the handle to the same. The whole machine or sitter is made ot sheet tin or iron or other substance. l

rIhe stove pan or draw marked I is taken trom the stove or grate and contains the ashes and coal that have tallen trom the stove or grate, and is inserted in the space marked J, J, J; the draw is then to be shut` within the sitter. The whole machine is then turned over bottom side up resting on the angle ot the case marked z' on the floor. The end ot the machine I-I is then elevated so as to torni an angle ot about 15 or 20 degrees' with the horizon. The machine or sitter is then shaken briskly untilthe ashes are separated trom the coal by the sieve and have tallen into the space F, F, F. The

end II is then still turther elevated so that the end ot the stove pan shall be parallel with the horizon the end B standing on the floor the ashes trom the space F F F will thus ltall into the space Gr. The machine or sitter is then turned so as to again .stand upon its bottom A. The whole machine is then shaken so as to level the coal in the' stove pan I. The stove pan I whichcontains the coal separated trom the ashes can then be withdrawn-turned over and emptied ot its contents which will be the coal or cinders completely separated trom ashes dust &c.

To discharge the ashes trom the case which' will now lbe in the space G-the end B must be elevated when the ashes will descend `over.

Y H. WELLS. Witnesses NATHAN JOHNSON, ELIJAH KNOX.

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