US282924A

US282924A - John pons

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Publication number: US282924A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-08-07
Anticipated expiration: 1900-08-07

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(No'ModeL) J. PONS.

ASH SIFTEB. No. 282,924. Patented Aug. 7, .1883.

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OF SAME PLACE.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,924, dated August '7, 1883.

' Application filed March 17, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN PoNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Sifters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved ashsifter, and will first be described, and then .designated in the claims. I

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is an elevation, the front side being almost wholly removed to show the structure in section. Fig. 2 is a side view.

A designates the casing or walls of the device; B, the removable hopper, secured to its position on top of the case by means of the hook c engaging with the staple d. The hopper has a bottom, 6, adapted to slide horizontally. One end projects from the side, as shown in Fig. 1, and serves as a handle, by which it may be moved in or out to allow the ashes in the hopper to drop.

A wire screen, F, has an inclined position at an angle of about forty-five degrees, inclining toward one side of the case, and is immediately below the hopper, and an ash-board, h, has its upper end under the lower end of the said screen, and inclines in the reverse direction, or toward the opposite side of the case.

. A second and lower wire screen, G, has its upper end resting against the case, and inclines ina direction reverse to or opposite that of the upper screen. An'inclined ash-board, i, is below the lower screen.

Below the screens is a chute, L, for the screened coal, whi ch chute inclines toward the front of the case. The direction of inclination of the chute with respect to that of the lower screen and the ash-board h is lateral or sidewise. The lower end of thelower screen, G, rests upon the upper edge of one side of the chute, which is cut off horizontally to admit of it, and the lower end of the ash-board h rests upon the other side of the chute. The

discharge end of the inclined chute projects from the front side ofthe case, as shown in Fig. 2, and will deliver the screened coals into a hod or box placed under it- The coal-chute L and screens incline in directions transverse or crosswise to each other. This construction of an inclined coal-chute, in connection with the lower screen and upper ash-board, provides for the delivery of the screened coals at lifted off to permit the box to be emptied. A

stirrer is provided to prevent the coals and ashes from choking or lodging on the upper screen. A lever, p, is pivoted to a short shaft, at q, in the inclined cover A of the case, and a knob or handle onv the end of the lever serves as a hand-grasp, by which it may be moved back'and forth, as indicated by the broken line in Fig. 2.

To the pivot-shaft g, on the inside of the case, is attached a bar, 1", which is provided with one or more pins or teeth, .3. It will be seen that when the outside lever, 19, is moved back and forth the bar and its teeth also move across the upper screen, and serve to dislodge any adhering coals.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1 1. A11 ash-Sifter consisting of a screen, F, inclining toward one side of the case, an ashboard, h, under the said screen and inclining in a reverse or opposite direction, a second and lower screen, G, inclining in a direction reverse to or opposite that of the upper screen, and a chute, L, below the screens and ashboard, which inclines toward the front of the case and in a lateral or sidewise direction with respect to the screens, as set forth.

2. In an ash-sifter, the combination of an inclined screen, F, an inclined cover, A, over said screen, a short pivot-shaft, q, in the inclined cover, a bar, 0*, attached to the pivotshaft on the inside of the cover, and provided with teeth 8, and a lever, 19, attached to the pivot-shaft on the outside of the cover, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PONS. IVitnesses:

JOHN E. MoRRIs, JNO. T- MADDoX.