US403456A - Coal and wood cabinet - Google Patents

Description

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H. BRANDT.

GOAL AND WOOD CABINET.

No. 403,456. Patented May 14, 1889.

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GOAL AND WOOD CABINET.

No. 403,456. Patented May 14, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BRANDT, OF BROOKLYN, NEY YORK.

COAL AND WOOD CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,456, dated May 14, 1889. Application filed January 19, 1889. Serial No. 296,832. (No model.)

To aZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BRANDT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Coal and lVood Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

My invention relates to a cabinet for holding coal or coal and wood conveniently at hand in akitchen, store, or elsewhere, to supply fuel for making and replenishing coalfires; and the invention has for its object to provide a simple, comparatively inexpensive, cleanly, and efficient structure of this character.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the cabinet, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front View of my improved coal and wood cabinet. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, taken on the line :20 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the coal-dust pan partly withdrawn and the coal-dust chute closed. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the cabinet, taken on the line y 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line z z in Fig. 4. Fig. dis a plan view of the coal-dust chute; and Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof, with its weighted valve closed.

The outer case, A, of the cabinet is provided with a top, which is formed, mainly, of a removable or hinged door, a, which gives access to the upper main coal bin or compartment, B, for filling it with coal. This bin is formed by the front, back, and opposite side walls of the case and two inclined bottom boards or plates, 1) 12, causing the bottom of the bin to slope in two directions, or toward the rear and right-hand side of the cabinet, to provide thereat an opening or discharge-outlet, b from which the coal falls from the bin into a delivery box or chamber, 0, having a door, 0, at the front of the cabinet, Which may be opened to allow necessary supply of coal for a stove or heater to be shoveled from the rearwardly-sloping floor a of the chamber.

The right-hand side wall of the cabinet, in connection with a vertical partition, a, therein, divides that part of the cabinet below the coal-bin to form at the left hand a wood-box, D, access to which is had through a door, (Z, hung or fitted at the front of the cabinet. At its lower part the wood-box is provided with opposite cleats, e e, on which may be supported a board, E, which, when used, forms the bottom of the wo0d-box and provides beneath it a chamber or compartment, F, in which brushes, wip in g-el0ths, or other cleaning utensils may be kept, and access to which may be had through a lower door, f, fitted at the cabinet front; but should this chamber F notbe desired, the board E may be placed directly onto the bottom a of the cabinet to enlarge the wood-box, and as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

The coal-bin bottom board, 1), extends clear across from side to side of the cabinet, and to the lower edge of this board, between the lower part of the other inclined bottom board, Z), and the left-hand side wall of the cabinet, is fastened, by glue or otherwise, a vertical board or plate, g, thereby forming above the board b and under the board I) a secret compartment, G, above or at the top of the Woodbox, and the existence of which would not be suspected or apparent by opening the door of the box. This compartment G thus serves as a hiding-place in which any articles it is desired to preserve secretly may be safely concealed from unauthorized persons who would open the wood-box door. This feature of the cabinet is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

The space in the cabinet between its right hand side wall and the vertical partition a, and below the coal-bin B, and at the right hand of the wood-box D, is occupied by the above-mentioned coal-delivery chamber 0, a lower compartment, H, in which the coal-dust chute I and dust-receiving pan or vessel J are placed, and an upper box or compartment, K, provided next the bottom board, I), of the coalbin and at the top of or above the coal-delivery chamber. Access is given to the compartments H K, respectively, by doors h k, fitted at the front of the cabinet. The compartment K is intended to receive paper or other light fire-kindling materials or substances, which thus are held conveniently at hand. This compartment K may, however, be dispensed with in so far as other features of my invention are concerned.

At the top of the rear upper part, h, of the coal-dust compartment H there is fitted to the rear wall of the cabinet and to the top of the inner upright end wall, 0 of the coal-delivery chamber 0 an inclined grating or screen, L, which is made, preferably, of cast-iron, and with its grate-bars tapering from their upper to their lower faces or edges and separated sufficiently to allow passage through the grating of dust or screenings from the coal,which in passing from the outlet 19 of the coal-bin falls directly upon and down the grating on its way to the delivery-chamber 0 through the upper slanting passage or part, 0 of this chamber, which is formed between the rear end wall, 70, of the kindlings-compartment K and the grating or screen L, all as most clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In order to control the downflow of larger or smaller coal from the bin B to the compartment C, so that it shall not flow too freely or shall not clog at the passages b c, I fit to the under side of the coal-bin bottom board, I), in the compartment K a sliding gate or valve,

M, which may be adjusted in its keeper 1% Y and in a slot, m, made through or at the top of the wall 70, so as to open the passage 0 next the grating L, more or less, as the size of the coal or its desired fiow shall require. Aset-screw or equivalent clamping device, N, is provided at the keeper m to bind or clamp the gate or valve, however it may be adjusted. The gate is preferably made of thin metal, which may quite readily be forced through or into a body of coal at the passage 0 to allow easy and quick adjustment of the gate, access to which is had by opening the door 70 of the kindlings-compartment.

The dust-chute I (shown detached in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings) may be made of either cast or sheet metal or other material, and has a general downward taper or incline at each of its sides toward its contracted open lower end or month, 'i, next which the chute is provided with a pair of lugs, 0 0', to which ispivoted or fulcrumed a valve or plate, 0,

, which at its farther end or edge is provided with a weight, 0, preferably cast onto the valve, and which acts normally to close the valve to the chute-mouth 2', as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and thus cut off flow or escape from the chute of coal dust or screenings which had fallen into it during the passage of the coal from the bin B down the grating L into the delivery-chamber C, and thereby prevent fall of this refuse material onto the floor of the compartment II when the pan or box or vessel J is removed therefrom. The inner or front face of the valveweight 0 is so formed that as the box J is pushed fully into its compartment H the inner end of the box will strike the weight which holds the chute-valve closed, and will swing the valve open .to allow the screenings or dust from the chute to fall directly into the box. As long as the box holds the valve open, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the dust from the screen L will fall through the chute I into the boxJ; but as soon as the box is withdrawn to empty it or for any other purpose the weighted valve 0 0 will instantly close the chute and hold in it any dust falling from the screen until the next time the valve is opened by pushing in the box J under the valve and chute. It is obvious that with this construction the dust or screenings from the coal will never fall onto the floor of the compartment II, and the constant cleanliness and utility of the cabinet is promoted.

The chute I is preferably provided with an outwardly-proj ectinghorizontal flange around 8 5 or at its upper edges, andthese flanges are fitted into grooves made in the walls of the cabinet, and a portion, a of the back wall is made loose to allow the chute to be slipped into place, whereupon this part a is placed 0 into a rabbeted opening of the wall and fastened by screws or otherwise.

I am not limited to the use of a removable chute, I, in the dust-outlet below theinclined grate or screen L, as I may use instead a fixed 5 chute or board or boards forming an outlet, whereat may be fitted a self-closing valve adapted to be opened by insertion of the dust pan or vessel in the lower compartment. Furthermore, this valve may be arranged in any manner, so it closes automatically and is opened by inserting the dust-receiver-that is to say, the weight closing the valve need not be the lug or projection on which the ashreceiver acts to open the valve, as a lug or projection separate from the weight or valveclosing devices may be provided for contact of the ash-receiver to open the valve for dis charging the ashes from the dust-outlet to the receiver. 1 1 o All the inside fixed partitions or parts of the cabinet are preferably fitted together by tongue-andgroove joints to make a light, strong, and durable structure, which may be made in any size, and may be finished at the outside by painting or otherwise to suit the taste or fancy or purchasing ability of the buyer and user, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-' I 2 1. In a cabinet, the combination, with a coal-bin, a communicating coal-delivery chamber, and a dust-outlet at or below the passage between said bin and chamber, of an inclined grating or screen forming the floor of said pas- I 25 sage and a self-closing valve fitted at the outlet for the dust below the screen, substantially as shown and described, whereby a dustreceiving pan or vessel placed below the dustoutlet will open the valvefor discharge of I3 dust into the vessel and the valve will close to retain the dust when the vessel is withdrawn, as herein set forth.

2. In a cabinet, the combination, with a coal-bin, a communicating coal-delivery chamber, and a lower dust pan or vessel compartment, of an inclined grating or screen forming the floor to the passage between the coal-bin and coal-delivery chamber, a chute fitted below this screen, and a self-closing valve fitted to the chute-outlet and normally retaining the dust in the chute and adapted to be opened by a pan or vessel placed in the lower compartment, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

an inclined screen, L, forming the floor of 20 the passage 0 a chute, 1, below the screen, and a self-closing valve, 0 0, at the chute-outlet, substantially as herein set forth.

HENRY BRANDT.

Witnesses HENRY L. GOODVVIN, C. SEDGWIOK.

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