US541638A - The noshis peters co - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

G. SHANKLIN.

ASH SISTER. No. 541,638. Patented June 25, 1895.

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' GILBERT SHANKLIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VASHQSIFTER.

srncrrrcncrromrorming pari. of Letters @Patent No. 541,638, dated :runs 25, 1ee5. Application filed November 16, 18794. Serial No. 528,971. (No model.)

for its object to provide a simple, cheap,l

readily constructed, and perfectly operating device of this character by means of which the coals may be quickly separated from the ashes by the reciprocation of a lever, and-the said coals remain in the shaking chamber while the ashes fall to the bottom of the sifter.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ash-sitter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the exact center of the same. Fig. 3 isatransverse section taken upon the line w Fig. 2.

In the practice of my invention,I construct an oblong box A, having secured across the same slightly above the bottom thereof rollers a, on which rests a trough shaped drawer B, closely fitting in one end of the box, and

provided with a knob h. Immediately above this drawerB are mounted rollers c, on which is placed a receptacle or chamber C, of just sufficient width to slide freely, in the box A, and of considerably less length than the same. This chamber C is open at the bottom throughout, and provided with an interior peripheral ilange C', in which is inserted and secured a sheet of netting or other perforated material D.

Upon the under surface of the cover A of the box, which is hinged thereto at the rear and fastened by a catch A2, is secured at the center a cross-piece or bearing d longitudinally grooved at the top, between which and thelid slides a strip E, of approximately equal length with the chamber C and fitting therein. Projecting upwardly from the center of ,the vstrip E is a spindle e, working in a longitudinal slot f formed in the lid A At the rear of said lid is pivoted a lever F, havinga handle F thereon at the front and resting beneath awire guide F2 on the lid,'which limits the motion of said lever. The spindle e extends through the slot f above the level of the lid, and through a longitudinal slotvg in the lever F.

The cross-piece or bearing d has secured to the under surface thereofv a plate G, from one end of which depends a transversely ranging dange Gf divided to forma series of teeth G2.

VThe operation ofthe device will be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

The combined ashes and coals are inserted intothe chamber C and the lid closed and fastened. The lever F is then reciprocated by means of the handle F', thereby similarly actuating the strip E and the chamber C. This action shakes the ashes through the netting or perforated bottom D, and the teeth G2 being stationarily secured with reference to the cover, serve as a rake or agitator to siftthe mass as the chamber is slid back and forth beneath it, this being facilitated bythe rollers c, which cause the movement of said'chamber to be exceedingly free and easy, and of which more than the number shown may be employed, where desired. NVhen the operation is completed, the ashes will be within the drawer B, whence they maybe removed from time to time by sliding said drawer out on the rollers a, and the coals will remain in the chamber C, which may be removed from the box on lifting the lid A.

The advantages resultant from the use of the box, a strip slidably mounted therein and engaging the chamber, a lever pivoted upon the lid of the box and connecting to the strip to reciprocate the chamber, and a series of teeth projecting downwardly from the bearing of said strip to engage the coals and sift the ashes therefrom, substantially as shown and described.

2. An ash sfter comprising a box having rollers in the bottom thereof, a trough-shaped drawer resting thereon, transverse rollers journaled immediately above said drawer, a sifting chamber mounted on said rollers, said chamber being of considerably less length than the box and open throughout at the bottom, an interior peripheral flange in said bottom having a sheet of netting secured therein, a lid hinged tothe rear of the box, a transverse bearing or cross-piece secured centrally to the under surface of said lid, a strip sliding between the same and the lid and e11- gaging the ends of the chamber, a lever resting on said lid pivoted at the rear and hav ing a handle thereon at the front a guide-bar on said lid above the lever to limitthe movement thereof, a spindle projecting from the strip through longitudinal slots in the lid and lever, and a plate secured to the cross-piece having a transverse series of teeth depending therefrom, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of November, 189i.

GILBERT SHANKLIN. lVitnesses:

PERCY I. GRIFFITH, L. MULLER.

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