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C. 'HEN|S.

Coal Scuttle.

No. 60,003. PatentedNov. 27,1060( ji v coat scUTTLB.

CHARLES' 4r. H ENIs, or CINCINNATI, oIIIo, Lemsltm No: 60,003, ma November-2r, 1866.

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HENIS, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved manner of constructing Coal Scuttles ;v and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying `drawings `and to the letters` of reference marked thereon. i* A The nature of my invention consists in forming the bottom and foot of coal scuttles of one single piece of@ V sheet metal, with a perpendcularshoulder of sucient height to permit the side piece of `the hod to be riveted y to it without the necessity of turning a flange thereon; also in corfugating that portion forming the foot s0 as f t" f to facilitate forming or stamping it. v i

` To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction.

I construct my improved coal scuttle of any of the well-known forms in all particularsexcept in the bottom i and -foot, A. This I make of one piece of metal, in a more durable manner than those heretofore made, as those in common use are made in three separate pieces,- and require much more labor to secure together, and cannot be so securely fastened to the main body of the scuttle as the plan shown at In order to iacili#` tate the forming or stamping of the bottom and foot, A,also, as well. as to add stiifness tothe said bottom and I foo-t A, I'corrugate the foot,as shown at B; thisrall'ows the metal, in the formin-gor Vstamping process, to more readily conform to the shape of the die, and therefore economizes in the material u sed, as' the tearing or breaking of such material is thereby greatly reduced. Thebottom and foot, has an o'set around theY upper edge, A as shown at C, upon which the main body of the scuttle'ts and is riveted, as seen at d d; said rivets passing I Y through the lower edge of -the body and the upper edge of the foot under the bottom when finished, making the outer surfaces of body and foot lush and even. The foot is wired around the lower edge or bottom in the usual` manner, and the whole being neat, durable, and cheap.

I am aware that the bottoms of coal scuttles'have been made of a single piece of cast iron; but this was not a practical mode, owing to the frequent breakage, and extra weight causing the rivets to get loose. Itherefore do notclaim such use of cast iron. Y y

I am aware that the bottom and base of a sheet-metal vessel have hitherto been made` in one piece, shaped by stamping or otherwise, but lthe body of such a vessel has always been'secured thereto by solder or` by turning` a ange outward around the bottom of said body, through whichrivets were passed-into the base, as` inthe patent'of Thomson Smith and Jennings, March 20, 1866. I therefore do not claim either of these methods, because to solder sheet iron is practically insnicient, and rivets in any other than a direction at right angles to the direction of strain will permit the joint to open. i

By the method herein shown the parts maybe manufacturedwith, ease and facility, and the method of joining them insures a degree of eliicacy and permanency not'hitherto attained by similar means.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The coal hed, constructed with its body D fitted upon the shoulder C of th'e corrugatedbase B, as and for the purpose set forth.. i

cIIARLE-sr. HENIs.

-Witnessesz e OSCAR Hasn, I; WM. B. SHEPPARD.

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