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Description

(No Model.)

J. A. SEITZ.

ASH SIFTER.

No. 328,147. Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS A. SEITZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 328.147, dated October 13. 1885.

Application filed February 16, 1885. Serial No. 156,046. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it ma /y concerm Be it known that I, J ULIUS A. SEITZ, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Sift'ers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the acconpanying drawings and the letters and figures therein.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple, cheap, and dustless ash sifter of the class designed to be used in connection with any ordinary pail, barrel, or similar ashreceptacle, and to combine durability and strength with cheapness of manufacture,

Fgure lis a vertical section through the sieve, the band or hoop, the cover, and the pail. Fig. 2 is a side view of the sieve and band or hoop, the latter being partially removed. Fig. 3 represents a top View ot' the seive with the handles and wire-screen bottom. Fig. 4 is a section through the lower fiange of the sieve, showing the way of inscrting the wire screen or netting.

The band has a flaring eorresponding to that of any ordinary pail, and being constructed of light sheet metal without fiange, wiring, or head on it is therefore Very fiexible, and conforms itself to the shape of the pail or ashreceptacle and forms thus a tight joint. On

its top edge,e',rests the sieve g,provided with I handles h l,by means of which a horizontallyvibrating motion can be imparted to said sieve. The flange f of the sieve is bent over or wired to give it greater sti ffness or rigidity. i

The top edge, e', of the elastic band e, as well as the flange f of the sieve g, is perfectly straight, and forms thus a tight joint. The

sieve g is covered with a cover, d, resting with its flange on the fiange of the sieve, and thus again forming a tight joint, preventing `screen slipping out of the sieve through the weight of the ashes and cinders is overcome, the weight of the ashes having in this case a tendency to still further push the wire-netting in the bead and secure it there more fi'mly.

I am aware that prior to ny invention ashsifters have been made by inserting wire bottoms in bands and securing them by folding, soldering, or corrugating; but in those cases straight bottoms have been used. Such I do not claim.

XVhat I do claim and dcsire to secure by Letters Patent isl. An ash-sifter comprising a flexible netallic band or hoop, e, having edge e', and adapted to be inserted in a suitable ash-receptacle, a sieve having a flange, f, resting on said edge e', and a cover, d, substantially as described.

2. An ash-sifter comprising a flexible metallic band or hoop, e, adapted to be inserted in a suitable ash-receptacle, a fianged sieve 75 having secured at its lower edge a slightlyconvexed wire screen, b, and a cover, d, sub stantially as described.

e J ULIUS A. SEITZ.

Witn esses:

LoUIs BECK, FRANK RUDOLPH.

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