US654117A - Coal-bucket. - Google Patents

Description

ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY B. MADDOCKS, OF DUNCANSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COAL-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,117, dated July 17, 1900. t-

Application filed November 29, 1899. Serial No. 738,722. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. MADDooKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dunoansville, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Coal-Bucket, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to coal hods or buckets, and has for its object to provide a device 1o of this class which, besides being adapted to the ordinary use to which it is put, will also be adapted to hold kindling-wood and a small quantity of coal-oil, the main body to be divided into coal and wood compartments and t 5 a small coal-oil can to be secured in position or made as part of the-hod.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts herez'o inafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating a coal hod or bucket provided with 5 the improvements which form my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View on the plane indicated by thebroken line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.- 4 is a transverse vertical sectional 3o view on the plane indicated by the broken line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a View of the strip of sheet metal cut to shape to form the sides and partition of my improved coal-hod. Fig. 6 is a view of a piece of sheet metal out to 3 5 shape to form the sides and bottom of the coaloil can.

Like letters of reference are used to indicate the same parts wherever they appear in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letter, Aindicates the sides, and B a cross-partition, in a coal-hod of ordinary shape, the parts being made of asingle piece of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 5, and bent into proper shape to form the ordinary hod, a suitable bottom C, ears D D, and a bail-handle E being secured to said sides A in any preferred manner. Necessarily the partition B must be secured at its free end at A to the sides, and the free end 5o of the sides must be secured at B to the an gle at the point of bending the strip of metal inward to form the partition.

F indicates a can or box adapted to contain coal-oil, the same being formed of a single piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 6, the part Gl forming the side, the part H the bottom, and the part I one end, of the can. In constructing the can the parts H and I are bent at right angles to the part G, forming the end and bottom, as aforesaid, vand the 6o part J bent downward at right angles to the bottom. A small flange K at the upper edge of the partition B is bent over to ahorizontal position, as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3, and a ilap L hinged thereto. In putting the can to- 6'5 gether the parts G, I-I, and I are secured in position against the partition and the side of the hod under the flange K and flap L, the two last-named parts forming the top of the can, and the side of the hod one end of the can, all 7o the edges being properly soldered in position to make the can oil-tight and the hinged iiaptop L being provided with a catch M to engage over the edge of side G and hold the lid closed when desired.

In practical use one of the compartments into which the hod is divided by the partition B will be used for coal, the other for' kindlingwood, and the can for coal-oil into which to dip the kindling-Wood when about to kindle 8o \\l a iire.

With my improved combination coal-hod the necessity of using three separate articlesviz., a hod for coal, a basket or other vessel for kindling, and a coal-oil can-is avoided, and the labor and veXation attendingthe collecting together and putting away of these articles is dispensed with, it being necessary with this invention to carry only the one combination coal-bod. By its use the danger at- 9o tending the handling a full coal-oil can in the neighborhood of the fire, which has caused much damage and loss of life, is entirely avoided.

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

1. A coal-hod provided with sides and a partition formed of a single piece of sheet metal, the free end of the partition being seroo cured to the side, and the free end of the strip forming the sides secured at the angle of the sides and partition, and an oil box or can secured in the angle of the sides and partition, substantially as'described.

2. The combination coalhod herein described comprising a strip of metal bent to form the sides A and partition B, one free end being secured at A to the sides and the other at B to the angle of the sides and partition,

a. flange K on the upper edge of the partition,

a Hap L hinged to said flange, and a piece of metal bent to form side G, bottom H, end I and turned-up flange J secured to the partition under the flange K and flap L and to the sides A, the partition and sides forming' one'side and end of, and thus completing a box or can with hinged lid, substantially as described.

` HENRY B. MADDOCKS.

WVitnesses:

J. S. M. GIBSON, Sr., GEORGE l?. WILK.

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