Device for removing ashes from a burning fire

A device for removing ashes from a burning fire comprising a shovel-like body, said body having a bottom wall with a front end and a fixed back wall at generally right angles thereto, side walls upstanding from the bottom wall with upper free edges extending therealong and tapered to the front end of the bottom wall, a handle extending rearwardly from the fixed back wall, a top cover separable from the body having an upper surface, means adjacent the handle to pivot said cover with respect to said body, means to support the cover generally parallel to the bottom wall so that its upper surface is no lower than the free edges of the side walls, the upper surface of said cover having unobstructed edges from which solid material may be discharged by inclining the same, said upper surface being foraminated for ashes to pass therethrough into said body whereby the body with the cover closed may be moved into a burning fire to pick up ashes and burning solid material, whereby the shovel may be inclined to the horizontal by the handle without changing the position of the cover to discharge the solid material back into the fire from the foraminated cover and retain the ashes which have passed through the cover to be withdrawn from the burning fire.