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US 4,727,855 AGranted
Fireplace ash disposal device
OwnerVictor Morsetteinventor
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Abstract
An ash disposal device having an elongated base member with a top sweep surface mounted transversely along the front of and flush with the floor of a fireplace, an ash opening through the sweep surface communicating with a depending ash chute below the base member, and a lid member hinged to the base member for opening and closing the sweep surface and the ash opening.
Claims8
A fireplace ash disposal device comprising:
- (a) a building comprising a sub-floor structure at a predetermiend elevation,
- (b) a fireplace in said building having a front opening and a fireplace floor supported on said sub-floor structure,
- (c) an elongated base member having an elongated top planar sweep surface substantially as long as the width of said front opening of said fireplace adjacent said fireplace floor,
- (d) support means mounting said base member along the front portion of said fireplace floor so that said sweep surface is substantially coplanar with said fireplace floor,
- (e) an ash opening in said sweep surface,
- (f) an elongated chute having one end in open communication with said ash opening and another open ash discharge end below said base member,
- (g) an elongated planar lid member having an elongated front edge portion and adapted to fit flush against said sweep surface, and
- (h) hinge means connecting said front edge portion of said lid member to said base member in front or said ash opening, to permit said lid member to swing between a closed position in which said lid member fits flush against said sweep surface and over said ash opening and an open position in which said lid member projects upward from said sweep surface to provide a barrier to ashes swept forward over said sweep surface and toward said ash opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.