Removable fireplace cleanout
OwnerJohn P. Browninventor
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Abstract
The removable fireplace cleanout facilitates the chore of cleaning ash and/or other residue from a fireplace. The cleanout device is a relatively wide, low pan or tray configured for placement within a fireplace hearth. Wheels and/or other rolling supports extend beneath the device to facilitate its installation in and removal from the fireplace hearth. One wall of the device includes a dump door, with the weighted door being held closed by gravity until the unit is tilted to dump ash and residue therein. Fillets may be provided to preclude trapping of ash in the corners of the device. An integral grate may be permanently installed atop the floor of the device, thereby precluding need for grate removal and soiling of the area where the grate is placed during conventional fireplace cleanout.
Claims10
A removable fireplace cleanout, comprising:
- a debris collection tray having a floor pan defining a periphery and a plurality of sidewalls extending upward from the periphery, including a front wall, a rear wall, and first and second lateral sidewalls, the rear wall having an opening defined therein;
- a debris dump door panel having an upper edge and a lower edge;
- a weight mounted adjacent the lower edge of said debris dump door panel;
- and
- at least one top-mounted hinge pivotally attaching the upper edge of the dump door to the rear wall of the tray, whereby the dump door closes the opening in the rear wall when the tray is level and swings open by gravity when the tray is tilted so that the rear wall is downward.
A removable fireplace cleanout, comprising:
- a debris collection tray having a floor pan defining a periphery and a plurality of sidewalls extending upward from the periphery, including a front wall, a rear wall, and first and second lateral sidewalls, said rear wall having an opening formed therethrough;
- a debris dump door panel having an upper edge and a lower edge;
- a weight mounted adjacent the lower edge of said debris dump door panel;
- pivotal means pivotally joining the upper edge of said debris dump door to the rear wall of said debris collection tray, whereby the dump door selectively closes the opening in the rear wall when the tray is level and swings open by gravity when the tray is tilted so that the rear wall is downward;
- and,
- a grate permanently affixed to the floor pan of said tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.