ashpan
Fireplace debris collector
An ashpan is a metal tray fitted beneath a fireplace, stove, or furnace grate to catch falling ashes.
It slides out for emptying.
The term appears most often in connection with steam locomotives, where the ashpan sits below the firebox: The engineer cleaned out the ashpan at the end of the run.
Smoldering fire remnants
- cindersPartly burned coal pieces
- grateFramework of metal bars
- fireboxFuel-burning enclosure
- hearthFireplace floor area
clinker · coal · soot · combustion · kindling · firewood · logs · burning
Heat-driven mechanical motor
- fireboxFuel-burning enclosure
- grateFramework of metal bars
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- stokerFurnace fuel feeder
tender · boiler · railcar · hopper · clinker · cinders · flue · smokestack
Partly burned coal pieces
Extent of variation
embers
Smoldering fire remnants
hearth · clinker · coal · soot · combustion · kindling · firewood · logs · burning · smoke
steam-engine
Heat-driven mechanical motor
stoker · tender · boiler · railcar · hopper · clinker · cinders · flue · smokestack · engineer
cinders
Partly burned coal pieces
range
Extent of variation
tray
Shallow portable platform
bin · scoop · shovel · bucket · pail · holder · compartment · catchment · liner
emptying
Removing all contents
shoveling · scraping · dumping · raking · sifting · brushing · clearing · sweeping
- boilersboiler, boilers, steam boiler, gas boiler, feedwater
ashpangrate
Framework of metal bars
fire grate · firebox · coal grate · fire basket · combustion chamber