US1046911A - Sanitary cuspidor. - Google Patents

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G. L. WALKER.

SANITARY OUSPIDOR. v AYILIOATION FILED A PR.12, 1912. I

134 ,91 1 Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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GENE L. WALKER, OF CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO THOMAS B. WILKINS, OF GUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SANITARY GUSPIDOR.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Application filed April 12, 1912. Serial No. 690,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GENE L. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Custer, in the county of Custer and State of South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to cuspidors, and has for its primary object to provide a cuspidor in which the same will be rendered sanitary, so as to avoid the possibility of offensive odors rising therefrom.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cuspidor which is rendered thoroughly clean, so as to prevent the accumulation of saliva or sputum, thereby avoiding the spreading of diseases, and making the cuspidor thoroughly sanitary.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cuspidor which is simple in construction, thoroughly eflicient in its purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through the ceil-v ing and adjacent floor of a building, showing the cuspidor constructed in accordance with the invention mounted with relation thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the cuspidor.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 designates a portion of a ceiling, and 6 the floor spaced therefrom, in which is mounted the cuspidor, presently described.

The cuspidor comprises a funnel-shaped body 7, preferably constructed from metal, the said body being formed with a contracted end 8, provided with an internally threaded collar 8, which is suitably fitted in the contracted end and is adapted for detachable connection with a discharge nipple 9, having externally threaded ends for en gagement in the collar 8, and a waste or drain pipe 9'. Suitably fixed in the contracted end 8 of the said body and projecting outwardly laterally therefrom is a water inlet nipple 10 with whichis connected a water supply-pipe 11 so that water may be introduced into the cuspidor for the flushing thereof the water supply pipe 11 being provided with a cut-off valve 13 of the usual type.

The body 7 and its contracted end 8 is formed with an inner lining 14 which is spaced from the said body and contracted end to provide a water circulating chamber 13, the smaller end of the lining 14 being designed to abut against the collar 8 to provide a water tight joint therebetween, the body 7 at its larger end being connected with the lining 14 through the medium of an annulus 16 and this lining 14 is formed near the upper edge thereof with a plurality of rows of perforations 17, which permit the water to flow into the cuspidor forthe washing or flushing thereof. The inlet nipple 10 communicating with the water chamber 15 permits the water to flow into the space 15 for the discharge of the said water through the perforations 17 into the cuspidor.

What is claimed is:

A cuspidor comprising a discharge nipple adapted to be connected with a drain pipe and having an externally threaded end, a funnel shaped body having inner and outer spaced walls united together at their larger ends, an internally threaded collar fitted in the smaller end of the body and abutting against the inner wall and detachably connecting the threaded end of the discharge nipple, the said inner wall being provided with rows of apertures near the larger end of the body and a water inlet nipple fixed in the outer wall of the body and communicating with the space between the latter and the inner wall for supplying water thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GENE L. WALKER.

Witnesses:

HAROLD R. HANLEY, FLoYD Gr. Bonn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. 0."

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