US439740A - Cuspidor-cleaner - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

M. BARGER. GUSPIDOR CLEANER.

No. 439,740. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IWIYNDERT BARGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUSPlDOR-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,740, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed May 17, 1890- To all whom it may concern.- v

Be it known that I, MYNDERT BARGER, a subject of the King of Holland, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cuspidor-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel device for cleaning cuspidors.

The contour of a large class of cuspidors in general use embraces, essentially, an outwardly and upwardly, flaring mouth and a spherical or outwardly-bulging. bowl or body portion at the lower or contracted portion of the mouth. The popularity of cuspidors of this shape is largely due to the fact that they receive and conceal the matter deposited therein in an efficient manner, and also that they can be manufactured very cheaply from a great variety of materials.

Cuspidors generally, owing to the particular use to which they are put, are difficult and inconvenient to clean; but this difficulty is increased in the class of cuspidors above referred to by reason of their bulging internal configuration and comparatively small mouth.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for cleaning cuspidors that can be easily and successfully operated without the exercise of skill, and that is durable, simple, and inexpensive to manufacture, and that can be quickly and easily applied to a cuspidor, and which when operated will thoroughly clean the flaring mouth and bowl at the same time. One of the main objects in a device of this kind is simplicity and durability, for the reason that such devices are not handled and operated by careful and painstaking persons, and it is of the greatest im portance that it should be compact and strong.

To these ends my invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a device embodying my invention applied to a cuspidor, partly in side elevation, and in vertical section on the line Z Z of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

In said drawings, a cuspidor A is shown in dotted lines, and comprises the outwardly- Serial No. 352,260. (No model.)

flaring mouth a and the outwardly-bulging or spherical bowl a.

The cuspidor-cleaner comprises, broadly, a revoluble shaft B, provided near one end thereof with brushes or cleaning devices B and B which are adapted for insertion into a cuspidor, and suitable devices for centering or steadying said shaft, so that it can be revolved centrally within a cuspidor. I have shown said brushes as being composed of tufts or bunches of bristles; but it is obvious that any suitable material can be employed for this purpose. The said brush B is adapted for cleaning the mouth of the cuspidor, and has its end made at an incline to correspond with the outward flare of the mouth a. The length of said brush B is such that it extends the entire length of the mouth of the cuspidor and is long enough to be applied to different sizes. brush B, and said block is provided with an opening through which the shaft B passes, and the block is secured to the shaft by means of set-screws b 17, having their heads exposed and passing through the block and abutting against said shaft. It will be further seen that by means of said set-screws the position of the block 1) upon the shaft can be varied to adjust the brush B to suit cuspidors of varying shapes and sizes, although it may be stated that there is a great similarity in size and shape between cuspidors of this class.

The brush B is adapted for operating within the bowl a of the cuspidor. In the drawings said bowl ct and brush ]3 are made semicircular in eontou r, although it is manifest that any other shape can be adopted, the essen-' tial feature being to have the brush B about the same shape as the bowl. The said brush B is carried by a block b which is provided with an opening through which the shaft B passes, said block being held rigid upon the shaft by means of set-screws b 19 passing through the block and engaging said shaft. The said brush B? is located at the end of the shaft, and the lower part 1) thereof is straight to reach the bottom of the cuspidor, said straight portion 12 extending to or beyond the center of revolution, so that when the brush is revolved the entire bottom surface A block 19 carries said of the euspidor will be acted upon. It will also be noted that the brush B is also longitudinally adjustable upon the shaft B, thereby adapting the device to cuspidors of varying shapes and sizes. The said brushes as a whole are located at right angles to the shaft B, and project radially therefrom in opposite directions, as shown. The parts for sustaining and revolving said shaft are constructed as follows: A circular cap-plate C is provided centrally with a bearing-aperture 0, through which the said shaft passes and fits nicely. The outer edge of the plate (3 is provided with a down-turned marginal flange 0. The said cap-plate is made about the size of the mouth of a euspidor, so that it rests on the top thereof with the annular flange embracing the outer edge of the said mouth, thereby holding said plate Stationary to provide a rigid bearing for the shaft. The said cap-plate also serves as a cover for the euspidor to prevent any water from splashing therefrom during the cleaning thereof. To furnish another bearing for the shaft a top plate C is provided, which has a bearing-aperture C for the shaft, which aperture 0 is in register with the other bearing-aperture c. The said top plate is sus tained at a suitable distance from the capplate 0 by means of a plurality of rods or posts 0 0 secured at the opposite ends to said plates. The shaft 13 extends above the top plate 0', and is there provided with a crank or handle B for turning the said shaft and revolving the brushes. Said handle B can be secured to the shaft by any desired means; but I have herein shown the end of the shaft reduced and screw-threaded, and a nut 1) upon the end of the shaft and holding the handle or crank rigid therewith.

The manner of using this device will be to apply the brushes B and B to the euspidor with the cap-plate resting on the top thereof. The operator then holds the cleaner in such position and revolves the brushes by means of the crank 13, and thus cleans the euspidor in an obvious manner.

It will be noted that the rods or posts or other connections between the cap-plate and the top plate provide means for holding and steadying the device when in use, and also serve as a handle by which the device can be carried and manipulated. Said handle is suifr ciently protected from the cleaning devices and will not be soiled or made unclean thereby.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I provide a highly efficient and use fnl article. The parts are so simple and so easilymanufactured that the device is strong The general arrangement and inexpensive.

of the parts provide a firm and solid bearing:

for the shaft, and the arrangement of the brushes on opposite sides of the shaft serves to further steady the shaft.

I am aware that devices have been invented and patented for washing or cleaning the interior of hollow articles-such as milk-cans, lamp-ehinn1eys,and the like; but in such devices the parts do not possess the requisite strength that a euspidor-cleaner must possess, owing to the different uses to which they are put. Furthermore, such devices are provided with springs and are adapted to be placed within the hollow object in acontracted position and thereafter expanded. All these functions tend to increase the number of parts comprised by the apparatus, thereby decreasing its durability and increasing its cost. The device herein shown is not collapsible and is not provided with any small or weak parts; but the numberof parts is reduced to a minimum and they are made in as durable a manner as possible.

I claim as my invention 1. A euspidor-cleaner having a revoluble shaft, a downwardly and inwardly inclined brush B for cleaning the mouth of a euspidor, and a curved brush B for cleaning the bowl thereof, said brushes being rigidly and iminovably secured to said shaft, substantially as described.

2. A euspidor-cleaner having a revoluble shaft, and .cleanerbrushes secured to said shaft and longitudinally adjustable thereon, substantially as described.

A euspidor-cleaner having a revoluble shaft, a curved brush B located at one end of said shaft for cleaning the bowl of a cuspidor, and a downwardly and inwardly inclined brush 13 upon the shaft for cleaning the month of a euspidor, said brush B being located above said brush 13 and upon the opposite side of the shaft, substantially as de scribed.

41-. A euspidor-cleanerhaving a top plate 0, a cap-plate C,bearin g-apertures in said plates, connections between said plates providing a handle for the device, a revoluble shaft passing through said bearing-apertures and provided near one end with brushes B and B, said cap-plate being adapted to rest upon the edge of the euspidor and provided with a marginal flange 0 for holding it thereon, substantially as described.

MYNDERT BARGER. \Vitnesses:

HARRY Conn KENNEDY, CHAS. G. PAGE.

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