US475275A - Combined spittoon lifter and cleaner - Google Patents

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A.F ULLER. COMBINED SPITTOON LIFTER AND CLEANER.

No. 475,275. Patented May 17, 1892.

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No. 475,275. Patented May 17,1892.

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ANDREW FULLER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

COMBINED SPITTOON LIFTER AND CLEANER..

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 475,275, dated May 17, 1892.

Application filed July 25, 1891. Serial No. 400,670. (No model-1 T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW FULLER, of Bufialo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Spittoon Lifter and Cleaner; and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheets of drawings, forms a full,'clear,

and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to improvements in a combined spittoon cleaner and carrier; and it consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of parts and detailsof construction,ashereinafterfirst fully set forth and described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate my said invention more fully, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved spittoon lifter and cleaner. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same as employed as a spittoon-cleaner, the cuspidor being shown in section. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of the lifter, showing its mode of application. Fig. 4 is an elevation illustrating one of the various means for carrying my invention into effect. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views of the socket to which the blade-springs H are fastened. Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation in line 00 a: of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation in line y y of Fig. 6. Fig. 10 is an elevation of my device, showing the rod H pushed down and thereby drawing the springs H together. Fig. 11 is a plan of the upper end of the blade-springs H.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in all the figures.

The object of this invention is the production of a simple, convenient, and efficient combined spittoon carrier and cleaner. T0 attain this result I construct this household utensil substantially as follows:

A is a handle-rod of suitable length and thickness, having on its upper end a suitable handle B and on its lower extremity asocket O, to which are attached two blade-springs D D, carrying each on its lower end a brush E E of substantially semicircular form to fit the interior of a spittoon or cnspidor F. These blade-springs aresurrounded by a loop G, formed on one end of a rod H, the upper end of which is formed into an eye or handle I, by means of which the said rod H may be moved vertically on the handle-rod A, said rod H being held to this handle-rod by eye-guides J,

fastened to said handle-rod in any suitable 'manner.

the brushes being passed into the spittoon through its neck F, after which the rod H is retracted, and thus the spring-blades allowed to spread and force the brushes against the interior of the spittoon. If now a rotative motion is given to the handle B by the operator, the brushes will clean the interior of the spittoon in a very short space of time.

On the lower extremities of theblade-springs D D are formed projections or bends d, which form hooks, whereby by engaging the flaring top of the spittoon, as shown in Fig. 3, the latter may be lifted and readily carried about. To securely fasten the holder to the spittoon the loop Gr may be forced downwardly a certain distance, which will draw the bladesprings together, and thereby impinge upon the edge of the flaring top with more or less force in a manner readily comprehended. In Fig. 3 I have shown in dotted lines the loop G pushed downwardly, as described, for the purpose indicated.

It will thus be readily seen that this device is admirably adapted as a spittoon lifter as well as a cleaner and that it forms a very convenient and serviceable household utensil, avoiding the objectionable and often offensive task of handling and cleaning the spittoons with the hand.

In order to cheaply manufacture this device, I suggest that the handle-rod may be made of wood, similar to a broom-stick, and that the handle B be properly attached thereto,

this handle being made in gray or malleable iron of any suitable and convenient shape. The socket O on the lower end is, however, best made of malleable metal, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, where the socket Orterminates in a plate 0, having on both its sides projecting ribs 0 o and midway between these ribs a pin a". The space between these ribs admits the ends of the blade-springs, which are punctured with a hole a, Fig. 10, to pass over the pin 0" on the plate 0. It now these springs are placed into position between the ribs 0 0' upon the pin 0" and these ribs 0 c upset and drawn over the springs, as shown in Figs. 6 and 9, they will securely hold these springs in position. This method of fastening is extremely cheap, simple, and efficient, and as cheap as any that can be devised for the purpose. Of course I "do not confine myself exclusively to this construction, but may vary the same without departing from my invention. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the handle-rod Aisassumed to be made of tin and the springs D and eyes J, as Well as the handle B, sol-' dered thereto, this method of construction being also comparatively cheap and efficient.

Having thus fully describedmy invention,

means for contracting said springs, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a spittoon litter and cleaner, thelower socket O, in combination with the handle-rod A, said socket terminating in the plate C, having the ribs 0 c on each side and a pin centrally between said ribs, and the bladespringsD D, said blade-springs beingclamped in position by the overlapping edges of the ribs, as and for the object stated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have hereto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW FULLER.

Attest:

MICHAEL J. STARK, WM. 0. STARK.

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