US562900A

US562900A - Spittoon-holder

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Publication number: US562900A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 1913-06-30

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(No Model.)

J. F. KUHLMANN.

SPITTOON HOLDER. No. 562,900. Patented June 30, 1896-.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. KUHLMANN, OF HAMMOND, INDIANA.

SPITTOON-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,900, dated June 30,1896.

Application filed October 28, 1895. Serial No. 567,093. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. KUHLMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spittoon-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple attachment for bedsteads by means of which invalids and other disabled persons may bring a spittoon into position for use and by which the spittoon will be automatically returned to a position under the bed afterbeing used. This object is attained by the use of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings; and the invention consists in certain novel features of the same, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings referred to, Figurel is a side view of my improved spittoon-holder in its operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section. Fig. 4 is a group of details showing the manner of supporting the pulleys, and Fig. 5 is a similar View showing the manner of applying the device to a wooden bedstead.

Referring to the drawings more particularly by letter, A designates the side bar of an iron bedstead, in which I fit the wooden block B, having a notch G in its inner under side. To the inner face of this block I secure a plate D, which is provided with a rib or flange E at its upper end, fitting upon the upper side of the side bar or rail of the bedstead and at its lower end with a depending post or stud F. A hook-bolt G, passing through the notch G, has its hooked end in engagement with the lower edge of the side rail of the bedstead and its upper end passed through the plate D and secured thereto by gaged by the operating mechanism. The ends of the wire are carried outward from the lower end of the coiled portion and, after being twisted upon each other, as at K, to strengthen the structure, are carried outward to present the spittoon-carrying arms L, by and between which the spittoon is supported. These spittoon-carrying arms are normally held under the bedstead by a spring M, having one end secured to the bedstead and its other end engaged in one of the eyes J of the spittoon-carrier. An operating-cord N has one end secured to the same eye J and extends therefrom to the headboard of the bedstead, where it passes around a pulley 0 and thence to the top of the headboard, where it passes over and depends from a pulley P to within convenient reach of the occupant of the bed. These pulleys may be secured to the bedstead by any suitable brackets, as will be readily understood upon reference to Figs. 4 and 5.

In practice, the spittoon is held by the arms L under the bedstead. When it is desired to use the spittoon, a downward pull is exerted on the end of the operating-cord, and this force is transmitted through the cord to the arms, so as to swing them out from under the bedstead against the tension of the spring M, thereby bringing the spittoon into position for use. After using the spittoon, the cord is released and the spring M then at once returns the device to its normal position.

My device is very simple in its construction and operates very easily, so as to require no exertion from the weakened invalid, and its advantages are thought to be obvious. By providing two eyes at the upper end of the wire bracket which carries the spittoon, I am enabled to fit the device to either side of the bedstead, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is--- The combination with a bedstead-rail or side bar, of a notched block. fitted thereto, a plate secured to the inner face of said block and provided at its upper edge with a lip or flange engaging the upper side of the side bar or rail and having a post or stud depending from its lower edge, a hook-bolt passing: through the said notched block and secured to the said plate and having its hooked end engaging the side bar or rail of the bedstead, a spittoon-holding bracket fnlerunied on the depending post, means for holding the bracket normally under the bedstead, and means for projecting the bracket from under the bed- IO stead.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN F. KUHLHANX.

\Vitnesses:

J. G. IBACH, NELSON R. JACOBSON.