US742538A - Spittoon carrier and cleaner. - Google Patents

Description

No. 742,538. PATBNTED 00.1. 27, 1903* H. W-BNNEBORG, JE- SPITTOON CARRIER AND CLEANER.

APPLICATION IILBD JULY 11, 1903.

no MODEL.

.Z EAHY WENN EB JR. immy? UNITED STATES Patented October 27, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPITTOON CARRIER AND CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,538, dated October 27,

Application filed July 11,1903. Serial 110.165.0231. woman.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LHENRY'WENN BORGJIn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Spittoon Carrier and Cleaner, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my said invention.

My invention relates to devices for cleaning spittoons and carrying them from place to place.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a spittoon carrier and cleaner so constructed and arranged that the device may be easily connected with a spittoon, and the spittoon may be cleaned by the same and carried from place to place without the necessity for personal handling of the spittoon.

With this general purpose in view the more specific purposes ofmy invention are to provide simple and efiective means for supporting the apparatus on a spittoon, to provide means for dumping the contents of the spittoon, to provide means for retaining the brush in any desired position, and to provide simple means for connecting the parts of the apparatus.

With these ends in view my invention consists of the novel features of construction and combinations of parts shown in the annexed drawings, to which reference is hereby made and hereinafter particularly described, and finally recited in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the complete apparatus, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference-letters designate like parts in both views.

The handle A is preferably a cylinder of tin or other light metal. Wooden plugs A and A fit in the upper and lower ends of the cylinder and. are secured therein by any suitable securing devices. Legs B tit'in holes a in the plug A and the lower ends of the legs are pivotally connected with a metal band B of approximately semicircular form. Hook members I) and 1), adapted to fit over the upper edge of a spittoon, are secured on the band B in the relative positions shown. The hook member I) has a vertical extension 17 A rod D has at its upper end a ring (1, which surrounds the handle A, and the lower end of the rod is pivotally connected with the extension b". The brush-shaft E has at its upper end a crank e, by which the shaft may be turned. The shaft E fits and turns in central holes a in the blocks A A The upper end of the block A has a central tapering recess (1 which serves to guide the brushshaft into the central opening through the block. The brush E, which may be of any suitable form or material, may be connected with the shaft E in any suitable manner. spring F is secured on the handle A and normally engages with the shaft E to retain the shaft in any position in which it may be set. The spring F bears against the shaft with sufficient pressure to support the shaft, but not hard enough to prevent the turning of the shaft. To release the spring from engagement with the shaft, the spring may be moved outwardly by pressing on the thumbpiecef of the spring.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: To attach the device to a spittoon, the

band B is placed around the neck of the spittoon, so that the hook members I) and b" will rest on the upper edge of the spittoon. The shaft E is then pushed downward until the brush E enters the spittoon. The crank e is then turned to rotate the brush. To withdraw the brush from the spittoon, it is only necessary to pull the shaft E upward, when the spring F, engaging with the shaft, will hold it in its raised position.

In practice it is very desirable that the contents of the spittoon may be dumped without touching the spittoon with the hands. This I accomplish by pushing downward on the ring (1, thereby causing the band B to turn on the pivots at the lower ends of the legs B, so as turn the spittoon sufficiently for dumping its contents.

In order to prevent the accidental displacement of the spittoon, the hook members I) are placed contiguous to the legs B, so that the inwardly-projecting hooks form stops which limit the upward movement of the band and prevent the band from turning upward sufficiently to permit the spittoon to slide out of the hooks.

Ion

In carrying a spittoon it is only necessary to connect the device with the spittoon, as already described, when by lifting on the hand'le A the device and the connected spittoon may be conveniently carried.

I am aware that rotatable brushes longitudinally slidable in the handle of spittooncleaners are not new. I therefore do not claim that feature broadly.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a cylindrical handle, plugs fittingin said handle, a brush-shaft revoluble in said plugs, a brush connected with said brush-shaft, legs fitting in holes in one of said plugs, a band pivotally connected with said legs, hook members on said band and a rod slidable on said handle and pivotally connected with one of said hook members, as set forth.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a cylindrical handle, plugs fitting in saidhandle, a brush-shaft revoluble and slidable in said plugs, a spring mounted on said handle and engaging with said brush-shaft, legs fitting in one of said plugs, a band pivotally connected with said legs, hook members on said band and a rod slidable on said handle and pivotally connected with one of said hook members, as set forth.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a handle, legs connected with the handle, a brush-shaft mounted in the handle, a brush on the brush-shaft, a band pivotally connected with said legs, hook members on said band, serving as stops to limit the upward turning of the band, and a rod slidable on said handle and connected with said band, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, at Springfield, Illinois, this 7th day of July, 1903.

HENRY WENNEBORG, JR.

Witnesses:

MAY F. RYAN, R. H. DOOLING.

Images