US818096A - Cuspidor. - Google Patents

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PATENTED APR.17, 1906. F. A. KBIFF.

OUSPIDOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed May 15, 1905. Serial No. 260,465.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. KEIFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improvement in cuspidors, and relates more particularly to certain constructions and arrangements of the parts of a cuspidor whereby the cuspidor is made more, sanitary and easier to clean.

The improvements consist in the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings and the equivalents thereof, as will be more fully set forth in the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, showing a cuspidor of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, the cover being removed, part of the cuspidor being shown in cross-section taken on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the cover removed, the location of the inner receptacle being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a ver tical section of the inner receptacle, and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the same.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, the device consists of a cuspidor made of a lower base or body 1, surmounted by an upper part or cover 2, the outer rim 2 of which fits around the upwardly-projecting flange 1 of the body 1 and is locked thereto by means of a pin 3, fixed to the body 1 and engaging a bayonet-slot 4 in the cover. The cover is flared inwardly and downwardly, as is com mon in cuspidors. Secured to the upper part of the body 1 are a pair of circular wire frames 5 5, the purpose of which is to hold in place the removable inner receptacle or cup 6. This cup is preferably made of pasteboard coated with parafiin on the inside, and the cup rests on the bottom of the body 1., is held in place by the wires 5, and its upper part receives the downwardly-projecting and inilyardly-fiaring part of the cover, asshown in To clean the cuspidor, it is only necessary to remove the cover 2, take out the cup 6, and destroy the cup with its contents. A new cup may then be inserted.

By the means above described I have produced a cuspidor that is neat in appearance, easily cleaned, and sanitary.

To render the cup 6 thoroughly antiseptic, I prefer to first coat the interior of the cup with parafiin and then immerse the cup in creosote, thereby rendering the cup thoroughly germ-proof.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

The combination in a cuspidor with a permanent body or base portion open at the top, and a permanent upper part or cover secured to the base by an exterior fastening, the cover provided with a tapering downwardly inclined shield, of a plurality of yielding frames located interiorly of and projecting laterally from the base portion and a destructible cup removably received between and embraced by the frames, which frictionally engage the cup to retain it in position, the sides of the cup surrounding the aperture in the cover.

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

FREDERICK A. KEIFF.

Witnesses:

ROY WALLIS, J. R. MANSFIELD.

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