US936888A - Cuspidor. - Google Patents

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W. J. HEIM,

cUsPIpoR. APPLICATION FILED M AR. 6, 1909.

Patented 0pt. 12, 1909.

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atta/dwg WILLIAM J'. HEIM, OF PI'ITSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

oUsPIDoR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (Ict. 12, 1909.

Application filed March 6, 1909. Serial No. 481,641.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, IVrLLrAM J. HEIM, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Alle gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had there` in to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in disinfectants or deodorizers for cuspidors, and the invention has for its primary object to provide an at" tachment .for a cuspidor which will contain a disinfectant or absorbent having properties capable of purifying or dispensing` with the obnoxious odors arising from a cuspidor.

My invention aims to provide a novel attachment for a cuspidor, which can be either placed in the cuspidor or upon the top of the cuspidor, in both instances, the attachment either deodorizing the cuspidor or absorbing the fumes or odors thrown 0E by the cuspidor. In this connection, my improved attachment can be easily and quickly connected to various types of cuspidors, the at tachment being particularly adapted for cuspidors used in rominent places, where all sorts of filth and impure matter is collected in the cuspidors, the defecation of cuspidors by persons expectorating into them alone causing impure odors to arise, which is very disagreeable and harmful-to persons in the vicinity of the same. Tothis end, I have devised an attachment for cuspidors adapted to contain a disinfectant in the form ofV an absorbent, whereby the germs or impure ingredients arisin from the scurf or con tents of the cuspidor will be collected by the absorbent, or the fumes or odors disinfected by a chemical ingredient carried byV attachment, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the resilient supports of the attachment, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the cuspidor, illustrating the operation of removing the attachment, Fig. 4 is a similar view of the cuspidor having a modified form of attachment, and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the attachment applied to the upper edges of a cuspidor.

ln the accompanying drawings, 1 designatesa cone-shaped bell or dome, the apex of which is provided with a knob or handle The inner sides of the bell or dome l are provided with dependingresilient supports 3, which may be soldered, riveted or otherwise secured to the bell or dome, as at 4. Each support near its upper fixed end is bent to form a loop 5, while its lower end conforms to a hook 6.

In the bell or dome l is mounted a detachable absorbent holder 7, said holder be ing made of a single strip of metal or wire, which is bent to form two resilient gripping ends or handles 8, 8 adapted to embrace a sponge 9 or like absorbent material and retain said sponge or material within thebell or dome 1. The holder 7 is made of a rcsilient material and is of a greater width than Vthe diameter of the dome l, whereby.

to insert the holder within the dome it is necessary that the gripping ends of handles 8` be pressed toward one another' until the holder is inserted within the dome, at which time by releasing the handles S, the curved portions 10,- lO of the holder which form seats will engage the loops 5 of the supports 3 and prevent the holder from becoming detached from the dome, while the same is be ing used. When the holder 7 is made from a strip of flat metal, a sufficiently wide seat will be afforded for engagement by the loops '5, and when the holder is formed of wire, it may be necessary to face or flatlift-ed off to einpty the bowl ll, or to give access to the interior of the bowl to disengag'e the hooks 6 from cleats l5. The lid 14 is then preferably placed over the dome again, and. the latter with the cover lifted ottl to- `re-ther as illustrated in Fie'. Q of the drawings.

In Fig'. 4. of the drawings7 I have illustrated four wire frames l5 as suspended .from the upper `edges of the cuspidor ll, said frames being` arranged at right angles to each other with the intersecting` portions thereof bent to provide a holder 16 for the sponge or adhesive material 9. The dome or cone l is notched, as at 17, to rest. upon the frames l5.

The attachment as shown in Fig. 5, can be connected to the edges of an ordinary cuspidor, and I reserve the right to shape the frames shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whereby the dome or cone can be supported in euspidors of various shapes and contours.

Having` now described my .invention what I claim as new, is v l. In combination with a. euspidor, a dome..

spring' supports carried by the dome, means for detachably engaging' said supports with the cuspidor, and a disinfectant holder inclosed by the dome and held therein by en gae'ement with the supports of said dome.

In combination with a cuspidor, an attachment comprising a dome. spring` sur ports attached at their upper ends to the. dome aud provided on their lower ends with hooks for securing' them to the` euspidor,

W'itnesses:

MAX H. SnoLovi'n/i, A. J. Tineo.

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