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J. P. GRIFFIN.

ASH TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1921.

Baissued May 23,1922. 15,361.

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UNITED STATES PATENT HQVFTFICET.

JOHN I". GRIFFIN, or warn-moron, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR r0 GRIFFIN cHoxEa ASH TRAY mayor DOVER, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

I ASH TRAY.

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Reissued May, 23, 1922. Original No. 1,342,805, dated .Tune'B, 1920, Serial No. 300,020, filed May 27, 1919. Application for reissuefiled November 16, 1921. Serial No. 515,730.

Be it known that JOHN P. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States, formerly residin at New York cit in the county of New York and State of KI e now resides at Waddington, county of St. Lawrence, and State of New York, has invented a new and useful Improvement in Ash Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ash trays and has for its object the provision of an ash tray particularly adapted for the use of cigarette smokers and provided with means for holding ashes and butts or stumps, associatedwith means whereby a burning cigarette stump will be speedily extinguished when engaged with said means, whereby the continued burning of the butt or stump will be prevented and whereby danger of fire and the like from carelessness will be eliminated.

An important object is the provision of an ash tray of this character which is so formed as to provide means whereby a burning stump will be smothered and which is also so constructed that the ashes upon the stump will fall into a receptacle for avoiding clogging of the smothering or extinguishing s aces.

An additional object is the provision of ,an ash tray of this character which will be very simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly efficient in use, durable in service, and which may be readily disassembled for cleaning.

A preferred embodiment of'the invention is illustrated'in the accompanying drawinw, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of an ash tray constructed in accordance with the invention,

a portion thereof being broken away and" in section, and 0 y Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalview. Referring more particularly to the draw ing, the numeral 10 designates the base ofthe device which is preferably circular and dish shape, and preferably provided witha glass lining :11. The member 10 may be provided with any suitable pedestal whereby it may be supported from the floor or table, or any other article of furniture.

Disposed within the base 10, 01 within the lining 11 if the base is so equipped, is a w York, and who ring-member 12 formedsomewhat in the shape of a star or asterisk. and which may be formed of glass, metajhior ot'her suitable material and is of a sizefandweight adapted to retain itself in position with in" 211abase. This member 12 includes a top portion l3- and also includes a plurality of arms or points 14 between which are forme'l clgarette receiving perforations 15- which terminate at their inner or lower endsfin holes 16, preferably oval or elliptical. in shape to accord with thepopular' shape of ready made 'cigarettea'and these holes open 1 into a central aopening .17 in the member 12. It will be observed that the perforations are each tapered or reducedin diameof the perforations 15 until its inward movem'ent is stopped by being wedged with, in i restricted part of the perforation near the hole 16. The thereby effected peripheral compression of the lighted end of the cigarette will choke or smother the fire and effect extinguishment in, about seven seconds. Any ashes that fall off the extinguished cigarette will drop' 'i,nto the central opening. 17.; a

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific construction shown in the drawings, as changes in construction may be resorted to a degree which will not departfrom, the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. An ashtray comprising a base receptacle having upwardly curved sides merging into the bottom thereof, a glass lining conforminglyc'engaging within said base receptacle, and a body conformingly engaged within said lining and projecting above the top of the side flanges thereof, said body being rovided centrally with an opening extending to said lining and terminating short of the-top of the body whereby the top of the opening will be closed, said body being somewhat stella form whereby to'provide a plurality of points engaging the inner periphery of the lining, the periphery of said body between .said points being spaced from the lining to provide recesses, and said body being provided between said points with outwardly flar ng recesses com- Inunicating with said opening.

2. An'ash tray comprising a base member providin a receptacle, a substantially saucer shape glass lining conformably engaging within said receptaclegand a ring member restingupon and engagingthe walls of said lining and having extending com- ]pletely therethrough a plurality of downwardly extending perforations the walls of which are tapered toward their lower ends. 3. An ash tray comprising a base member providing a dish shaped recess and a ring member loosely seated within said recess and engaging the walls thereof and provided with a plurality of downwardly tapered perforations extending through the rin member and opening into said recess an adapted to receive the lighted end of cigarettes, said ring member being rel tively heavy to retain it in position in t e recess in the base member. i;

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto signed at Philadelphia, Pennsyl- Vania, on this 3rd da of February, 1922.

JZlHN P. GRIFFIN. \Vitnesses MARY E. \VALKER, SARA KnssLnR.

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