Improved Expectoration Cup or Vessel.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Aug.. 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1896
Improved Expectoration Cup or Vessel.
1, CARL ROTH, of I, Mainzerhaus, Bad-Ems, Bohemia, in the Empire of
Austria, Mercbant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object a cup or vessel for use in cleaning or washing
the mouth or throat.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a sectional clevation of the whole cup or vessel;
Figures 2 and 3 sectional elevations of two forms of construction of the funnel;
Figure 4 a plan view of a circular cup or vessel;
Figure 5 a plan view of a rectangular shaped cup or vessel;
Figures 6, 7 and 8 elevations of various forms of construction of the cup or
vessel.
If the mouth or throat be washed or rinsed by bending over a wash-hand basin,
or pail, it is practically impossible to prevent the great inconvenience of having tho
face and articles of clothing soiled or wet by the splashing of the water. It is
also very unpleasant to use the same vessel for washing both the face and the
mouth or throat. If a pail or bucket be used the water will be much more likely
to splash up owing to the greater height from which it falls and consequently the
trousers are very liable to be splashed or soiled.
I will now describe my improved cup or vessel :-
A cup or vessel a, Figure 1, is provided with a funnel or cone-shaped cover b,.
the sharply inclined walls of which entirely prevent the water splashing up or over
its sides. The funnel or cone-shaped cover is also provided with an opening which
is protected by the projection or spont o which also prevents the water from spilling
out of the cup or vessel. This projection or spout may extend downwards to a
point; or be left of some width. It may also if preferred be made movable and
of any desired shape or form such as, round, oval, angular or the like. The upper
inner edge of the funnel may be smooth, or curved inwards, in order to prevent any
overflowing from the cup or vessel when the remainder of the water contained in
the drinking glass is thrown into it. In some cases I may form this funnel with
corrugations as shown in Fig. 2, or I may form it of a series of overlapping
truncated pieces forming a stepped surface as shown in Fig. 3. If the cup or
vessel be made oval in form, the funnel which forms the cover may be made
correspondingly smaller so that it is not so easily broken.
The cup or vessel which may be made of metal, porcelain, stoneware, earthen-
ware, celluloid, papier-mâché, or other like material, may be, like the funnel, of a
round, oval, quadrangular, polygonal, corrugated, or other suitable form as desired.
The size of the cup may vary according to whether it is to be used on a wash-
hand stand, or in the lavatory of an hotel, or the like. This improved cup or
vessel besides being an ornament to the wash-hand stand is an improvement from
a sanitary point of view.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim.is:-
A cup or vessel for use in washing the mouth or throat the opening of said oun.

page_text: or vessel being covered by a fixed or movable funnel or coue shaped tube (6)
having a spout or projection (c) for preventing the water from splashing up or over
substantially as herein before described and shown in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 27th day of August 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.