Improved Application of Spittoons for Railway and other Carriages, Smoke Rooms, and other Places.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1887
Complete Left, 18th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
Improved Application of Spittoons for Railway and other Carriages,
Smoke Rooms, and other Places.
I, WALTER ERNEST NOBLE, of Monton Road, Eccles, near Manchester, yarn agent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The improvements consist of a novel application, construction, or arrangement of
spittoons, in railway and other carriages, smoke rooms, and other places, and have
for object the more cleanly or the more sightly use of such articles.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements, I form, underneath such pieces
of furniture as chairs, railway or other carriage seats, couches, or the like, a sliding
or swivel receptacle or holder into which a spittoon of any convenient shape is fitted,
or forms part thereof, in such manner that when not in use the same is stowed away,
totally or partially, out of sight, and which is capable of being drawn or swivelled
outward to a sufficient extent for use when desired.
The receptacle may take the form of a drawer with or without a knob, handle, or
tassel, to actuate the same; or it may be swung upon a pivot, or turned upon a hinge
underneath the seat, and constructed in any suitable design. By which means
smoking railway or other carriages, smoke rooms, or other places, may have much the
appearance of like non-smoking places when desired, and a greater degree of
cleanliness or sightliness may be obtained in the use of spittoons.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent.

page_text: Improved Application of Spittoons for Railway and other Carriages,
Smoke-rooms, and other Places.
I, WALTER ERNEST NOBLE, of Monton Road, Eccles, near Manchester, Yarn
Agent, 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 :-
The improvements consist of a novel application, construction, or arrangement of
spittoons, in railway and other carriages, smoke rooms, and other places, and have for
object the more cleanly or the more sightly use of such articles.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements, I form, underneath such pieces
of furniture as chairs, railway or other carriage seats, couches, or the like, a sliding
or swivel receptacle or holder, into which a spittoon of any convenient shape is fitted,
or forms part thereof, in such manner that when not in use the same is stowed away,
totally or partially, out of sight, and which is capable of being drawn or swivelled
outward to a sufficient extent for use, when desired.
The receptacle may take the form of a drawer with or without a knob, handle, or
tassel, to actuate the same; or it may be swung upon a pivot, or turned upon a hinge
or hinges underneath the seat, and constructed in any suitable design. By which
means smoking railway or other carriages, smoke rooms, or other places, may have
much the appearance of like non-smoking places when desired, and a greater degree
of cleanliness or sightliness may be attained in the use of spittoons.
But that the improvements may be better understood, I will, by the aid of the
accompanying drawings proceed more fully to describe means employed by me.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. shews a plan view, and Fig. 2 a section of apparatus arranged, according
to my invention, in the form of a drawer. And Fig. 3 shews a side elevation of the
same with the spittoon "tipped" for emptying purposes. Fig. 4 shews a front
elevation of the apparatus fitted to a leg or support of a chair or other seat by means
of a hinge or hinges, & Fig. 5 shows a plan view of apparatus when pivoted
underneath a seat or other article of furniture, or the framing therefor.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur. Scale size.
a, a, is the spittoon, which may be of metal, porcelain, or other suitable substance, a
and of any convenient shape, and may or may not be swivelled or pivoted as at b, b,
for overturning or tipping for emptying purposes, and I so arrange the same by
preference. The spittoon may be however made removable for this same purpose,
or spittoon and holder may be constructed in one piece. c, c, is the framing carrying
the spittoon, which framing may be constructed in the "drawer" form, and so slided a
underneath a seat, chair, couch or other article of furniture, or fixture, in a room,

page_text: railway carriage, ship's cabin, or other desired place, by having the sides d d of the
carrying frame suitably grooved, or prepared with other means of sliding for the
purpose.
Figs. 1. 2 & 3, shew the drawer pulled out for use, and the framing unattached
to any seat, but intended to be so attached or connected, as will readily be
understood.
In Fig. 4, the framing carrying the spittoon is shewn hinged to the leg of a seat,
and in such form may be swung outwards when desired for use. In Fig. 5, the
framing carrying the spittoon is shewn pivoted as at e, and is drawn in dotted lines
in the position of being stowed away, and in full lines when swung out for use.
Stops catches or locks may be added if desired for such securing in position as
may be deemed necessary, and other variations in detail may be made, such as the
size and form of the spittoon, the shape & material forming the framing therefor, (in
some cases the seat, fixture, or other article of attachment may form the chief part of
such framing of the spittoons) without departing from the peculiar character of the
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
The application to, or combination with articles of furniture, (such as chairs, couches,
railway or other carriage and cabin seats, or fixtures,) of spittoons; whether such
application or combination be arranged as drawers, or hinged or pivoted or swivelled
receptacles, when such are employed for the purpose and in manner substantially as
herein shewn and described.
T
1000
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent.