Improvements in Spittoons.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
Improvements in Spittoons.
I, JOSEF FEDERMANN, of Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, in the German Empire,
Merchant, 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 relates to spitoons and its chief object is to so construct
them that any saliva, expectoration and the like may be immersed in a dis-
infectant and thus rendered innocuous.
A spitoon constructed according to these improvements is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, Figure 1 showing it in vertical section, and Figure 2
representing it in plan.
The spitoon consists essentially of two parts, a lower part a which is charged
with a disinfecting liquid, and an upper part 6 which serves as the first receptacle
for saliva and the like. The two parts are suitably secured together and the
coned or funnel shaped part of the part is normally closed by a sliding or
equivalent door or valve d by means of which communication with the lower
part a is cut off. When desired this door may be moved forward and downward
so that any discharges upon it are immersed in the disinfecting liquid. Upon
the return of the door to its closed position it is subjected to the action of a
scraper by means of which all adherent material is removed.
The door d is formed from some flexible or elastic material and moves in the
side supports e. The under side of the door is provided with a projection h
which comes into the path of a finger or arm yg secured to the transverse shaft f
the outer end of which is cranked or formed with a pedal e¹. The spring
maintains the finger and the projection h in contact with each other and
normally holds the door in its closed position. Downward pressure upon the
pedal will cause the door to move forwards.
At or near to the front edge of the door are two transversely projecting
pins k, which, when the door is closed, are slightly behind the rear faces of two
arms which are pivotted below the opening of the cone c. These arms form
inclined planes or cams down and along which the pins k are moved as the
door d is moved forward by means of the pedal, so that the door is forced to
assume the position indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1. Any substance
carried by the door is thus immersed in the liquid contained in the part .
When the pins & have reached the front end of the arms they spring upwards
and the opening in c is closed by the door. When pressure upon the pedal is
removed, the door is retracted by the spring i and any substance adhering to the
door is removed by the scraper ». The arms are capable of moving slightly
around their fulcrums so as to permit their rear ends n to be pressed down-
wards and thus allow the pins k to once more take up a position behind them.
A small opening may be cut out at the outlet of the cone e so that any
liquid which may be removed by the door d may return to the disinfectant
chamber.

page_text: 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:-
1. In a spitoon, a sliding door by means of which saliva or the like accumu-
lated or discharged into the upper part of the spitoon may be removed and
immersed in a disinfectant contained in the lower part of the spitoon, constructed
arranged and operated substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
2. A spitoon, constructed arranged and operated substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
En day 01 June A.D. 1899.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.