A Spittoon Holder or Carrier for Railway Carriages or other places.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION:
A Spittoon Holder or Carrier for Railway Carriages or other places.
I, WILLIAM WRIGHT, of Fernlea House, Stanwix, Carlisle, Commercial
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide in railway carriages and other places,
such for example as smoking or billiard rooms, a holder or carrier for a spittoon
which, while allowing of the spittoon being concealed when not required for use,
will permit of its being readily moved out for use and again moved back, and
will also permit of its being taken away for cleansing.
For the purpose of my invention I employ a horizontal slide bar formed near
its outer end with a ring or seat into which the spittoon fits. This bar works in
guideways in a bracket, which is preferably fixed to the floor of the carriage
or room below the seat. The bar has a handle or knob in front and a stop to
prevent its being moved out too far.
When not required for use, the spittoon is under the seat. In order to use.
it, the slide bar has simply to be moved out by the handle, so as to draw the.
spittoon from under the seat; it can then be pushed back again to its first
position. When the spittoon has to be removed for cleansing, the bar is moved.
out as before and the spittoon lifted from the ring or seat. An ordinary lid or
cover for the spittoon can be mounted on one hinge and will open automatically
when the spittoon is being cleansed.
The spittoon may be of any desired construction, and made of any suitable
material, but preferably of block™ tin enamelled. The holder is preferably of
cast metal.
A Spittoon Holder or Carrier for Railway Carriages or other places.
I, WILLIAM WRIGHT, of Fernlea House, Stanwix, Carlisle, Commercial
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
[Price 8d.]

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement;-
The object of my invention is to provide in railway carriages and other places,
such for example as smoking or billiard rooms, a holder or carrier for a spittoon
which, while allowing of the spittoon being concealed when not required for use,
will permit of its being readily moved out for use and again moved back, and
will also permit of its being taken away for cleansing.
For the purpose of my invention I employ a horizontal slide bar formed near
its outer end with a ring or seat into which the spittoon fits. This bar works in
guideways in a bracket, which is preferably fixed to the floor of the carriage
or room below the seat. The bar has a handle or knob in front and a stop to
prevent its being moved out too far.
When not required for use, the spittoon is under the seat. In order to use
it, the slide bar has simply to be moved out by the handle, so as to draw the
spittoon from under the seat; it can then be pushed back again to its first
position. When the spittoon has to be removed for cleansing, the bar is moved
out as before and the spittoon lifted from the ring or seat. An ordinary lid or
cover for the spittoon can be mounted on one hinge and will open automatically
when the spittoon is being cleansed.
The spittoon may be of any desired construction, and made of any suitable.
material, but preferably of block tin enamelled. The holder is preferably of
cast metal. -
Referring to the accompanying illustrative drawings:-Figure 1 is a side
elevation of a suitable arrangement of spittoon holder or carrier constructed in
accordance with this invention; the apparatus being shown moved out for use.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a side elevation similar to Figure 1, showing the apparatus moved
back when not in use.
In these figures, A is a horizontal slide bar formed at its outer end with a
ring or scat B into which the spittoon C.fits. The bar A works in guideways D
in a bracket E which is fixed to the floor F below the seat G. The seat Gas
shown is intended to represent a seat or berth in a railway carriage, a ship, a
smoking room or other place. In front of the ring or seat B there is formed or
fixed a knob or handle H for the purpose of moving the bar and spittoon in
and out from underneath the seat. Stops I and J are provided on the bar A
to prevent it being moved too far in and out respectively. Shock and clatter in
moving the bar in and out against the stops are prevented by means of rings K
of rubber or other elastic material fitted against the impact surfaces of the
stops I and J.
The spittoon C shown in the figures is formed of the usual flaring shape at its
upper part, and with a substantially cylindrical lower portion CT adapted to enter
the ring B of the bar A. It is fitted with an ordinary spittoon top or lid L
mounted on one hinge M in such a manner as to open automatically when the
spittoon is inverted for the purpose of emptying the same.
The bar A may be made of any desired form in cross-section, for instance of
rectangular cross-section as shown in the drawings; but it may be made with
advantage of round form in cross section-more particularly for use in ships.
where by reason of the round shape of the har the spittoon will not be affectedt
by the pitching or rolling of the ship at right angles to the direction of the
length of the bar A, and will thus retain. its normal. vertical position.
When not required for use, the spittoon C is under the seat G as seen in
Figure 3. In order to make use of it the slide bar A has simply to be moved
out by the handle H so as to draw the spittoon C from under the seat. After
use, the spittoon can be pushed back again under the seat. To remove the spit-
toon for cleaning the bar A is moved out as before, and the spittoon is lifted

page_text: from the ring or seat B. For this purpose the spittoon may be provided with
lifting rings C.
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:
A sliding spittoon holder or carrier, constructed, arranged and operating sub-
stantially as described and shown."
Dated this 9th day of December 1898
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.