Fountain Spittoon.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1898
Fountain Spittoon.
I, THEODORE NELSON CLARK, of 16, Sheppard Street, in the City of Toronto,
in the County of York, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada,
Manufacturer, 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 statment:-
-
My invention relates to an improved means of cleansing a spittoon bowl and
consists substantially;-
First. A revolving disc within a bowl.
Second. A means of spraying water above and below said disc and causing it
to revolve, thereby distributing the water over the inside surface of the bowl.
Third. A channelled valve stem and head-piece, as a means of delivering water
above and over the disc and to regulate the speed of said disc.
Fourth. One or more ejectors, as a means of delivering a stream of water
tangent to the disc.
Fifth. A ball, cone or other bearing, with male and female parts; the female
part protecting the bearing from contact with the water, thereby ensuring dura-
bility and easy and noiseless running.
I attain these objects by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawing,
in which;-
A is a spittoon bowl, shown in partial cross-section, attached through the
medium of a tapering ground joint B to the standard C. The waste water from
the spittoon is discharged through a series of openings at the bottom of the
bowl A. In the drawing E and E represent two of these discharge holes. These
series of holes discharge into the trunk outlet at D.
Jis a water supply pipe for the apparatus inside the bowl.
K is a union joint for connecting the pipe J to the pipe L. The pipe L con-
nects with and supplies the upright pipe M. The pipe M is securely fastened at
the lower end to the tapering joint B. At the upper end of the pipe M is fastened
the axle N at the point 2.
In the drawing the axle is essentially a male cone, forming part of a balı-
bearing hub, of which () is the female cone, and P P¹ are the balls.
The sides of the cone O, I extend downward to over-lap the 'cone N which
prevents the water, when splashed in a downward direction, from entering the
journal.
Qis a thumb-nut for adjusting the journal.
R is a collar attached to the axle or cone X to prevent side play or tilting of the
hub or cone O.
Attached to the hub or cone () is a dise S of glass or other material; preferably
glass.
The washers and V are placed each side of the disc S to prevent said disc
from breaking when bound to the hub O by the nut T.
Attached to the hub or cone N are one or more radial hollow arms with their
extreme outer ends closed. In the drawing two radial arms are shown, W and W'.

page_text: On one side of the arm W₁ at near its outer end is a small hole 4. On the
arm W is a similar hole 3, but on the opposite side of the arm.
The valve stem 5 is channelled, with the lower end of the channel 13 opening
at 8 into the chamber 9. The outer end of said channel 13 opening into the
point 12.
The valve 6 and the valve seat 7 are a means of regulating the supply of water
to the parts above said valve.
At the upper end of the valve stem 5 is a head piece 11 which also serves as a
thumb-nut with which to actuate the valve 6.
The head-piece 11 is drilled with a series of oblique holes 10 and 14, meeting
at a common centre 12.
The operation of my fountain spittoon is as follows:-A supply of water under
pressure is delivered at J, passing into the pipe Al up to the valve seat 7. When
it is desired to start the fountain, the valve 6 is opened by turning the head-
piece 11, which allows the water to pass up into the chamber 9 where it divides, part
passing through the opening 8 into the channel 13, up into the common meeting
point 12 of the oblipue holes 10 and 14 in the head-piece 11, thence divides itself
among said holes 10 and 14 and delivers itself downward upon the disc S.
The second division of the water in the chamber 9 passes into the radial arms W
and W and out at the holes 3 and 4, ejecting itself obliquely against the disc S,
causing said disc to revolve.
The disc revolving at a certain speed throws the water delivered to it by the
arms W and W₁ and the head-piece 11 against the inner surface of the spittoon
bowl A, thereby cleansing said bowl. The waste water passing out at the holes E
and E' into the opening at D.
I am aware that prior to my invention, fountain spittoons have been made with
a revolving inner part; I therefore do not claim such an invention broadly.
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;
-
1st. In a spittoon, a rotary disc mounted therein and means for rotating the
said disc by directing streams of water against the surface thereof.
2nd. In a spittoon, a rotary disc, combined with radial arms for ejecting water
against the surface of said disc to rotate the same as set forth.
3rd. In a spittoon, a rotary disc mounted on a vertical hollow supply pipe,
suitable bearings between the moving parts and arms leading from the said supply
pipe, whereby the water may be directed against the said disc as set forth.
4th. In a spittoon, the vertically arranged supply pipe, the valve chamber
with the radially extending arms therefrom. Means for adjusting said valve
combined with a rotary disc mounted upon suitable bearings, directly above the
said arms as set forth.
5th. In a spittoon, the combination with the body and supply pipe, the valve
chamber secured to the upper end of the said supply pipe, radial arms extending
there from and having apertures near the end of the said arms; the valve mounted
in the said chamber and having an adjustable thumb-screw, the disc mounted
about the said chamber and having suitable bearings between the same, as set
forth.
6th. In a spittoon, the standard, the body portion mounted thereon, the supply
pipe mounted in said standard, exit ducts leading from said chamber through the
standard combined with the valve chamber mounted on the upper end of the
said pipe M; radial arms leading from the said valve chamber, the rotary disc
mounted about said valve chamber and provided with suitable bearings, the valve
stem mounted centrally in said valve chamber and means for regulating the said
valve as shown and described.
7th. In a spittoon, the combination with the supply pipe, the valve chamber,
the radially arranged pipes leading from said chamber, the rotary disc mounted

page_text: about the said valve chamber and having suitable bearing connection therewith,
the valve stem mounted in said chamber and provided with a duct in the said
stem opening into the said chamber, and radial ducts opening downward at the
outer end of the adjusting part of the valve stem, which ducts communicate with
the duct in the stem of the valve, as shown and described.