Year: 1886

page_text: WILLIAM RICHARDSON COURT Court Street Carlisle Cumberland (Contractor)
I do hereby declare the nature of my invention for SPITTOON and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
My object has been to produce a spittoon so constructed as to be fixed in Railway
carriages, Tram cars, or any Vehicle or compartment, and to meet the requirements
of the times.
It does away with the present nuisance of expectorating over all the carriage or
compartment floor, window recess &c.
It increases the durability of the flooring of compartments by keeping it dry and
also obviates the necessity of using sawdust or other obnoxious material, keeping
the compartment free from foul smells It is made of metal and will be either
galvanized, painted, enamelled, or pollished.
It consists of an outer box, an inside box and a dish or tray.
The outer box is let in level with floor of compartment; it is holed at bottom and
through neck to allow the fluid to escape on to the ground; it has small projection
cast on inside for fixing or locking dish or tray into.
The inside box is made with three legs on which it stands on inside of outer box,
and has three projections on top edge to keep it in centre of outer box; it is filled
with water, which when it overflows runs on to road as shewn by arrows on
drawings. It is loose in outer box and is lifted out (when outer box wants
cleaning) by means of handle.
The dish or tray is made with holed neck which descends into water in inside
box thereby preventing any down or up draught into compartment.
The dish or tray rests on a small flange on outer box; it has two small lugs cast
on underside which by giving the dish or tray one quarter turn round lock into the
outer box, the dish is given the quarter turn by means of a key which fits into
grating in holed neck, thereby preventing the public from tampering with spittoon.
The dish or tray can be plain or fluted on top as may be required, it can also be
locked by means of an ordinary carriage lock and key, spring lock or bolt.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood and explained in
detail, I have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings on which letters of reference
are marked on corresponding parts on all the figures alike.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a plan view of top of spittoon.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of outer box shewing position of inner box in same.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of underside of spittoon.
Section A. B. is a transverse section through spittoon on line A. B.
Section C. D. is a transverse section through spittoon on line C. D.
In these figures and sections A is the outer box, B is the inside box, C is the
dish or tray, D is the flooring of compartment. E is the projection cast on outer
box A which forms part of lock. F is the lugs cast on dish or tray C, and which
locks into E, and completes the lock. G is the grating in hole in neck of C. H is
the flange of outer box A which has the name of manufacturer and person or
company cast on in raised letters thereby preventing it from being slippy.
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 construction and general arrangements herein before described and shewn
in the various figures of accompanying drawings of spittoon substantially as
herein before described.
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