Improvements in Ash Trays or Receptacles.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Ash Trays or Receptacles.
I, JOHAN EDVARD JAGERSTROM, of Halmstad, in the County of Halland, in the
Kingdom of Sweden, Traffic-Director 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 ash-trays, which by means of a simple mechanical arrange-
ment are cleansed and emptied, and which are especially applicable for use in railway
carriages, although the said trays can be used on ships and in sitting rooms, or other
places.
By the use of the improved tray I avoid the inconvenience hitherto occasioned,
especially in railway-carriages, by the said tray becoming filled or choked up and
emitting a very disagreeable smell.
My said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,
Figures 1 and 2 show a longitudinal section of the said ash-tray in two different
positions, arranged on a frame, and
Figure 3 is a front view of the same.
The chain lines indicate a modification of the apparatus.
The ash-tray consists of a receptacle a, divided by a pivoted bottom b and closed at
the top and at the foot by movable lids c, d. The bottom 6 is, by means of a link e,
connected with the top lid in such a manner that, when pulling the lid down from
the position shown in Figure 2 to that shown in Figure 1, the bottom is overturned,
when any ashes, burnt matches or the like contained in the tray will be turned down
into the lower part of the receptacle, where they are retained by the lid d, which is
closed by a spring ƒ (Figure 1). By opening this lower lid, the contents of the
receptacle may be emptied into a vessel pushed under the receptacle, or if the recep-
tacle is attached to a carriage door it is emptied direct on to the railroad, when the
door is opened.
The lower part of the receptacle can also be made to pass through the carriage
wall, as indicated by the dotted lines on the drawing. The lower opening of the
receptacle will then be located at the outside of the carriage, so that the ashes or the
like will be let out directly upon the railroad when turning over the bottom. But
even in this case the lower opening should preferably be closed by a movable lid g,
which is connected with the bottom by a link in the same way as the top lid, so
that the lower lid will be opened when the bottom is turned over by pulling down
the top lid (Figure 1).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
First. An ash-tray, consisting of a vertical receptacle (a) to be closed at both ends
by means of movable lids (c, d) and divided by a bottom (b) movable in the vertical
plane and by means of a link (e) connected with the top lid (c) so as to be turned
when the lid is pulled up or down, in the latter case emptying the ashes or the like
collected in the lower part of the receptacle, substantially as described and shown in
the accompanying drawing.
Second. The modified form of ash-tray, in which the lower end of the receptacle is
open and bent, so as to be passed through a wall or such like, substantially as
described and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: Third. The modified form of ash-tray in which the lower end of the receptacle is
bent so as to be passed through a wall or the like and its lower lid (g) connected
with the movable bottom (6) by means of a link (h), so that the said lid is opened
when turning the bottom out of its horizontal position, substantially as described and
shown in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 13th day of December 1889.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.