Cars, and similar Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1887
Specification Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
[Communicated from abroad by JAMES LANDRIGAN O'CONNOR, of New York, State
and County of New York, U.S.A., Manufacturer.]
Cars, and similar Purposes.
1, SAMUEL SIDNEY BROMHEAD of 97 Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent,
(communicated), 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 improvements in cuspadores, by which the cuspadore is
adapted to be fastened in the floor of the room, or car, where it is used so that the top
thereof will be flush with the floor, for the purpose and in the way hereinafter fully
described.
The invention consists in the details of arrangement, construction and combination
substantially as illustrated in the drawings, hereinafter described and subsequently
pointed out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1, illustrates a perspective view of my
cuspadore set in the floor of a room with part of the floor broken away, for the purpose
of more full illustration.
Fig. 2, illustrates a vertical sectional view of the same.
Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, illustrate the various parts of the cuspadore.
Figure 7, illustrates a vertical sectional view of one modification of my cuspadore
set in the floor of a Rail Way Passenger Car.
Figure 8. illustrates the same sectional view as Figure 7. ; but with the parts
taken apart.
Figure 9, and 10, are views illustrating another modification of my cuspadore.
Referring to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, all of which illustrate one modification
of my Invention, g, designates the floor of a room. d, indicates a pan or bowl of
metal, which is of the form illustrated and is to be fixed in the floor of the room, as

page_text: illustrated in Figure 1. so that its flange will be flush with the floor. This pan or
bowl is preferably secured in its place by screws passing through the flange and into
the floor. The inside edge of this flange is constructed with two shoulders e, and f,
reaching entirely around this edge of the pan or bowl. c is a pan of sheet metal,
adapted to sit within the pan or bowl d, resting with its flanged edge upon the shoulder e.
b, is a disc of sheet metal, in the form of a flattened cone, having a hole in its middle,
and having a flanged edge which rests on the flanged edge of the pan c, on the
shoulder with the apex of the cone downward. a, is a grating having a circular
perimeter, adapted to fit into the edge of the pan or bowl d, and rest upon the
shoulder f The whole device when constructed and arranged according to my
Invention to be as illustrated in section in Figure 2.
e,
Referring to Figures 7, and 8, which illustrate another modification of my Inven-
tion, g, is the upper or inside floor of a Rail Way Passenger Car, g' is the lower or
outside floor thereof. d is the shell of the cuspadore. It may either be conical or
pyramidical. In the example of my Invention here given it is pyramidical. It is so
placed as illustrated in Figs. 7, and 8, that the base of the pyramid which is upward
is flush with g, the upper or inside floor of the car, and the apex of the pyramid which
is downward extends some distance below the lower or outside floor, g', of the car. In
this shell d, is placed the tray, b, which has an opening in the middle and rests with
its flanged edge upon the shoulder f of the shell. Upon this is placed the grating a,
with its edges resting on the flanged edges of the tray b, on the shoulder f, of the
shell d, and so that its upper surface will be flush with the upper or inside floor of the
car. The pyramidical shell d, is provided at its apex with a door or valve d' which is
hinged at c and is opened and closed by the wire i. This door or valve ', is so con-
structed that when closed it is air tight, and when open gives free room for emptying
and washing the cuspadore, and also for the circulation of air. When the door or
valve d¹ is to be closed the wire i, is drawn up and hooked, by the ring on its upper
end over the hook i¹. When it is to be opened this ring is taken off the hook i¹ and
let fall, at the same time the door or valve d' falls open. This may be easily accom-
plished with a hook of proper form, or by the operator reaching down with his hand
after the grating a, and the tray have been removed. When the car is swept or
scrubbed these open cuspadores afford great facility for the outlet of trash and water.
When the car has been scrubbed and the floor is wet, these open cuspadores afford
such facility for the circulation of the air that the car may be locked up, and by leaving
the ventilators open the car will be thoroughly dried in a few hours.
This
Referring to Figures 9 and 10, which illustrate a modification of my Invention, g,
designates the upper or inner floor of a Rail Way Car, and g¹ the lower or outer floor
thereof. In these is set the cuspadore, which may be either conical or pyramidical,
with its apex downward and reaching a little below the lower or outer floor, and the
base of the cone or pyramid flush with the upper or inner floor of the car.
modification of the cuspadore consists of a shell d, of the form above described, having
at its base or upper side a shoulder f, and at its apex or lower part a short slightly
conical tube d. Upon the shoulder, is placed a pan b, with a hole in its middle,
and of the form illustrated in the drawings, upon this is placed a grating a, the top of
which is flush with the floor and the flanges of the shell d. In the conical tube d", is
inserted the plug e', which may be raised out or put in by means of the wire i, to
which it is attached. The whole of this modification of my cuspadore to be as
illustrated in Figures 9 and 10.
This cuspadore is to be used for the reception of saliva in the usual and well known
way.
Having now fully described and ascertained what my Invention is, and how the same
is constructed and performed, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent
I hereby declare that what I claim as my Invention and desire to secure by Letters-
Patent is,
1st. In a cuspadore, the combination of the pan or bowl d, the pan c, the disc b,
and the grating a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 2nd. In a cuspadore the combination of the bowl or pan d, with the grating a.
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3rd. The combination with the floor of a room, of a cuspadore composed of the bowl
or pan d, the pan c, the disc b, and the grating a, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
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4th. In a cuspadore, the combination of the shell d, the door or valve d' the wire i,
and the hook substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5th. In a cuspadore the combination of the shell d, having a shoulder f, and door or
valve d¹, with the wire i, the hook ', the tray b, and the grating a, all constructed
and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6th. The combination with the floor of a Rail Way Car, of a cuspadore composed of
the shell d, having a door or valve d' and hook it, the wire i, the tray b, and the
grating a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
7th. In a cuspadore the combination of the shell, having shoulder and conical
tube d the plug e', the wire i, the pan b, and the grating a, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
8th. The combination with the floor of a Rail Way Car, of a cuspadore composed of
the shell d, having shoulder f, and conical tube d" the plug e wire i, pan b, and
grating a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this
day of September 1887.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C.,
Patent Agent.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C.,
Patent Agent.