US417363A - Cuspidor - Google Patents

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL H. MURPHY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,363, dated December 17, 1889.

Application filed August 28, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. MURPHY, of Hart-ford, Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cnspidors, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to the class of cuspidors that are formed from comparatively cheap material and intended to be used but a short time and then destroyed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheap cuspidor of this class, having a cover or shield formed in one piece, so that it will not warp and twist out of shape when it becomes dampened in use, and which can be readily folded back, so that the cuspidors can be packed in nests and occupy but little space when transported or stored.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the cuspidor ready for use. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. "Fig. 3 is a plan View of the cuspidor with the shield folded back for packing. Fig. 4. is a sectional View of the latter. Fig. 5 is a detail View, on an enlarged scale, illustrat ing the mannerin which the free side of the shield is attached to the base.

The letter wdenotes the base or filth-receptacle, which is preferably folded to shape from a single piece of properly-water proofed paper, cloth, or the like thin cheap material. The upper edges of two sides of the base a preferably project above the other sides, forming flaps b, to which are attached by glue or cement the shield or cover 0, which is usually formed of a single piece of the same material as the base. This shield 11 is somewhat larger than the base and slopes downward and inward toward the opening through its center,

' which is smaller than the bottom, in order to hide as much as possible of the filth that is deposited in the base. The other two sides of the shield are temporarily attached to the base by means of a catch, which ispreferably formed by folding inward a portion d of the upper edge of the base near one corner and folding upward a portion of the lower edge of the shield at the same corner,

Serial No. 322,206. (No model.)

forming tongues 6, so that when the tongues spring under the folds (Z the shield is held to the base on all sides. hen these catches are freed, the shield can be folded over diagonally, the creases f being flexible to permit this, and the boxes may be packed one within another in nests, so that a number will occupy but little space, and when one is taken from the nest all that is necessary to prepare it for use is to unfold the shield and engage the tongue 6 and folds d.

\Vhen the base is folded to shape, the device is not liable to leak, and where the shield is in one piece it is not as liable to warp and twist and become unsightly as where the shield is formed of inturned flaps integral with the base, as in some prior cuspidors.

Forming the shield in a separate piece from the base causes a great saving of stock as compared with the cuspidor wherein the shield is cut integral and folded to shape with the base.

My improved cuspidor is preferably used in connection with a heavy ornamental base or support, and being cheaply constructed it can be destroyed as soon as it becomes foul.

I claim as my improvement- 1. A cuspidor formed of thin material, consisting of a base and an inclined shield with flexible joints, part of which shield is permanently attached to the upper edge of the base and part temporarily attached to the upper edge of the base, substantially as specified.

2. A cuspidor formed of thin material, consisting of a base provided on two sides of the upper edge with flaps b, and on the opposite sides with folds d, and an inclined shield with flexible seams f, permanently attached to the flaps b, and provided with tongues e, which by contact with the folds (Z temporarily connect the two free sides of the shield with the base, substantially as described.

DANIEL H. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

HARRY R. WILLIAM, A. B. J ENKINS..-

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