Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Spittoons
Patent
1988-12-22
1990-08-21
Artis, Henry K.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Spittoons
4283, 4284, 4260, A61J 1900
Patent
active
049494058
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for adapting containers, such as 12 and 16 ounce beverage cans and bottles, for use as a cuspidor. The conveter is comprised of a housing open at the top and bottom with an inverted frusto-conical member tapering downwardly and inwardly from a top edge of the housing to a predetermined position therebelow. The conical member has a bottom aperture which communicates with the top opening. A baffle member is disposed beneath the conical member inside the housing for dividing the housing into top and bottom portions. The baffle member has a central aperture extending therethrough which is substantially in registration with the bottom aperture of the conical member to define a central passageway. The baffle member includes a tapered portion which is adapted for being inserted into the open mouths of different sized containers, such as standard beverage bottles, to direct material introduced into the housing via the top opening into the container. The bottom part of the housing includes means for engaging the top rim of a container, such as a standard beverage can, to hold the container in position within the housing for receiving waste material, such as spittle. The outside of the housing includes an outwardly extending portion and a vertical portion beneath the outwardly extending portion, the interior surfaces of which define a shoulder for engaging a top surface of the container rim to limit the upward movement thereof. A plurality of nubs project inwardly from an inner wall of the housing to engage a lower surface of the rim to limit the downward movement thereof.
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Artis Henry K.
McCord W. Kirk
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