Ash receiver

Application filed September 17, 1920. Serial No. 410,907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Frederic E. A.ter, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to an ash receiver for tobacco users, and has for its particular 10 object the provision of a device of this character which may be attached readily to an article of furniture or other convenient ob ject, the construction of the receiver being such that the ash receptacle will always 15 remain in an upright position irrespective of the position of the object to which it is attached, or the other parts of the device.

It is further sought to provide an attractive device consisting of few parts of com20 paratively simple design whereby the same may be easily manufactured in large quantities, or repaired should it get out of order.

The accompanying drawing illustrates a practical embodiment of the invention, like 25 numerals indicating the same parts through. out the several views, and wherein,

Fig. 1 represents a view of the device showing the same partially in side elevation, and partially in longitudinal vertical 30 section,

Fig. 2 a plan view, and,

Fig. 3, a perspective of the combined spring forceps and coil attaching member detached from the other parts.

In the drawing, the device is shown as comprising a supporting arm 1, preferably made from suitable metal tubing, split at its outer end and bent to form forked arms 2 and 3. Suspended between these arms 2 40 and 3 on a cross rod 4 and free to swing thereon, is an ash receptacle 5, rod 4 passing through suitable perforations provided in the outer ends of arms 2, .3, and in ears 5^a, formed on the upper edge of receptacle 45 5, and secured at its ends in any desirable manner, to prevent lengthwise movement thereof. Ash receptacle 5 may be made of metal or other suitable material and is preferably of increasing diameter from bottom 50 to top. A weight 6 secured in the bottom of receptacle 5 serves to maintain the receptacle in upright position whenever the longitudinal axis of arm 1 is inclined.

Secured about the main portion of mem55 ber 1, and extending beyond the opposite end thereof, is a combined forceps and coil member 7, having spring jaws 8 and 9, whereby the device may readily be attached to the arm of a chair, a table or any other convenient object. Coils 10 and 11 with 60 which member 7 is provided are made of suitable diameter to receive member 1, and still allow the latter to freely rotate therein about its longitudinal axis by reason of the leverage exerted thereon by ash receptacle 65 5 and weight 6 when the device is supported in a transverse inclined position. Washer 12 and a shoulder 13 formed on the end of member 1 serve to prevent removal of member 7, while the inner ends of forked arms 70 2, 3, prevent undesirable forward movement of member 7 on member 1. Side । coils 14 and 15 furnish the desired spring action for member 7. Convenient means for grasping the device and opening the spring jaws with- 75 out the device turning in the hand when attaching it to an object are provided in the form of an upper loop 16 for the thumb and a lower lateral extending portion 17 for the first and second fingers. It is to be noted 80 that the several parts of member 7 are formed from a continuous piece of spring wire,, thus materially reducing the number of parts necessary. ’This wire is preferably nickel-plated in order to give it an attrac- 85 tive appearance and is of suitable gauge for proper grip and stability. Jaws 8 and 9 are to be covered with suitable material 18, such as felt or rubber tubing to prevent the marring of furniture to which the device SC may be attached.

It will thus be seen that the construction described provides a device which may be quickly attached to any convenient object, the ash receptacle 5 being free to swing in S5 two planes perpendicular to each other and hence always remaining in an upright position unaffected by the position of the other parts of the device or the manner in which the device is attached to the supporting ob- ioo ject. In order to offset the possible tendency to rotate about the forceps grips due to the weight of the other parts, the over all length of the device should be made as short as possible. _# 105

Although the preferred form of the invention has been illustrated and described, it is understood that the same is not to be confined to the means shown except as limited by the appended claims. 110

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