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Application filed April 12, 1883. (No model.) ·

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AVilmam E. Bukk, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented certain new 5 and useful Improvements in Holders for Spittoons, &c., of which the following· is a specification.

My invention relates to holders adapted more particu larly for holding the spittoons atio fetched to dentists’ chairs, which require to 1 e frequently removed to empty their contents and be replaced.

My object is to provide a holder for a spittoon or other device requiring- to be frequently 15 removed and replaced in position, which is easily operated for the removal of the spittoon or other thing, or for its replacement in the holder, and wliich, while held by the holder, is secure from accidental displacement or re20 lease.

The subject-matter claimed is particularly pointed out at the close of the specification.

The accompanying drawings show my improvements as embodied in the best way now 25 known to me. Some of my improvements may be used without the others, and in holders not, as a whole, identical with that hereinafter particularly described.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a view ineleva30 tion of my improved holder, showing the upper end or neck of a spittoon as encompassed by the arms of the holder, and showing the holder also as connected to its support by a pivotal connection, which permits the holder 35 to turn horizontally upon said support. Fig.

is a longitudinal section through the improved holder on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3 with the locking-slide drawn out a little more than half-way, as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an inverted 40 plan, showing the locking-slide as drawn out at its fullest extent, as will be the case with a comparatively small-necked spittoon; andFig.

is a transverse section through the device on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, the locking-slide in this 45 view being· in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Ashell or hollow frame, A, is provided with ears or lugs a a, to the under side preferably of which are pivoted the inner ends of curved 50 arms Β B. The inner sides of the said ends of the arms Β B are perferably cammed or beveled off,to be acted upon by a locking device, wedge, or slide, C, while the extreme inner ends of said arms extend beyond their pivotal connections and are bent outwardly, sorns to 55 form finger-pieces b b, by which to operate or move said arms on their pivotal connections to bend the arms when the locking slide or device offers no obstructions to such movements.

A quadrant or curvefl locking device or slide— 60 C in this example—is pivoted at one end to the frame or shell A, which'is preferably hollow, as before stated, so as to inclose said locking device. The edges of said device or slide are tapered or wedge-shaped, while the slide 65 Terminates at its outer or lower end in an enlargement, c, which affords a convenient projection or handle by which to operate said slide. The slide is so fitted to turn about its pivot as to cause its wedge or .inclined edges 70 to act upon the inner sides of the inner ends of the pivoted arms, and, by forcing said, inner ends outward, rock the outer ends of the arms together or toward each other, so as to securely hold within the embrace of the curved portions 75 of the arms any object which they, encircle— as, for instance, the contracted neck of a spittoon—as shown in Fig·. 1. By drawing or moving the free end of the slide or wedge downwardly the curved arms will be locked by the 80 wedging· action of the slide, while by' moving said slide upwardly, or, in this instance, folding it back within its frame or casing, the in- ner ends of the arms Β B will be released, which action will permit the said arms to be 85 readily swung or- rocked apart to release the object which they hold, or to permit its replacement. The locking-slide is limited inits downward or locking movement in this instance by the bringing together of the outer ends of the 90 armsB B, which occurs when the extreme upper enlarged end of the slide Cis between the inner ends or short portions of said arms. Of course the movement of the slide is not so great when the article between the arms Β B is quite 95 large, and prevents the arms coming together at their outer ends. This .slide or locking device may be a plain slide, and not a curved or quadrant-shaped pivoted one, by a suitable modification of the frame A and of the slide 100

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