US437614A - Jail-bucket - Google Patents

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D. IVIGDONALD JAIL BUCKET.

No. 437.614. Patented Sept. 80, 1890.

UNITED STATES vPNrENT OFFICE.

DONALD MCDONALD, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent No. 437,614, dated September 30, V1890.

Application iled June 11, 1896. Striitl No. 355,10?" (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DONALD MCDONALD, of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinJailaBuckets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of an improved night-bucket for use in jails. The plan at present in use is to provide in each cell a small closet with a Ventilating-pipe leading out through the roof, in which closet the bucket is placed when not in use. This plan is open to several serious objections, the principal ones being that the closet necessarily becomes foul and cannot be cleaned; also, that if damage is done to the closet it is diticult to repair it, and, further, that the bucket must be taken out of the closctifor use.

It is the object of my invention to obviate these obj ections and to providea more cleanly and sanitary arrangement. To this end it consists mainly in providing a bucket with a tight cover, which bucket is provided with a hollow arm or spout which enters a ventilating-pipe and at the same time affords a conduit for the exhalations -of the bucket and a strong support for the same, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Figure lis a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rearelevaiion of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

In the drawings, A is the bucket, of iron or other material, havingV a tight-fitting lid F and a downwardly-projecting or hooked arm G near its upper edge. This arm acts as a support for the bucket, and is made hollow and communicates with the interior of the bucket. This hollow arm is entered, into the open end of a T-coupling B, mounted upon the top of a stand-pipe or column O, which is fastened to the iioor of the jail in upright position. thimble H to an elbow I, connecting with the ventilatingpipe E, extending out through the The T-coupling B is connected by a roof, or with the ventilating-Iiue which may be already'built.

The bucket is hung at a Convenient height for use, and to steady it against movement it is provided near its lower end with a forked lug D, that embraces the stand-pipe or col umn O. This arrangement, it will be seen,

-provides a very substantial stand for the bucket,..which cannot be broken and is'not liable to become foul, and the bucket itself being detachable can be readily removed for washing or be quickly replaced if broken-0r destroyed.

Having thus described my I claim as new is l. As a new article of manufacture, a jailbucket A, having a downwardly-curved tubular supporting and Ventilating arm G on one side at its upper end, and a transverse curved steadying lug or arm below and in vertical alignment with the said arm, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination, witha jail-bucket having a downwardly curved hollow supportingarm G, of the standard O, having an open upper end B, receiving the lower end of the arm G, and provided with a lateral outlet and a ventilatingpipe communicating at its lower end with said lateral outlet, substantially as set forth.

invention, what 3. The combination, with the standard C,

bucket A,having a hollow downwardly-curved supporting-arm Gat one side of its upper end, fitting in said end B, and a curved transverse steadying lug or arm D below and in vertical alignment Withthe arm G and resting against the standard C, substantially as set forth.

DONALD MCDONALD. Witnesses:

H. P. MODONALD, KENNETH MoDoNALD.

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