Phlegm Thrower

The description of this phlegm thrower suffers a bit from machine-translation woes:

“Suction Device and Usable Ejection for Care,” French patent application FR2889070A1, Michel Brun, filed July 27, 2005.

The application says, sort of: “This apparatus comprises a hollow tubular body, a piston 3 slidably mounted and sealed in the body 2, and means 13 for actuating the piston between two extreme positions, respectively, front and postérieure. Selon the invention, the means 13 actuating are lateral to the piston 3 and connected to it by a bracket 12 passing through a longitudinal slot 9 of the body 3, said light being positioned in the body 2 so that when the piston 3 is in the rear end position , its sealing means 15 with the body remains actifs. L’invention also includes the application of this device to an extractor of nasal mucus.”

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https://patents.google.com/patent/FR2889070B1/fr