MENTS IN WATERING POTS, GARDEN ENGINES. AND OTHER APPARATUS FOR WATERING SURFACES
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William: Palmer, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th June 1857
WILLIAM PALMER, of No. 156, Western Road, Brighton, in the County
of Sussex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN WATERING POTS, GARDEN ENGINES. AND OTHER APPARATUS FOR WATERING
SURFACES," to be as follows:-
The object of the Invention is to-water seeds, plants, garden borders, or
other things and surfaces requiring to be watered, with a gentle shower of
water or other liquid; and when required, to confine the jets of water or other
liquid within a certain limit, so as to prevent the wetting of garden walks,
conservatory pavements, or other surfaces adjoining the part to be watered,
and also to avoid, wetting-the-man's feet-when-using-it.
Another object of the Invention is to allow the use of liquid taken from
manure pits,foul ponds or cesspools, and to deliver the same free from obstruc-
Pains 8d1

page_text: tions into the rose or jet of the watering pot, or other apparatus used for
watering purposes, without causing the holes to be stopped up so frequentlyas
they usually are by the common method.
The Invention consists in making the rose of a watering pot,garden eugine,
or other apparatus used forwatering or irrigating seeds, plants, or surfaces, of
an oval forn with a convex surface, and perforating the same with fine holes
and attaching it obliquely to a mouth piece. The mouth piece is formed in
one piece to the shape of an oval truncatedcone, the smaller end being soldered
to a screw collar to attach it to the spout or pipe of a watering pot, garden
engine, or other apparatus used for watering or irrigating seeds, plants, or
surfaces, and the larger end is soldered to the rose. One side of the conical
mouth piece is flattened and made longer than the other, so as to cause the
rose to be tipped forward to the required angle, and the whole, when screwed
on to the spout or pipe of the watering pot, garden engine, or other apparatus
used forwatering or irrigating seeds, plants, or surfaces, can be turned round to
any position required, a leather or indian-rubber washer being placed between
the collars of the union joint to keep them tight by their elasticity.
Another part of the Invention consists in making a percolator of a cylindrical
form, and perforating the same all over with small holes, one end having a
perforated bottom, and the other end a ring soldered on to form a stop. The
percolator when in use is dropped bottom downwards into the spout or pipe
of the watering pot, garden engine, or other apparatus used for watering or
irrigating seeds, plants, or surfaces, and is secured in its place by the ring of
the same fitting in between the two screw collars; one collar being soldered
to the spout or pipe, and the other to the mouth piece, or to the lengthening
pipe.
Either of the above-described Inventions may be applied to hose or pipes
used in watering or irrigating gardens or lands, the hose or pipes receiving
the rose or percolator in a similar manner to those herein-before described for
watering pots or other apparatus.
A lengthening pipe is sometimes used with a screw collar soldered to each
end, and placed or screwed between the rose and the spout of the watering
pot or garden engine.
Roses or jets of various forms, and similar to those in general use, may be
also used, instead of the oval rose herein-before described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Palmer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th December 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
PALMER, of No. 156, Western Road, Brighton, in the County of Sussex;
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Palmer, Her special licence that I; the said William
Palmer, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1, the
said William Palmer, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN WATERING POTS, GARDEN ENGINES, AND OTHER APPARATUS FOR
WATERING SURFACES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Palmer, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Palmer, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of my Invention is to water seeds, plants,garden borders, or other
things or surfaces required to be watered, with a gentle shower of water or
other liquid, and, when required, to confine the jets of water or other liquid
within a certain limit, so as to prevent the wetting of garden walks, conserva-
tory pavements, or other surfaces adjoining the part to be watered, and also
to avoid wetting the man's feet when using it.
Another object of the Invention is to allow the use of liquid taken from
manure pits, foul ponds, or cesspools, and to deliver the same free from
obstructions into the rose or jet of the watering pot, or other: apparatus used

page_text: for watering purposes, without causing the holes to be stopped up so frequently
as they usually are by the common method.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood, I have hereunto
annexed a Sheet of Drawings, with letters of reference marked thereon,
corresponding with letters of reference in this Specification; the same letters
refer to the same parts in the several Figures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
1 shows a perspective view of the watering pot A, with spout B;
percolater E (dotted); lengthening tube C; and rose D,
complete.
2, longitudinal section of the spout B (to about the full size); per-
colator E; ring to ditto e; male union screw collar F; leather
or indian-rubber washer G.
3, transverse section, on dotted line B, B", of spout B, and per-
colator E.
4, longitudinal section of the lengthening tube C, with male union
screw collar F; female ditto f; and leather or indian-rubber
washer G.
5, front view of the oval rose H; truncated conical mouth piece h¹;
and female screw collar f.
6, side view of ditto.
7, front view of circular rose D, with flat top d; mouth piece h¹;
and collar f.
8, top view of ditto.
vention consists in making the rose (H) of a watering pot, garden
hose, or other apparatus used for watering or irrigating seeds, plants,
es, of anoval form with a convex surface, and perforating the same
e holes, and attaching the same obliquely to a mouth piece (h¹). The
iece (¹) is formed in one piece to the shape of an oval truncated cone
on the sides; the smaller end being soldered to a female screw collar
tach it to the spout or pipe of a watering pot, garden engine, hose,
apparatus used for watering or irrigating seeds, plants, or surfaces,
larger end is soldered to the rose (H). One side (4") of the conical
iece (¹) is made longer than the other side (¹) so as to cause the
etipped forward to the required angle, and the whole, when screwed
e spout (B) or pipe of the watering pot, garden engine, hose, or other
is used for watering or irrigating seeds, plants, cr surfaces, can be
ound upon its axis to any position required, a leather or indian-rubber

page_text: washer (G) being placed between the collars of the union joint to render the
joints tight by their elasticity.
Another part of my Invention consists in making a loose percolator (E),
made of sheet copper, tin, or zinc, of a cylindrical form, perforated all over with
small holes, one end having a perforated bottom, and the other end being
turned over or soldered to a ring (c) to form a stop. The percolator E, when
in use is dropped bottom downwards into the spout (B) or pipe of the water
pot, garden engine, hose, or other apparatus used for watering or irrigating
seeds, plants, or surfaces, and is secured in its place by the ring of the same
being fitted between the two screw collars, oue collar being soldered to the
spout (B) or pipe, and the other to the mouth piece (h¹), or lengthening pipe
or tube C.
Either of the above-described Inventions may be applied to hose or pipes
used in watering or irrigating gardens, lands, or other surfaces required to be
watered, the hose or pipes receiving the rose (H), or percolator (E), in a
similar manner to those herein-before described for watering pots and other
apparatus.
A lengthening pipe or tube (C) is sometimes used, with a screw collar
soldered to each end, and placed or screwed between the rose (H) and the
spout (B) of the watering pot (A) or garden engine.
Roses or jets of various forms, and similar to those in general use, may be
applied, instead of the oval rose (H), herein-before described.
The rose (H) may be applied to the common water pot by making it
without the screw collar, but with a pipe or socket, to enable it to slip over
the spout in the usual manuer.
The percolator (E) may be applied to the common watering pot by soldering
the open end (e) of the strainer to the mouth piece of the rose before soldering
on the socket.
The materials used in the several parts are as follows; namely, the watering
pot (A), the spout (B), the lengthening tube (C), and the mouth pieces (h¹)
are made of sheet tin, zinc, galvanized iron, or copper; the screw collars or
union joints (F) of brass; and the rose (H), and percolator (E), of sheet
copper, zinc, or tin.
CLAIMS. Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is performed, I would have it understood that I
make no claim to the form of the watering pot, spout, lengthening tube, or
union joints herein described; nor do I confine myself to the precise dimen-
sions, numbers, or materials of the several parts; nor do I claim the circular
rose (D), as shown in Drawing; but what I do claim is as follows:-

page_text: First, the use and form of the oval rose, for the purposes and manner herein
described.
Secondly, the use and form of the percolator, for the purposes and applica-
tions herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Palmer, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Witness,
HENRY LAXTON, Patent Agent,
No. 19, Arundel Street, Strand.
WILLIAM PALMER. (L.S.)