Improvements in Pumps for Portable Shampoos, Fountains, and other similar Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 27th Apr., 1895
Improvements in Pumps for Portable Shampoos, Fountains, and
other similar Articles.
ARTHUR JOSEPH NEEDHAM and WALTER CECIL NEEDHAM, Manufacturers
of 6 Hammersmith Terrace W. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
We have an air chamber, on the top of said chamber we have another smaller
chamber of india-rubber, preferably of a half spherical shape, from this chamber
is a valved tube for supplying water to same, when india-rubber chamber is pressed
the water is forced through a valved inlet into larger chamber compressing the air
which forces the water up a tube leading to a rose thus forming a shampoo or
douche, when the india rubber chamber is released it sp rings up at the same time
recharging itself with water ready for another depression. We also use this
pump for raising water or compressing air for portable shampoos, fountains, and
other similar articles.
Dated this 27th day of April 1894
ARTHUR JOSEPH NEEDHAM.
WALTER CECIL NEEDHAM.
Improvements in Pumps for Portable Shampoos, Fountains, and
other similar Articles.
ARTHUR JOSEPH NEEDHAM and WALTER CECIL NEEDHAM 6 Hammersmith
Terrace London W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
In Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings we have an air chamber a, on the top
of which we have another smaller chamber of indiarubber b, leading from this
chamber is a supply tube c with valve d and when the rubber chamber is pressed,
the water is forced through valved tube e into air chamber a which compresses
the air and forces the water up tube in a continuous stream.
When the rubber chamber is released it springs up at the same time recharging
itself for another depression thus forming a spray or douche.
Fig. 2 represents the pump applied to portable fountains known as the Hero
principle. The pump a is fitted on the top of the lower reservoir and when the
said pump is pressed the water is forced through valve c up tube d into upper
reservoir e. and when released, recharges itself through valved supply tube f.
ready for another depression, and so ou until the upper reservoir is full when the
pressure of water from the top bowl down tube g. will compress the air and force
the water up jet tube h. and so circulate back into lower reservoir b.
Fig. 3 represents the pump applied to the Nero principle of of fountains but in
this case it is preferable to pump air into lower reservoir a which compresses
same and forces water up tube b. into upper reservoir c. The rubber chamber d

page_text: has a hole in the top. e. and wher pressed by the thumb the air is forced through
valved tube f. and when released recharges itself with air through hole e. ready
for another depression, which must be repeated until the upper reservoir is full
when it will play into dish g and then run through valved tube h. back into lower
reservoir a.
Tube i is a vent which allows the air to escape that the water may
enter lower reservoir through valved tube h. This vent has to be stopped by the
thumb or finger while pumping.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is
1st. A flexible rubber pump connected with an air chamber and applied to
portable shampoos substantially as described.
2nd. A rubber pump applied to the Hero and Nero principle of fountains,
substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of January 1895.
ARTHUR JOSEPH NEEDHAM.
WALTER CECIL NEEDHAM.