IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR GARDEN AND OTHER FOUNTAINS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th April 1879. A communication
from abroad by Jean Nougués, fils ainé, of Agen (Lot et Garonne),
France.
WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, London, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR GARDEN
AND OTHER FOUNTAINS." A communication from abroad by Jean Nougués, fils ainé,
of Agen (Lot et Garonne), France.
The object of this Invention is to give motion by means of a hydraulic motor to
several objects, and to direct the water in a particular manner.
After many experiments the inventor has succeeded in constructing an apparatus
upon a very pleasing and ornamental system.
This system of construction may be adopted to embellish a garden, a park, a
public place, and a variety of establishments; it is made of cement and dross, slag
or scoria, and the combination of these two materials gives it great strength, with
a very pretty rustic appearance.
The water supply, which is on an average about 20 gallons an hour, may if
required be used for various purposes, as it is retained in the basin (see A in the
Drawing).
Where a greater quantity of water is at command the dimensions of the structure
may be increased, keeping always within the rules of rustic architecture.
Details of the Invention, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of
Drawing -
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A main pipe of lead of a diameter of, say, about an inch, communicating with
the hydraulic motor or water power, passes under the reservoir A, and rises along
the iron bar H to the top of the mill, where it bends in the direction of the paddle
wheel T. On to the end of this pipe is screwed a thimble shaped piece or nozzle
pierced with a small hole to reduce the jet of water, which by turning the wheel T
moves the sweeps of the mill. From this point the water falls naturally into the
reservoir S, passes by a small sloping opening into the spiral part, gives motion in
its course to several small mills, falls upon the slab or table Z, and runs off by the
pipe N to fill the small reservoirs 0, 0, of the aquarium.
When the aquarium is filled nearly to the top the water runs along four small
gutters until it has half encircled the brackets, and at this point it falls in a cascade
into the basin A.

page_text: To give motion to the objects in the basin I, I, there is soldered to the main
pipe and under the aquarium two conduits entering the basins, where they are
curved horizontally.
As upon the main pipe there is also screwed upon the orifice of each of these
conduits or pipes a thimble shaped nozzle pierced at the end with a small hole,
which will give passage only to the proper quantity of water to secure a regular
pressure, and which at the same time prevents any choking of the conduit.
The conduits are so arranged that the currents are opposed to each other, as
indicated by the arrows on the plan view.
As for the aquarium, when the water from the basins I, I, reaches a certain height
it runs off by small slanting orifices, and leaps into the basin A
The Tiron supports C are let into the ground, and are covered in a rustic manner
with dross or slag, as are also the iron bar, the brackets, the edge of the basins, and
the aquarium, as shown on the Drawing.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,-
Figure 1 is an elevation in perspective of a construction embodying this
Invention.
Fig. 2, vertical section of part of same.
Fig. 3, a plan view.
Fig. 4, a vertical section of base; and Fig. 5, vertical section at A¹, B¹, Fig. 3.
A indicates the basin; B, bottom of the basin covered with cement; C, support
or upright of T iron, coated with cement and slag or dross; E, rustic construction
in cement and dross or slag; F, octagonal_aquarium; G, main leaden pipe; H,
square bar of iron; I, circular basins of zinc; J, pipes feeding the basins I; K, screw
threaded nozzles or thimbles; L, nail or fastening supporting the plate M; M, plate
which keeps dirt from entering the aquarium; N, lead pipe; O, reservoirs; P,
circular cage surmounted by a mill; Q, sheet iron ornamental ring; R, spiral
conduit for turning the small mills; S, reservoir; T, paddle wheel, which drives
the sweeps of the mill; V, light thin metal cap; Z, slab or plate.