Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 4th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 8th Nov., 1887
we, CHARLES JOHN GALLOWAY and JOHN HENRY BECKWITH both of Knott Mill,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to means of effecting from a commanding position the control
of the various sets of jets and the various coloured slides used for illuminated
fountains, so as to avoid the employment of numerous scattered operators and to
bring all the variations of display under the control of one or of a few individuals. For
this purpose, we provide in the main supply pipe of the fountain as many valves as
are necessary to command the various sets of jets, each valve being of a kind
balanced or nearly so in respect of pressure, and from these valves branch pipes are
led to the various rings or sets of jets. Each valve is worked by a suitable lever
connected to it by a set of rods or by counterweighted chains, and the whole set of
levers are preferably arranged in a row so that one or two operators can readily work
such as are required, without moving far from their position. In a similar way we
connect sets of cords or chains or rods from a set of levers to the various sets of
coloured glass slides that are mounted over the lights which serve to illuminate the
jets, each light having glass slides of various colours superposed so that any one with
the others of its set can be withdrawn or advanced as may be desired. When the
extent over which the slides are disposed is considerable, we prefer to attach each of
the rods, chains or cords to the piston of a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder, and then
the attendant by opening a cock or valve can transmit pressure to work the set of
slides.
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page_text: We, CHARLES JOHN GALLOWAY and JOHN HENRY BECKWITH both of Knott Mill,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to means of effecting from a commanding position the control
of the various sets of jets, and the various coloured slides used for illuminated
fountains, so as to avoid the employment of numerous scattered operators and to
bring all the variations of display under the control of one or of a few individuals.
For this purpose we provide in the main supply pipe of the fountain as many valves
as are necessary to command the various sets of jets, each valve being of a kind
balanced or nearly so in respect of pressure, and from these valves branch pipes are
led to the various rings or sets of jets. Each valve is worked by a suitable lever
connected to it by a set of rods or by counterweighted chains and the whole set of
levers are preferably arranged in a row so that one or two operators can readily work
such as are required, without moving far from their position. In a similar way we
connect sets of cords or chains or rods from a set of levers to the various sets of
coloured glass slides that are mounted over the lights which serve to illuminate the
jets, each light having glass slides of various colours superposed so that any one with
the others of its set can be withdrawn or advanced as may be desired.
When the extent over which the slides are disposed is considerable we prefer to
attach each of the rods, chains or cords to the piston of a hydraulic or pneumatic
cylinder, and then the attendant by opening a cock or valve can transmit pressure to
work the set of slides.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a plan and Fig. 2 is a section illustrating
our invention.
B is the basin of the fountain, shewn in this case as a circular one, though
obviously it might be of other form. In a basement or cave under the basin we
arrange the pipes branching from the main supply pipe M to the various jets, each
branch or set of branches being governed by a valve V which is preferably made of
such a kind as to be nearly balanced in respect of pressure, but to be self closing when
free. From the levers of the valves V which are conveniently fixed in a row over
the main M we lead pulls which may be chains or cords passing over guide pullies,
or may be rods with suitable bell cranks, to a set of levers L arranged in a cabin C in
a commanding position, so that the operator, seeing the fountain, may by working
the levers L vary the combination of jets as he may desire. In the cave under the
basin B we also arrange the lights, preferably electrical lights E above each of which
is a glazed hatchway N extending above the level of water in the basin B. Under
each of the hatchways N is fitted a sliding screen S glazed with coloured glass, and
those screens are connected by cords or chains passing round guide pullies to
levers H, these screens being preferably grouped in sets so that one of the levers H

page_text: works all of one set. Thus, as indicated in the plan, the middle lever H works the
central screen S, the levers H and H2 work respectively the three screens S¹ and
the three screens S2 and the levers H3 and H4 work respectively the five screens S³
and the five screens St. Each screen may have a single coloured glass or may have
several successive coloured glasses so that the colour of the light transmitted through
it may be varied by moving it more or less in either direction. The levers H may be
worked by hand, or each of them may be connected to the piston of a cylinder R
which can be subjected to hydraulic or pneumatic pressure in either direction as
determined by a slide or other valve worked by hand. When this arrangement is
adopted it is convenient to lead the supply and discharge pipes of the cylinders R to
the cabin C and provide them with cocks or valves under command of the operator
there. Or instead of leading the pipes to cocks or valves in the cabin, the valves of
the cylinders R may be worked froin the cabin by pulls and levers or handles like the
valves V. Although we have shewn the screens S arranged to be worked in groups,
obviously cach could be worked independently; but, when the fountain is on a
considerable scale, it is generally preferable to group the screens in order to ensure
symmetrical arrangement and repitition of the colours. In like manner, each jet
might have its independent valve V, but for the sake of symmetry it is preferable to
group together sets of similarly arranged jets, commanding each group by a valve.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
In an illuminated fountain, arranging under the basin a set of valves for the
various jets worked by suitable pulls and levers from a cabin commanding a view of
the fountain and a set of lights with sliding coloured glass screens also worked by
pulls and levers, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 4th day of October 1887
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.