Improvements in or connected with Portable Apparatus working Automatically or otherwise for Fire Extinguishing and Giving an Alarm.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Portable Apparatus working
Automatically or otherwise for Fire Extinguishing and Giving an
Alarm.
I, CHARLES HENRY JOHNSON, the younger, of The Laboratory, Oatland Mills,
Meanwood Road, Leeds, in the County of York, Manufacturing Chemist, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: —
This invention relates to portable apparatus working automatically or otherwise
for extinguishing fires that may break out in ocean going vessels; and buildings,
such as warehouses, factories, shops, and dwelling houses.
The object of the invention is to provide portable and readily applied, apparatus
that may be automatically or otherwise actuated and quickly directed to operate
upon the seat or origin of a fire.
According to this invention a vessel made of steel, or other metal or material
of any desired shape or construction is employed and wholly or partially filled
with chemicals usually employed for fire extinguishers. This vessel is made of such
a size that is can be readily moved from place to place. A vertical metal pipe
is arranged to communicate with the bottom of the vessel. The top of the said
pipe is provided with a swivel or universal joint capable of being fixed in any
desired position by, say, a thumb or set screw or screws.
Το the swivel
universal joint at
or
the top of the vertical pipe
at its outer
attached,
is, say, a horizontal metal pipe also armed
a
or
universal joint
which
to
end with
second
is
a
say,
swivel
vertical metal pipe also armed at its free end with a swivel or universal joint to
which is fixed a spherical bulb perforated with holes to form a rose for night
work and a nozzle or spray for day work. The spherical bulb and nozzle or spray
may be fixed at or about a right angle to each other, and each of the swivel or
universal joints may be capable of being fixed in any required position by means
of one or more set or thumb screws.
The the top of the steel or other vessel is fixed a vertical pin for receiving and
supporting the end of an iron guide rod or bar. The iron guide bar may be of
any desired length and at its upper end may be bent to form a crook or large hook.
On the guide bar is mounted a weight of any suitable size and shape and it is
retained in a suspended position near the hook or crook by a fusible hook-made
of say metal or gutta-percha or pitch and oils, or shellac, or shellac varnish, or
hektograph composition, and solidified by ordinary and well known means,--which
will be readily melted as soon as a fire breaks out, and releases the weight which
then falls by its own gravity. During the descent of the weight it comes in
contact with the knob of, say a vertical rod or plunger mounted in a stuffing box
fixed to the screw stopper of the steel or other vessel immediately over a glass
bottle, also fixed to the underneath side of the screw stopper of the vessel,-con-
taining the necessary chemicals for setting the extinguisher in action whenever the
bottle is broken by the rod or plunger armed with a knob, either by the action of
the falling weight, or on being struck by hand.

page_text: Indore Apparatus working Automatically or otherwise for Fire Extinguishing, &c.
By the above described means the nozzle or spherical bulb can be set in any
required direction immediately a fire is discovered and the extinguisher can
automatically hold its own delivery pipe and be playing upon the same whilst
other extinguishers are being brought onto the scene and arranged around the
conflagration; thus providing means and making it possible for one man to control
a number of machines and extinguish the fire in its first or earliest stage. Further,
by making the various pipes of metal they will not be readily damaged by the
heat arising from the fire.
The weight on falling may also be made to complete an electric circuit and by
means of a switch board and wires made to ring an alarm or other bell placed
upon the outside of the building or at a distance therefrom.
Dated this Tenth day of Decembar 1907
CHARLES HENRY JOHNSON, THE YOUNGER,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.
Improvements in or connected with Portable Apparatus working
Automatically or otherwise for Fire Extinguishing and Giving an
Alarm.
I, CHARLES HENRY JOHNSON, the younger, of The Laboratory, Oatland Mills,
Meanwood Road, Leeds, in the County of York, Manufacturing Chemist, 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:
-
This invention relates to portable apparatus working automatically or otherwise
for extinguishing fires that may break out in ocean going vessels; and buildings,
such as warehouses, factories, shops, and dwelling houses.
The object of the invention is to provide portable and readily applied apparatus
that may be automatically or otherwise actuated and quickly directed to operate
upon the seat or origin of a fire.
In the drawings hereunto annexed:
:―
Fig. 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 a part sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 an enlarged
plan looking on the top of the apparatus employed for fire extinguishing.
Like parts in all the views are marked with similar letters of reference.
According to this invention a vessel A made of steel, or other metal or material
of any desired shape or construction is employed and wholly or partially filled
with chemicals usually employed for fire extinguishers, such as for instance, say,
sulphuric acid and bi-carbonate of soda. This vessel is made of such a size that
it can be readily moved from place to place. A vertical metal pipe B is arranged to
communicate with the bottom of the vessel A. The top of the said pipe is
provided with a swivel or universal joint C capable of being fixed in any desired
position by, say, a thumb or set screw or screws D.
To the swivel or universal joint C at the top of the vertical pipe B is attached,
say, a horizontal metal pipe E also armed at its outer end with a swivel or universal
joint F, to which is attached, say, a second vertical metal pipe G also armed at its
free end with a swivel or universal joint G¹ to which is fixed a spherical bulb H
perforated with holes to form a rose for night work, and a nozzle or spray H¹
for day work. The spherical bulb H and nozzle or spray H₁ may be fixed at or
about a right angle to each other, and each of the swivel or universal joints may be

page_text: capable of being fixed in any required position by means of one or more set or
thumb screws D'D³. Taps G2 G3 may also be provided for respectively closing
or opening the passage to the spherical bulb H or nozzle H' as may be
required.
To the top of the steel or other vessel A is fixed a vertical pin I for receiving
and supporting the end of an iron guide rod or bar J. The iron guide bar
may be of any desired length and at its upper end may be bent to form a crook
or large hook J¹. On the guide bar J is mounted a weight K of any suitable size
and shape and it is retained in a suspended position near the hook or crook J¹
by a fusible nook L made of, say, metal, or gutta-percha, or pitch and oils, or
shellac, or shellac varnish, or hektograph composition, and solidified by ordinary
and well known means. The fusible hook L is readily melted, as soon as a
fire breaks out,-and releases the weight K which then falls by its own gravity.
During the descent of the weight K it comes in contact with the knob M of, say,
a vertical rod or plunger mounted in a stuffing-box O fixed to the screw stopper P
of the steel or other vessel A immediately over a glass bottle Q,-also fixed to the
underneath side of the screw stopper P, if desired, or held up by, say, clips or
brackets Q1 Q2 attached to pipe B,-containing the necessary chemicals for setting
the extinguisher in action whenever the bottle is broken by the rod or plunger N
armed with a knob M, either by the action of the falling weight K, or on being
struck by hand.
By the above described means the nozzle H or spherical bulb can be set in
any required direction immediately a fire is discovered, and the extinguisher can
automatically hold its own delivery pipe and be playing upon the same whilst
other extinguishers are being brought onto the scene and arranged around the
conflagration; thus providing means and making it possible for one man to
control a number of machines and extinguish the fire in its first or earliest stage.
Further, by making the various pipes of metal they will not be readily damaged
by the heat arising from the fire.
The weight K on falling may also be made to complete an electric circuit and by
means of an ordinary switch board and wires,-not shown in the drawings,―made
to ring an alarm or other bell placed upon the outside of the building or at a
distance therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the portable apparatus
working automatically, or otherwise, for fire extinguishing, and giving an alarm,
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In portable apparatus for extinguishing fires and giving an alarm, the use
of the fusible hook L, vertical rod J, adjustably fixed to the top of the vessel A,
and provided with a crook J' at its upper end, and a weight K sliding on said
rod J, as and for the purposes described and illustrated.
Dated this Tenth day of September 1898.
CHARLES HENRY JOHNSON, THE YOUNGER.