IMPROVEMENTS IN NAZZLES FOR PIPES USED IN WATERING GARDENS AND SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Nadal, of 13, Newman Street, Oxford Street,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
NAZZLES FOR PIPES USED IN WATERING GARDENS AND SIMILAR PURPOSES."
Sealed the 7th February 1871, and dated the 8th August 1870.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Nadal at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th August 1870.
I, JEAN NADAL, of 13, Newman Street, Oxford Street, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN NOZZLES FOR PIPES USED IN WATERING GARDENS AND SIMILAR
PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in arranging the nozzle for water pipes so
that by merely turning the cap of the nozzle a single stream or jet, or a
rose or number of jets, can be adopted at pleasure and as circumstances
may require, further the nozzle may be arranged to entirely stop the
flow of water if requisite.
This is accomplished as follows:-A vertical plug which can be fixed
on any pipe, the upper part being conical like an ordinary tap, with two

page_text: holes separate one from the other and in communication with the inside
of the plug, which is hollow and stopped on the top, so that the water
may pass out of each of the holes as desired. This plug is placed and
allowed to turn in another hollow and conical portion having two holes
corresponding with the holes of the plug inside, but being on opposite
sides they cannot correspond with the holes of the inner plug only one
at a time upon being turned, when they are then in communication with
the rose or jet, as the case may be. The rose is fixed on the outside of
the conical part or the tap and supplied by the bottom holes when they
are opposite to the other, the top hole supplies the single jet when
opposite to the holes of the outside; in this case the outside conical part
of the tap has a small chamber on the sides of the hole to receive the
water from the same and allow it to pass over the top of the plug to
supply the jet.
This apparatus is similar to an ordinary tap acting in a vertical way
with two outlets as above described, the inlet for the water being in the
* centre of the tap, and by turning the cap of the nozzle one quarter round
a single jet of water can be formed, by turning the same half round a
rose or series of jets are formed, and by turning it three quarters a full
stop to the flow of water is secured.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Jean Nadal in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th February 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JEAN
NADAL, of 13, Newman Street, Oxford Street, in the County of Middle-
sex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of August in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-fourth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Jean Nadal, Her special licence that he the
said Jean Nadal, his executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as he, the said Jean Nadal, his 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

page_text: 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN NOZZLES FOR PIPES
USED IN WATERING GARDENS AND SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that he, the said Jean Nadal, his executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under his, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly 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 Jean Nadal, do hereby declare tlie-
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, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed; that is to say:-
This Invention consists in arranging the nozzle for water pipes so that
by merely turning the cap of the nozzle a single stream or jet, or a rose.
or number of jets, can be adopted at pleasure and as circumstances may
require, further, the nozzle may be arranged to entirely stop the flow of
water if requisite.
This is accomplished as follows:-A vertical plug which can be fixed;
on any pipe, the part fixed on the pipe being.conical like an ordinary
tap either with holes one above the other, or with one hole of a suitable:
size. I prefer to use one hole as it renders the nozzle smaller and
cheaper, and in communication with the inside of the plug which is
hollow and stopped on the top, so that the water may pass out of each of
the holes or the single hole as desired. This plug is placed and allowed
to turn in another; hollow and conical portion having two holes corres-.
ponding with the plug inside, but being on opposite sides they cannot
correspond with the holes of the inner plug only one at the time upon being.
turned when they are then in communication with the rose or jet, as the.
case may be. The rose is fixed on the outside of the conical part or the.
tap and supplied by the holes when they are opposite to one another.
This apparatus is similar to an ordinary, tap acting in a vertical way.
with outlets as herein described, the outlet for the water being in the
centre of the tap, and by turning the cap of the nozzles one quarter.
round a single jet of water can be formed, by turning the same half;

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round a rose or series of jets are formed, and by turning it three quarters
a full stop to the flow of water is secured.
Having now given a general description of my said Invention I desire
to give a detailed description with reference to the Drawings which I
desire to be taken as part of my Specification.
Figure I. is a sectional view of the entire apparatus, and Figures I.,
II., and III. shew in section the different actions; Figure II. shews
the position when rose is required; Figure III. when the single jet is
required; Figure I. when the water is shut off altogether; Figures I.,
II., and III. are crossed sections at the red line *-y in Figures I., II.,
and III. respectively of the interior plug and exterior socket showing
the mode in which the water is turned on and shut off. The plug
forming the inner part a,-a,-a, is of a conical shape, as shewn, and
shewn tọ the pipe A, and has a hole b in the centre of the side of a
suitable dimension to allow the water to flow freely through in the rose
and to pass through the perforations at the top or through the jet.
This inner plug is closed at the top as hercin-after described, and in fact
forms an absolute plug. The exterior part or socket c, c, fits
mechanically over the interior part or plug so that it can turn round
it, that is water-tight and has on one side a projection or chamber, as
shewn in the Drawing to allow the water to pass to the orifice at e herein-
after referred to. This outer part or socket terminates in an orifice at e,
and has two holes f,f, in the side at the same height as the hole 6 in
the inner part or plug c, c, c, one nearly opposite the other. Outside
this outer part or socket is fixed the rose 9, 9,-g¹, g¹. A nozzle h, h, is
screwed over the outer part or socket c, c, and rests on the rose at i, i.
It will thus be seen that when the inner part or plug a, a, a, is turned
so that the hole 6 is opposite to the hole f¹ the water will flow through
the rose as shewn at Figure II. If the inner part or plug a, a, a, is turned
so that the hole 6 is opposite to the hole f the water will flow into the
chamber as described above and through the jet, as shewn at Figure
If it is turned so that the hole 6 is opposite neither of the holes f, f',
the flow of water will be shut off altogether. The outer part or socket c
and the parts g, g, of the rose are one piece, and the perforated part of
the rose g¹, g¹, is fitted on to 9, 9, as shewn in the Drawing, and rendered
water-tight by means of washers fitted in the grooves at g¹, g¹. The
pressure of the nozzle h, h, on i, i, keeps the rose in its place and water-
tight. There are also washers at i, i, to prevent the escape of water.

page_text: At the top of the inner part or plug a, a, a, is a screw a¹, and at e on
the outer part of the socket c, c, is a cross piece shewn at Figure IV.,
the ends of which 1, 6, are fixed inside the top of the socket c at m, m,
through the hole k of which the screw a¹ passes, and thus keeps the
outer and inner parts in their respective places.
The various letterings throughout the Drawings correspond with each
other and with the different parts.
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Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which it is to be put in operation, I wish it to be understood that I do
not claim the use of roses and jets or an apparatus containing the
combined operation of roses and jets, but what I do claim is the
combined operation of roses and jets and the stoppage of the supply of
water by one apparatus, substantially effected as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Nadal, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.