A NEW OR IMPROVED BOTTLE FOUNTAIN
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Nadal, of 13, Newman Street, Oxford Street,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
BOTTLE FOUNTAIN."
Sealed the 21st December 1866, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord
Chancellor, and dated the 20th June 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Nadal at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th June
1866.
I, JEAN NADAL, of 13, Newman Street, Oxford Street, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED BOTTLE FOUNTAIN," to be as follows:-
This fountain consists of a box for the pocket and for convenience it is
made in the shape of a watch. This box is made of two shells, one of which
is made in one piece of metal, the other of india-rubber or any other flexible
material, the flexible shell forming the front of the fountain and the solid
metal forming the back; these two shells are connected one with the other
On the side of
so as to be water-tight and thus form the shape of a watch.
the metal shell I fix a knob pierced to form a jet, on this knob is a ring like
a bow of a watch which passes through the knob and forms a tap to the jet.
By this arrangement. the passage is always closed except when the ring is

page_text: pressed down on the back, and by a simple modification of the above the
fountain can be so made that it shall be always open. On the middle of the
flexible shell are fixed two metal plates, one on each side, these two plates
and the flexible shell have a hole in the centre to let pass a screw or rivet
for fastening them together. The metal plate fixed on the outside of the
india-rubber receives the pressure of the thumb which pressure pushes the
flexible part down to the bottom of the inside of the metal shell and forces
the liquid contained between the two shells through the knob forming the
jet. Between the metal shell and the plate attached to the inside flexible
shell or diaphragm is a spiral-cone spring, which spring keeps the two parts
separate this action forms a suction of the liquid into which the jet is held
for the purpose of refilling the fountain. By this arrangement the spring
and the thumb act in different ways and form different actions; the spring
forms a suction and fills the space between the flexible shell and the metal.
The thumb throws the liquid out by closing the flexible shell to the metal one.
The inside india-rubber part which receives the pressure is covered with a
separate piece of metal corresponding with the box, the shape of which is
now resembling a watch, but can and will be made in various forms for
pocket and other purposes. The tap can be made of common key valves or
other means. The diaphragm and flexible shell can be made of india-rubber
waterproof silk, gutta percha, and other flexible waterproof materials. The
spring can be made of steel, brass, india-rubber, or other elastic materials,
I adopt the spiral-cone spring because when pressed down it takes up only
the space of the metal of which it is formed. The pressure forming the
action of the fountain can be done by the thumb and other means. The
filling of the fountain can be done through a hole water-tight beside the
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said Jean Nadal in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th December 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JEAN
NADAL, of 13, Newman Street, Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of

page_text: Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Jean Nadal, Her special licence that I, the said Jean Nadal,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jean
Nadal, my 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, 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 "A NEW OR IMPROVED
BOTTLE FOUNTAIN," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jean
Nadal, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, 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 the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment:-
This fountain for convenience is made the shape of a watch L, and formed
by two shells O and D. Figure D is a solid metal shell, the other O
flexible. On the edge D is a knob soldered C and a drilled perpendicular
hold B, quite through to let pass the liquid. On that knob is attached
a moveable ring A to receive a guard or chain the same as on a watch. The
flexible shell O is formed by a metal ring K which press and fasten in the
other solid shell D. The flexible part F to make water-tight. The flexible
part F is in between two metal plates H, F, which are attached altogether
by the screw and nut J, soldered on the metal plate II, closed to plate F
by the nut J, and so pressing between the two plates F, H; the flexible
diaphragm E in between the two plates is a spiral cored spring G, which
spring keeps the two parts separate; this action forms a suction of the liquid
into which the jet is held for the purpose of refilling the fountain. By this
arrangement the spring and the thumb act on different ways and form different
actions; the spring forms a suction and fills the space between the flexible
shell and the metal. The thumb throws the liquid out by closing the
flexible shell to the metal one, Fig. M. The inside india-rubber part which
receives the pressure is covered with a separate piece of metal corresponding
with the metal shell D, the shape of which is at present resembling a watch,
but can and will be made in various forms for pocket and other purposes.

page_text: The diaphragm and flexible shell can be made of india-rubber, silk membrans,
and other flexible materials of waterproof. The spring can be made of steel,
brass, india-rubber, or other elastic materials. I adopt the spiral core spring
because when pressed down it takes up only the space of the metal of which
it is formed. The pressure forming the action of the fountain can be done
by the thumb and other means. The filling of the fountain can be done
through a hole water-tight beside the jet.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Nadal, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.