Improvements in Fire-buckets.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1893-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire-buckets.
I, WILLIAM NERACHER, of 1075 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio, United.
States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
My aforesaid improvement in fire buckets is designed to avoid the objection to
the use of the ordinary fire bucket. These buckets in construction and shape as
commonly kept in place for the purpose of extinguishing fires, prior to my invention,
are not different from the buckets commonly used for other purposes. A very
large proportion of all the fires that occur in buildings are extinguished by the use
of hand buckets before they have made much progress and while they are of such
small extent that they may be extinguished by a small amount of water promptly
applied. But in the application of water to fires by means of hand buckets hereto-
foro used for this purpose, in the hurry and excitement of the moment, water in
the bucket is often wasted in whole or in part by being thrown all at once and
inaccurately. The shape and construction of the ordinary bucket is such that the
whole, or at least the greater part of the water, is thrown out at a single dash, and
if this be thrown inaccurately upon the firo no further resource is available without
a fresh bucket or fresh supply.
The object of my invention is to provide for the better applying of the water
upon fires, or the better projection of the water and further to put a certain check
upon the expenditure of the water, so that it cannot all be dashed out at once, and
the bucket exhausted at a single throw.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1, shows the bucket in side elevation, and inclined as in one method of use.
Figure 2, shows a similar figure but with the bucket as hereinafter explained.
Figure 3, shows a top view of the bucket.
Figure 4, is a detail view showing a hinged cover.
The first part of my invention, or the general feature of it, consists of a bucket
provided with handles by means of which it may be swung and provided also with
a directing discharge end having a perforated cover. In the form of bucket shown,
A represents the body. It is provided with a bail which furnishes the support to
be grasped by one hand and a suitable loop b, which may be grasped by the other
hand of the user. The bail is a convenient form for the discharge end, since it is
the most convenient attachment by which the bucket may be either carried or
swung, and is also reversible in the swinging, so that the bucket may be used with
either sido up. For the best effect, also 1 construct the body of the bucket higher
than the body of an ordinary bucket; and also make it tapering from the bottom
upwards towards the discharge end. This tapering shape concentrates the flow of
water when it is dashed from the bucket and serves to projoat the spray in more
concentrated form. The discharge end of the bucket is covered by a plate or
mouth C, which is perforated to prevent the water being discharged at one dash or
throw so that the contents of the bucket are applied in installments. In the form
in which I have illustrated my invention the cover is extended down to the
line d-d and constitutes a continuation of the body of the bucket; it may be
attached to the body of the bucket by hooks e, or by any of the well known devices
for such purposes. In order to better direct the spray or dash of water upon the
fire I havo further provided an inclined or turned discharge end, the plane of
inclination being at right angles to the plane of the handles. This inclination
directs the dash of water, when the bucket is used as in Figure 1, to the floor
whero fires often occur. But if the fire be above, the bucket may be turned to the

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position shown in Figure 2, in which position it is adapted to throw the spray
upwardly, and a handle d' may be provided upon the side opposite to the handle b,
for this reversed use. The body of the bucket and the cap may be made of any of
the ordinary materials used for such purposes. The cap or cover may be made of
cast iron with good effect.
In Figure 4, I show a hinged cover adapted to the bucket, this cover constitut-
ing the angular top of the bucket before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. A fire bucket provided with suitable handles by which it may be swung.
and having a gradually tapering body portion terminating in a perforated cover
closing the upper end and forming an uninterrupted continuation of the gradually
diminishing diameter of the bucket from the bottom to the top, substantially as
described.
Second. A fire bucket provided with suitable handles by which it may be swung
and having a gradually tapering body portion terminating in a perforated cover
turned to one side of the line of the buckets length, said cover forming an
uninterrupted continuation of the gradually diminishing diameter of the bucket
from the bottom to the top, substantially as described.
Dated this 31st day of January 1893.