Improvements in Apparatus for Diffusing upon Plants Fertilizing, Insect-destroying, or other Compounds in Liquid Form.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Apr., 1890-Accepted, 31st May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Diffusing upon Plants Fertilizing,
Insect-destroying, or other Compounds in Liquid Form.
I, SAMUEL HOWARD STOTT, of The Lindens, Fulwood, Preston, in the County of
Lancaster, Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I employ a hollow box or vessel of any convenient shape one end whereof is open
to an inlet pipe and the other to an outlet pipe. The inlet pipe is connected to a
flexible hose pipe through which water under pressure is supplied to the interior of
the box or vessel and to the outlet pipe may be connected any suitable form of nozzle
or spray pipe for discharging and distributing the contents of the vessel. I place
within the box or vessel divisions or walls of wire gauze or perforated sheet metal and
so form one two or more chambers in which the fertilizing, insect-destroying or other
compound is placed suitable openings with nipples having screw-down caps being
provided for the introduction of the material into the said chambers. The water
pressure having been admitted to the box or vessel through a regulating tap or cock
passes through the chamber or chambers containing the fertilizing or other compound
and by its friction thereupon disintegrates and mixes with the compound and passing
through the nozzle at the other end of the box is diffused upon the plants in its
impregnated condition.
In another arrangement I connect to one of the nipples through which the material
is introduced into the box a pipe through which liquid manure or other liquid com-
pound may enter the box simultaneously with the water through the inlet so that the
two may become mixed together the diluted manure or other fertilizing compound
being diffused upon the plants as hereinabove stated.
Any suitable liquid compound or material of a semi-solid granulated or pulverulent
kind suitable either for the nutrition of the plants or the destruction of insects may
be employed in conjunction with the apparatus above described.
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W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Diffusing upon Plants Fertilizing,
Insect-destroying, or other Compounds in Liquid Form.
I, SAMUEL HOWARD STOTT, of the Lindens, Fulwood, Preston, in the County of
Lancaster, Agent, 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 has for its object to provide an apparatus for diffusing upon plants
With this object I
fertilizing, insect-destroying, or other compounds in liquid form.
employ a hollow box or vessel of any convenient shape one end whereof is open to an
inlet pipe or pipes and the other to an outlet pipe. The inlet pipe or pipes is or are
connected by means of any suitable coupling to a flexible hose pipe through which
water under pressure is supplied to the interior of the box or vessel and to the outlet
pipe may be connected in like manner any suitable form of nozzle or spray pipe for
discharging and distributing the contents of the vessel. I place within the box or
vessel divisions or walls of wire gauze or perforated sheet metal and so form one
two or more cells or chambers in which the fertilizing, insect-destroying, or other

page_text: compound is placed, suitable openings being provided for the introduction of the material
into the said cells or chambers; these openings are fitted with nipples having screw-
down caps or with any other convenient arrangement for preventing the escape
thereout of the contents of the said cells or chambers or of the water passing through
under pressure as aforesaid, when the apparatus is in work. The water under pressure
having been admitted to the box or vessel through a regulating tap or cock passes
through the cells or chambers containing the fertilizing, insect-destroying, or other
compound and by its friction thereupon disintegrates and mixes with the compound
and passing through the nozzle or spray pipe at the other end of the box or vessel is
diffused upon the plants in its impregnated condition.
When the apparatus is made in the larger sizes so as to be too large to be con-
veniently carried about by the hand whilst the spray is being diffused or directed
upon the plants, the spray pipe and nozzle instead of being connected directly to the
outlet pipe of the apparatus, may be connected to one end of a length of flexible
tubing or hose pipe, by means of any suitable coupling, the other end of which is
connected in a similar manner to the outlet pipe of the apparatus.
Any suitable liquid compound or material of a semi-solid, granulated, or pulverulent
kind suitable either for the nutrition of the plants or the destruction of insects may be
employed in conjunction with the apparatus above described.
I prefer to use an apparatus containing three or more cells or chambers.
The several cells or chambers of the apparatus may be charged, if desired, with
materials or compounds of different kinds: for instance, one or more of the cells may
be charged with solid manure (soluble in water), one or more with soot, and the
remaining cell or cells with charcoal, the resulting impregnated liquid constituting a
fertilizing liquid-in like manner a mixture of paraffin and soft soap for destroying
insect pests may be placed in one or more of the cells, and sulphate of potassium for
destroying mildew in others; and so on as may be desired.
In practice it is found desirable when charging the cells or chambers of the
apparatus with the impregnating material to only about half fill the said cells or
chambers therewith. If the cells or chambers contain too large a quantity or bulk of
the said material the passage of the water through the apparatus is thereby obstructed
or retarded thus causing a weakening of the water pressure necessary for the discharge
of the contents of the apparatus in the form of spray.
In order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and carried into
effect, the accompanying drawings are added-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation and
Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinal section of apparatus of cylindrical form constructed in
accordance with my said invention.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew in end view two of the walls or divisions of the hollow box or
vessel, when cylindrical.
Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section and
Fig. 6 a plan view (partly in section) of apparatus rectangular in form constructed
in acordance with my said invention.
Figs. 7 and 8 shew in end view two of the walls or divisions of the hollow box or
vessel, when rectangular.
Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are a side elevation, a sectional elevation, and a sectional plan
view respectively of a supplementary reservoir or holder provided with a spring push-
plate arrangement which may be conveniently used in connection with my said
invention for feeding or gradually forcing down into any one of the cells or chambers
semi-solid, granulated, or pulverulent substances:-I do not however claim this
reservoir or holder or the push-plate arrangement to be used in connection therewith
(shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11 and also in the succeeding Figs. 12 and 13) as part of
my said invention, but refer to the same merely as a useful arrangement to be used in
connection with my said invention when a continuous use of the same for any long
period is desired.
Fig. 12 is a sectional elevation of apparatus of rectangular form in which the semi-
solid, granulated, or pulverulent substance may by means of one push-plate, if the

page_text: arrangement last hereinbefore mentioned is adopted, be fed or gradually forced down
into each of the several chambers of the box or vessel below simultaneously.
Fig. 13 is a sectional plan view of the same taken at the line A-B (Fig. 12).
In Figs. 1 and 2 A represents a hollow box or vessel of cylindrical form constructed
with four cells or chambers; B an inlet pipe; and Can outlet pipe. M and N are
couplings of ordinary construction for the connection thereto of a flexible tube or hose
pipe. a, b, c, and d are walls or plates of sheet metal forming the vertical sides of the
cells or chambers 1, 2, 3, and 4 into which the box or vessel A is divided, e e e are
nipples (having screw-down caps fff) through which the compound or material
is introduced into the cells or chambers 1, 2, and 3, the screw threading of the
nipples e e e accommodating, when desired, the attachment thereto of a reservoir or
holder such as that illustrated at Figs. 9, 10, and 11. The chamber 4, being the one
next before the outlet, is preferably without a nipple and cap being designed to
promote the more effectual mixing of the materials from the chambers 1, 2, 3 with the
water passing through the apparatus. represents a perforated sheet metal shield or
grid designed to strain the impregnated liquid as it issues from the outlet end o of the
apparatus. The outlet end part o as also the inlet end part may, if desired, be made
to screw on to the ends of the box or vessel A so as to be detachable therefrom and
thereby facilitate the removal of impurities or obstructive matter accumulated in front
either of the strainer or the first division plate a. The holes or perforations jj in
each of the division plates a b c d are preferably arranged in an alternate manner (as
shewn at Figs. 3 and 4 and also at Fig. 2) that is to say the said holes are pierced
through one plate a near its outer part or edge (see Fig. 3) and through the next
plate 6 near its inner or central part (see Fig. 4). In practice it is found advantageous
to pierce the first plate a with a few additional holes near its central part (see Fig. 3)
for the purpose of relieving somewhat the said central part of the plate a from the
initial or full pressure of the incoming water.
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In Figs. 5 and 6 A represents a hollow box or vessel of rectangular form con-
structed with three parallel rows of cells or chambers each of the rows of cells or
chambers having a separate inlet and outlet pipe. The three inlet pipes B¹ B² B³
branch out from a common or main inlet pipe B and the three outlet pipes C³ C² C³
converge into a common or main outlet pipe C the said main inlet and outlet
pipes B and C being provided with couplings M and N with which to connect
flexible tubing or hose pipe as hereinabove described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
The arrangement however of the apparatus shewn at Figs. 5 and 6 (and also at
Figs. 12 and 13) permits of either end of the apparatus being used as the inlet or as
the outlet end. a b and c d are the dividing walls of the cells or chambers 1, 2, 3.
All the cells or chambers of the three rows preferably communicate with each other
through holes j, j in the dividing walls a b and c d but the said holes may
advantageously be arranged near the upper part of one plate a (see Fig. 7 and also
Fig. 12) and near the lower part of the opposite plate b (see Fig. 8). e, e, e are
nipples; fff screw-down caps; and hhh strainers for the like purposes as the
corresponding parts hereinabove referred to and shewn at Figs. 1 and 2.
In Figs. 9, 10, and 11 D is the box part or body of a supplementary reservoir or
holder which is tapered at its lower end and terminates in a short connecting pipe E
the latter being screw-threaded as hereinabove mentioned so as to screw on to the
nipples e e e of the box A (see Figs. 1 and 2 and also Figs. 5 and 6). F is a screw-
threaded cap or cover which carries (hanging downwardly from its underside) guide
rods or fingers G G G enlarged at or having collars formed upon their lower
extremities kk. A push-plate H is loosely mounted on the guide rods G G G and
is impelled downwardly by the resilience or expansion of the spiral springs 111.
The cover F (carrying the said guide rods, push-plate, and spiral springs) having
been removed, the box part D may then be partly filled with the semi-solid or other
compound or material and the cover F and its attendant parts having been replaced
on the box the spring push-plate H will accommodate itself to the height of the
material within the box and gradually press the said material downwardly into the

page_text: cell or chamber below. Each cell or chamber of the apparatus may be provided
with a supplementary reservoir or holder such as hereinabove described.
The arrangement of apparatus illustrated at Figs. 12 and 13 comprises a hollow
box or vessel A of rectangular form having cells or chambers and inlet and outlet
pipes arranged as shewn at and described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6, the said
box or vessel however being so constructed that each of its cells or chambers is in
communication with the interior of a single reservoir or holder. D represents the
body or box part of the said reservoir or holder which has a number (in the arrange-
ment shewn in the said Figs. 12 and 13 the number being nine) of tapered or funnel-
mouthed outlet openings E E E which enter holes in the top of the cells or chambers.
F is the cover; G G guide rods or fingers; H a push-plate; and li spiral springs ;
the said parts operating as above described with reference to like parts in Figs. 9,
10 and 11. The cover F may be fastened down in place on the box D by a screw
bolt I and a nut J the said bolt and nut also serving to hold the upper part D and the
lower part A together, suitable washers or packings (not shewn in the drawings)
being interposed between the said parts so that the required water-tight joints may be
formed between them.
At Figs. 12 and 13 is shewn (at K K) an arrangement which it is advisable to
adopt when the supplementary reservoir or holder fitted with a push-plate is used in
conjunction with my said invention; this consists of a vertical tube of perforated
sheet metal or wire gauze forming a kind of cage inside the cell or chamber within
which the compound or material employed is held or supported in a manner suitable
for being effectively acted upon by the friction of the passing water, thus avoiding
the danger of the cell or chamber being filled too rapidly or to such an extent as
to retard the passage of the water through the apparatus. This arrangement may,
if desired, be employed in conjunction with the apparatus shewn at Figs. 5 and 6,
and with a slight modification with that shewn at Figs. 1 and 2, independently of the
said push-plate arrangement above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An instrument or apparatus comprising a box or vessel containing one or more
cells or chambers for the reception of compounds or materials of the nature specified
and arrangements for causing water or other liquid under pressure to pass through
the said cells or chambers and to issue therefrom impregnated or mixed with the
compounds or materials at the time being contained therein substantially as shewn
in and describe with reference to Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive of the said drawings.
2. The combination of parts constituting the apparatus shewn in and described
with reference to Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive of the drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1890.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.