Improvements in or relating to Rubber, Hose, and the Distribution of Water, for Garden and the like
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1884
"Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1895-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1995
1.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Rubber, Hose, and the Distribution
of Water, for Garden and the like'.
e' Purposes.
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I. TOM SUTCLIFFE, of 441 Chorley New Road, Horwich, in' the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do, hereby declare the nature of this invention' to be as
follows
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At any or as many points as desired, in a length of rubber hose pipe, Linsert a
metal eyelet, having in its inner diameter, a removeable, plug or screw: on the
outer diameter of the, eyelet, are two, flauges or collars.of suitable width,,and at
such distance one from the other, as will suit the varying thickness of pipe.
The eyelets are preferably put in position at a convenient time during the
process of manufacture of the hose pipe: but for existing, bose pipe I punch one or
several holes of the required size to receive, the eyelet or eyelets, and close down
the flanges against the outer, and inner faces of the hose pipe to make tight against
leakage.
For distributing water, I remove. as many screws or plugs, as may be desired,
and, in their place, I insert a jet pipe or pipes, having, suitably shaped, heads, and
perforated in such manner,, as will throw sprays or jets of varying degrees of
strength or volume.
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Attached, and moveable on the, stem of the jet pipes, or spray distributors, is a
double pronged spike or fork which, when pressed into the ground, keeps the hose
pipe, and distributor in position.
One or several of these jets or distributors can be brought into play at the same
time..
An alternative plan, is to use the eyelet in connection with, a metal, or other
suitable hose connector.
Dated this 6th do of October 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Rubber Hose, and the Distribution
of Water for Garden and the like Purposes.
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I, TOM,SUTCLIFFE,, of 441, Chorley New Road, Horwich in the County of
Lancaster, do bereby 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 improvements in rubber hose and the distribution of
water for garden and like purposes, and consists essentially in forming one or more
eyeletted holes in a length of rubber hose at any desired distance from each other
and in fitting such holes with removable plugs, one or more sprinklers or distributors
being adapted to fit into the said holes when the plugs are removed in order to
distribute the water over the desired area.

page_text: accompanying drawing in which:
describe my, ta
Figure 1 is a view in plan of a portion of hose fitted with an eyelet and closed
by the removable plug.
Figure 2 is a view in transverse section thereof.
Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the removable plug.
Figure 4 is a broken view in side elevation of a sprinkler or distributing device
constructed according to my invention showing the eyeletted hose in dotted lines,
and
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Figure 5 is a view in plan thereof.
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Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The hose X is provided with holes.at any suitable distance from each other, the
said holes being fitted with an eyelet A which is provided with two exterior
flanges or collars a of a suitable width and at such a distance from each other as to
suit the thickness of the hose to which it is applied. The interior of the eyelet is
provided with a featherway a', and at its top end is preferably recessed; or
channeled out, while its bottom edge is cut away to form an inclined plane or cam
as shown.
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These eyelets inay he' readily applied to existing hose in any suitable manner,
but are preferably 'inserted during the process of manufacture of the hose."
The plug B is fitted with a head 6 which is preferably provided with a slot 6' to
allow of it being rotated."
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The upper portion of the plug is reduced and fitted with a rubber washor b
At or near the bottom of the plug is a projection or feather 6 which is adapted
on insertion of 'the plug into the eyelet to slide down the featherway a¹'and 'on
being rotated to engage with the inclined bottom edge of the eyelet A, so that as
the plug is rotated it is drawn down and will thus make a perfectly tight joint with
the eyelet by means of the rubber washer 6: To remove the plug it is only
necessary to rotate the plug in an opposite direction until the feather 6 is directly
under the featherway a when it may be readily withdrawn.
For distributing water 1. remove as many plugs as may be desired and in their
place I insert jet pipes, sprinklers or distributors having suitably shaped 'heads' and
perforated in such a manner as will throw sprays or jets of varying degrees of
strength or volume.
The sprinkler or distributor which I prefer to use consists of a hollow stein or
pipe C fitted with a suitably perforated head c and is formed at its top end as a
tool which is adapted to be used to engage with the slot 61 in the head of the plug.
The stem C is provided with a collar c' and a projection or feather cicorre
sponding to the feather 6 of the plug and serving a like purpose, that is to say, to
make a tight joint with the eyelet by means of a rubber washer c³.
Attached and movable on the stem C is a double pronged spike or fork D which
when pressed into the ground keeps the hose and sprinkler or distributor in
position. This spike or fork is preferably formed with a cup-shaped recess d
which is adapted to receive the plug B whilst the sprinkler or distributor is being
used.'
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Instead of closing the eyelets by means of plugs and distributors provided with
feathers which engage with the inclined or cam-shaped bottom edges of the eyelets
as hereinbefore described I may use screw threaded plugs and distributors which
will engage with a corresponding screw thread cut in the eyelets.
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As a modification the eyelet may be formed in connection with the junction or
connecting pieces used in hose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my suid inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
(1)In the distribution of water för garden and like purposes, the use of a hose
and distributor constructed substantially as bereinbefore described and shown.

page_text: (2) Rubber hose and the like provided with one or more eyeletted holes adapted'
to be closed by suitable plugs when not required for use in distributing water
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
(3) In combination with rubber hose and the like as hereinbefore described and
claimed in Claim 2, the use of a water distributor consisting essentially of a stem
provided with a suitably perforated head and adapted to be fitted: into the said
eyeletted holes, and combined with a pronged spike or fork in order to keep the
hose and distributor in position.
ated this 9th day of July 1895.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc.. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Meoh. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.