IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR WATERING GARDENS, LAWNS, STREETS, AND OTHER LAND OR GROUND, OR FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID MANURE, WHICH APPARATUS MAY ALSO BE USED AS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Deverill, junior, of Slough, in the County
of Buckingham, Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineer, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR WATERING GARDENS, LAWNS, STREETS,
AND OTHER LAND OR GROUND, OR FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID MANURE,
WHICH APPARATUS MAY ALSO BE USED AS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Deverill at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th June 1880.
JOHN DEVERILL, junior, of Slough, in the County of Buckingham, Hydraulic and
Sanitary Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR WATERING GARDENS,
LAWNS, STREETS, AND OTHER LAND OR GROUND, OR FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID
MANURE, WHICH APPARATUS MAY ALSO BE USED AS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER."
This apparatus is designed to facilitate the watering of gardens, lawns, or other
ground by causing a series of showers or jets to be in operation at one time, and
thus cover a large surface of the ground in less time and more effectually than can
be done by other apparatus now in use.
I construct my apparatus as follows:-Upon a suitable 4 wheeled carriage, the
front wheels of which have a lock arrangement to enable the carriage to be turned
round or turned round corners, I arrange two or more uprights upon or attached to
the axles of the carriage, the axles of the carriage being connected by tie rods or
tubes, or by connecting the axles with T pieces and tie rods, and erecting the
uprights upon the tie rods connecting the axles.
A handle is connected by swivelling joints to the fore carriage for moving the
apparatus about.
Upon the uprights I fit T pieces held in their places by set screws, and through
the horizontal part of the T pieces I arrange longitudinally a tube or pipe. This
pipe is fitted with any convenient number of T pieces or other attachments for
holding roses, jets, or branches (as circumstances may require), through which
water or other liquid is distributed, forced, or ejected.
The longitudinal tube is connected by means of a flexible hose to any convenient
supply of water under pressure, and a stop cock or valve for regulating the supply

page_text: of water is placed between the flexible hose and the longitudinal tube; I also
place a lever handle upon the longitudinal tube carrying the roses, jets, or branches
to enable me to turn the longitudinal tube round in the T pieces, and thereby
incline the roses, jets, or branches to disperse or throw the water or other liquid in
any required direction. Each T piece has a set screw to prevent a tube from
turning unless turned by the lever handle.
The action of the apparatus will be as follows:-
Water under pressure being supplied through the flexible hose is admitted to the
longitudinal tube through the stop cock, and is emitted through the roses, jets,
or branches thereupon, and by turning the lever handle attached to the tube the
sprays or jets of water may be directed over a border or lawn, or other part
of a garden, as desired; the apparatus may also be drawn along a road, when the
water can be ejected on either side from the centre. For this purpose it will
be more convenient if ball hydrants or other connections are provided in the
centre of the roadway, so that the flexible tube may not interfere with the traffic.
I can also use my apparatus as a fire extinguisher by attaching a convenient
number of jets upon the longitudinal tube, and by means of the handle of the
apparatus may be backed or pushed into or nearer to burning matter than a man
directing a hose would dare to venture.
By slacking the set screws which hold the T pieces to the uprights, the
longitudinal tube may be detached from the carriage, and may be used in places,
either in a garden or otherwise, where it would be impossible to get the carriage.
It is obvious that several modifications in the arrangement of the apparatus may
be made without departing from the nature and novelty of my Invention. For
example, I may use a carriage of more or less than four wheels, or I may modify the
mode of carrying the longitudinal tube upon the uprights, and I may also vary the
number and character of the roses, jets, or branches arranged upon the tube.
The whole apparatus is so constructed with screws and other appliances that it
may be easily taken to pieces to facilitate transit, or for stowing away when not
iu use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Deverill in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th December
1880.
JOHN DEVERILL, junior, of Slough, in the County of Buckingham, Hydraulic and
Sanitary Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR WATERING GARDENS,
LAWNS, STREETS, AND OTHER LAND OR GROUND, OR FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID
MANURE, WHICH APPARATUS MAY ALSO BE USED AS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER."
My Invention consists of an apparatus designed for irrigating or distributing
water or liquid manure, or other liquid under pressure over or upon the surface of
flower beds, borders, paths, roads, lawns, or other ground, or over or upon fruit or
other trees or vines trained upon walls, by bringing a number of roses or jets to

page_text: operate or play at one and the same time, and so to cover or distribute the liquid
over or upon a large surface in less time and more effectually than can be done by
the present system of "watering." My apparatus can also be used for other
purposes, as hereinafter described.
According to my Invention I construct my apparatus as will be seen from the
Drawings (in which the same letters indicate similar parts in all the Figures) in
the following manner-I take 2 pairs of wheels a¹, a, as, as, of a size and material
suitable to run freely upon the ground, upon which the apparatus is intended to be
used, and I mount each pair of wheels loose upon an axle b, b'; to each axle I secure
a bridge piece c, c', and upon the bridge piece over the centre of the axle I secure a
T piece à, d, having a lateral socket e, e', to take the end of a bar or tube f, and
50 make a four wheeled carriage, upon which I mount the novel feature of my
Invention. The T piece at d¹ must have a swivelling arrangement to enable the
carriage to be turned round corners or otherwise turned about when in use. Any
convenient arrangement may be used. One arrangement is shewn enlarged in
Fig. 5. In the T pieces d, d', I secure vertical bars or tubes g, g¹, of a convenient
height, and on the tops of these rods I fix other T pieces h, h', having set screws
,, for the purpose hereinafter described. A handle A may be attached to the
bridge piece c¹ for maneuvering the apparatus. Through the T pieces h, h¹, I pass
a tube or barrel B having a bore suitable in size to the pressure of liquid, and to
the quantity of liquid required to be thrown or distributed in a given time; this
tube or barrel is in as many pieces or sections k, k, l, as may be desired, and the
pieces or sections are connected by T pieces p, p, p, into which I screw or other-
wise attach roses or jets, or combinations of roses and jets, as may be desired, or as
circumstances may require. At the end of the tube or barrel BI attach a cross
bar or lever m, and also a stop-cock n; o is a screw union by means of which I
attach an india rubber or other flexible pipe or hose to communicate with a head
of water or other source of liquid under pressure,
To use the apparatus I proceed as follows:-Supposing I have a wall upon which
fruit trees are placed, and a border in front, over which I wish to distribute water
or other liquid, I bring the apparatus within a convenient distance opposite such
trees and border, and having connected a flexible pipe or hose communicating with
a supply of water or other liquid under pressure at the union o, I by means of the
cross bar or lever m incline the roses or jets towards the trees and turn on the
stop-cock n, when, as may be easily understood, the liquid will be ejected through
such roses or jets, and by moving the cross bar or lever still further the jets or
spray of liquid will be made to radiate in any direction in a vertical plane at right
angles to the longitudinal axis of the tube or barrel B, as the tube or barrel can
be readily turned in the T pieces when the set screws i, i', are slacked; and if it
is required to hold the jets or spray at a particular inclination, it is only necessary
to tighten one or both of these set screws, or the set screws i, i¹, may be tightened
just sufficient to bind or bear upon the tube or barrel B, so that by using a small
amount of force upon the handle or lever m, the tube or barrel may be turned and
retained without the inconvenience of repeatedly adjusting the set screws.
watering gravelled walks or lawns, the jets or spray may be made to play
upwardly, inclined, or downwardly. Instead of attaching the roses or jets to
throw liquid in one direction only, they may be so placed as to throw liquid in
an inclined direction on each side, and each rose or jet may be fitted with a stop-
cock so that liquid may be shut off from any one or more of them. Fig. 6, Fig. 7,
and Fig. 8 shew different forms of roses and nozzles which may be used with my
apparatus, but I do not limit myself nor do I claim to use any particular construction
of rose or jet with my apparatus.
For
I can in some cases attach the T pieces h, h¹, to the upright bars or tubes g, g¹,
by means of set screws (not shown in the Drawings), and by slacking such set
screws the tube or barrel B with the roses or jets may be detached from the
carriage, and may be used in a garden, conservatory, or other place where it would
be impossible to get the carriage.

page_text: My apparatus will be extremely useful for watering public roads, for with a
suitable number and arrangement of roses upon the tube or barrel B, water can be
distributed over the whole width of a roadway by communicating a supply of
water and drawing the apparatus along the centre of the road. For such a purpose
it would be convenient to have ball hydrants or other connections provided at
intervals in the centre of the roadway, the flexible tube would then be kept from
interfering with or being injured by the traffic.
As a fire extinguisher my apparatus may be used with advantage. A suitable
number of jets or branches instead of roses may be fixed upon the tube or barrel B,
and by means of the handle the apparatus can be backed or pushed into or nearer
to burning matter than a man directing a hose could venture without incurring
considerable risk.
The parts of the apparatus are so fitted together by screwing, or with bolts and
nuts, pins, or other contrivances, in a manner that will be readily understood, that
they may be separated to be packed for transit, or to be stowed away in a
comparatively small compass when not in use. It is obvious that the apparatus
may be made wholly of metal, or partly of metal and partly of wood.
I have described and illustrated my apparatus as having four wheels and two
uprights, but I also use more or less than four wheels, and one or other number of
uprights; also for a small apparatus I use only one pair of wheels, and instead of having
one upright, as g, I use 2 supports forming a V springing from the bridge piece over
the axle, and carrying the tube or barrel B in T pieces on the tops of the supports;
the handle is then rigidly secured to the axle or to the bridge piece, and has a
pendant leg attached to such handle so that the apparatus may be rested firmly on
the ground.
In the Drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of my apparatus; Fig. 2 is an end or
back elevation; Fig. 3 is the opposite end or front elevation, and Fig. 4 is a plan.
Having now described my Invention and the means by which it is to be carried
into effect, I do declare that what I consider novel and claim as my Invention is,-
First. The combination or combinations of apparatus, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the Drawings hereunto annexed, as and for the
purposes herein before set forth.
Secondly. A tube or barrel in sections, such as B in the Drawings, having attached
thereto roses or jets for throwing or distributing liquid operated by a cross bar or
lever, supplied with liquid by means of a flexible tube and stop cock, and mounted
upon a carriage, substantially as herein before described as and for the purposes
herein before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Deverill, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Third day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
JOHN DEVERILL, JUNR. (L.S.)