FLOATING APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ILLUMINATED FOUNTAINS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FRANCIS JOHN BOLTON, Knight, of 4 The Sanctuary, Westminster in the
County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"FLOATING APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ILLUMINATED FOUNTAINS
" to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of apparatus arranged to float on water
by means of which fountains or water jets are produced that are illuminated by
means of electric or other lights situated in the same apparatus, so that this, being
entirely self contained, can be floated or otherwise conveyed from one locality to
another where a display of such fountains is required.
For this purpose I construct a floating vessel, the deck of which or parts thereof,
is or are made of glass, in any convenient manner, such as by fixing strong sheets
of glass in a watertight manner in metal or wooden frames, and below this glass
deck are placed electric or other lamps, while above the deck are arranged pipes
with nozzles arranged for throwing jets of water in any desired manner so as to
produce ornamental-fountains. The lights below are so arranged in combination
with dioptric or other lenses or reflectors as to project the rays of light in the
direction of the water jets; the pipes for which are arranged so as to obstruct the
light as little as possible. When electric arc lights are used, I prefer to place the
carbons at an angle of about 30° with the horizon, the positivo carbon being at
the bottom, so as to get the greatest amount of light projected in an upward
direction.
For supplying the water to the fountains, a small motor engine of any convenient
description is employed, driving pumps that draw the requisite water supply from
the water in which the apparatus floats; the water being delivered into one or
more air vessels from which pipes provided with cocks lead to the jets.
When electric light is employed the electric current may either be produced by
a dynamo machine on the vessel; driven by the same motor engine that works the
pumps, or the dynamo electric machine and its motor engine may be situated on
land, and the current conveyed to the apparatus by wires. In this case the motor
engine for working the pumps may be an electro dynamic engine worked by the
current supplied from the shore.
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When incandescent lamps are employed the necessary current may be supplied
by primary or secondary batteries or accumulators on board the vessel or on land,
instead of by a dynamo electric machine.

page_text: "
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, FRANCIS JOHN BOLTON, Knight, of 4 The Sanctuary, Westminster in the
county of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of my invention for" FLOATING
APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ILLUMINATED FOUNTAINS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
My invention relates to the construction of apparatus arranged to float on water
by means of which fountains or water jets are produced that are illuminated by
means of electric or other lights situated in the same apparatus, so that this being
entirely self contained, can be floated or otherwise conveyed from one locality to
another where a display of such fountains is required.
For this purpose I construct a floating vessel, the deck of which or parts thereof
is or are made of glass in any convenient manner, such as by fixing strong sheets
of glass in a watertight manner in metal or wooden frames, and below this glass
deck are placed electric or other lamps, while above the deck are arranged pipes
with nozzles arranged for throwing jets of water in any desired manner so as to
produce ornamental fountains. The lights below are so arranged in combination
with dioptric or other lenses or reflectors so as to project the rays of light in the
direction of the water jets, the pipes for which are arranged so as to obstruct the
light as little as possible. When electric arc lights are used, I prefer to place the
carbons at an angle of about 30° with the horizon, the positive carbon being
at the bottom, so as to get the greatest amount of light projected in an upward
direction.
For supplying the water to the fountains, a small motor engine of any
convenient description is employed, driving pump that draw the requisite water
supply from the water in which the apparatus floats, the water being delivered
into one or more air vessels from which pipes provided with cocks lead to the jets.
When electric light is employed, the electric current may either be produced by
a dynamo machine on the vessel, driven by the same motor engine that works the
pumps, or the dynamo electric machine and its motor engine may be situated on
land, and the current conveyed to the apparatus by wires. In this case the motor
engine for working the pumps may be an electro-dynamic engine worked by the
current supplied from the shore.
When incandescent electric lamps are employed, the necessary current may be
supplied by primary or secondary batteries or accumulators on board the vessel or
on land, instead of by a dynamo-electric machine.
The accompanying drawings shew as diagrammatic illustrations an arrangement
of the above described apparatus in a vessel of ordinary form and an arrangement
in a vessel specially constructed.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a vessel of ordinary form with fountains, fig. 2 is a
longitudinal section of the same; fig. 3 is a plan of the deck, shewing the glazed
openings, water mains and jet nozzles. Fig. 4 is a plan under the deck. Fig 5 is
a side view of a specially constructed vessel with fountains, fig. 6 is a longitudinal
section of the same, fig. 7. is a transverse section, fig. 8 is a plan, the left half, of
the deck, the right half, under the deck.

page_text: Referring to figs 1 to 4 inclusive, P are several sets of pumps drawing water
from that in which the vessel floats and discharging it by main pipes M through
numerous jet-nozzles J. A dynamo machine D produces electric lights which shine
through the deck glasses G, illuminating in various ways the jets from the jet
nozzles J. Some of the deck glasses such as G', and the lights for these, may be
raised above the deck to throw out rays laterally or obliquely. In arranging the
mains M it is important to place them so as to obstruct as little as possible any of
the deck glasses G.
Referring to figs 5 to 8 inclusive, D is the dynamo machine, P are the pumps
with air vessels A, M are the discharge mains with their jet nozzles J and G are
the deck glasses. In this case there is raised above the deck a light room L for
illuminating the upper parts of the fountains.
The two outer pipes M instead of being fixed in position may be jointed to the
mains which supply them, so that, when not in use, they can be turned up, as
indicated by the dotted line M¹ Fig. 5 and secured to the light room L.
The fountains may be formed by continuous jets or by jets rendered intermittent
by loaded valves arranged in their nozzles or communications, and the jets may
be directed vertically or obliquely or may be of revolving kind, and the various
known forms of jets may be combined as may be desired for different designs or
effects.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
Constructing Floating Apparatus for producing Illuminated Fountains, consisting
of a floating vessel provided with pumps water mains and jet nozzles and
illuminating apparatus shetered by glass from the water and spray of the jets,
substantially herein described.
ubstantiany as ucie v
Dated this 7th day of May 1885.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.