An Attachment to Syphon Bottles for Converting the same into Fire Extinguishing Apparatus.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 14th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 17th Feb., 1888
An Attachment to Syphon Bottles for Converting the same into
Fire Extinguishing Apparatus.
I FREDERICK FOSTER of Niagara Works Eagle Wharf Road Hoxton in the County
of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an attachment for syphon bottles whereby the same filled
with aërated waters may be used as fire extinguishing apparatus.
For this purpose I make a connecting piece to be attached to the spout or outlet of
the syphon bottle by means of a screw gland acting upon an india rubber washer.
The outlet of the connecting piece is considerably smaller than the outlet of the
spout of the syphon bottle and is made at such an angle that the stream of liquid
which issues therefrom, when the handle of the syphon is depressed, is directed
horizontally instead of downward as the liquid issues from the syphon bottle when the
connecting piece is removed.
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The connecting piece is constructed with a curved projecting piece which is to be
clasped by one of the fingers while the lever handle of the syphon is depressed, this
avoids the possibility of the connecting piece being driven off the spout of the syphon
by the pressure of the aërated liquid due to its passage through the contracted outlet
in the connecting piece.
By the means herein before described syphon bottles filled with any of the ordinary
aërated waters may if occasion arise be instantly converted into fire extinguishing
apparatus by the addition thereto of the connecting piece as described and the aërated
waters may be used for drinking purposes in the ordinary way when the connecting
piece is detached from the syphon.

page_text: An Attachment to Syphon Bottles for Converting the same into
Fire Extinguishing Apparatus.
I FREDERICK FOSTER of Niagara Works Eagle Wharf Road Hoxton in the County
of Middlesex Engineer 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 relates to an attachment for syphon bottles whereby the same filled
with aërated waters may be used as fire extinguishing apparatus.
For this purpose I make a connecting piece to be attached to the spout or outlet of
the syphon bottle by means of a screw gland acting upon an india rubber washer.
The outlet of the connecting piece is considerably smaller than the outlet of the spout
of the syphon bottle and is made at such an angle that the stream of liquid which
issues therefrom, when the handle of the syphon is depressed, is directed horizontally
instead of downward as the liquid issues from the syphon bottle when the connecting
piece is removed.
The connecting piece is constructed with a curved projecting piece which is to be
clasped by one of the fingers while the lever handle of the syphon is depressed, this
avoids the possibility of the connecting piece being driven off the spout of the syphon
bottle by the pressure of the aërated liquid due to its passage through the contracted
outlet in the connecting piece.
By the means herein before described syphon bottles filled with any of the ordinary
aërated waters may if occasion arise be instantly converted into fire extinguishing
apparatus by the addition thereto of the connecting piece as described and the aërated
waters may be used for drinking purposes in the ordinary way when the connecting
piece is detached from the syphon.
In the accompanying drawings in all the figures like parts are represented by the
same reference letter Fig. 1 is an elevation of the nozzle placed in position on the
spout of a syphon bottle Fig. 2, 3 and 4 are respectively the gland, the india rubber
washer and the body of the nozzle forming together the complete nozzle. Fig. 5 is
a form of nozzle dispensing with the gland and arranged to be forcibly screwed on to
the spout of a syphon bottle indenting sufficiently on the exterior of the spout a screw
thread by which it may be retained in position. Fig. 6 is a similar nozzle intended
to be forcibly screwed into the outlet of the spout of a syphon bottle.
A is a nozzle with outlet at B and curved handle C to be clasped by the finger so
as to assist in retaining the nozzle in position when the lever handle D of the syphon
bottle is depressed causing the liquid to issue at the contracted outlet B. E is the
gland which serves to compress the india rubber washer by means of which a liquid
tight joint is effected and at the same time the nozzle is held in position on the spout
of the syphon bottle,

page_text: The nozzle represented in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 may be conveniently made of soft
white metal such as pewter but the forms of nozzle represented by Figs. 5 and 6
should be made of a metal harder than that of which the fittings of syphon bottles
are usually made in order that the inside and outside screw threads may by forcing
them in contact with the exterior and interior surfaces of the spouts of syphon bottles
form by indentation the outside and inside screw threads required to retain such
nozzles in position for delivering a stream of liquid horizontally as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. Converting a syphon bottle into a fire extincteur by attaching a nozzle to the
spout thereof substantially as described.
2. A nozzle to be attached to vessels containing liquid under pressure for use
as a fire extincteur substantially as described and represented in the accompanying
drawings.