Improvements in Appliances for Use in Preventing Waste of Liquids used in Washing Plants.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1900
Improvements in Appliances for Use in Preventing Waste of Liquids
used in Washing Plants.
I, JOSHUA HENRY LAMPREY, of No. 1, Walburton Road, Brockley, in the
County of Kent, Literary Editor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
In washing the blossoms and leaves of plants for such purpose as the removal
or destruction of insects thereon it is customary to hold a basin or other vessel
of ordinary or circular shape below the part of the plant being treated in order
to receive the liquid descending therefrom. Much loss of the washing liquids
however occurs in consequence of the shape of the receiving vessel permitting
of its being held only at one side of the stem of the plant.
Now the object of my said invention is to prevent or reduce such waste of
the said liquids and in order to attain this object I so form or construct vessels..
for receiving the said liquids that when held in position for reception of the
said liquids the stem of the plant being treated is in the middle or nearly in
the middle of and is nearly surrounded by the receiving vessel.
In constructing a vessel for the said purpose according to my said invention
I make it of the general figure of a basin or other like vessel open at the upper
part and I form in it a slot extending from the peripheral part to the middle
or thereabouts at the outer or marginal parts or edges of which slot 1 form
sides or a raised rim similar to and in continuation of the sides of the other
part or parts of the vessel. This slot admits of the vessel being so placed rela-
tively to the stem of a plant as to almost surround it.
Where liquids are to be used of such nature that it is desirable to avoid loss
of the small quantity which may escape the vessel by passing through the
aforesaid slot I provide the said slot with a removable cover consisting of a
strip of any suitable material so shaped that such of the said liquid as may fall
thereon will pass from it into the said vessel.
Dated this Eighth day of June 1899.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Appliances for Use in Preventing Waste of Liquids
used in Washing Plants.
I, JOSHUA HENRY LAMPREY, of No. 1, Walburton Road, Brockley, in the
County of Kent, Literary Editor, 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; -
In washing the blossoms and leaves of plants for such purpose as the removal

page_text: or destruction of insects thereon it is customary to hold a basin or other vessel
of ordinary or circular shape below the part of the plant being treated in order
to receive the liquid descending therefrom. Much loss of the washing liquids
however occurs in consequence of the shape of the receiving vessel permitting
of its being held only at one side of the stem of the plant.
Now the object of my said invention is to prevent or reduce such waste of
the said liquids and in order to attain this object I so form or construct vessels
for receiving the said liquids that when held in position for reception of the
said liquids the stem of the plant being treated is in the middle or nearly in
the middle of and is surrounded or nearly surrounded by the receiving vessel.
An appliance for the aforesaid use embodying my said invention is illus-
trated in the accompanying drawing Figure 1 being a plan view of the said
appliance and Figures 2 and 3 sections thereof taken respectively on the lines A A
and BB Figure 1. In the following description the parts of the appliance illus-
trated are referred to by the letters marked thereon. The same letters of
reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the drawing.
a is the liquid receiving vessel which is bowl shaped and is furnished with a
handle band has formed in it a slot ce extending from the middle to and
through its raised side or outer part. d is a raised rim or wall at the edge of
the said slot which raised rim or wall is of about the same height as and forms
a continuation of the raised side of the vessel a. e is a removable cover for
the slot cc which cover is attached to the vessel a by a flexiblé connection f of
cord or other suitable material and is of such size and shape that when in place
over the said slot as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 and indicated in broken
lines in Figure 1 it covers the said slot except at the part c which is in the
middle of the vessel a.
In using the said appliance it is held relatively to the plant to be treated in
such a position that the stem or one of the stems or upright or approximately
upright branches thereof occupies the part c. of the slot cc* and the cover é is
then placed over the said slot in the position illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 and
indicated in broken lines in Figure 1. While the said appliance is thus held
liquid poured over and falling from the leaves of that portion of the plant which
is above the said vessel or the greater part of such liquid is received by and
retained in the said vessel and is thereby saved for re-use.
Although I have illustrated in the accompanying drawing and described with
reference thereto only one method of constructing an appliance for the aforesaid
purpose embodying my invention I would observe that such an appliance may be
otherwise constructed without departing from the nature of my said invention
which is herein before stated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be or may be performed I declare
that I claim as my said invention ;-
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First An appliance for use in washing plants consisting essentially of a
vessel so formed or constructed as to be capable of application to the stem of a
plant in such a manner that the said vessel surrounds or nearly surrounds the
stem to which it is applied and is in position for receiving liquid descending on
all sides of the said stem or branch from the leaves thereof.
Secondly: An appliance for use in washing plants constructed and capable
of use substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompany-
ing drawing and for the purpose described.
Dated this Sixth day of March 1900
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.