IMPROVEMENTS IN LAWN MARKERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ROBERT BURNS REYNOLDS, of Stockport in the County of Columbia State of
New York, one of the United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAWN MARKERS," and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists of an improved machine for. marking the lines required on
the lawn for playing Lawn Tennis, said machine consisting of a small tank to
contain the white wash or other liquid substance used mounted on wheels adapted
to be rolled on the lawn and provided with handles for rolling it, one of said
wheels having an endless belt fitted on its periphery and running over guide
rollers into the tank through the liquid to take on and carry the same down to and
deliver it on the lawn by rolling over it in regular and suitable measure to make
the marks much more rapidly and with less labor than they can be made in the
ordinary way, all as hereinafter fully described reference being made to the
accompanying drawing in which: Fig 1 is a side elevation of my improved lawn
marker, and Fig 2 is an end view partly in transverse section.
I make a can or tank a, of tin, sheet iron or any other approved material, and
proper size and mount, it on wheels b, of suitable size for rolling along over the
lawn with a handle c, of any approved kind by which to push or pull the machine
attached to the tank, said tank has a guide roller d, pivoted near each end over
which the endless belt e, fitted to one of wheels b, runs to pass through the liquid
in the tank by running under the roller f therein and resting in the bight of the
belt which passes under it said roller f serving to stir up or to agitate the liquid
and to cause the belt to run through the liquid and also for a tightener to the belt.
The roller f is suitably flanged for guiding the belt and effectually preventing it
from running off, and the wheels b, and rollers d, may be flanged if required.
I prefer to construct the stirring wheel of two rings of thin metal and connecting
rods forming a skeleton device with side flanges for controlling .the belt which is
the best form for effectively agitating the liquid.
It will be seen that the belt will work effectually in taking on the marking
liquid and laying it on the lawn uniformly and as rapidly as it may be desired to
push or pull the machine along.

page_text: The quantity of the liquid laid on by the belt may be varied to suit by the
thickness of the mixture, or scrapers may be employed to scrape off more or less,
said scrapers being located in the upper part of. the tank where the liquid scraped
off will fall back into the tank.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The combination with the liquid tank a, mounted on wheels b, guide rollers d,
located on the side of the tank, and the stirring wheel contained in the tank, of
the belt c, arranged to run on said carrying wheel and guide rollers, and around the
stirring wheel suspended in the bight of the belt within the tank substantially as
described.