Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Liquid in the Form of Spray.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th May, 1894-Accepted, 23rd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Liquid in the Form of
Spray.
I, WILLIAM LAMBERT, Horsmonden, Kent, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to Apparatus for Distributing Liquid in the Form of
Spray, and relates more particularly to apparatus for use in hop gardens for applying
liquid in the form of spray to the hop plant, in order to destroy blight thereon, but
the improved apparatus is also applicable to distributing liquid in the form of spray
for other purposes.
Such improvements consist
Firstly. Of improved means for disconnecting the shafts of a horse power hop
washing machine, so as to allow the machine to turn either way as required
within a small compass.
Such improved disconnecting gear consists in making the
shaft pins fit laterally into the brackets cast on the front of the tank of the
machine, and into the eyes of the shafts or rods, and in operating such pins by
means of the lever handles which serve as guides when turning the machine, so that
by raising or depressing such handles such pins slip in and out of the brackets and
eyes in such a manner as to allow the machine to be turned either to the right or
left as required.
Secondly. Of improved clutch gear for the driving wheels of the machine,
whereby greater simplicity of construction is obtained, at the same time that more
certain and reliable action is ensured. This I effect by providing each spur wheel
or driving boss with two pawls which are cored into such wheels or bosses, and
take into suitable ratchets on the driving wheels of the machine. The pawls are
operated by springs which produce an outward thrust and so allow the pawls to
escape the ratchets when the machine is being turned.
Thirdly. In fitting the tank of the machine with a triple barrelled pump instead
of with the ordinary double barrelled pump; whereby increased pumping power is
obtained, combined with a more evenly distributed strain, and greater regularity
of action.
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ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Liquid in the Form of
Spray.
I, WILLIAM LAMBERT, Horsmonden, Kent, 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 :-
My invention has reference to Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Liquid
in the Form of Spray and relates more particularly to horse power] hop washing
engines.
Such improvements consist firstly of improved means for automatically
disconnecting the shafts of a horse power hop washing engine or other similar

page_text: apparatus for distributing liquid in the form of spray so as to allow the machine to
be turned either way as required within a small compass.
To effect this I make the shaft pins of a crank form (that is to say) I divide each
pin into two lengths which are connected together by a crank arm so as to form an
upper and lower pin. These crank arms are rigidly fastened to the outer extremities
of the lever handles which serve as guides when turning the machine so that by
raising and depressing such lever handles the pins slip in and out of the sockets
formed on the brackets on the front of the tank and also in and out of the eyes on
the ends of the shafts thus automatically and instantaneously connecting the shafts
with or disconnecting them from the body of the machine.
The operation of this part of my invention is as follows:-(that is to say) on
lepressing such lever handles the pins are forced up and into the sockets and eyes
thus connecting the shafts with the body of the engine and in order to keep them in
this position suitable catches are pivotted on the lever handles. These catches
when the handles are depressed take into notches formed in the mortise brackets
wherein such handles work up and down and so keep the handles down. On
releasing such catches and raising the handles the pins are forced downwards and
disengaged from the sockets and eyes thus disconnecting the shafts from the
machine.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a view in perspective partly in plan
and partly in elevation of the upper portion of the tank of a hop washing engine
having my improved disconnecting gear fitted thereto. a, are the shaft pins.
a', the crank arms connecting the same. b, the sockets on the brackets and c, the
eyes on the shafts with which sockets and eyes pins engage thus firmly holding
the shafts in position. d, are the lever handles by raising or depressing which the
shaft pins are operated. e, the catches pivotted on the lever handles and e¹ the
notches in the mortise brackets with which such catches engage.
I would here observe that if desired my improved automatic disconnecting gear
may be fitted to one side only of the machine while the other may be of any
ordinary and well known construction.
My second improvement relates to improved clutch gear for the driving wheels of
the machine whereby greater simplicity of construction combined with more certain
and reliable action is obtained. This I effect by providing each spur wheel with
two pawls which are cored into the bosses of such spur wheels and take into
ratchets mounted on the driving wheels of the machine. The pawls are fitted with
springs whereby they are operated and which produce an outward thrust and so
allow the pawls to escape the ratchets when the machine is being turned.
This improved arrangement of clutch gear is illustrated in Figures 2, 3, and 4 of
the accompanying drawings. Figure 2 shews a detail view of one of the spur
wheels with two pawls fcored therein. Figure 3 shews the boss of one of the
driving wheels fitted over such spur wheel and having a ratchet 9 mounted on its
inner side as indicated in dotted lines, the pawls on the spur wheel being shewn
engaging with the teeth of such ratchet. In this figure the arms and periphery of
the spur wheel are not shewn. Figure 4 is a detail view of one of the pawls f
shewing the coiled spring, with which it is fitted. f is a slot which is made
therein to allow of such spring being passed in and coiled round so as to leave the
two ends thereof projecting as shewn in the drawing. The longer of such ends is
the one which produces the outward thrust that allows the pawl to escape the
ratchet as already stated while the shorter end is that which engages with the
teeth of such ratchet.
My third improvement consists in fitting the tank of a hop washing engine or
other similar apparatus for distributing liquid in the form of spray with a triple
barrelled pump instead of with the ordinary double barrelled pump whereby the
strain is more evenly distributed thus relieving the cranks and allowing of lighter
gearing being used while a much higher pressure is attained without the wheels
skidding as now so frequently occurs. This is a great advantage in hop washing
engines as the higher the pressure the finer the spray produced.

page_text: With regard to this feature of my invention I would here observe that I am
well aware that a triple barrelled pump is not novel in itself and I therefore make
no claim thereto broadly but only in combination with the tank of a hop washing
engine or other like apparatus for distributing liquid in the form of spray.
Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings is a view in perspective of the interior of
the tank of a hop washing engine shewing a triple barrelled pump fitted therein..
i, is the pump mounted in suitable bearings j, and operated by means of spur
gearing not shewn in the drawing which is fitted to the tank externally in any
convenient manner and actuated by the driving wheels in the ordinary way.
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. In a hop washing engine or other similar apparatus for distributing liquid in
the form of spray automatic disconnecting gear for disconnecting the shafts from
the body of the engine so as to allow the machine to be turned either way as
required all substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
2. Fitting the driving wheels of a hop washing engine or other similar apparatus.
for distributing liquid in the form of spray with improved clutch gear consisting of
a pawl and ratchet arrangement operated by springs all substantially as hereinbefore.
described and shewn.
3. Fitting the tank of a hop washing engine or other similar apparatus for
distributing liquid in the form of spray with a triple barrelled pump in lieu of the
ordinary double barrelled pump in order to obtain a higher pressure and a finer
spray all substantially as herein before described and shewn.
Dated 10L 1
SM 1004
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.