AN IMPROVED DIS- TRIBUTING APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO GARDEN HOSE, SYRINGES, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Barton, the younger, of Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED DIS-
TRIBUTING APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO GARDEN HOSE, SYRINGES, AND FOR
OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Barton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 19th April 1870.
I, SAMUEL BARTON, the younger, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO GARDEN HOSE, SYRINGES,
AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention applies to garden hose, syringes, garden pumps, or
engines, and other similar apparatus, and consists of a distributing
apparatus so arranged that the form or character of the jet of water or

page_text: liquid manure ejected may be changed at will without removing the
nozzle.
At one end of a short tube which is to be applied to or forms part of
the discharge pipe of the hose, syringe, or engine is fixed a short plug
at right angles to the axis of the tube, and bored through transversely
with a hole corresponding with the bore of the tube. Upon this plug
(which may be either cylindrical or slightly conical, by preference the
latter) is closely fitted a circular box or socket capable of partially
revolving thereon, and the circumference of this box or socket is
provided with two jets or mouthpieces of different form (say, one round
nozzle and one rose) tapped into it at about right angles to each other,
and bored through-so as to correspond with the bore of the tube. It
will be evident that by partially revolving the box or socket on the
plug (which remains stationary) either the round nozzle or the rose may
be brought into a line with the bore of the discharge pipe at will, and
hence the character of the jet may be changed instantaneously. By
turning the box or socket so that neither jet is opposite to the pipe
the latter will be effectually closed and the jet stopped. It will of
course be understood that any other forms of nozzles or jets may be
applied to the revolving socket if preferred.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters, Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Barton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 19th October 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
BARTON, the younger, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Nineteenth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Samuel Barton, the younger, Her special license
that I, the said Samuel Barton, the younger, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel Barton, the
younger, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any

page_text: time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "AN IMPROVED DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO GARDEN HOSE,
SYRINGES, AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Samuel Barton, the younger, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Barton, the younger, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement and accompanying Drawings (that
is to say) -
This Invention applies to garden hose, syringes, garden pumps, or
engines, fountains, and other similar apparatus, and consists of a
distributing apparatus so arranged that the form or character of the jet
of water or liquid manure ejected may be changed at will without
removing the nozzle.
At one end of a short tube which is to be applied to or forms part of
the discharge pipe of the hose, syringe, fountain, or engine is fixed a
short plug at right angles to the axis of the tube, and bored through
transversely with a hole corresponding with the bore of the tube. Upon
this plug (which may be either cylindrical or slightly conical, by
preference the latter) is closely fitted a circular box or socket capable of
partially revolving thereon, and the circumference of this box or socket
is provided with two jets or mouthpieces of different form (say, one
round nozzle and one rose) tapped into it at about right angles to each
other, and bored through so as to correspond with the bore of the tube.
It will be evident that by partially revolving the box or socket on the
plug (which remains stationary) either the round nozzle or the rose may
be brought into a line with the box of the discharge pipe at will, and

page_text: hence the character of the jet may be changed instantaneously. By
turning the box or socket so that neither jet is opposite to the pipe, the
latter will be effectually closed and the jet stopped. It will of course
be understood that any other forms of nozzles or jets may be applied to
the revolving socket if preferred.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "An
Improved Distributing Apparatus to be Applied to Garden Hose,
Syringes, and other like Purposes," I will now proceed to describe
more in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be per-
formed or carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be
clearly understood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings
illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and letters
of reference corresponding with those in the following explanation
thereof.
Fig. 1 in the annexed Drawing is a sectional view of the apparatus
shown in the position it assumes when the jet is closed; Figs. 2 and 3,
exterior views showing the rose open and the round jet closed. I may
here remark that it will be evident that by placing the jets at a more
acute angle or nearer together three or more different jets might be used
if required.
a, a, is part of the branch pipe, at the end of which is screwed the
short slightly conical plug b, b, at right angles to the axis of the branch
pipe, the plug being bored transversely with a hole c, c, corresponding
with the bore of the pipe. Outside this plug is fitted a socket or circular
box d, d, so as to be capable of making about one quarter of a revolution
thereon; the said socket being fitted with short pipes or necks, on to or
into which are screwed or otherwise fitted the rose e, e, and the round
jet ff. It will be obvious that by partially turning the socket d, d,
(say, about one-eighth of a revolution in either direction, see Fig. 1,)
upon the plug b, b, either the rose or the round jet may be brought into
action, and that when the apparatus is in the position shewn in Fig. 1,
the pipe c, c, will be closed and both jets stopped.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be
performed or carried into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that
I claim as my Invention the employment of a revolving socket or
circular box fitted with different jets, and arranged so as to turn partially

page_text: on a fixed conical or other plug on the end of the branch pipo
substantially as herein-before described and shown on the annexed
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Barton, the younger, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of October,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
SAMUEL BARTON, JUN". (L.S.)
Witnessed by
GEORGE DAVIES, C.E.,
Office for Patents,
Manchester.