Improvements connected with the Supplying of Disinfectants to Street, Road and other similar Surfaces.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1897
Completo Cornifination Loft 2nd Mar 1808 Acrented 9th Apr 1898
Date of Application, 2nd June, 1897
2nd Mar
Complete cification Loft, Mar 1808 Accented 9th Apr
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with the Supplying of Disinfectants to
Street, Road and other similar Surfaces.
I, WILLIAM HENRY HIVEY, of 65, Sandy Road, Seaforth, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to supplying disinfectants or analogous materials
or substances to street and road surfaces and other like surfaces; and it has for
its object to provide a simple and convenient mode of and means for supplying
such materials.
solid
or
.
or.
or
to dis-
like materials,
According to the present invention, the disinfectants
are distributed over street or road surfaces or other surfaces, by means
of a water cart, and a vessel containing the material in crystal
form within the cart, and so adapted and arranged as
solve a certain quantity of the material, and supply it automatically,
to each cart-full of water, the said vessel container being held by or
within a seat, socket, or the like fixed upon the interior of the water cart, or rest-
ing upon the bottom thereof. Thus, when the water cart is filled, the vessel
containing the disinfectant will be also filled or charged with water, which will
dissolve a certain quantity of the crystal or substance within it, say in the lower
part thereof; and then, when the water cart empties, this vessel is emptied auto-
matically by the fall of level of water, and the dissolved charge within it, therefore,
becomes mixed with the bulk of the contents of the water cart; and so the street
becomes watered by a disinfectant-charged water.
According to one form of disinfectant holding and supplying device, the con-
tainer or vessel consists of, say, a cylindrical jar or vessel of earthenware or other
suitable material, having a screw-down cap or cover, screwing into the neck or
upper edge of the body, and having a rubber washer between it and the body edge;
and in this cap are holes through which the air or water can pass in and out;
while, at the bottom, there is a tube or passage standing up a certain distance
inside the vessel, say to the level of the disinfectant in the lower, part of same,
through which the water can enter the vessel and the dissolved matter in the water
This vessel is placed and held in position
pass out into the bulk within the cart.
in a suitable metallic flanged socket or seat, fixed upon the body of the cart inside,
and into and out of which the said vessel can be slid; a slot or aperture being pro-
vided at one side so as to leave the lower aperture of the container or vessel freely
open to the inside of the cart. Or, in another case, the socket may be flanged
below, and made sufficiently heavy to prevent its tumbling over when the cart is
jerked or moved about; that is, it is sufficiently heavy at the base to keep it
upright under all circumstances.

page_text: Improvements connected with the Supplying of Disinfectants to
Street, Road and other similar Surfaces.
I, WILLIAM HENRY HIVEY, of 65, Sandy Road, Seaforth, in the County of
Lancaster, Merchant, 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 has reference to supplying disinfectants or analogous materials
or substances to street and road surfaces and other like surfaces; and it has for
its object to provide a simple and convenient mode of and means for supplying
such materials.
.
According to the present invention, the disinfectants or like materials, are dis-
tributed over street or road surfaces or other surfaces, by means of a water cart, and
a vessel containing the material in crystal or solid form within the cart, and so
adapted and arranged as to dissolve a certain quantity of the material, and supply it
automatically, to each cart-full of water, the said vessel or container being held by or
within a seat, socket, or the like fixed upon the interior of the water cart, or resting
upon the bottom thereof. Thus, when the water cart is filled, the vessel containing
the disinfectant will be also filled or charged with water, which will dissolve a
certain quantity of the crystal substance within it, say in the lower part. thereof;
and then, when the water cart empties, this vessel is emptied automatically by the
fall of level of water, and the dissolved charge within it, therefore, becomes mixed
with the bulk of the contents of the water cart; and so the street becomes watered
by a disinfectant-charged water.
According to one form of disinfectant holding and supplying device, the container
or vessel consists of say, a cylindrical jar or vessel of earthenware, or other suitable
material, having a screw down cap or cover, screwing into the neck or upper edge
of the body, and having a rubber washer between it and the body edge; and in
this cap are holes through which the air or water can pass in and out; while, at
the bottom, there is a tube or passage standing up a certain distance inside the
vessel, say to the level of the disinfectant in the lower part of same, through which
the water can enter the vessel and the dissolved matter in the water pass out into
the bulk within the cart. This vessel is placed and held in position in a suitable
metallic flanged socket or seat, fixed upon the body of the cart inside, and into and
out of which the said vessel can be slid; a slot or aperture being provided at one
side so as to leave the lower aperture of the container or vessel freely open to the
inside of the cart. Or, in another case, the socket may be flanged below, and made
sufficiently heavy to prevent its tumbling over when the cart is jerked or moved
about; that is, it is sufficiently heavy at the base to keep it upright under all
circumstances.
The drawing hereto annexed shews a sectional elevation of a vessel suitable for
holding disinfectant in the cart. It consists, substantially, of an earthen or stone
'ware vessel a, having at the top a cover b, provided with apertures b', and a
.screw thread which screws into the mouth of the vessel a, with a rubber or like
washer c between the flange of the cover, and the upper edge of the vessel; while
below there is a U tube d, passing through the lower part of the vessel a and
extended upwards for a certain distance. Over the inlet of this tube, there is a
wire gauze strainer e, by which the access of solid crystals or portions of the dis-
infectant according to the kind of disinfectant-is prevented.
The vessel or disinfectant container shewn in the drawings, is secured into a

page_text: socket f, which is secured to the side of the water cart. In the drawing, g
represents the side of the cart.
The level at which the vessel a is held in the cart, will be such as will be found
suitable for the different kinds of carts most suitable.
In use, the vessel a is filled with disinfectant of the required kind, whilst the
cover 6 is off, and then, when the cover is screwed into position, the vessel is placed
in the socket in the water cart. The cart is then ready for use, and when filled
with water, water enters the vessel a, and the disinfectant within becomes charged
with it, and a certain amount of it dissolved. Then afterwards, as the water is
discharged from the cart, the dissolved portion of disinfectant passes out by the
tube d into the body of water in the cart, with which it becomes mixed by the
natural agitation due to the movement of the cart, and diffusion; the discharge of
the solution from the vessel a being replaced by fluid entering through the holes b¹.
The contents of the cart thus becomes practically a disinfectant solution, and the
street is watered by this dilute solution.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The herein described improvement connected with the supplying of disin-
fectants to streets, roads, and other similar surfaces, consisting of the employment
in connection with, and within, a water-cart, of a vessel, such as described, con-
taining a disinfectant in a solid or concentrated state, and provided with means
for ingress and egress of water or liquid, and arranged and adapted to operate sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. In the supplying of disinfectants to streets, roads, and other similar surfaces,
as claimed under the preceding claim, the apparatus constructed, held or supported,
and arranged, particularly as set forth with reference to and shewn in the drawings,
for the purposes specified.
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CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents, 15, Water Street, Liverpool.
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