TRUVIDIONAL DI POITIV
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Apr., 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
TRUVIDIONAL DI POITIVATION
as
Improvements in Fountains for Holding Varnishes, Inks, Oils,
Polishes, Paints, and other Liquids, may also be Used
Drinking Fountains for Poultry, Birds, and Domestic Animals.
FREDERICK TOM HEMMING 364 Old Kent Road London S.E. Picture Frame
and Metal Tablet Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
The improvements I claim over other fountains or vessels made for like purposes
are the following:
A detachable trough which can be put on or taken off in a few seconds.
Convenience for packing. The vessels can be packed in the same manner as the
ordinary can or jar taking up no more room.
Another great advantage over the methods now in use is that all the user or
operator need to do is to fix the trough on to the vessel turn on the tap and it will
fill automatically, it is then ready to use and will keep full while in use, the method
now employed being to pour the liquid out of the store vessel into some shallow
vessel when required. This process has to be repeated every time the vessel is
empty and it is often attended with great loss of time and material from evaporation
and waste.
A most important advantage is gained by being able to run back into the vessel
the liquid left in the trough. This is done by simply tilting the vessel backward
and when all the contents of the trough has run back, insert a screw or stopper or
tap which makes the vessel perfectly air tight so that there is not the slightest
waste from evaporation.
These fountains can be made of glass, china, earthenware, cement, stoneware,
tin, iron or any suitable material. It consists of a hollow vessel with a hole or
holes near the bottom, these holes have a screw or stopper to each which can be
removed when the troughs (hereafter mentioned and described) are required for
use. I make an aperture or opening at the top of the vessel through which it may
be filled or cleaned. The mode of filling is this, the hole or holes near the
bottom are made secure with the stoppers, the liquid poured in at the top. When
full the top hole is stopped with a screw or suitable stopper that will make the
vessel perfectly air tight.
I may prefer to fill them from a hole at or near the bottom of the vessel in which
case the top of the vessel would be hermetically sealed either with a stopper or
the vessel made without an opening at the top.
The troughs could be made in tin, iron zinc or any suitable material for holding
liquids and made in sizes and shapes to suit the brush or tool used and provided
with a hinged lid to prevent evaporation. They would have a hole in the side or
end in which is fixed a short tube or nipple, this forms the connexion between the
vessel and the troughs and through which the liquid flows. The depth of liquid
obtainable in the trough is regulated by the distance of the hole from the
bottom, the liquid will rise in the trough as high as the top of the hole which
supplies it, but not higher. One or more troughs can be used at the same time
where it is not required to run the liquid back into the vessel. These troughs are
each provided with a screw or stopper or tap to shut off the supply from the

page_text: vessel when not in use, so that the evaporation would be limited to the small
quantity left in each trough.
Jule 6th 1894
FREDERICK TOM HEMMING.
Improvements in Fountains for Holding Varnishes, Inks, Oils,
Polishes, Paints, and other Liquids, may also be used as
Drinking Fountains for Poultry, Birds, and Domestic Animals.
FREDERICK TOM HEMMING 364 Old Kent Road S.E. Picture Frame and Metal
Tablet Manufacturer 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:-
The improvements I claim over other fountains or vessels made for like purposes
are the following:-
--
A fountain with a detachable trough which trough can be put on or taken off
in a few seconds. Convenience for packing. The vessels can be packed in the
same manner as the ordinary can or jar taking up no more room.
Another great advantage over the methods now in use is that all the user or
operator need to do is to fix the trough on to the vessel turn on the tap and it
will fill automatically, it is then ready to use, and will keep full while in use;
the method now employed being to pour the liquid out of the store vessel into some
shallow vessel when required. This process has to be repeated every time the
vessel is empty and it is often attended with great loss of time & material from
evaporation and waste. A most important advantage is gained by being able to
run back into the vessel the liquid left in the trough. This is done by simply
tilting the vessel backwards and when all the contents of the trough has run back
insert a screw or stopper or tap which makes the vessel perfectly air-tight, so that
there is not the slightest waste from evaporation.
These fountains can be made of glass, china, earthenware, cement, stoneware,
tin, iron or any suitable material. It consists of a hollow vessel A with a hole B
or holes near the bottom; these holes have a screw or stopper to each which can
be removed when the trough (hereafter mentioned and described) is required for
ise. I make an aperture or opening at the top of the vessel through which it may
be filled or cleaned. The mode of filling is this:-The hole or holes near the
bottom are made secure with the stoppers, and the liquid poured in at the top, when
full the top hole is stopped with a screw or suitable stopper that will make the
vessel perfectly air-tight.
I may prefer to fill them from a hole at or near the bottom of the vessel, in
which case the top of the vessel would be hermetically sealed, either with a stopper
or the vessel made without an opening at the top.
The troughs D could be made in tin, iron, zinc or any suitable material for
holding liquids and made in sizes and shapes to suit the brush or tool used; and
provided with a hinged lid E to prevent evaporation. They would have a hole F in
the side or end in which is fixed a short tube or nipple, this forms the connection
between the vessel A. and the troughs D and through which the liquid flows.
The depth of liquid obtainable in the trough is regulated by the distance of the
hole from the bottom. The liquid will rise in the trough as high as the top of the
hole F which supplies it, but not higher. One or more troughs can be used at
the same time, where it is not required to run the liquid back into the vessel.
These troughs are each provided with a screw or stopper or tap C to shut off
the supply from the vessel when not in use, so that the evaporation would be limited
to the small quantity left in each trough.

page_text: I wish it to be understood that I do not in practice necessarily confine myself to
the exact details of construction herein set forth, provided that in all cases the
essential features of the invention be retained, but
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.) A fountain substantially as hereinbefore described to be used with an
attachable and detachable trough.
(2.) A movable trough for use in conjunction with the herein before described
fountain and which may be readily attached to the fountain when in use Fig. 1 and
easily detached when the fountain is not in use Fig. 2 without impairing the value
of the fountain as a store vessel.
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