Improvements in Apparatus for Syringing Hops and other Plants We, and Trees.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application. 31st Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Sept., 1892-Accepted, 29th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Syringing Hops and other Plants
We,
and Trees.
HENRY SEYMOUR TETT and FRANK TETT, of Preston Works, Faversham,
in the County of Kent, Agricultural Implement Makers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to machines for syringing hops and other plants and has
for its object to provide a machine the jets or nozzles of which are arranged to be
brought in close proximity to all parts of the plants being syringed.
In carrying out our invention we mount upon the tank containing the insecticide
or other fluid a series of pivotted arms for carrying the nozzles. In practice we
find it advantageous to employ three or more arms which are pivotted to move in
substantially vertical planes and two or more arms in horizontal or substantially
horizontal planes. The arms which move in the vertical planes are made hollow and
have arranged to slide within them rods or tubes to the outer extremities of which the
nozzles are connected. It will thus be understood that, by moving the nozzle-
carrying bars telescopically relatively to the tubes and by moving the said tubes
upon their pivots, the height of the nozzles from the ground may be varied. By
means of the arms pivotted to the sides of the tank the nozzles upon the said arms
may be more or less separated according to the space between the rows of plants to
be syringed.
Levers are provided for adjusting the positions of the arms and consequently
also of the nozzles.
A pump is placed within or upon the tank and operated from the carrying wheels
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'G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Syringing Hops and other Plants
and Trees.
We, HENRY SEYMOUR TETT and FRANK TETT, of Preston Works, Faversham,
in the County of Kent, Agricultural Implement Makers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to machines for syringing or washing hops and other plants
and has for its object to provide a machine, the jets or nozzles of which are
arranged to be brought in close proximity to all parts of the plants being syringed.
In carrying out our invention we mount upon the tank containing the insecticide
or other fluid a series of pivotted arms for carrying the nozzles. In practice we
find it advantageous to employ three or more arms which are pivotted to move in
substantially vertical planes and two or more arms in horizontal or substantially
horizontal planes. The arms which move in the vertical planes are made hollow
and have arranged to slide within them rods or tubes, to the outer extremities of
which the nozzles are connected. It will thus be understood that, by moving the
nozzle carrying bars telescopically relatively to the tubes and by moving the said
tubes upon their pivots, the height of the nozzles from the ground may be varied.

page_text: By means of the arms pivotted to the sides of the tank the nozzles upon the said
arms may be more or less separated according to the space between the rows of
plants to be syringed.
Levers are provided for adjusting the positions of the arms and consequently also
of the nozzles..
A pump is placed within or upon the tank and operated from the carrying
wheels thereof for discharging the liquid from the nozzles.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of our improved syringing or washing apparatus; and,
Figure
is a plan of the same; and Figure 2 a view of a detail:
Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section; and,
Figure 4 is a plan, the tank being removed to shew the under frame and
mechanism connected therewith.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a is the tank for containing the insecticide or other fluid; which tank is mounted
upon travelling wheels b, b.secured to an axle c and which is provided with
brackets d, d to which draught shafts e can be connected.
arms,
9,
1
With
fff are the pivotted arms adapted to move in vertical planes, 9, 9 are pivotted
arms adapted to move in horizontal planes, and h, h are other pivotted arms also
adapted to move in horizontal planes, the said arms h, being connected to the
by braces g so as to move in unison therewith. The arms f¹, f¹ are
provided at their pivotted ends with sockets and mounted loosely upon a hinge-pin i,
while the arm is connected to the said pin, and the arms g, on each side of the
apparatus are also provided with sockets and thumb screws and mounted upon
hinge-pinsj. As herein before stated each of the pivotted arms ff, has sliding
within its socket a rod or tube; at the free end of which is a nozzle k connected by
a flexible tube to a box or chamber m into which the liquid to be discharged from
the nozzles is. introduced by a pump n.
The arms have their nozzles directly
connected to them, pipes, conveying the liquid from the chamber m to the said
nozzles. Each flexible pipe / has arranged in conjunction with it a cock o which
serves for regulating the flow of the liquid to the nozzles and also, if desired, for
completely shutting off the supply. Each of the arms, fis connected by a
rod with a lever q pivotted on the side of the tank and provided with a spring-
catch for the purpose of locking the lever in any desired position on a toothed
segment. The hinge-pin i serves for operating the arm, the said pin being
provided with a crank connected to a lever p similar to the levers
7. 9.
this arrangement it will be understood that the raising and lowering of the levers
and the withdrawal of the rods or tubes carrying the nozzles more or less out of
their sockets will enable the position of the said arms f,f,f, together with the
nozzles k carried thereby, to be adjusted according to the height of the hops. The
side arms g, g and h, h are connected by links to collars h¹ loosely mounted upon
rods h² adapted to slide in bearings and be fixed by pins * in one of the bearings,
the said pins engaging with holes in the rods. The collars h' are arranged
bet veen collars fixed to the rods and springs abutting against collars hon
the rods h. By this arrangement the arms 9 and h can be adjusted laterally upon
their pivots in order to place them in such positions that they will correspond to
the distance between the rows of hops by adjusting the position of the rods /³ and
at the same time they will be allowed to yield by means of the springs h* when
meeting any obstruction. This arrangement is clearly shewn in Figures 1 and 2ª.
The pump n, as shewn in the drawings, is adapted to be operated by the axle c
of the wheels through the medium of the bevel-wheel secured to the said axle
and engaging with the pinion s upon a countershaft t, the said countershaft carrying
a bevel-wheel u engaging with a bevel-pinion v upon a shaft w, to which shaft is
also attached a crank disc r connected by a rod to a crank & through the
medium of which motion is imparted to the pump piston. The bevel-wheel u is
loosely mounted upon the shaft t and is provided with ratchet-teeth with which

page_text: a clutch t' is adapted to engage, the said clutch being connected to the shaft by a
feather and operated by a lever t'.
y is a strainer for preventing pieces of solid matter from entering the pump,
and y' is a funnel-shaped opening through which the liquid is introduced into the
z is a cock for controlling the supply of liquid delivered by the pump n into
tank.
the box m.
It will be understood that with this apparatus it is possible to wash or syringe
the adjacent sides of two rows of hops at once, the nozzles carried by the
arms h, h serving to syringe the lower parts of the rows, those carried by the
arms 9, 9 to syringe parts of the rows above and the arms f¹, f¹ and to syringe
the upper parts of the rows.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :–
1. In apparatus for syringing hops and other plants and trees, a series of pivotted
arms carrying nozzles suitably connected with the discharge side of a pump,
substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
2. In apparatus for syringing hops and the like and provided with a series of
pivotted arms, connecting the syringing nozzles to rods sliding telescopically in
the said arms, substantially as described.
3. In apparatus for syringing hops and the like the combination of a series of
arms adapted to move in vertical planes and of other arms adapted to move in
horizontal planes, substantially as described.
4. The manufacture and use of the improved apparatus for syringing hops and
other plants and trees substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.