AN IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FOUNTAINS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eugene Rimmel, of the Strand, in the City of
Westminster, Perfumer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
PORTABLE FOUNTAINS."
Sealed the 31st August 1866, and dated the 6th March 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eugene Rimmel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
March 1866.
I, EUGENE RIMMEL, of the Strand, in the City of Westminster, Perfumer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
PORTABLE FOUNTAINS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing fountains so that the weight of the
fountain itself is utilized for pressing the liquid up a jet. I place the liquid
I then fix the
in a compressible reservoir resting upon a solid basis.
remaining part of the fountain, consisting of the basin and support, over the
reservoir, and I weight it if necessary. As soon as the tap of the jet is open
the upper part of the fountain by descending gradually upon or towards the

page_text: lower forces the liquid up a pipe placed in the centre or otherwise.
pressed spring may also be used to increase the power of the jet by assisting
to force down the upper part of the fountain.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Eugene Rimmel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th
September 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EUGENE
RIMMEL, of the Strand, in the City of Westminster, Perfumer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Eugene Rimmel, Her special licence that I, the said Eugene Rimmel, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Eugene
Rimmel, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any 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 IMPROVEMENT IN
PORTABLE FOUNTAINS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Eugene Rimmel, my executors or administrators, 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 performed, 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 Eugene Rimmel, do hereby declare 'the
nature of my said 'Invention, and in what manner the same is 'to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and 'ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, that
'is 'to 'say:
I
My Invention consists in constructing 'fountains so that the weight of the
'fountain itself is utilized for pressing the liquid up a 'jet. I place the liquid in
a compressible reservoir resting on 'a solid basis. I'then fix the remaining part
of the fountain consisting of the basin and support over the reservoir, and I

page_text: weight it if necessary. As soon as the tap of the jet is open the upper part
of the fountain by descending gradually upon or towards the lower forces
the liquid up a pipe placed in the centre or otherwise. A compressed spring
may also be used to increase the power of the jet by assisting to force down
the upper part of the fountain.
In the accompanying Drawing I have shewn a section of a fountain
constructed according to my Invention. a is the case or body of the fountain,
having a metal base or bottom b, on which a reservoir c rests or is connected
therewith. This reservoir is composed of flexible material d, and is attached
at top and bottom to discs or plates e, e. From the centre of the top disc
I carry a pipe f, having a jet i furnished with a tap j screwed or otherwise
connected thereto. In and above the case or body a, and surrounding the
pipe f, I place weights k, k, which rest upon the top disc'e of the reservoir and
force the same down upon the surface of the liquid contained therein; this
pressure of the weights compresses the reservoir and causes the liquid to flow
up the pipe and out at the jet i when the tap j is open; the liquid issuing
from the jet i falls into a basin l, connected to the upper part of the pipe f, as
shown. To the upper part of the pipe f sometimes I attach a smaller basin n,
which is intended to serve as a funnel when pouring the liquid into the pipe f,
the tap j being removed from the pipe to allow the liquid to run down it into
the reservoir. When the reservoir is being filled as just explained the
movable parts of the fountain must be raised by hand for the purpose of
expanding the reservoir. When the spring m is not employed the tap j is
attached to the pipe f at the junction of the basin l, the pipe being threaded
for this purpose at this point. The action of the fountain is as follows:-
The tap j is removed from the upper part of the pipe f, liquid is then poured
into the smaller basin n, the fountain at the same time being lifted up; this
lifting allows the case or body a and the lower disc e to fall, whereby the
flexible reservoir is expanded and a partial vacuum produced in the reservoir,
allowing the liquid freely to descend therein from the basin n and fill it. The
tap j is then screwed on to the end of the pipe, and on opening the tap the
pressure of the weights and the spring m, when such is employed on the
flexible reservoir, will force the liquid up the pipe and out of the jet in a
continuous stream or as spray, according to the shape and construction of the
jet. Sometimes I employ two pipes, one within the other, and connect the
weights to the jet itself; one of the pipes in this case would have the weights
connected to it and be free to slide up and down the other pipe, which would
be fixed to the base of the fountain.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner

page_text: the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim constructing portable
fountains so that the weight of the fountain itself is utilized for pressing the
liquid up a jet, substantially as herein-before described and represented in the
Drawing annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Eugene Rimmel, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of August, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six...
EUGENE RIMMEL. (L.S.)