Improvements in Adapting or Utilizing Portable Fountains for Decorative Purposes.
Year: 1888

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Date of Application, 4th May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 4th May, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Adapting or Utilizing Portable Fountains for
Decorative Purposes.
FRANK CRAWSHAY, Electrical Engineer of Shaftesbury Villas, 13 Spencer Road,
St. John's Hill, Battersea, London, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a novel means of decorating Walls,
Halls, Staircases, Recesses, Smoking, dining and ball rooms, also suitable for Banquets,
Bazaars, Concerts, Theatres, Flower Shows, Fetes, Conversaziones, Exhibitions, and for
diffusing disinfectants in Hospitals, and sick rooms.
The way I do this is by making a self contained portable fountain in a suitable
form, so that it may be attached, supported, fixed, or made to lean, or stand against
a wall or other suitable place where it may be desirable to place it.
But do not confine myself to any particular principle or type of fountain-or
to any particular form or design in which it may be made-I preferably make these
fountains on the same principle as water is supplied to towns, and in the form of a
double bracket, one being above the other, the top bracket will be combined or contain
a cistern or reservoir, which will contain or hold water or other fluid, and from which
a tube or tubes will be led to the lower bracket, which will also be combined with
or contain a cistern or reservoir, the lower end of the said tube or tubes will terminate
in a jet, with its aperture facing upwards, from which the water will issue forth, and
can be controlled by a tap--the water which flows out of the jet is received in the
lower cistern or reservoir, and when the fountain is played out, all that is necessary
to recharge it, is to remove the water from the lower cistern or reservoir and replace
it in the top cistern or reservoir, the lower cistern or reservoir could be made like a
drawer, or any other manner or way, so that it could be detached or removed, and
the water poured out of it into the top cistern.or reservoir.
The novel feature or features of this invention principally consist in making or
combining a self-contained portable fountain with a bracket or any other suitable form
or design for the aforesaid purpose.

page_text: Although the fountain or bracket may not be new, when combined they produce a
new combination, and hence a new apparatus.
This invention can also be applied in conjunction with upholstery or cabinet work
or any other suitable article of furniture for the aforesaid purpose-And could be
adapted or utilized for decorating fire places.
Dated this Fourth day of May 1888
FRANK CRAWSHAY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Adapting or Utilizing Portable Fountains for
Decorative Purposes.
FRANK CRAWSHAY, Electrical Engineer of Shaftesbury Villa, 13 Spencer Road,
St. John's Hill, Battersea, London, in the County of Surrey, 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 stateinent :-
The object of this invention is to provide a novel means of decorating, Walls,
Halls, Staircases, Recesses, Smoking, dining and Ballrooms, which is also suitable
for Banquets, Bazaars, Concerts, Theatres, Flower Shows, Feies, Conversaziones;
Exhibitions. And for diffusing disinfectants in Hospitals and Sick Rooms.
The way I do this is, by making a Self Contained portable fountain, that is one which
acts independently of any external supply, as of water from the mains, in a suitable
form or design, so that it may be attached, supported, fixed, or made to lean or stand
against a wall or other suitable place where it may be desirable to place it.
But I do not confine myself to any particular principle or type of fountain-or to
any particular form or design in which it may be made-I preferably make these
fountains with upper and lower reservoirs, and to work on the principle that liquids
always seek their own level, and in the form of a double bracket as in Fig. 1.-one
bracket being above the other-The top bracket A will be combined with or contain
a cistern or reservoir b, which will contain or hold water or other liquid, and from
which a tube C or tubes will be led to the lower bracket d, which will also be
combined with or contain a cistern or reservoir E. The lower end of the said tube
or tubes will terminate in a jet, with its aperture facing upwards, from which the
liquid will issue forth, and can be controlled by a tap. The liquid which flows out
of the jet is received in the lower cistern or reservoir E, and when the fountain
is played out, all that is necessary to recharge it, is to remove the liquid from the
lower cistern or reservoir E by any suitable means-and replace it in the top

page_text: cistern or reservoir b. The lower cistern or reservoir E could be made like a drawer
or in any other form, such that it could be detached or removed, and the liquid
poured out of it into the top cistern or reservoir b.
The novel feature or features of this invention—principally consist in making or
combining a self-contained portable fountain with a bracket or portable Cabinet or
Cupboard for the aforesaid purpose.
Although the Fountain, Bracket, Cabinet or Portable Cupboard, may not be new
severally when combined they produce a new combination and hence a new apparatus.
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. The combination of a Self-Contained Portable Fountain with a Bracket or
Brackets.
2. The combination of a Self-Contained Portable Fountain, with a Portable Cup-
board or Cabinet.
3. The combination of a Self-Contained Portable Fountain with a Bracket or
Brackets, and a Portable Cupboard or Cabinet.
4. The special combination of the herein before described fountain as shewn in
Fig. 1 and 2 with a Bracket or brackets.
5. The special combination of the herein before described fountain as shown in
Fig. 1 and 2 with a Portable Cupboard or Cabinet F. Fig. 2.
6. The method of recharging Portable Fountains, having upper and lower
reservoirs by removing the lower reservoir and emptying the liquid into the upper
reservoir.
Dated this Fourth day of February 1889.