Improvements in Fountains and Water Jets for Ornamental and other Purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 31st May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fountains and Water Jets for Ornamental and
other Purposes.
JAMES FREDERICK BENNETT 9 Rupert Road Nether Edge Sheffield Inventor and
ERNEST PARKER HIDES 30 Violet Bank Road Nether Edge Sheffield Traveller both
of the County of York do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The water as supplied to towns villages and other places, by water companies,
or private individuals reaches the consumer under considerable pressure or force.
If water thus be allowed to force its way into an airtight vessel or receiver we get
compressed air, and water under pressure, which if allowed to escape leaves the
vessel with considerable force and energy. We purpose using these jets for fountains
and, jets for ornamental and other purposes, not including flushing cisterns for
water closets, and urinals that being omitted in this invention.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fountains and Water Jets for Ornamental and
other Purposes.
We, JAMES FREDERICK BENNETT, 9 Rupert Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield, Inventor,
and ERNEST PARKER HIDES, 30 Violet Bank Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield, Traveller,
both of the County of York 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 relates to the construction of table fountains or water jets, the
object being to produce a simple apparatus that can be charged without the aid
of a pump, or other mechanism, and that will then deliver a jet or stream of water
by means of compressed air contained therein.
Our invention is illustrated in the annexed sheet of drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate similar parts in either of the figures.
Fig. 1, represents a sectional elevation of a fountain with bowl and stop cock.
Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of a simple form of fountain, without bowl or stop
cock.
In carrying out our invention, we make an airtight vessel A, of any kind of
material suitable for the purpose (such as sheet copper or tin) of a strength capable
of resisting the usual pressure of water supplied to towns.
Passing through the top of the vessel preferably in the centre and secured
thereto, is a tube B, reaching to the bottom or thereabouts, and projecting a short
distance above the top where it is provided with a stopcock C and a removable
Dozzle or jet D, may be screwed or otherwise attached to its extreme end.
Upon the end of the pipe above the stopcock C, we place a cone E, of rubber
or other material for making a temporary water tight joint. between a water supply
cock and the fountain vessel A, but although we prefer a cone such as E, it may
be made dome shaped, or of other suitable shape, and we may apply it for fitting
purposes to any other part of the vessel, and with or without a tap or valve.
When the vessel is being filled with water under pressure as described, the air
inside the vessel becomes compressed in the top part, until the pressure in the vessel
is equal or thereabouts to that of the supply, the stop cock C is then turned off
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page_text: and the fountain is ready for use, when the nozzle or jet is replaced in position.
When the stopcock is turned on, a jet or spray of water will be ejected, and will
continue for a considerable time.
A cheap fountain suitable for a toy may be made as shown in Fig. 2, a vessel A,
made of tin or other material is provided with a tube B, as before described, its upper
end projecting through the top of the vessel.
An elastic washer W, is placed round this projecting end of the tube, against which
the mouth of the water supply cock is forced to prevent waste when filling the vessel.
A loose nozzle is screwed or otherwise secured upon the end of the tube, which may
be closed by the pressure of the finger while removing the fountain from the supply
cock to the table.
An escape valve may be attached to the vessel A to enable water to escape from the
interior when a given pressure is reached, the valve may be of any construction.
We are aware that water under pressure has been forced into closed vessels and the
cushion of compressed air utilized to force the water out again, and we therefore do
not claim such use broadly, but :—
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 :
1st. In the construction of a fountain for automatically delivering a jet of water,
the combination of a vessel A, a pipe B having a stopcock C, a cone, or junction-piece E,
and a fast, or a loose nozzle D, arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and
shown in Fig. 1.
2nd. In the construction of a simple fountain for automatically delivering a jet of
water, the combination of the vessel A, the pipe B, an elastic washer W, and a fast
or a loose nozzle D, arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in
Fig. 2.
* 3rd. In conjunction with fountains such as claimed in claims 1 and 2, the elastic
cone E, or similar junction piece for making a temporary watertight joint, when
filling the fountain with water under pressure.
Dated the 29th day of April 1890.
ROBT. F. DRURY, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicants.