THE BETTER EXTINCTION OF FIRE, STREET WATERING, AND OTHER PURPOSES."
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Crozier, of the Borough of Sunderland, in
the County of Durham, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "THE
BETTER EXTINCTION OF FIRE, STREET WATERING, AND OTHER PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Crozier at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st March 1856.
I, WILLIAM CROZIER, of the Borough of Sunderland, in the County of
Durham, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for THE BETTER EXTINCTION OF FIRE, STREET WATERING, AND OTHER PURPOSES,
to be as follows:-
A pipe of sufficient dimensions is attached to the water main in the street,
and carried to the base of the proposed pillar and joined to the socket pipe
marked A; this socket communicates with the whole of the pillar, and allows
the water, when the valve is open, to flow into the same; B is a cap which
moves round on the top of the pillar and opens the valve, the end of the
spindle F being inserted in the same; C is a stuffing box for preventing the
water' passing further up the pillar than the point D, and through which the
spindle F works; E, E, are the places for attaching the hose, which are
covered by the caps J, J, when the hose is not attached; F is the spindle,

page_text: moved by the movement of the cap B, and upon which the valve G works; H
is a small-in. cock, for the purpose of drawing off all water in the pillar
after the valve G is closed, thereby preventing all chance of the water freezing
in the pillar; I is a key, used for screwing and unscrewing the caps and hose,
and working the cap B.
The application of the Invention is as follows:-On requiring water for the
hydrant for a fire, street watering, or any other purpose, the caps J, J, near the
base of the pillar are removed, and the hose attached by the key I; the cap B
is then moved round by the same key, the valve G moves up the spindle F,
the water flows past the valve G, and a stream of water passes through the
hose to the place required; on reversing the key I, and turning the cap B in a
contrary, direction, the valve G, by moving down the spindle F, is closed, and
the water ceases to flow; after the hose is unattached and the caps J, J,
replaced, the cock H is opened, and all water above the valve G is drawn from
the pillar into a drain, or allowed to permeate the ground.
The claim is for the application and combination for the better extinction of
fire, or other purposes, of the before-mentioned pipes, valves, screws, spindles,
caps, cocks, and apparatus for the purpose of a hydrant or fire-plug, or other
purpose, in, on, or against any pillar or post, or in, on, or against any erection
or projection above the surface of the ground.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Crozier in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th August 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CROZIER, of Sunderland, in the County of Durham, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Crozier, Her special licence that I, the said William Crozier,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Crozier, 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

page_text: Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention "FOR THE BETTER EXTINCTION
OP FIRE, STREET WATERING, AND OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that. I, the said William Crozier, by an. instrument in writing. under
my hand and seal, 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 William Crozier, 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 (that is to say):-
A pipe of sufficient dimensions is attached to the water main in the street,
and carried to the base of the proposed pillar and joined to the socket pipe
marked A; this socket communicates with the whole of the pillar, and allows
the water, when the valve is open, to flow into the same; B is a cap, which
moves round on the top of the pillar and opens the valve, the end of the
spindle F being inserted into the same; C is a stuffing box, for preventing the
water passing further up the pillar than the point D, and through which
the spindle F works; E, E, are the places for attaching the hose, which are
covered by the caps J, J, when the hose is not attached; F is the spindle,
moved by the movement of the cap B, upon which the valve G works; II is a
small half-inch cock, for drawing off all water in the pillar after the valve G is
closed, thereby preventing all chance of the water freezing in the pillar; I is
a key, used for screwing and unscrewing the caps and hose, and working the
cap B.
The application of the Invention is as follows:-On requiring water from
other purpose, the
the bydrant for a fire, street watering, or any
J, J, near
the base of the pillar are removed, and the hose attached by the key 1; the
cap B is then moved round by the same key, the valve G moves up the
spindle F, the water flows past the valve G, and a stream of water passes
through the hose to the place required; on reversing the key I, and turning
the cap B in a contrary direction, the valve G, by moving down the spindle F,
is closed, and water ceases to flow; after the hose is unattached, and the
caps J, J, replaced, the cock H is opened, and all the water above the
valve G is drawn from the pillar into a drain, or allowed to permeate
the ground.
caps
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not claim as

page_text: of my Invention, or the exclusive use of the parts of the said hydrant when
taken.separately; but I claim as the Invention, whereof the exclusive use is
intended to be secured by the said Letters Patent, the combination of the
several parts above described, so as to constitute a pillar hydrant for drawing
off water under pressure.
In witness whereof; I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-
third day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six.
WILLIAM CROZIER. (L.s.)