An Improved Drinking Fountain for Birds and Animals.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd July, 1897
·Complete Specification Left. 23rd Apr.. 1898-Accepted, 23rd July, 1898
Date of Application, z510 July, 1897
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Apr.. 1898-Accepted, 23rd July, 1898
An Improved Drinking Fountain for Birds and Animals.
WILLIAM HENRY STURGESS, Earthenware Manufacturer, Edensor Pottery,
Longton, Staffordshire, I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
An improved drinking fountain suitable for birds or animals, the same being
made in one piece of earthenware, glass, metal or other suitable material having
a hole (round or other suitable shape) at top, side or other convenient place for
the purpose of thoroughly cleansing. The hole being being filled with an air-
tight stopper. There is a small aperture at bottom to allow the water to flow
from the container to dish or cup from which the birds or animals drink.
Jan of T... 1807
WILLIAM HENRY STURGESS,
Manufacturer, Edensor Pottery, Longton, Staffs.
An Improved Drinking Fountain for birds and Animais.
I, WILLIAM HENRY STURGESS, Earthenware Manufacturer, Edensor Pottery,
Longton, Staffordshire, 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 improvements in drinking fountains for birds or
animals & has for its object the thorough cleansing & inspection of the inside &
the prevention of slop or spill an advantage which is conspicuous by its absence
in other fountains.
In order that this invention may be more easily understood I will describe it
with reference to the accompanying drawings which show a fountain with my
improvement attached. Referring to the said drawings I provide a peg, a, to fit
the aperture, b, which is placed in position from the inside to facilitate the filling
of fountain & also to prevent slop or spill. I also provide a large hole at top,
side or other convenient place, sufficiently large to admit the hand, for the
purpose of thoroughly cleansing, & for the inspection of the inside of fountain.
This hole being fitted with a cover E, which is made of any suitable material &
is in four parts viz. the top marked R, the inner part marked S, the knob
marked C & the rubber band marked f.
The knob C is unscrewed so as to allow the rubber band, f, to lay flat against
the inner part S, & in this position is placed on the fountain, & by the screwing

page_text: of knob C which engages with the screw D, drawing up the inner part S, which
compresses the rubber band f so as to form a roll, which fits tightly against neck
of fountain & so makes it airtight. When the fountain is filled & fixed in its
place the peg, a, is pushed into the inside of the fountain & the water flows from
container into the dish from which the birds or animals drink.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
In drinking fountains for birds or animals I provide a hole sufficiently large to
admit the hand whereby the fountain may be thoroughly cleansed & inspected.
The hole, fitted with stopper as herein before described to make the fountain
airtight & the provision. of peg, to facilitate the filling & the prevention of slop
& spill substantially as herein before described & shown on the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of Anril 1898