NEW LAWN-TENNIS MARKER AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING THE MATERIALS TO BE USED WITH THE SAME
Year: 1884

page_text: * I, William HAMPSON, of 9, Highfield South, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, Schoolmaster,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for A NEW LAWN-TENNIS MARKER
AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING THE MATERIALS TO BE USED WITH THE SAME to be
as follows:-
The invention consists of a long narrow box with a handle, A, at one end and a
wheel, B, at the other. At the end of the box next the handle is a lid, C, which
allows of the marking materials being put into the box. Inside the box is a flat
bar, D, reaching the whole length of the box, and turning freely inside it, the
axle-pins, E, being let into the ends of the box. On the end of the bar next the
handle a small grooved wheel, F, is fixed. A cord, G H, is passed with one or two
turns round the grooved wheel, and by pulling in turn the two ends of this cord
the flat bar is made to revolve either way, and mixes the water and whitening, or
other materials. Through the end of the box next the large wheel a hole, K, is
inade, in the top corner on the off side. Into this hole fits one end of a rod, L M,
which runs the whole length of the box, and projects through another hole N, in
the corresponding corner of the other end of the box. This rod has a tapering
point, L, at the end next the large wheel, so that the flow of material from the box
can be regulated by withdrawing the pointed end of the rod from the hole. The
end of the rod next the handle of the box has a loop, P, attached, so that the rod
can be pushed or pulled by a finger of the hand which holds the handle of the box.
The rod is kept in the corner when withdrawn from the spout by the two pieces, T,
on the top and side. A spout, Q, is attached under the hole in the end of the box
next the large wheel, to guide the material on to the top of the wheel it is kept
in place by being fastened to a projecting part, R, of the top of the box. A. brush, S,,
is fixed against the under edge of the large wheel, to clear it of bits of grass or
dirt before it comes up to the spout.

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I, WILLIAM HAMPSON, of West Hey, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, late of Highfield
South, Rock Ferry, Schoolmaster, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for A NEW LAWN-TENNIS MARKER AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING THE MATERIALS TO
BE USED WITH THE SAME and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The invention consists of a long narrow box with a handle at one end, marked A
in the drawings which accompanied my Provisional Specification, No 3914, dated
26 Feb., 1884. At the other end of the box is a wheel, marked B. Near the end
of the box towards the handle is an opening, C, which allows of the marking
materials being put into the hox. Inside the box is a flat bar, D, running the
whole length of the box, and turning freely inside it, the axle-pins E, being let into
the ends of the box. On the end of the bar next the handle a small grooved
wheel, F, is fixed. A cord, G H, is passed with one or two turns round the grooved
wheel, and by pulling in turn the two ends of this cord, the flat bar is made to
revolve either way, and mixes the water and whitening, or other materials.
Through the end of the box next the ground-wheel, a hole, K, is made, in the top
corner, on the right hand side of a person holding the box before him by the
handle. Into this hole fits one end of a rod, L M, which runs the whole length of
the box, and projects through another hole, N, in the corresponding corner of the
other end of the box. This rod has a tapering point, L, at the end next the
ground-wheel, so that the flow of material from the box can be regulated by with-
drawing the pointed end of the rod from the hole. The end of the rod next
the handle of the box has a loop, P, attached, so that the rod can be pushed or
pulled by a finger of the hand which holds the handle of the box. The rod, when
withdrawn from the spout, is kept in the corner of the box, by a holder, T, fastened
to the top and side of the box. A spout, Q, is attached under the hole in the end
of the box next the large wheel, to guide the material on to the top of the wheel.
brush, or piece of tin, is fixed, as at S, against the edge. of the ground-wheel, to
clear it of bits of grass or dirt before it comes up to the spout.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1 The combination of a lawn-tennis marker with an apparatus for mixing the
materials, substantially as herein described, and illustrated in the drawings attached
to my Provisional Specification.
2 The method of regulating the flow of the materials by means of a rod running
along the marker inside and closing or opening a hole in the lower end, substantially
as herein described and illustrated in the drawings' attached to my Provisional
Specification.
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