IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERING POTS OR CANS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Pinnell, of the City of Bath, Iron-
monger, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERING POTS OR
CANS."
Sealed the 1st August 1873, and dated the 15th May 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Pinnell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th May 1873.
I, JAMES PINNELL, of the City of Bath, Ironmonger, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERING
POTS OR CANS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the construction and arrangement or com-
bination herein-after described of the parts of watering pots or cans,
my said Invention having for its object principally to cause a steady
and uniform flow of water to pass from the pot or can without tilting
or inclining the said pot or can, and also to enable the person using the
pot or can to regulate at pleasure the flow of water therefrom.

page_text: Watering pots or cans constructed according to my Invention are
particularly useful where the articles to be watered are situated on high
shelves, as the said pots or cans can be emptied without tipping or
inclining them, as is necessary in ordinary watering pots or cans.
In constructing a watering pot according to my Invention I form in
the bottom of the pot a recess or small chamber, to one edge of which
recess a flat valve is hinged or jointed, the said valve being pressed
upwards by a spring, and I make the spout of the pot or can of a syphon
tube, the short leg of the said syphon tube being within the pot or can
and the other and longer leg passing out of the pot near the top thercof.
The said short leg of the syphon tube descends to near the bottom of
the pot, and its open end is situated immediately above the spring
valve described. By allowing the said valve to rise it seats itself against
the open end of the short leg of the syphon tube and closes it. Con-
nected to the spring valve is a vertical rod or push piece working in
guides. The top of the said push piece is provided with a head or
thumb plate and is situated a little above the handle of the pot, so that
while the hand grasps the handle the head of the push piece can be
pressed upon by the thumb. After the pot or can has been filled with
water the pressure of the thumb on the head of the push piece near the
handle causes the valve to be depressed from the seat of the syphon
tube, and by inclining the pot the syphon tube is filled with water. On
removing the pressure from the push piece the valve is lifted by its
spring and bears against and closes the bottom of the syphon tube and
the pot or can is ready for use. In using the pot or can it is only
necessary to press upon the push piece to open the valve and cause a
steady and uniform flow of water to pass from the pot or can. When
the valve is closed by the removal of the pressure from the push piece,
the pot may be refilled or emptied through the opening in the top
without interfering with the syphon. On refilling the pot the inclination
of the pot to fill the syphon tube is unnecessary.
In order to enable the watering pot or can to be used at a higher level
than can be conveniently reached by the arm of the person using the
pot, I form in the small chamber at the bottom of the pot in which
the valve works a socket to receive a rod or support on which the pot
may be supported and raised to the desired height, and in order to open
the valve when the pot is so raised a wire connected with the push
piece of the valve passes down a tube in the pot and terminates at the

page_text: bottom of the pot in a loop or eye to which a string is fastened. By
pulling this string the valve is opened and the water flows from the
spout as before described.
To distribute the water issuing from the syphon spout I suspend on
the extreme end of the said spout a rose consisting of a conical cup open
at top and perforated with holes at bottom. In the axis of the rose is
a wire terminated by a hook which is hooked to an eye on the end of
the syphon spout. As the water flows from the spout it passes into the
rose and is distributed by the said rose.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Pinnell in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 17th October 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
PINNELL, of the City of Bath, Ironmonger, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Pinnell, Her special licence
that I, the said James Pinnell, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Pinnell, 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
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
WATERING POTS OR CANS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said James Pinnell, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Pinnell, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of the construction and arrangement or combi-
nation herein-after described of the parts of watering pots or cans, my
said Invention having for its object principally to cause a steady and
uniform flow of water to pass from the pot or can without tilting or
inclining the said pot or can, and also to enable the person using the
pot or can to control at pleasure the flow of water therefrom.
Watering pots or cans constructed according to my Invention are
particularly useful where the articles to be watered are situated at an
elevation above the ground, as the said pots or cans can be emptied
without tipping or inclining them, as is necessary in ordinary watering
pots or cans.
In constructing a watering pot or can according to my Invention I
form in the bottom of the pot or can a recess or small chamber to one
edge of which recess a flat valve is hinged or jointed, the said valve
being pressed upwards by a spring, and I make the spout of the pot or
can of a syphon tube, the short leg of the said syphon tube being within
the pot or can, and the other and longer leg passing out of the pot
near the top thereof. The said short leg of the syphon tube descends
to near the bottom of the pot, and its open end is situated immediately
above the spring valve described. By allowing the said valve to rise it
scats itself against the open end of the short leg of the syphon tube, and
closes it. Connected to the spring valve is a vertical rod or push piece
working in guides. The top of the said push piece is provided with a head
or thumb plate, and is situated a little above the handle of the pot so that
while the hand grasps the handle the head of the push picce can be
pressed upon by the thumb. After the pot or can has been filled with
water the pressure of the thumb on the head of the push piece near the
handle causes the valve to be depressed from the seat of the syphon
tube, and by inclining the pot the syphon tube is filled with water.
On removing the pressure from the push piece the valve is lifted by
its spring and bears against and closes the bottom of the syphon tube,
and the pot or can is ready for use. In using the pot or can it is only
necessary to press upon the push piece to open the valve and cause a
steady and uniform flow of water to pass from the pot or can.

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In order to enable the watering pot or can to be used at a higher
level than can be conveniently reached by the arm of the person using
the pot, I form at the bottom of the pot a socket or sockets to receive
a rod or support on which the pot may be supported and raised to the
desired height, and in order to open the valve when the pot is so raised
a wire connected with the push piece of the valve passes down a tube
in the pot and terminates at the bottom of the pot in a loop or eye to
which a string is fastened. By pulling this string the valve is opened
and the water flows from the spout as before described.
To distribute the water issuing from the syphon spout I suspend on
the extreme end of the said spout a rose consisting of a conical cup
open at top and perforated with holes at bottom. In the axis of the
rose is a wire terminated by a hook which is hooked to an eye on the
end of the syphon spout. As the water flows from the spout it passes
into the rose and is distributed by the said rose.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in vertical section partly in elevation a watering
pot or can constructed according to my Invention; Figure 2 is an end
clevation of a portion of the same; Figure 3 is a plan of the same with
the handle and cover removed, and Figure 4 is a side elevation of the
watering can or pot without the supporting apparatus, a portion of the
base of the can or pot being represented in section. The same letters
of reference indicate the same parts in each Figure of the Drawing.
a is the watering pot or can, and a² is the handle of the same; b, b³,
is the spout of the pot or can made of a syphon tube, the short leg 6 of
the said tube being within the pot or can a, and the other and longer
leg 6 passing out of the pot near the top thereof as represented. At
the bottom of the watering pot a is a small chamber c, to one side of
which chamber the flat valve d is jointed or connected at d. The said
flat valve consists of two strips of leather pinned or fastened together.
The said valve may, however, be made of metal covered on its upper
face with leather or india-rubber or other soft material. The said valve d
is pressed upwards by the coiled spring e. A bow spring or flat or
other spring may be used in place of the coiled spring represented. The
bottom of the short leg of the syphon tube descends to near the

page_text: bottom of the pot or can, and the open end of the said leg 6 is expanded
and constitutes an annular seat b³ for the spring valve d. By allowing
the valve d to rise it seats itself against the open end or seat b³ of the
short leg 6 of the syphon tube, and closes the said tube as represented
ff, is the push piece connected with the free end of the valve d for
working the said valve. The said push piece consists of a vertical rod f
having at its top a head or thumb plate f³, the said thumb plate being
situated a little above the handle a³ of the pot or can, so that when the
hand grasps the said handle a³ the head f² of the push piece can be
pressed upon by the thumb or forefinger. The said push piece works
in a guide at f³. It may also be guided by a second guide in the interior
of the pot or can.
To prepare the watering pot or can for use the water is poured into
the pot through the opening in the cover in the usual way. After the
pot has been filled with water the pressure of the thumb on the head f
of the push piece causes the valve d to be depressed from the seat b³ of
the tube b, and by inclining the pot the syphon tube b, b², may be filled
with water. On removing the presure from the head ƒ of the push
picceff, the valve d is lifted by the spring e and made to bear against
and close the bottom of the syphon tube and the pot or can is ready
for use.
When the pot or can is to be emptied of its contents it is only
necessary to press upon the head f' of the push piece when the valve d
is depressed from the seat b³ and a steady and uniform flow of water
passes from the pot by the syphon tube b, 62. When the valve dis
closed by the removal of the pressure from the push picco the watering
pot may be refilled or emptied through the opening in the cover without
interfering with the syphon, that is the syphon tube is left filled
with water so that on refilling the pot the inclination of the pot to fill
the syphon tube is unnecessary.
On the extreme end of the spout 62 of the syphon tube a rose g is
suspended by means of a hook in the axis of the rose, the said hook h
being hooked to an eye or loop i on the end of the spout 62. The rose g
consists of a conical cup or vessel open at top and perforated at bottom.
The water passing out of the spout 62 is received in the rose
distributed by passing out at the perforated bottom of the said rose.
and is
The apparatus for raising the pot or can to levels beyond the reach of
the arm of the person holding the pot consists of a rod or support k, the

page_text: upper forked end,, of which takes into tubular sockets 1, 1, at
opposite sides of the bottom of the pot, as represented in Figure 2. One
of the sockets / is shown in section at Figure 2. When the forked
end of the rod k is engaged with the sockets 1, 1, the watering pot a
may be raised by means of the said rod to the desired height, To open
the valve d when the pot a is so raised a wire m working in the tubular
guide n is connected at m³ to the push piece f of the valve d.
The
bottom of the wire m terminates in a loop or eye p to which the string
or cord Չ fastened to the rod k is hooked. By pulling the said string q
the valve d is opened, and the water flows from the spout b³, as herein-
before described.
Although I have represented a watering pot or can in which the
arrangement for supporting the pot at a high level is combined with the
syphon arrangement of the pot or can, yet the said supporting apparatus
may be omitted, and instead of distributing the water issuing from the
syphon spout by means of the improved rose represented an ordinary
rose may be employed, or my improved watering pot or can may be used
without a rose.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my
Invention; but I claim as my Invention of improvements in watering
pots or cams,
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First. The construction and combination of parts herein-before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing for causing a steady and
uniform flow of water to pass from the pot or can without tilting or
inclining the said pot or can, and for controlling the flow of water from
the said pot or can; that is to say, the construction and combination of
the syphon tube 6, 62, spring valve d, e, and push piece f, f², for the
purpose and substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly. The combination of the rod or support k, l, and sockets 1, 1,
and parts for opening the spring valve of the watering pot or can,
whereby the watering pot or can may be used at a higher level than
can be conveniently reached by the arm of the person holding the said
pot or can, substantially as described and illustrated.

page_text: Thirdly. The improved rose herein-before described and illustrated in
the accompanying Drawing for distributing the water issuing from the
spouts of watering pots or cans.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Pinnell, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,
EDWARD HAMILTON,
25, Kingsmead Terrace,
Bath.
JAMES PINNELL. (L.S.)