Improved Syringe or Sprinkling Device.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improved Syringe or Sprinkling Device.
I, ARNOLD SELIGMANN trading under the firm "Berliner Patent Spielwaaren
Fabrik" of Berlin, Dresdener Strasse 35, Germany do hereby declare the nature
of my invention and in what manner the same is performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The present invention consists of a device by means of which a jet or spray of
water, or other liquid may be produced, and which may be employed for instance
for sprinkling boquets and similar purposes.
The device consists of a hollow ball of indiarubber or other suitable elastic
material, a delivery tube or jet connected to said ball and communicating with
the interior of same, an opening at the bottom of said ball having a larger
sectional area than the delivery tube and serving-in combination with a receptacle
or glass containing liquid, and against the bottom of which it is adapted to close
or open-as suction and delivery valve.
In order to make this Specification more easily intelligible, I refer to the
accompanying drawings in which similar letters denote similar parts throughout
the several views.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device,
Fig. 2 a vertical section,
Fig. 3 a section on line zz in Fig. 1,
Fig. 4 a section on line y in Fig. 2,
Fig. 5 a plan of the mouth of the delivery tube,
Fig. 6 shows the device in operation and
Fig. 7 the same view with the ball compressed.
The ball A communicates with the delivery tube or jet D at the top, said tube
being provided with hemispherical cap E at its juncture with the ball, which must
be air tight. The said ball A is provided at the bottom with a hole B, which must
have a larger area than the delivery tube D, whilst the latter is provided with
a handle at F for convenience in manipulating the device.
The device is manipulated in the following manner :-
The ball of the apparatus is placed in a receptacle containing water or other
liquid, as shown in Fig. 6, with the hole B against the bottom of said receptacle.
The whole apparatus is then depressed as shown in Fig. 7 whereby the air is
partially driven out of the ball A. On allowing the same to rise again into
the position in Fig. 6 water will rush into the ball at B which is opened as soon
as the latter is raised from the bottom of the receptacle. On repeating this
operation once or twice all the air will be driven out of the ball and then a
spray or jet of water will be forced out at the mouth of the tube or jet D at
each further depression.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination of a hollow clastic ball having a hole B and a delivery
tube D communicating with the interior of said ball, for the purpose substantially
as described.
2. The combination of the ball A of elastic material and having a hole B at the
bottom, a delivery tube or jet D communicating with said ball at
diametrically opposite to said hole, a cap E affixed to said tube and partially
a point

page_text: enclosing said ball and a handle F arranged on the delivery tube substantially as
described.
Dated this 25th day of April 1892.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.