Improvements in or appertaining to Elastic Squirts and other Devices for Holding and Ejecting Water or other Liquids under Pressure.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th July, 1893
_ Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Elastic Squirts and other
Devices for Holding and Ejecting Water or other Liquids under
Pressure.
I, JAMES GAGE of 8 & 10 Pembroke Place in the City of Liverpool, Toy
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its principal object a method of filling india-rubber
squirts and other like objects with water. Hitherto with these squirts the nozzles
have been wrapped round with paper or rags and then inserted into the pipe and
unless the paper is thoroughly tight the water is apt to spurt out on the operator...
Now by my invention place a disc on the nozzle and over this disc a washer
of leather, india-rubber or other soft and practically waterproof material. This
acts as a sucker and closes the tap air tight until the squirt be filled. By aid of
this arrangement I can apply the ordinary elastic squirt for the purpose of watering
gardens and for other household uses, it taking the place of a large syringe, there
being now no difficulty in filling it with water.
Dated the 10th day of July 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Elastic Squirts and other
Devices for Holding and Ejecting Water or other Liquids under
Pressure.
I, JAMES GAGE of 8 & 10 Pembroke Place in the City of Liverpool, Toy
Manufacturer 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 has for its principal object a method of filling india rubber
squirts and other like objects with water. Hitherto with these squirts the nozzles
have been wrapped round with paper or rags and then inserted into the pipe,
and unless the paper is thoroughly tight, the water is apt to spurt out on the
operator.
Now by my invention, I place a disc on the nozzle and over this disc a washer
of leather, india rubber or other soft and practically waterproof material.
This
acts as a sucker and closes the tap air-tight until the squirt be filled. By aid of
this arrangement, I can apply the ordinary elastic squirt for the purpose of watering
gardens and for cther household uses, it taking the place of a large syringe, there
being now no difficulty in filling it with water.
Referring to the drawings-
Figure shows the apparatus placed on the tap and already partially filled:
the bulbous portion A of the tube B increasing both in diameter and length until
the entire length of the tube B is swelled into a large distended sausage-like
appearance;
Figures 2, 3 & 4 are three slightly varying shapes of my apparatus as made
by me

page_text: C is a wooden disc or projection on the wooden or other nozzle D. E is a
washer which is placed firmly against the mouth of the tap F. This latter forms
no part of my invention.
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This apparatus is' applicable in a large size for watering gardens, if used as a
sort of portable hose, the apparatus being first filled at a stand pipe or tap and
then carried to the place requiring hosing or watering. It will be obvious that,
where this apparatus is of large size, a suitable clamping device should be placed
below the washer for attachment to the hydrant or tap. Numerous clamping
devices of this nature are already known for attaching hose pipes to such hydrants,
and any of these can be fixed to the portable squirt when it is made of very
large size, for holding it to the pipe while being filled.
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 improvement in elastic squirts, which consists in the addition of a soft
pad or washer fixed to the nozzle, so that it can be pressed against the tap or stand
pipe for the purposes described.
2. The improvement in elastic squirts which consists in making them of larger
size than at present and supplying them with a soft washer connection for
attachment to the tap or hydrant whereby they can be used for watering gardens
and the like.
Dated this 11th day of January 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, and London,
Patent Agents.