Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 15th Dec., 1897
I, JAMES WILLIAM GLOVER of Percy Villa, Warwick in the County of Warwick,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present, invention has reference to Water Vans or Carts for road watering,
which instead of being drawn by horses, are propelled by motors carried on the
vehicles.
The motors commonly employed for propelling vehicles on common roads
whether gas or oil engines, have to be supplied with water for feeding the cool-
ing jackets of the cylinders.
Instead of providing as is usually done in motor cars, a special water tank,
I now propose to utilise a portion of the water from the van on its way to the
distributor, for feeding the water jacket of the cylinder of the motor, which may
be of any convenient type. In this manner the construction of motor driven
water vans is simplified and cheapened. .
Provision is made for retaining a small supply of water for cooling purposes
after the van has been exhausted.
A further use, according to my invention, is also found for the water, for, by
discharging the exhaust products of combustion from the engine into the tank
of the van above the water level the said products are condensed and pass away
with the water through the distributor. In this way much smell from the engine
is removed, and the noise of the exhaust, being within the closed tank, is much
reduced.
In connection with the driving of the van, the motor may besides being used
for propulsion, be employed in connection with the distribution of the water, either
in driving the rotary spreader if one is used, or in giving increased velocity to
the discharge by means of a pump.
Dated this 15th day of Door 1806
NEWTON & SON
Agents for the Applicant.
I, JAMES WILLIAM GLOVER of Percy Villa, Warwick, in the County of Warwick,
Engineer, 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:-
5 The present invention has reference to Water Vans or Carts for Road water-
ing, which, instead of being drawn by horses, are propelled by motors carried

page_text: Instead of providing (as is usually done in motor vehicles) a special water tank,
I propose to utilize a portion of the water in the tank for supplying the water
jacket of the cylinder of the motor, which may be of any convenient type; in this
manner the construction of the motor-driven water-vans is cheapened and sim-
plified.-
A further use, according to my invention, is also found for the water in the
tank. By discharging the exhaust products of dombustion from the engine into
the tank of van above the water level, the said products are condensed, and
passed away with the water through the distributor. In this way, much smell
from the engine is removed, and the noise of the exhaust, being within the closed
tank, is reduced.-
In the accompanying drawings, I have shewn a water-van illustrating my in-
vention.―
Fig 1 is a side elevation;
Fig. 2 is a plan view; and
Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective view of the water tank containing a modifica-
tion hereafter described.
A is the carriage of the van, supporting the tank a, and carrying, on its front
part, the motor B, which may be of any approved design of oil, gas, or other
motive-power engine.-
bb are the engine cylinders, water jacketted, the jackets communicating by
pipes d d with the interior of the tank a.-ff are exhaust pipes from the engine B,
discharging into the exhaust chamber E, which communicates with the tank a.
'H is a floating board which is kept wet by the water in the tank. The exhaust
products, being discharged into the tank beneath the board, are condensed and
passed away with the water.-The disagreeable smell of the said products is
thus removed, and the noise of the exhaust greatly reduced.
C is a vertical partition across the fore part of the tank, which serves to main-
tain a supply of water for circulating around the cooling jacket, when the
remainder of the tank is empty. G is a tap for emptying the tank behind the
partition C, when desired. Instead of having a partition, as at C, a coil of pipes C*
(see Fig; 3) in the interior of the tank may be employed, which will answer the
same purpose, and hold sufficient cooling water for the cylinders while the van is
proceeding to a stand-pipe to be filled, or otherwise proceeding with am empty
tank.
The distributor for the water which I have shewn in the drawing, consists of
a pair of horizontally rotating dises or spreaders I I, driven by the road wheels
by means of chains; any other distributing device may however, be used, if
preferred, and the motor may be employed for forcing out the water as well as
for propelling the vehicle. The propelling mechanism, as shewn in the draw-
ings, comprises a pinion J on the crank shaft of the engine engaging with a
gear wheel k upon a longitudinal shaft K carried by the carriage A.-Upon the
opposite end of the shaft K is the bevil wheel ', which engages with one or other
of the bevil wheels upon the counter-shaft L, which is thereby driven in one
direction or the other.-The main axle M of the van is connected by gearing
to this shaft L, so that rotary motion may be communicated to the road wheels,
and the van thereby propelled.-This arrangement of gear is not, however,
essential, and may be varied to suit varying requirements. N is the steering
mechanism in connection with the fore-carriage.
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. A water van provided with a motor for propelling the same, wherein the

page_text: water in the tank is utilized for supplying the cooling jackets of the cylinders,
and the exhaust from the engine is discharged into the water tank, as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
2. A motor propelled water-van, wherein water from the tank is circulated
around the cylinder cooling jackets in the manner set forth.
3. In a motor propelled water vain, discharging the exhaust products from the
engine into the water tank, where they are condensed; thereby removing the
smell and reducing the noise, as above set forth.
Dated this 15th day of September 1897.
NEWTON & SON
Agents for the Applicant.