Year: 1893

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Figure 3, a plan and
Figure 4, a longitudinal section through the lower part of the hosepipe carrier,
which is shown in the drawing as consisting of two tubes telescopically adjustable
one in the other, but may, of course, be made of three or more tubes instead of two,
or be otherwise shaped.
The nozzle B is pivotted or otherwise movably arranged at the top a of the
inner carrying tube or standard A, and is coupled at one of its ends to the hose-
pipe C, and, near its discharge end, is attached to a suitable rope f which runs to a
reel or drum F and by means of which the angle of the nozzle may be adjusted in
a vertical direction. The inner carrying tube or standard A is held fast in the
outer tube A¹ by means of a rope and may be drawn out more or less by means
of the reel or drum F1, the cord being fastened to the bottom of the inner tube A
and carried over a guide pulley's fixed on the upper part of the tube A', and thence
to the drum F¹.
The raising of the inner tube A, as well as the adjustment of the nozzle B in
a vertical direction, is effected by a common winch mechanism for both drums F
and F. These two drums F and F¹, which are equal in size, are wound up by
means of the handle through the shaft i and the bevel gearing g and G in the
following manner :-
If the nozzle is to be shifted to another height, the two drums F and F¹ are
brought into action simultaneously by means of the spur wheels and r, that is to
say, one rope raises the supporting tube A, whilst at the same time the rope fis
unwound from the drum F to an equal amount, so that the direction of the nozzle
remains unchanged during the alteration of height. When the nozzle has been
raised to the desired height, the drum F, which is seated loosely on the spindle w²,
is moved along said spindle by means of the lever o, so that it is disengaged from
its clutch coupling with the spur wheel ¹, and engages with the fixed clutch on
the supporting frame, and is held fast by this latter coupling. The drum F' is
then no longer affected by any further rotation of the wheels, but the drum F
may be operated instead, and thereby the nozzle B be adjusted in a vertical
direction by means of the rope fattached to the ring on the said nozzle.
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page_text: The movement of the nozzle B in a horizontal direction is produced by turning
the tubes A A' by means of the handle of a lever L attached to the socket al.
On the lever is a set pin pressed on by a spring, which bears in the usual manner
against the plate D on which the apparatus is built, and holds the lever fast, for
which object small recesses may also be provided in the plate D. The plate D,
together with the tubes A and A' and the fixing device, is arranged on the axle M
which is carried by two wheels m.
It is evident that the apparatus cannot be transported in a vertically erect
position, even when the tube A is lowered, as, even when in this condition, it has
still a height of about 7.5 to 10 metres, it must, therefore, be made so that the
tubes A. and A¹ can be turned down to lie approximately horizontally. The
erecting of the tubes A' A, or the turning down of the same, is carried out by means
of the following arrangement :-
Two frames N are revolvably arranged on the naves of the wheels m, and are
each fixed by means of two ground supports n, which are adjustable as to length by
means of screws, when the apparatus is to be set up, so that the wheels m and the
frames N are held firm. On one of the frames N, a worm k is arranged, which is
operated by means of the crank k¹. This worm k engages with a worm wheel K,
fixed on the axle M, in such a way that, by revolving the crank k', the worm
wheel K is set in rotation. As the wheels m and the frames N are fixed, the axle M
and the plate D attached thereto, together with the tubes A and A', are caused to
turn, and this movement is continued until a vertical horizontal or other position is
attained. To facilitate the erecting or turning down of the apparatus, a counter-
weight E, which is adjustably hung on its screwed pin e, is arranged in the
supporting socket a' of the tube A'. The lower supporting tube A¹ is held tight
on the plate D by means of strong wires or wire ropes u. In order to allow of the
supporting tube A' being revolved by means of the lever L, without the plate D
sharing in such movement, that is to say, while the holding device remains fixed,
the ring t, to which the wires u are attached, is not fixed to the tube A but is
loosely arranged thereon, and works against a ring 2, which lies beneath it and
which is fixed to the tube A'. For a similar reason, that is to say, in order to
avoid a rotation of the guide pulley when the standards or tubes are being
turned by means of the shifting lever L, the support t of this pulley s is also
loose on the tube A' and is supported thereon by means of a ring fixed to this
tube.
In order to allow the water still contained in the hosepipe C to escape when
the operation is completed before the tubes A and A¹ are again collapsed and
turned down, a three-way cock or valve is inserted at a suitable point of the hose-
pipe C, through the opening of which the water runs off, and the hosepipe entirely
emptied.
In order that the worm wheel and the worm may be relieved from the strain
acting upon them when the standards or tubes are turned down, a suitable carrying
device may be employed, on which the tubes A' or A, when laid down, may rest
with their free ends.
As already stated at the commencement of this Specification, instead of two
supporting tubes which may be inserted one into the other, three or more like
tubes may be employed, or even only a single fixed tube. The upper standard,
instead of being formed of a hollow tube, may also be made of a solid wood pole or
the like without thereby essentially altering the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A movable hose-pipe nozzle arranged on the top of a standard, which nozzle
may be suitably and conveniently adjusted in any direction from the ground by
means of an adjusting device, substantially as described and shown.
2. In the hosepipe nozzle support described in Claim 1, the arrangement of

page_text: two or more standards adjustable one in another by means of a lifting device,
the innermost of which adjustable standards carries the adjustable hosepipe
nozzle which may be directed in all directions and adjusted at any height by
means of the adjusting device, from the ground, substantially as described and
shown.
3. In the hosepipe nozzle adjusting and directing devices described in Claims 1
and 2, the further arrangement of mounting the same on a travelling carriage in
such a way that the standards may be raised or lowered together with the fixing or
lifting device to a vertical horizontal or other position, by means of worm gearing,
substantially as described and shown.
4. The insertion of a three-way cock or other suitable device in the hosepipe
used with the nozzle devices herein before described, with the object of enabling the
water remaining in the hosepipe on the completion of the operation, to be run off,
before the standards are turned down.
5. An apparatus for elevating, supporting and directing the nozzles of hosepipes
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described, and as shown in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of December 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.