Improvements in or appertaining to Cans or Cisterns for Watering Gardens, Field Crops, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 29th June, 1891--Accepted, 1st Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Cans or Cisterns for Watering
Gardens, Field Crops, and the like.
I, PHILIP HENRY BRACHER, of West Hill, Wincanton, in the County of
Somerset, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object a watering pot which can be carried or run on
wheels as desired and which avoids the necessity for holding the can at a varying
The invention can be
angle as at present required with ordinary watering cans.
used both for garden and for field work. It can be a hand instrument or a heavy
tank drawn by draught animals or an engine.
I form my tank or can with sloping bottom and a pipe projecting from the
lowest point of that sloping bottom with a tap thereon and a rose at the end of the
pipe projecting downwards. The sloping bottom is supported on legs or a wheel or
wheels as the case may be or can have a false bottom placed below so as to slide it
along the ground or rest it on the ground as required. In arranging the apparatus
to traverse along the ground a single wheel can be placed immediately in front like
a wheelbarrow and two arms can be attached to the sides projecting backwards
like the handles of a wheelbarrow with a leg to each so as to be really a wheel-
barrow with the cistern for a body. The rose can be of any ordinary description
but I prefer one with a series of parallel corrugations with the holes of the rose at
the outward apexes of the corrugations.
The method of using the apparatus is as follows. The can or cistern being
filled with water is brought between the rows of plants or along the walk, the cock
opened and the can is slowly carried or propelled alongside the row of plants,
the rose being kept immediately above the row. If desirable especially with large
apparatuses two or more spouts and roses can be used adjustable so that by simply
carrying and propelling the machine between two rows, one, two, three or more
rows on each side can be watered simultaneously. In order to adjust the lengths
of the pipes so that the roses shall come over the rows, either of two plans can be
adopted. Where the rows are at even distances apart or when only one row is
being watered at a time the can can be turned round until the spout or spouts are
placed at such an angle that by causing the axis of the can to traverse the centre
line between the rows, the rose shall be immediately over or made to sprinkle the
soil at the side of the row of plants. In other cases the spouts can be made
telescopic and thus be adjusted to the width of the rose. In some cases too I may
form the spout of an elastic tube and have a handle attached to the end or rose.
A person then propelling the cistern along the walk can by means of the handle
point the rose to any required place in the border moving the can along the side of
the border as the plants in the immediate neighbourhood of the watering machine
are duly watered.
Dated the 27th day of Sentember 1890.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Cans or Cisterns for Watering
Gardens, Field Crops, and the like.
I, PHILIP HENRY BRACHER, of West Hill, Wincanton, in the County of
Somerset, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object a watering pot which can be carried in the hand
or run on wheels as desired and which avoids the necessity for holding the can at a
varying angle as at present required with ordinary watering cans. The invention
can be used both for garden and for field work. It can be a hand instrument or a
heavy tank drawn by draught animals or an engine.
In describing the invention reference will be had to the accompanying drawing
showing three ways of carrying out my invention, and in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section partly in elevation;
Figure 2 an elevation partly in section.
I form my tank or can A with sloping bottom and a pipe B, of any required
length projecting from the lowest point of that sloping bottom, with a valve C to
regulate the supply and connected by means of a chain and ring c. b (Figure 1) is
a brass or other rose at the end of the pipe projecting downwards. The sloping
bottom is supported on the rim or body of main vessel A, or on legs, or on a wheel
or wheels as the case may be, or can have a false bottom placed below, so as to
slide it along the ground or rest it on the ground as required. In arranging the
apparatus to traverse along the ground, a single wheel can be placed immediately
in front like a wheelbarrow and two arms can be attached to the sides projecting
backwards like the handles of a wheelbarrow with a leg to each so as to be really
a wheelbarrow with the cistern for a body.
The mode of using the apparatus is as follows
The can or cistern being filled with water, the operator opens the valve by
raising the chain and ring c and so admits water to the rose. If he only raises
the valve slightly, the flow will be gentle; if he lifts it to its greatest height,
there will be a full flow; and when he releases the ring c, the valve will fall by its
own weight, so as to cut off the flow altogether.
A compartment D with perforations may be provided inside the can, for holding
manure, etcetera, which may thus be made to impregnate the water without choking
the rose of the can.
In Figure 2, the spout B is provided with a cap at the end, which when
removed will enable the water to rush out without obstruction on to the ground.
The said spout is also provided on the top and bottom side with conical orifices,
each adapted to receive a brass or other rose 6, made to unscrew and be substituted
by a metal blank disc 62 to screw on in its place. When the brass disc ³ is secured
on the lower orifice, the rose 61 is screwed on the top, and when the valve (not
shewn) is opened, the water ascends, and descends on to the ground in a light
shower. If however a heavy shower is wanted, the brass disc b² is screwed on to
the upper orifice, and the rose b¹ on to the bottom one, and the shower of water
will then be directly perpendicular.
It must be distinctly understood that the watering cans shown on the accom-
panying drawing are only illustrated by way of example, and certain alterations
can be made without departing from the nature of the invention. If desired,
especially with large apparatus, two or more spouts and roses can be used and
made adjustable, so that, by simply carrying and propelling the machine
between two rows, one, two, three or more rows on each side can be watered
simultaneously.
In order to adjust the lengths of the pipes so that the roses shall come over the

page_text: rows, either of two plans can be adopted. Where the rows are even distances
apart or when only one row is being watered at a time, the can can be turned
round until the spout or spouts are placed at such an angle that, by causing the
axis of the can to traverse the centre line between the rows, the rose shall be
immediately over the row of plants. In other cases, the spouts can be made
telescopic and thus be adjusted to the width of the rows. In some cases, too, I
may form the spout of an elastic tube and have a handle attached to the end or
rose. A person then propelling the cistern along the walk can, by means of the
handle, point the rose to any required place in the border, moving the can along
the side of the border as the plants in the immediate neighbourhood of the
watering machine are duly watered.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The improvement in watering pots or cars which consists in forming them
with a sloping bottom and a spout B of any suitable length projecting from the
lowest point of said sloping bottom whereby the necessity of holding the
can at a varying angle as at present required with ordinary cans, is avoided.
2. In combination with a watering can having a sloping bottom, the spout B
formed with orifices on the upper and lower sides, adapted to receive either a
perforated rose or a blank disc whereby the water can be made to ascend, and
descend in a light shower, or descend perpendicularly on to the ground, substan-
tially as described.
3. The herein described watering pots and cans, combined and arranged as a
whole, substantially as set forth.
Dated thie 27th day of June 1891
Dated this 27th day of June 1891
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, and London, Patent Agentsfor the Applicant.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, and London, Patent Agentsfor the Applicant.