Improvements in or relating to Garden Syringes and similar Apparatus.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Garden Syringes and similar
Apparatus.
I, FREDERICK COOPER of Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Staffordshire,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
:-
These improvements refer to garden syringes and the like, and consist, first, of
a non-conducting band or mount applied to the barrel of a syringe so as to prevent
the cold caused by the passage of cold water into the barrel chilling the hand of
the user; secondly-of a drip preventor or shield of the type described in the
Specification of Letters Patent, No. 2643 and dated June 17th, 1881, but
adjustable along the barrel to catch and throw off the drip at various points;
thirdly, in continuing the outlet tube for the escape of any water behind the piston
to a point beyond the aforesaid band or mount.
In accordance with the first part of my invention I apply to the syringe barrel
a, by preference metal band or mount of a shape and length suited to the grasp of
the user's hand and situated at a point where the barrel of the syringe is usually
taken hold of. This mount may be covered with cork, india-rubber or other
suitable non-conducting material, and whether covered or uncovered the outer
gripping face is, by preference of concave or "bobbin" formation so as to afford a
better grip for the hand of the operator. Instead of being outside the metal
mount or band the non-conducting material may be inside and against the syringe
barrel, and in practice I prefer to so place it as on closing the ends of the mount
the said non-conducting material is removed from view and is prevented from
getting wet when the syringe is in use.
This mount may be used as an attachment, and be applied to existing syringes,
and instead of being of metal may be in the form of a band of india-rubber, and
held in position by its own elasticity, or may be made of cork or other similar
material after the manner of cycle handles, and secured to the syringe barrel in
any convenient way. The mount being held away from the band, the interposing
air acting as the non-conductor.
In accordance with the second part of my invention I employ a drip shield,
either convex, concave or straight as described in my former Specification, but
I make it loose, and capable of sliding along the barrel; being fitted with a lining
of india-rubber to cause it to fit sufficiently tight against the barrel and to intercept
the drip, and at the same time permit of its sliding up and down the barrel for
adjustment.
Two of these adjustable drip shields may be applied to the barrel, one for the
delivery end and the other for the handle end, and other means may be employed
for the sliding or adjustment of the shields, but I prefer the india-rubber.
It will be observed that the aforesaid handle and shield (or shields) together
with the usual mounts at the ends of the barrel form effectual guards for preventing
damage being done to the syringe when dropped on the floor.
In accordance with the third and last feature of my invention I continue the
usual tube or pipe for draining the water from behind the piston beyond and
through the aforesaid mount or band and so avoid the objectionable dislodging of
the water at a point where it is likely to wet the hand of the user.
The several improvements herein described as applied to syringes apply equally

page_text: to hose directors, watering cans, fire extinguishers and fire branches and all similar
apparatus, which either require an adjustable drip shield, or a non-conducting
mount for the purposes aforesaid.
Dated this 24th dow of M... 1905
FREDERICK COOPER,
By John G. Wilson & Co.,
Agents.
Improvements in or relating to Garden Syringes and similar
Apparatus.
I, FREDERICK COOPER of Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Staffordshire,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
These improvements refer to garden syringes and the like, and consist, first, of
a non-conducting band or mount applied to the barrel of a syringe so as to prevent
the cold caused by the passage of cold water into the barrel chilling the hand of
the user; secondly-of a drip preventor or shield of the type described in the
Specification of Letters Patent No. 26+3 A.D. 1881, but adjustable along the
barrel to catch and throw off the drip at various points; thirdly, in continuing
the outlet tube for the escape of any water behind the piston to a point beyond
the aforesaid band or mount.
And in order that my said invention shall be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, I have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings and will
now proceed to describe the same with the assistance of the various figures and
letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Figs. 2 and 3 transverse sections (on lines a—b,
c-d) of a garden syringe with my improvements applied thereto.
Figs. 4 and 5 are similar views of alternative forms of my invention.
Fig. 6 illustrates my invention as applied to a self-supplying syringe.
Fig. 7 a hose director, and
Fig. 8 illustrates the application of my invention to syringe barrels of large
diameter.
In accordance with my invention I affix upon the syringe barrel (A), at a point
where the barrel is usually taken hold of, a metal band or mount (B). This mount
is of a length suited to the grasp of the user's hand, and is either shaped
outwardly of itself to form the gripping face, or is, by preference made parallel as
shewn in Fig. 1, and covered with cork, india-rubber, xylonite, or other similar
material (C) with convex, concave, or parallel (smooth or roughened) exterior
surface.
Instead of being outside the metal mount or baud, the non-conducting material
may be inside and against the syringe bariel as shewn in Fig. 4, and I prefer to so
place it as on closing the ends of the mount the non-conducting material is removed
from view, and is prevented from getting wet when the syringe is in use.
When xylonite or similar material is used I may dispense with the band (B),
and make the mount of the xylonite only (see Fig. 5) which being of tubular form
is readily fixed on the syringe bariel by the under-cut end piece (D) (see Fig. 5)
soldered or otherwise affixed to the barrel, and lined or fitted with rubber or similar
washers to effect the proper fitting of the mount.
The aforesaid methods of fixing the mount leave a small recess or hollow (E) ·
between the "
"
mount and barrel, which is specially advantageous as a non-
conductor of the chilling effect of the water.

page_text: This mount may be used as an attachment or special handle to syringes of large
diameter (see Fig. 8) or in syringes, hose pipe directors, and similar apparatus,
where the mount, if directly applied, would be too large to take hold of.
Instead
of being of metal and non-conducting covering, the band may be made entirely of
india-rubber, and held in position on the barrel by its own elasticity. As applied
to self-supplying syringes (see Fig. 6) which are always full of water, my invention
is specially advantageous.
In accordance with the second part of my invention I employ a drip shield (F)
(see Fig. 1), either convex, concave, or straight as described in my former
Specification, but I make it loose and capable of sliding along the barrel, being
fitted with a lining of india-rubber (G) to cause it to fit sufficiently tight against
the barrel and intercept the drip, and at the same time permit of its sliding up and
down the barrel for throwing off the drip at various points.
It will be obvious that I may make the shield and mount in one piece as shewn
by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and in full lines in Figs. 6 and 7 and thus bring the
protector directly in front of the user's hand.
Two adjustable drip shields may be used, one for the delivery end of the syringe
barrel, and the other for the handle end, and other means may be employed than
india-rubber for the adjustment and fixing of the same.
It will be observed that the aforesaid mount or handle and shield (or shields)
together with the usual mounts at the ends of the barrel form effectual guards for
preventing damage being done to the syringe when dropped on the floor.
In accordance with the third feature of my invention I continue the tube (H)
for draining the water from behind the piston beyond and through the mount or
band (B) as aforesaid, and so avoid the objectionable dislodging of the water at a
point where it is likely to wet the hand of the user, the open or delivery end of the
tube extending beyond the drop shield (F) which stretches over it, or is specially
recessed for the tube to pass.
These several improvements herein described as applied to syringes, apply equally
to hose directors, watering cans, fire extinguishers, fire branches, and all similar
apparatus which either require an adjustable drip-shield, or a non-conducting mount
for the purposes aforesaid.
Having thus 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 and desire to secure by Letters Patent is :-
1st. In garden syringes and similar apparatus, a non-conducting or chill
preventing band or mount, covered or uncovered, and mounted and arranged as
bet forth.
2nd. In garden syringes or the like, separately or combined with the said non-
conducting mount, the use of one or more adjustable "drip" shields as herein before
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
3rd. In garden syringes and the like, the combination of a non-conducting mount,
drip shield, and tube, this latter extending through the mount and beyond the drip
shield as set forth and illustrated.
4th. The modified constructions and adaptations of my invention as herein
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 25th day of February 1896.
FREDERICK COOPER,
By John G. Wilson & Co.,
Agents.