AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FUMIGATING PLANTS
Year: 1884

page_text: We WILLIAM Speirs Simpson, of No 47 Battersea Park Road, London in the
County of Surrey, Mechanician, and GEORGE SMITH, of N° 151 Strand London,
in the County of Middlesex, Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FUMIGATING PLANTS" to be as follows:-
One of the best means of freeing plants from parasites is to direct upon then the
fumes of Tobacco, but this is done very inconveniently and ineffectually by using the
ordinary Tobacco pipe, the use of which is debarred to most ladies as well as to
many men and children.
The object of this Invention is to enable anybody to use this fumigating material,
or any other, directing the fumes continuously upon the plant to be treated.
This Invention consists essentially of a receiving chamber or bowl placed between
a blower and a nozzle tube, into which chamber the Tobacco is introduced and lit
and from which its fumes are driven through the nozzle in a continuous stream by
the aid of the blower.
One form of our apparatus we construct as follows:-we employ two lengths of
tubing, at one end of one of the tubes we fit a puff ball and at the other end of this
tube, or upon the other tube, we form a chamber, tapping this chamber so that the
other tube may screw into or upon it, or the union may be effected in any suitable
manner. This chamber being filled with Tobacco the Tobacco lit and the two
tubes screwed or joined together, upon pressing with the hand upon the puff ball a
blast of air will be directed into the Tobacco chamber sufficient to drive the fumes
of the incandescent tobacco through the exit or nozzle tube on to the plant in a
more or less heated state as may be desired.
Instead of using a puff-ball we may adapt the tobacco chamber to be fitted to the
nozzle of a bellows, or it may form a part of the nozzle, or of the tube of any
blower.
We may make our apparatus of any dimensions, and of metal, porcelain or any
suitable material, or combination of materials, and my Tobacco chamber might be
filled with any desired fumigating substance.

page_text: We, WILLIAM SPEIRS SIMPSON, of 47 Battersea Park Road, London, in the
County of Surrey, Mechanician, and GEORGE SMITH, of 151 Strand, London, in
the County of Middlesex Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FUMIGATING PLANTS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
One of the best means of freeing plants from parasites is to direct upon them the
fumes of Tobacco but this is done very inconveniently and ineffectually by using
the ordinary Tobacco pipe, the use of which is debarred to most ladies as well as to
many men and children.
The object of this Invention is to enable anybody to use this fumigating material,
or any other, directing the fumes with facility upon the plant to be treated.
This Invention consists essentially of a receiving chamber or bowl placed between
an elastic ball or blower and a nozzle tube or other outlet or outlets, into which
chamber the Tobacco or other fumigating matter is introduced and lit and from
which its fumes are driven through the nozzle tube or other opening or openings
by the aid of the ball or blower.
One form of our apparatus is illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of Drawing:
Figure 1 representing an elevation of a fumigator embodying our Invention and
Figure 2 a longitudinal section through the same showing the parts detached.
A, is an elastic Ball.
B, a wooden stem with cup to receive ball.
C, Chamber for Tobacco, or other fumigating substance.
D, Cover for chamber with pipe and nozzle attached thereto.
E, Pipe connecting chamber C with interior of ball A.
F, Washer or flange secured on inner end of pipe E for securing ball.
It will be seen that we construct this apparatus of two lengths of tubing, that at
one end of one of the tubes, in this case the pipe E, we fit a puff or elastic ball A,
and at the other end of this tube a chamber C, which chamber may be tapped so
that the cover D with its pipe and nozzle may be screwed upon it, or the cover D
may simply slide thereon.
Or it may be fitted to the chamber in any convenient way.
The action of this apparatus is as follows:-
The chamber C being filled with Tobacco or other fumigating substance the
Tobacco lit and the cover D screwed or joined thereto, upon pressing with the hand
upon the puff ball A a blast of air will be directed into the Tobacco chamber C
sufficient to drive the fumes of the burning tobacco through the exit or nozzle tube
on to the plant as may be desired.
We may make our apparatus of any dimensions, and of metal porcelain or any
suitable material, or combination of materials, and the Tobacco chamber may be
filled with any desired fumigating substance.
The chamber C might form part of the exit or nozzle tube but we prefer to attach
it to the pipe E as affording greater facility for lighting the Tobacco or other
fumigating substance We have shown the wooden stem B covering the chamber C
to guard the fingers from contact with the hot chamber and have left a space
between them to keep the wood as cool as possible We would however have
it understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise construction shown on
the Drawing as it may be varied while retaining the essential features of our
Invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, We declare that what
We Claim is:-
1. An improved apparatus for fumigating plants consisting of a combustion
chamber connected with an elastic ball or blower and having an opening or openings
through which the fumes of tobacco or other fumigating substance burning in the
chamber may be projected on to the plant by the compression of the ball or action
of the blower, the chamber opening for the introduction of the fumigating substance,
the whole substantially as hereinbefore described.
2° A fumigating apparatus constructed and combined substantially as herein-
before described and shown on the accompanying Drawing.