Squirt to be, as a Defence Against Dogs.
Year: 1899

page_text: Squirt to be Attached to the Cycle, to be used by the Cyclist as a
Defence Against Dogs.
I, CARL MORITZ HARTMANN, Bank Cashier, residing at Lommatzsch (Saxony),
Market-place, No. 10, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The invention here in question is a squirt, moveable in all directions, attached
to the cycle and to be used as a protection against dogs by the cyclist whilst
riding. The squirt is filled with water, or any other liquid likely to be repellent
to the dog.
The apparatus consists of a reservoir of any desired form, with a squirt
attached to it, or of a rubber ball filled likewise, which, by means of an outward
pressure, squirts its contents out.
On the accompanying drawings are shown two forms, the apparatus may be
constructed.
Fig. 1 shows a cross-section of a box or frame adapted to pivot around a bolt
and which contains a rubber ball serving as reservoir for the liquid, with a
pusher thereon.
Fig. 2 shows a cross-section of an apparatus in form of a reservoir for the
liquid, provided with a squirt, and adapted to pivot around a bolt.
On Figure 1, the box or frame for the rubber ball (b) is marked (a), the
pusher to press the ball.-(d). (d) is a plate of the pusher (d) and rests on
the ball (b). (e) is a guide-pin of the pusher (d) running in the slit (e) in the
box-side.
The box (a) is moveable in all directions of the horizontal plane. The bolt (i)
of the box (a) is fastened to a clamp (h), which clamp is to be attached to the
eyele. An elastic tube (e) with the mouth piece (g) renders it possible to squirt
with greater ease behind or downwards. (f) is a chain or string, which is fastened
to the pin (e) and to the elastic tube (c). This chain (f) is used for the purpose
of pulling the plate (7) against the ball, when the apparatus is completely
turned round, thus, in such a case making it unnecessary to first reach for the
pusher (d), as by pulling the chain (f) it presses the plate on the rubber ball and
causes it to squirt.
In Figure 2, the reservoir of the liquid is marked (a¹). The pivot or bolt (i)
connects the reservoir (a¹) with the clamp (h), not represented in Figure 2. In
the reservoir is fastened the squirt (0). The piston rod is marked (9) the piston
itself is marked (p), the mouth piece of the squirt is marked (m). (n) is a
valve at the end of the piston cylinder, and (7) a valve on the small suction

page_text: pipe (), which by the forward pressure of the piston closes so, that the liquid
drawn from the reservoir cannot flow back, but is forced out of the mouth piece (m).
Dated this 25th day of January 1899.
FELIX F. LOEPER,
Patent Agent for Applicant.
Squirt to be Attached to the Cycle, to be used by the Cyclist as a
Defence Against Dogs.
I, CARL MORITZ HARTMANN, residing at Lommatzsch, Kingdom of Saxony, Bank
Cashier, 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:-
The invention here in question is a squirt, moveable in all directions, attached
to the cycle and to be used as a protection against dogs by the cyclist whilst
riding. The squirt is filled with water, or any other liquid likely to be repellent
to the dog.
This apparatus consists of a reservoir of any desired form, with a squirt
attached to it, or of a rubber ball filled likewise, which, by means of an outward
pressure, squirts its contents out.
On the drawings left with my Provisional Specification, are shown two forms,
in which the apparatus may be constructed.
Fig. 1 shows a cross-section of a box or frame adapted to pivot around a bolt
and which contains a rubber ball serving as reservoir for the liquid, with a
pusher thereon.
Fig. 2 shows a cross-section of an apparatus in the form of a reservoir for the
liquid, provided with a squirt, and adapted to pivot around a bolt.
On Figure 1, the box or frame for the rubber ball (b) is marked (a), the
pusher, to press the ball. d is a plate of the pusher d and rests on the
ball b. e is a guide-pin of the pusher d running in the slit el in the box-side.
The box a is moveable in all directions in a horizontal plane. The bolt i of
the box a is fastened to a clamp h, which clamp is to be attached to the cycle.
An elastic tube e with the mouth piece y renders it possible to squirt with greater
ease behind or downwards. f is a chain or string which is fastened to the pin e
and to the elastic tube c. This chain f is used for the purpose of pulling the
plate against the ball when the apparatus is completely turned round, thus,
in such a case making it unnecessary to first reach for the pusher d, as by pulling
the chain fit presses the plate on the rubber ball and causes it to squirt. In
Figure 2 the reservoir of the liquid is marked a¹. The pivot or bolt i connects
the reservoir a' with the clamp h, not represented in Figure 2.
In the reservoir is fastened the squirt o. The piston rod is marked a the
piston itself is marked p, and the mouth piece of the squirt is marked m.
n is a valve at the end of the piston cylinder and a valve on the small suction
pipe, which by the forward pressure of the piston closes so, that the liquid
drawn from the reservoir cannot flow back, but is forced out of the mouth
piece m.
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. An improved squirt for use on velocipedes, comprising an india-rubber ball

page_text: adapted to receive liquid and mounted in a box or frame like casing, the said
ball being provided with an outlet and with a compressing-device, substantially
as and for the purposes, herein before described.
2. An apparatus for the purposes specified comprising a liquid receptacle or
reservoir provided with a squirt and adapted to be pivotally secured to the steer-
ing-bar of a velocipede by means of a clamp, substantially as herein before
described.
Dated this 18th day of October 1899