Improvements in Hose-nozzles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 8th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hose-nozzles.
1 DANIEL ROACH, of Fulton, in the County of Oswego, in the State of New
York, in the United States of America, Fireman, 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:-
This invention relates, chiefly, to the hose-nozzles of fire-engines. It is a well
known fact that it is very difficult to hold and guide said nozzle when water is
forced through the same under high pressure.
The object of this invention is to provide simpler, more convenient, and more
effective means for enabling firemen to more easily hold the nozzle while water is
forced through it; and to that end the invention consists, essentially, in the
combination, with the nozzle, of levers.connected thereto adjustably in the position
and adapted to extend laterally therefrom, as hereinafter more fully described, and
specifically set forth in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figures 1 and 2 are side views taken in planes at right angles to each other of a
hose-nozzle embodying my invention and showing the levers in different positions.
Figure 3 is a detached plan view of the metallic band which is provided with
the pivot for the levers, and,
Figure 4 is a side view of that portion of the nozzle which is provided with the
collar for the reception of the aforesaid band.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
C represents the hose-nozzle, which is provided with the usual collars a a on its
end portions.
11 denote two levers or handles, which I form in one piece of a continuous bar
of steel or other suitable material and pivot said bar central of its length and
To adapt the
permanently to the side of the nozzle C in any suitable manner.
said bar to be connected to nozzles already in use, 1 employ a metallic band b,
which embraces the nozzle, and is clamped in any suitable manner on the nozzle,
and provide said band with a trunnion and the central portion of the aforesaid
bar with an eye, by which I pivot it on said trunnion, and retain it thereon by
means of a nut n, applied to the screw-threaded end of the trunnion.
To guard against the slipping of the band toward the smaller end of the nozzle,
I rigidly attach to or form integral with the nozzle a collar c, which is provided
This band is
with a circumferential groove c' for, the reception of the band b.
flexible to allow it to be slipped into the groove e by passing said band lengthwise
on the nozzle from the smaller end thereof. The ends of the band are formed with
perforated ears e e, through which passes a bolt f, by which the band is clamped
in the groove c' of the collar c.
In order to allow the pivoted bar or levers 1 to be held compactly by the side
of the nozzle when desired, I bow the central portion of said bar from the side of

page_text: the nozzle, and provide the collars a a with notches a¹ a¹ or other suitable catches
to engage the ends of the pivoted bar when turned into a position parallel with the
nozzle, as represented in Figure 1 of the drawings.
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 combination, with the hose-nozzle, of two levers formed of a continuous
bar pivoted at the centre of its.length to the side of the nozzle, and catches on
said nozzle sustaining said levers parallel with the nozzle, as set forth.
2. The combination, with the nozzle, of a metallic band embracing the said
nozzle and rigidly secured thereto, and a bar pivoted central of its length to said
band, as set forth.
3. The combination, with the nozzle, of a collar rigidly attached to said nozzle
and provided with a circumferential groove, a metallic band embracing the grooved
portion of said collar and terminating with perforated cars, a bolt passing through
said cars and clamping the band on the collar, a trunnion projecting from the band,
and a bar pivoted centrally of its length on said trunnion, substantially as described
and shown.
4. The combination, with the nozzle, of a trunnion on the side of said nozzle
some distance from the ends thereof, collars on the end portions of the nozzle
having notches in their exteriors, and a bar bowed at its centre from the
nozzle and pivoted thereat on the aforesaid trunnion, substantially as described
and shown.
Dated this 7th day of April 1891.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.