THE APPLICATION OF THE PNEUMATIC PUMP TO WATERING APPARATUS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Elie Jerome Vinot, of Paris, in the Empire of
France, Gentleman, for the Invention of "THE APPLICATION OF THE
PNEUMATIC PUMP TO WATERING APPARATUS."
Sealed the 12th April 1864, and dated the 19th January 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Elie Jerome Vinot at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th January 1864.
I, ELIE JEROME VINOT, of Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "THE APPLICATION
OF THE PNEUMATIC PUMP TO WATERING APPARATUS," to be as follows, that is to
say:―
My Invention consists in adapting a pneumatic pump to fill up barrels used
for watering. The pump is placed at the back of the top of the barrel, and
is composed of a cylinder set on a plate having a hole covered by a valve
opening inside and outside of the barrel. A wooden piston having the form
of a disc is covered with zinc on both faces, and close to its rod is provided
with an opening shut by a valve similar to the first. A lid placed on the top.
of the pump is provided with small holes for the egress of the air sucked out

page_text: from the barrel. The pump is set in motion by a balance lever extending to
the seat of the driver of the carriage on which the barrel is secured. If the
driver bears down on the lever the piston ascends, and the air sucked out
from the barrel raises the valve of the barrel, at the same time the other valve
near the piston rod is shut and causes the air to fill up the body of the cylinder;
when the driver raises the lever the piston is lowered, the first valve is shut
by its own weight, and the air contained in the cylinder opens the valve near
the piston rod, egressing through the holes of the lid. The continuation of
these movements exhausts the air from the barrel, neutralizing thereby the
equilibrium of the atmospheric pressure. The water from the alimentation
being pressed on the whole of its surface rises through a moveable conduit,
having one of its ends set on the top of the barrel and the other extremity
plunged into the water, and fills up the barrel at the same time the air is
expelled from it. The lower extremity of the barrel opposite the front part is
provided with a tap serving for the egress of the water if the barrel is only to
carry liquids and not to water the ground. Under the body of the tap is set
a curved disc covered with leather or caoutchouc, the driver causes it to
approach or recede from the tap by means of a lever extending from the disc
up to the seat of the carriage. The disc is provided with a bridle rendered
moveable by a helical spring, when the driver bears on the lever the disc
separates from the stem of the tap, and the water rushing on the disc falls
in the shape of a bell and waters the ground in a perfectly divided state.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Elie Jerome Vinot in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th July 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ELIE
JEROME VINOT, of Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman, send.
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Elie Jerome Vinot, Her special license that I, the said Elie
Jerome Vinot, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Elie Jerome Vinot, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should

page_text: at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for THE
APPLICATION OF THE PNEUMATIC PUMP TO WATERING APPARATUS, upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Elie Jerome Vinot, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, or under
the hand and seal of one of them, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately.after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Elie Jerome Vinot, 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 state-
ment, reference being had to the Drawing hereto annexed, and to the figures.
and letters marked thereon, that is to say:―
The pump is
driver of the
If the driver bears
My Invention consists in adapting a pneumatic pump to fill up barrels used
for watering. The pump is placed at the back of the top of the barrel, and is
composed of a cylinder set on a plate having a hole covered by a valve
opening inside and outside of the barrel. A wooden piston having the form
of a disc is covered with zinc on both faces, and is provided with an opening
shut by a valve similar to the first. A perforated lid is placed on the top of
the pump
for the egress of the air sucked out from the barrel.
set in motion by a balance lever extending to the seat of the
carriage on which the barrel or receptacle is secured.
down on the lever the piston ascends and the air sucked out from the barrel
raises the valve of the pump barrel, at the same time the other valve close to
the piston is shut and causes the air to fill up the body of the cylinder; when
the driver raises the lever the piston is lowered, the first valve is shut by its
own weight, and the air contained in the cylinder opens the valve near the
piston and egresses through the perforated lid or cover herein-before described.
The continuation of these movements exhausts the air from the barrel,
neutralising thereby the equilibrium of the atmospheric pressure. The
water from the alimentation being pressed on the whole of its surface rises
through a suction pipe, entering at the top part of the barrel or receptacle to
be filled, and the other extremity being plunged into the water fills up the
barrel at the same time the air is expelled from it. The lower extremity of

page_text: the back part of the barrel is provided with a tap serving for the egress of the
water if the barrel is only required to carry liquids and not to water the ground;
thus the orifice of the tap is closed by a curved disc covered with leather or
caoutchouc, which the driver causes to approach or recede from the tap by
means of a lever extending to the seat of the carriage. The disk is provided
with a rod rendered moveable by a helical spring, when the driver bears on
the lever the disk separates from the orifice of the tap, and the water rushing
on the disc falls in the shape of a bell and waters the ground in a perfectly
divided state.
Having thus described generally the nature of the Invention, I will now
proceed to particularly describe the same by the aid of the accompanying
Drawing, which represents an elevation of the apparatus ready to work. In
the Drawing the barrel E is supported on the rest a, on which is mounted the
side shafts B, serving to preserve the barrel from shock and to carry the chair c
of the balance lever D, which acts on the piston P. The barrel E varies in
size, it is fitted in the side shafts; a suction pipe G, Go, is immersed in the
water of alimentation and is connected with the upper part of the barrel at F.
It serves to fill it up, and is provided with a brass joint allowing of it being
separated when it is no longer employed. Go is a section of this conduit made
of caoutchouc to prevent it from breaking in case the horse starts suddenly
before the conductor is ready; H is the piston rod; I, the wheels, having large
fellies. The pump J above the barrel consists of a cylinder of about nine
inches in height and eleven inches wide. It is placed on a wooden platform K,
covered with zinc. L is the manhole to facilitate the cleansing of the barrel.
The leather valve M opens from the inside to outside, and is provided with a
zinc support N, to prevent it from upsetting; a discharge cock o can also be
used for watering; K is a conduit pipe set on the back of the barrel having its
orifice horizontal with the tap o; Q is the disk covered with leather or
caoutchouc, and which approaches or recedes from the tap; U is the balance
lever set in motion by the conductor ; T is the moveable bridle; Y, the helical
spring rendering the bridle moveable..
And having now described my Invention and the best means to put it into
execution, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the
precise details of construction herein-before described, as the same may vary
without deviating from the principle of my Invention; but what I claim, and
wish to be protected by the above in part recited Letters Patent, is, -
First, the adapting to a watering barrel a pneumatic pump to fill up the
same, as herein-before described, reference being had to the Drawing.

page_text: Secondly, the arrangement of the watering apparatus, as herein-before
described, reference being had to the Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Elie Jerome Vinot, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
HI*. GILBEE,
10, Rue de la Fidélité,
. Paris.
VINOT, E. J. (L.S.)