Improvements in Watering Cans or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Watering Cans or the like.
I, EDWIN TOPLIS GAMBLE 136 Emmanuel Road Hastings, Insurance Agent,
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:-
My invention relates to improvements in watering cans or the like, and has for
its object to provide means whereby the openings in the roses of same can be
diminished or eularged. at will, to regulate the volume of the jets or sprays of water
issuing through same and so dispense with the use of a number of different watering
cans or separate roses therefor.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings
in which;
Fig. 1. is a sectional elevation of a watering can with my invention applied
thereto.
Fig. 2. a plan of the rose, and
Fig. 3. a section through line A. B. of the forward portion of the spout of a
watering can with my invention applied thereto, while
Fig. 4. is a section through line X. X.
Referring to the drawings in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts throughout the figures, a. is a watering can, mainly by ordinary construction,
provided with a rose b. the front or face of which is preferably of a rectangular
form as shewn in Fig. 2. and provided with a number of rectangular openings or
slits formed longitudinally in the said front or face instead of the circular
perforations as provided in the roses at present in use.
The stem of the rose b is fashioned so as to fit upon the spout of a watering can
of ordinary construction.
Within the said rose b is located a plate e provided in a similar manner to the.
front or face of the rose, with a number of rectangular openings or slots c¹ so
arranged as to exactly coincide with the openings or slits 6' in the face or front
of the rose b, when the plate e is in a certain position hereafter explained.
C
This plate c is fashioned of a shorter length than the front or face of the rose b,
preferably the difference being the length of one of the said rectangular slits or
openings, so as to allow of the said plate being moved longitudinally backwards
and forwards upon the under side of the front or face 6 (against which it normally
closely fits) for a distance regulated by the aforesaid difference in their respective
lengths.
A lever rod d bent or elbowed at d is provided, the forward extremity d³ of one
portion of which lever rod is designed to enter and fit within the hollow stem or
socket c, fixed in any suitable manner, or formed integral with the plate c as shewn
more particularly by Fig. 3. while the other portion of the lever rod d is carried up
through the body of the can a and caused to project through the top or other
suitable part of same, the said projecting rear extremity of such lever rod & being
provided with a suitable button, knob, or push piece d³.
The lever rod d is fulcrummed at d³ preferably by means of a cross piece d',
situated within the interior of the spout and fixed thereto by rivets d or their
equivalent, or formed integral therewith. This said cross piece d is provided with
a central opening d through which the lever rod d passes. The longer sides of the
plate c are bent back or provided with a bead designed to enter and slide in
corresponding grooves or recesses 6 formed in the inner sides of the rose b (Fig. 3)

page_text: If desirable the lever rod may be formed in two parts and be jointed at d¹ in lieu
of being fashioned in one piece and bent as before described.
In operation the end of the lever, rod d is pushed down when it is required to
regulate the volume of the water jets or sprays issuing from the rectangular openings
or slit 6', the action of this depressing the end. d of the lever rod d, causing the
plate c to move up along the inner side of the front or face of the rose 6 and so
decrease the size of such openings or slit or totally cover same, if desirable. By
drawing the end of the fever rod d upward or outward, the said plate c' is caused
to return to its normal position so that the openings or slit 6" and the openings or
slit c' are made to coincide, thereby enabling a full flow of water to pass through
same. I preferably branch the end c of the hollow stem or socket c² so as not to
interfere with the flow of the water to the openings or slit in the plate c and
the rose b.
.
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. In watering caus or the like, a rectangular faced rose having a number of
rectangular openings or slits, a shorter rectangular plate having similar openings
and normally maintained close against the underside of the face or front of the rose,
and provided with a branched or other hollow stem or socket into which fits the
forward extremity of a bent or jointed lever rod fulcrummed in the spout of the can
and having the other end projecting from the top of said can and provided with a
push piece, operating substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated
by the drawings.
2. The improvements in watering cans or the like constructed and operating
substantially as described and as illustrated by the drawings accompanying this
Specification.
Dated this 29th day of September 1894
HUGHES, & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, Agents.