Improvements in Street Watering and Cleaning Appliances.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1896
Complete Spécification Left, 5th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 2nd Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Street Watering and Cleaning Appliances.
We. ARTHUR ANTHONY CHAMPION of 46, New Gross Road, London S.E.,
Asphalter, and FRANK SALES PERKINS, of 39 York Street, Walworth, London S.E.
Coach Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
Our invention relates to improvements in connection with watering and cleaning
streets and public roads, paths, promenades and the like, the object being to
provide a more effectual method of laying the dust and cleaning the streets and
promenades than is possible with the existing system of manual watering or cart
watering as at present adopted.
In carrying our invention into effect in one convenient manner, we arrange a
water distributing pipe along one or both sides of the curb way or gutter way of
the road, and we cause the distributing pipe or pipes to be perforated or formed
with suitable distributing orifices for directing the water over the entire surface
of the road, the orifices being arranged in the form and at angles suitable for
completely covering the road surface when the water is directed through thèm.
To protect the orifices and the distributing pipe from becoming clogged with
the mud or other street refuse we form a guard or screen which may be placed
independently upon the exterior of the pipe or it may be arranged in the form of
a sliding or inner rotating pipe which covers or uncovers the openings through
which the water passes. We make the guard or the screen when worked either as an
external shield or as an inner uncovering pipe or grid, to be operated and un-
covered when the water is turned into any section or length of the pipe, in order
that when the apparatus is to be used and the water turned on, then the openings
may be uncovered to permit of a free discharge therefrom, while when the
apparatus is not in use, the act of turning off the water also covers the openings.
We employ any well known system of valve or cock for controlling the flow of
the water and we sub-divide the street or area which is to be cleaned or showered
by means of cocks or valves placed in any suitable position.
When two side channels or pipes are employed we arrange that the opening of
one shall open the other so that each side pipe will direct the stream of water to
the crown of the cambered roadway, while the water and mud which is swept over
the surface of the road is caused to flow into the ordinary gutter or channelling
arrangeil for that purpose at the side or sides of the road.
Instead of employing side distributing pipes we may, when so desired, arrange
a central distributing conduit pipe for discharging for both sides of the road, and
we cause the conduit pipe in this case' to be protected by means of a sliding grid
or rotating inner pipe which covers or uncovers the inner portions of the
central .conduit discharge orifices whenever the water is turned on. In order
the more effectually to employ our central system, we prefer to place a central
casing down the roadway which may be formed of metal connected together in
suitable lengths with an outer roughened surface, so as to offer no obstruction

page_text: to the vehicular traffic of the roadway, and we provide openings within the edges
of the casing through which the water may pass, these openings being uncovered
when the road is to be watered.
Sometimes we make the guard plate which covers our central casing capable
of being slightly.raised from the surface of the road when it is desired to water it,
the operation of raising the guard plate of the casing or any portion of the casing
being effected preferably by the attendant who opens the valve for discharging
the water therefrom.
Instead of arranging the guard plate to be capable of vertical movement for the
watering of the roadway, we may provide means for the vertical movement of the
supply pipe which instead of being provided with orifices capable of opening or
closure by an exterior or interior pipe or sleeve, may have nozzles arranged there-
upon preferably of T form through which the water may issue laterally, upon the
pipe and nozzles being raised, and may direct currents of water immediately
above the surface of the road. The raising of the supply pipe may be effected by
means of an operating lever and spindle upon which it is mounted and to the
other extremity or part of which is secured a raising lever linked to other levers
similarly disposed along the length of the casing so that upon the movement of
the operating lever all the raising levers connected are raised to a corresponding
degree, preferably into the upright position so as to support the pipe while
watering. The connections of the supply pipe are such as to allow of this upward
movement. We preferably arrange in some cases that the lever for effecting the
raising of the pipe may be connected to that operating the supply cock so that
thereby the watering may be effected by the operation of a single lever or cock.
We sometimes prefer to arrange that the raising of the supply pipe shall be
effected by the issue or rush of water there-through on operation of the supply
cock, and to this end we may support the pipe upon a cradle or upon the ends of
supporting links or levers, so that the pipo may have a lateral or a longitudinal
movement for raising, which shall be produced by such means as a piston and rod
actuated by the pressure in the pipe.
The upward movement of the nozzles may however be effected without the
necessity of the movement of the supply pipe in which case the nozzles may be
raised by a system of levers operated as before described or by water pressure
upon their piston ends, the nozzles being suitably mounted as to be capable of
movement against the action of springs or against their own weight.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular form of pipe
or casing which may be employed either at the centre of the road, the sides of the
road or around the refuges formed upon the road, neither do we limit the applica-
tion of our improved method of street cleaning and watering as hereinbefore
described to any special form of valve or water controlling and grid or orifice
opening device, but we modify the fittings and the method of construction to suit
the application and the road or pathway to which our improved system is to be
applied.
Improvements in Street Watering and Cleaning Appliances.
We, ARTHUR ANTHONY CHAMPION of 40 New Cross Road, London S.E
Asphalter, and FRANK SALES PERKINS, of 39 York Street, Walworth, London S.

page_text: Coach Builder, 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:-
Our invention relates to improvements in connection with watering and cleaning
streets and public roads, paths, promenades and the like, the object being to
provide a more effectual method of laying the dust and cleaning the streets and
promenades than is possible with the existing systems of manual watering or cart
watering as at present adopted.
Different methods of carrying our invention into effect are illustrated in the
accompanying drawings in which,
Figures 1, 2, & 3 are respectively sectional side elevation, sectional end elevation
on ab Figure 1 and plan of one arrangement.
Figures 4 & 5 are respectively sectional plan and elevation of another mcdifica-
tion and Figures 6 & 7 are sections in a b Figure 4 of the devices shown at
Figures 4 & 5.
Referring to Figures 4, 5, 6, & 7 of the accompanying drawings.
In carrying our invention into effect in a convenient manner, we arrange a
water distributing pipe such as A along one or both sides of the curb way or
gutter way of the road, and we cause the distributing pipe or pipes A to be per-
forated or formed with suitable distributing orifices such as B B for directing the
water over the entire surface of the road, the orifices being arranged in the form
and at angles suitable for completely covering the road surface when the water
is directed through them, while the pipes are suitably sunk in the sides of the
roadway, apertures or spaces being left for the outflow.
To protect the orifices B B and the distributing pipe A from becoming clogged
with the mud or other street refuse we form a guard or screen which may be placed
independently upon the exterior of the pipe or as shown in the drawings
Figures 4, 5, 6 & 7 is arranged in the form of a rotating pipe C which covers or
uncovers the openings B B through which the water passes. We make the guard
or screen when worked either as an external shield or as inner uncovering pipe or
grid, to be operated and uncovered when the water is turned into any section or
length of the pipe, in order that when the apparatus is to be used and the water
turned on, then the openings may be uncovered to permit of a free discharge
therefrom, while when the apparatus is not in use, the act of turning off the water
also covers the openings, and in this modification we proceed as follows.
The pipes A for convenience of distribution are divided into sections connected
at suitable intervals by cocks such as D with the water main and we provide an
extension E on the barrel F of each cock which projects through stuffing glands F¹
and carries a small worm G on the end of it. This worm G gears into a worm
wheel H carried on the lower end of the spindle I projecting out of the T connec-
tion piece J in which the ends of the pipe A are screwed. The top end of the
spindle I has fixed upon it within the T pipe a small crown pinion K which gears
with teeth cut on an opening L of the guard pipe of screen C. It is evident that
when the cock D is opened the rotation of the worm G, wheel H, and pinion K
will turn the screen pipe and the proportions are so arranged that the perfora-
tions BB come into line when the cock D is full open.
We employ any well known system of valve or cock for controlling the flow of
the water and we sub-divide the street or area which is to be cleaned or showered
by means of cocks or valves placed in any suitable position.
When two side channels or pipes are employed we arrange that the opening of
one shall open the other by connecting each pair of opposing cocks D 1) so that
each side pipe will direct the stream of water to the crown of the cambered road-
way, while the water and mud which is swept over the surface of the road is
caused to flow into the ordinary gutter or channelling arranged for that purpose
at the side or sides of the road.
Figures 6&7 show cross sections on a, b, Figure 4 of the pipe and screen with

page_text: the perforations B shown closed in Figure 6 and shown open in Figure 7 ready
for watering the streets as herein before described.
Sometimes we make the guard plate which covers our central casing capable
of being slightly raised from the surface of the road when it is desired to water
it the operation of raising the guard plate of the casing or any portion of the
casing being effected preferably by the attendant who opens the valve for dis-
charging the water therefrom, thus exposing water pipes with suitable perforations
discharging from the centre to either side of the road.
Referring more particularly to Figures 1, 2, 3, of the accompanying drawings.
Instead of employing side distributing pipes we may, when so desired, arrange
a central distributing conduit pipe such as M for discharging for both sides of the
road. In order the more effectually to employ our central system we prefer to
place a central casing N N down the roadway which may be formed of metal
connected together in suitable lengths with an outer roughened surface such as
the chequer marking shown at 0 0 Figure 3, so as to offer no obstruction to the
vehicular traffic of the roadway, and we provide openings P P within the edges
of the casing N N through which the water may pass when the pipe is put into
the position hereinafter referred to.
We may provide means for the vertical movement of the supply pipe M which
instead of being provided with orifices capable of opening or closure by an exterior
or interior pipe or sleeve has nozzles QQ arranged thereupon preferably of T
form through which the water. may issue laterally, upon the pipe M and
nozzles QQ being raised and may direct currents of water immediately above the
surface of the road, the casing N N having slots R R arranged in it in which the
T-shaped nozzles QQ fit easily and when these nozzles have been raised their
tops are flush with the casing and the nozzles point out over the roadway on
either side as clearly shown in Figure 2.
The raising of the supply pipe M is effected by means of an operating lever such
as S shown in dotted lines Fig. 1 and the spindle T upon which it is mounted
and to the extremity or part of which is secured a raising lever U pivotally
attached to a lever plate V having cam slots W W at intervals along its length
so that when the movement of the operating lever S operating by its raising
lever upon the lever plate V; causes its cam slots to be forced against
rollers XX fixed to the side of the casing N the pipe M is carried up, and thus
elevated the required amount. The pipe M lies upon rollers Y Y fixed to the
lever plate. The connections of the supply pipe M are such as to allow of this
upward movement. We perferably arrange in some cases that the lever S for
effecting the raising of the pipe may be connected to the lever Z operating the
supply cock d so that thereby the watering may be effected by the operation of a
single ever or cock.
We sometimes prefer to arrange that the raising of the supply pipe shall be
effected by the issue or rush of water there-through on operation of the supply
cock, and to this end we may support the pipe upon a cradle or lever plate such
as V Figure 1 or upon the ends of supporting links or levers, so that the pipe may
have a lateral or longitudinal movement for raising, which shall be produced by
such means as a piston and rod actuated by the pressure in the pipe.
The upward movement of the nozzles may however be effected without the
necessity of the movement of the supply pipe, in which case the nozzles may be
raised by a system of levers operated as hereinbefore described, or by water
pressure upon the piston ends, the nozzles being suitably mounted as to be capable
of movement against the action of springs or against their own weight. It is to
be clearly understood that the screen pipe described with reference to
Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings, may be so arranged that a sliding longitu-
dinal movement uncovers the perforations B instead of a rotational one as there
shown.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular form of pipe
or casing which may be employed either at the centre of the road, the sides of the

page_text: road or around the refuges formed upon the road, neither do we limit the applica-
tion of our improved method of street cleaning and watering as herein before
described to any special form of valve or water controlling and grid or orifice
opening device, but we modify the fittings and the method of construction to suit
the application and the road or pathway to which our improved system is to be
applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tin and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. In street watering and cleaning appliances in which the distributing pipes
are arranged either in the centre, on one or on both sides of the road; the pro-
vision of rotary or sliding guards, arranged either externally or internally on the
water pipes as a means of protecting the distributing perforations when not in
use.
2. In street watering and cleaning appliances in which the distributing pipes
are arranged either on the centre, on one or on both sides of the road, the pro-
vision of the lever plates or cradles or their equivalents in conjunction with suit-
ably pivotted water connections as a means for elevating the distributing pipes
when required for use, and to allow of their depression into suitable protecting
cases when not in use.
3. In street watering and cleaning appliances in which the distributing pipes
are arranged either in the centre, on one or on both sides of the read, providing
either a mechanical connection between each water cock and the perforation
screen or guard or suitable hydraulic apparatus acting on the containing casing
as a means for either opening of the perforations simultaneously with the turning
on of the water cocks, or the elevation of the distributing pipe simultaneously
with the admission of the water thereto.
4. The improvements in street watering and cleaning appliances, substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.