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v SPRINKLING APPARATUS. No. 408,631.

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SPRINKLING APPARATUS.

No. 408,631. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

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I tank, whereby the water is supplied to and I 25 ing the width of an entire street maybe 5 which o Fig.3, a partial'side elevation of the cart and ANTON MAYER AND HENRY c. STIEBEL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO; SAID MAYER 1 ASSIGNOR TO SAID STIEBEL.

"SPRINKLING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,631, dated'Aug'ust G, 1889.

Application and June 22, 1887.

To all -whom, itimay. concern: 7

Be it known that we, ANTON MAYER and HENRY G. STIEBEL, citizens of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, Ohio, have in- 5 vented new and useful Improvements in Sprinkling Apparatus,,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in street-sprinklers, its object being to secure a 10 more uniform and economical distribution of water with reference especially to use in cities. To this end it consists in the apparatus and mechanism hereinafter described, constituting an attachment to a wheeled supplydistributed by one or more rotating brushes driven by the bearing-wheels. By means of this rotation the water is driven by centrifugal force in finely-divided particles in a widely-expanded horizontal shower covering the street-surface with great uniformity and laying the dust much more effectively than is usual with sprinkling apparatus. With properly-constructed machines a path coversprinkled at one passage of the cart without interference with ordinary traflic.

It also consists in certain minor features, in combination, tending to the more complete and perfect operation, all as more fully and at large hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims. I

Mechanism embodying our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

c Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a sprinklingcart to which our invention is applied; Fig. .1 2, a plan view of the rotating distributers and their casings detached from the tank;

our attachment. Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the rotating distributors detached and upon a larger scale; Fig. 5, a detail vertical section of the distributer-casing and distributor; Fig.

6, a plan showing the connecting mechanism operating the clutch and stop-cock simultancously.

In the drawings,] designates the supply- V tank mounted upon a framei carried upon the bearing-wheels 3 in the usual manner.

Serial No. 24 2,17 1. (No model) idesignates a standard provided with a lateral arm 5, constituting a double-armed bracket secured to and suspended from the under side of the frame 2 at the rear at one side of the wagon, and G 7 a similar standard 5 5 and arm occupying a corresponding position at the other side. Through the standards and their lateral arms is journaled 'a shaft 8, provided near one end with a sprocket-wheel 9, driven from a similar sprocketewheel 10 upon the hub of the nearest bearing-wheel 3, thus rotating the shaft 8 as the wagon moves. I

In the present illustration of our inventio we have shown a single shaft with but one driving-gear; but in practice we may employ two shafts extending in the same axial line between and in the arms of each of the brackets with independent sprocket wheels and chains to opposite bearing-wheels, fora pur- 7o pose presently to be explained.

Each vertical arm, as 4, is hollow near the bottom, forming a socket in which is held 'a. short stud 11, extending downward through or to the bottom of the distributer-casing 12. 7 5 The arm 6 is similarly provided with a stud 11, also extending down through or to the bottom of the casing. These studs are held in the sockets byset-screws 1314, or in any other eonvenient manner, and in turn uphold the So casing by bolts 15 15, passed through the easing from below into the studs.

' The general form of the casing 12 is that of two flat half-cylinders merging at their joined peripheries, constituting in effect two casings separated by a partition 16 at their junction.

In each division of the'casing thus formed is mounted a rotating distributor in the form of a circular brush, these being dcsignated by the numbers ]7 18, carried respectively upon 0 sleeves 19 20 surrounding the studs. These sleeves are provided respectively above the casing with bevel-gears 2 meshing with similar lwvel-gears )3 :24 upon the shaft 8, through which rotaiionis' given the distributers.

The constriuetion of the distributors is clearly indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. Each con sists of two disks or hubs 25, between which and projecting outward radially is secured a mo mass 26 of bristles, wires, or strips of any suitable material, of moderate stiffness. The relative positions'of the distributers are indicated in Fig. 2, in which also the relative direction of rotation is indicated by arrows.

Water is distributed to the two distributers from the tank 1 through separate pipes or hose 27 28 controlled by suitable valves, so that either or both may 'beshut OK when desired. Distribution through the casings is made through somewhat enlarged orifices 29. 30, preferably covered with wire netting, which assists in distributing the water more uniformlyto the brushes of the distributors. These openings are located preferably as shown, and distribute water to the brushes from above as the bristles pass in'rotation below in the casing. The rotation of the brushes drives the water radially outward by centrifugal force, modified as to the same by the tendency of the water to adhere to the bristles in a manner somewhat analogous to capillarity, and results in a horizontal expanding shower of minute particles, which, as the wagon moves along, falls upon the ground evenly and gently. By the relative arrangement'of the rotating distributors and their supply-orifices 29 30 the two showers thus created practically merge at the line of junction without excess at that point and thus cover an extraordinarily wide path. The centrifugal force thus obtained also enables us to place the distributers at a very low level, so that the ordinary street-service is carried on without reference to passing vehicles or horses.

The bevel-gears 23 24 upon the drivingshaft8 are normally loose upon said shaft, but are brought into engagement with it, when desired, by clutches 31 82, by suitable connections in control of the driver. connections are shown by the plan, Fig. 9.

In connection with the casing 12 we employ with each distributer an adjustable shield 33 34, formed to the arc of the outer wall of the casing and arranged to slide and be adjusted rearward, as shown on the right in Fig. 2. The shield thus projected cuts off a given segment of the radial shower, as will be obvious, and is useful as a means of protection to passers-by, &c. The shields are guided and operated by means of pins 35, projecting upwardly from'cach through a curved slot in the upper wallof the casing, to which suitable mechanism-such as manipulating-rods (not shown in the drawings)mayjbe attached,

extending forward within control of the driver or attendant.

The clutch-' starting of the wheel and shut off simultaneously with the stoppage.

Where two such rotating distributors are employed as in the illustration the arrangement just described is an especial convenience in city use where street-traffic is going on during the sprinkling.

The foregoing description has reference to the use of two co-operating distributers, by-

which, generally, the best effects are obtained in ordinary street-service; but it will be seen that the action of each distributor is independent. Hence. but one maybe used, or any convenient numberemploycd together, as in the illustration. lVe have also described the rotating brush as made up as radial strips-- such as bristles, wire, &c.but we may use porous material-such as sponge-cloth or the like-in suitable strips or masses to carry the water outward and distribute the same in a finely-divided form.

We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by, Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a street-sprinkler, the combination of a wheeled reservoir, one or more circular brushes arranged to rotate horizontally at the rear of thesame, driving-connections with the bearing-wheels and water-connections .with the reservoir, whereby the forward travel the casing, arranged and operating to dis-.

tribute the water horizontally in an expanding shower of finely-divided particles rearward and laterally across the path of the vehicle, substantially as set forth.

3. In a street-sprinkler, the combination, with the wheeled reservoir and its bearingwheels, a double casing carriedat the rear of the reservoir and having two independent adjacent semi-cylindrical compartments open at the rear, two brushes revolving horizontally in said compartments and through the rear openings, respectively, in opposite directions, and a branched supply-pipe from the reservoir entering the casings, respectively, and driving-connections with the wheels for the rotation of the distributors, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a street-sprinkler,

of a semi-cylindrical casing to and through which water is distributed, a circular distributor or sprinkler mounted and rotated axially within the same, and one or more admechanism between said stop-cock and the clutch-actuating devices, whereby the movement of the clutch out of action closes the water-supply to the sprinkler, and vice versa, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTON MAYER. HENRY G. STIEBEL.

Witnesses:

L. M. HOSEA, CHESTER W. MERRILL.

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