US587404A - Fountain - Google Patents

Description

E. SCHOYEN.

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FOUNTAIN.

(No Model.)

,404- Patented Aug. 3, 1897.

FOUNTAIN.

No. 587,404. Patented Aug.'8,1897.

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FOUNTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,404, dated August 3, 1897'. Application filed May 29, 1896. Serial No. 593,616. (No model.)

fo all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL ScHoYEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mankato, in the county of Blue Earth and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Fountain, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of fountains which depends for their action upon the compression of air in a reservoir by the entrance of water into a relatively lower reservoirfrom a basin or fount located above the first-mentioned reservoir, the compression of the air in the last-mentioned reservoir serving to expel the water therefrom, which is delivered in a jet or spray and received into the said basin or fount, the reservoirs being connected and invertible, so that the full and the empty one can be made to change places,

thereby keeping the fountain in operation, the only attent-ion necessary being to turn or invert the reservoirs, which can be effected in a moments time.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a fountain of the character aforesaid, and known as Heros fountain, which will be of unique appearance and especiallydesigned to be used as an aquarium, thereby keeping the water in circulation and preventing its stagnating, and which will be simple in the arrangement of its parts, obviate choking of the water and air passages, and provide a stand for flowers and plants, so that the latter may receive the benefit of the jet or spray of water, the device in its entirety being compact and easily manipulated and requiring but little attention to keep it in operation.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing the invention in operation. tion showing the various currents of water and air when the fountain is in operation.

Fig. 2 is a detail sec- Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the reservoirs inverted.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference-characters.

The stand for supporting the operating parts may be of suitable design, and comprises legs l and a flanged top 2, the latter 6o. receiving the basin or fouut 3, which contains the supply of water or iuid essential to the operation of the device and is of less area than the top. This basin or fount may have any desired outline and configuration and may be either of glass, metal, or other -tnatel rial, glass being preferred when the device is to be used as an aquarium.

The top 2 has a marginal portion projecting beyond the sides of the basin or fount, and 7o this marginal portion is upturned at its outer edge, forming a guard to retain in place iiower-pots or other articles placed thereon, and in the event of water spilling over the basin this marginal portionwill catch the same and prevent it falling upon the floor and injuring the carpet or other covering. A tubular portion 4 is centrally disposed with respect to the fouut or basin and rises from the bottom thereof 'a short distance and is in- 8o tended to prevent the entrance therein of sand, pebbles, food, and other matter generally employed in connection with aquariums,- and also to prevent fish from approaching too close to the fountain mechanism.

A plug 5 is horizontally disposed and is provided at its ends with tubular extensions 6, which are supported by cross-pieces having connection with the legs of the stand, so as to support the plug 5 in a horizontal position. 9o An oblique passage 7 is formed in the plug 5, about midway of its ends, and longitudinal passages 8 extend inward from the ends of the plug and communicate with the tubular extensions 6 and lead through opposite sides 95 of the plug adjacent to the oblique passage 7 as shown at 9 and l0. This plug is relatively fixed, and a sleeve ll is mounted thereon so as to turn and is provided at diametrically opposite points with extensions 12, in which tof are formed corresponding passages 13 and 14, the upper passage 13 communicating with the upper end of the passage 7 and the relatively lower passage 11 communicating with the lower end of the said passage 7 in either position of the reservoirs. Similar reservoirs 15 and 1G have connection with the outer ends of the extensions 12, and each is provided with a pipe 17, which extends from the inner end of the reservoir to within a short distance of the outer end and which are adapted to be alternately brought into communication with the passages 7 and 9, according to the relative position of the reservoirs, as is obvious from Figs. 2 and 3. The plug 5 is tapering and the bore of the sleeve 11 is of a corresponding taper, so as to preserve and maintain a close fit between these parts and provide for taking up wear within certain limits.

A collar 1S is secured by means of a binding-screw 19 to the tubular extension 6, ad jacent to the smaller end of the plug, and is adapted to retain the sleeve 11 in working position upon the pluo. A pipe 2O connects the lower end of the tubular extension et with a tubular extension G, and a pipe 21 has communication with the other tubular extension G and passes through the part L and extends a short distance above the fount or basin, so as to project the water in a spray or jet, the latter falling back and being received into the basin or fount in the usual way.

The operation of the invention can be readily understood from the drawings by one conversant with this character of fountain, and, as shown in Fig. 2, the relatively lower reservoir 1G is full of water or iuid and the upper reservoir 15 is empty and filled with air, and upon reversing the position of the reservoirs, as shown in Fig. 3, the operation will be as follows: The water from the basin or fount will llow into the reservoir 15 through the pipe 20, passages S, 9, and 13, and pipe 17, and the air displaced from the reservoir 15 will pass into the upper or outer portion of-the reservoir 1G through the passages 14, 7, and 13, and the pipe 17, and will exert a pressure upon the water in the said reservoir 16 and force the same through the passages 14, 10, and 8, and the pipe 2l, and from the latter in a jet o1' spray which will fall into the fount or basin. This operation is repeated each time the reservoirs are inverted. A catch 22, secured to a cross-piece connecting adjacent legs of the stand, is adapted to engage with a notched lug or stop 23 on the side of the reservoirs and hold the latter in the required position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a fountain, the combination of a stand comprisinglegs and a horizontal peripherallyflanged top, a basin of less area than and supported by the top whereby the exposed portion of the top forms a surrounding ledge adapted to support iiowcr-pots, a central tubular open-topped guard -larranged concentricall y in the basin, a vertical dischargespout arranged conoentrioally in said guard and terminating above the plane of its upper edge, a supply-pipe communicating with the interior of the guard, and fountain mechanism connected with said supply-pipe and discharge-spout, substantially as speciied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EMIL SCI-IOYEN.

Witnesses:

WM. N. PLYMAT, EMELIA NELSON.

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