US679262A

US679262A - Antiseptic-applying apparatus.

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Publication number: US679262A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wilber M Kelso
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1898-06-04
Filing date: 1898-06-04
Publication date: 1901-07-23
Anticipated expiration: 1918-07-23

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W. M. KELS.

ANTISEPTIC APPLYING APPARATUS.

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ANTISEPTIC APPLVING PPARATUS.

(Application led June 4, 189B.)

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WILBER M. KELSO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ANTISEPTlC-APPLYING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,262, dated July 23, 1901- Applioation filed June 4,1898. Serial No. 682,588. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, WILBER M. KELso, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiseptic-Applying Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for sprinkling, spraying', or atomizing an antiseptic solution.

The prominent objects of my invention are to provide for the effective and efficient spraying orsprinkling of the ground or the floors, walls, or ceilings of buildings or cars or the like; to'provide wheeled apparatus respectively adapted to apply the antiseptic solution to streets, the ground, and to the interior of buildings, cars, and the like objects or articles; to arrange for the continuous and steady application of the antiseptic in the way mentioned; to allow the easy and rapid handling of the devices employed for the purpose andrtheir manipulation and transportation for the progressive application of the antiseptic; to provide practical, inexpensive, and easily-constructed devices for such purposes, and to accomplish the aforesaid results in an efficient manner.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other desirable ends my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of an antiseptic device embodying my invention and particularlyadapted for spraying or sprinkling streets or the ground with an antiseptic solution and having portions broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, also having portions broken away for convenience of illustration. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation, of details of the apparatus, all taken on a larger scale. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively elevation and plan views of an apparatus particularly adapted for spraying the interior of buildings, cars, and the like.

In Figs. l to 6, inclusive, of the drawings I have shown a Wheeled apparatus for sprinkling, spraying, or otherwiseapplying an an tiseptic solution to streets or roads as the vehicle passes over them.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown a wheeled apparatus adapted to be propelled by handpower for similarly applying an antiseptic so lution to the doors, walls, and interior generally of buildings, railroad-cars, and the like.

The apparatus for street use involves a suitable vehicle mounted ontthe rear and front pairs of wheels 30 and 3l, respectively,which wheels are in turn mounted on the rear and -

front axles

28 and 29, respectively. The front axle 29 is arranged so thatit can be deflected to either side, so as to permit the vehicle to be properly turned. The body-frame of the vehicle involves a couple ot' horizontally-arranged side bars 32 32, supported by springs 44 44, which extend longitudinally above the rear axle 28, thence upwardly at a point between the two axles, so as to provide space which the front wheels can occupy when they are in a turned position. 'lhese bars 32 curve thence downwardly and are formed into the rear and the lower portion of a box 33, which is positioned and supported by springs 34 above the front axle 29. On top of this box 33 is arranged a suitable seat 35 for the operator ot' the vehicle. In front of this seat is arranged a lever 36, by means of which the front wheels can be suitably turned. The vehicle is desirably constructed so that it can be propelled over the ground either by horse-power or by the power of a motor carried by it. To such end the front axle is constructed so that a pole can be attached to it. As an arrangement for driving the vehicle by a motor on board of it I have shown an electric motor 37, arranged below the rear axle 28 and having its armature mounted upon a rotary shaft 38. The motor 37 is conven iently suspended below the axle 28 by means of a couple of pairs of supporting-braces 4l, having their upper ends secured to the horizontal rods 42 42. These rods 42 42 are held in position against forward and backward swinging movement by guides 43, extending upward from their upper ends through the side bars 32 32. The shaft 33 is connected so as to permit of its driving the rear wheels 30 30 by a couple of pairs ot gear-Wheels 39 39 and 40 40, respectively, on its opposite IOO the reservoir A it is forced into and through the interior tube 2 of a double hose B and thence out of the inner spout 3 of the nozzle C, attached to said hose B, as best shown in Fig. 5; In this way .the antiseptic can be readily applied to the ground or street as the vehicle progresses. It is frequently desirable, however, to supply or force air into the solution as it leaves the dispensing-nozzle in order to form it into a light mist or very iine spray. To such end I have shown means and arrangement by which air can be forced into the antiseptic solution as the latter leaves the nozzle. This arrangement involves a compartment 10 of compressed air conveniently formed at the forward end of the tank or reservoir A and an outer tube 11 of the hose B,

through which outer tube 11 air is forced from the air-compartment 10 to and through the outer shell 12 of the nozzle C. In this way the antiseptic solution and the air are simultaneously forced through the same hose into the same nozzle and mingled at the outlet of that nozzle in a way to produce a tine spray or mist.

In order to permit.- the formation 'of spray having relatively different amounts ot' antiseptic solution and air under pressure in it, I construct the nozzle C in such a way that the amounts of these elements leaving it can be either independently or jointly regulated. The amount of antiseptic solution discharged v is regulated by turning the inner shell 3 ofthe nozzle C by means of a iiange 13, formed at its end aboutv its screw-threaded connection with the metal hose-terminal 15, so as to draw the aperture at its outer end into greater 0r less proximity to the outer end of the plug 14, which is arranged centrally within it and which is rigidly connected to or made integral with the end of the metal hose-terminal 15. In this way the opening of the aperture at the forward end of the nozzle-shell 3 is varied in size, so as to vary the discharge of the antiseptic solution. The discharge of air under pressure is regulated by turning the outer shell 12 of the nozzle C about its screw-threaded connection with the inner shell 3 thereof by means of a flange 16 at its inner end. In this way the distance of the outer shell from the inner shell 3 is varied, so as to vary the space between the two,and thereby vary the dischargeopening formed between their Walls.

In order to permit the free and unrestrained adjustment of the inner shell 3 by means of its flange 13, thelouter tube 1l of the hose B is terminated at a point to the rear of the connection of such shell with the terminal 15 and is connected with the outer shell 12 of the nozzle C by means of a supplementary hose 17. In this way access is readily obtained to the flange 13 or other adjusting medium on the inner shell 3. While the hose 17 could be connected with the outer nozzleshell 12 in any suitable way, it is shown as connected therewith so as to permit an extent of rotation thereof sufficient to produce vused with any portion of its length coiled upon the reel and alsol so that it cannot be withd rawn and separated from the latter the inner end of the tube 2 is attached to the outer end of a pipe 6, which extends radially outward from the interior of the reel and has its outer end terminated substantially .iinsh with the cylindrical shell of the reel, andthe outer tube 11 is attached to a second radially-arranged pipe 18, which incloses the pipe 6. These radially-arranged pipes 6 and 18 form branches or continuations of a pipe 7, which latter extends through and forms the axis with and upon which the reel rotates. The end portions of the pipe 7, however, are not in communication with one another, and the left-hand end portion (referring to Fig. 4) communicates with the inner-pipe 6, while the right-hand end portion communicates with the outer radial pipe 18. In this way the antiseptic solution and the air under pressure are readily conveyed to the inner and outer tubes of the hose B, and as a result the left-hand portion, or the portion 7 of the pipe 7, becomes a water or solution pipe and the right-hand portion, or the portion 7b, becomes an air-pipe. The end portion 7 of this rotating and reel-supporting pipe 7 is connected with a water or solution pipe 8, which forms substantially a continuation of it and which extends outwardly from the pipe 7 and thence downwardly and into the water-compartment of the tank or reservoir A, as best shown in Fig. 2. The air end 7" of the pipe 7is similarly connected to a valved air-pipe 19, which likewise extends outwardly and thence downwardly and is connected to the reservoir or tank A, so as to communicate with the air-compartment 10 thereof, as best shown in Fig. 1.

In order to permit the rotation of the reelsupporting pipe 7, it is connected with the pipes Sand 19 by rotaryor universal joints 9 9.

The solution and the air in their respective com partments could be subjected to pressure or otherwise forced out of the same by any IOO ICS

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suitable arrangement or apparatus. As a very simple and efficient arrangement for such purpose, however, I have shown an air-pump 20, Fig. l, and have connected it by suitable connections, so as to force air at will either into both the-solution and air compartments or into the solution-compartment alone. In the arrangement I have shown the air is forced from the pump and flexible connection or hose 2l, from which latter it passes into a pipe 22. This pipe is arranged horizontally below the tank or reservoir A and has its forward end connected therewith, so as to communicate with the air-compartment 10 thereof, and has its rear end connected with a pipe 23, which extends upwardly within the solution-compartment substantially to the top thereof. In this way air can be supplied to both the solution and air compartments of the tank or reservoir A. Vhen it is desired Vthat both these compartments shall receive air under pressure, both of the valves 24E and 25 in the horizontally arranged pipe 22 are opened, and when it is desired that but one of such compartments only shall receive air under pressure the proper valve 24 or 25 is opened.

The degree of pressure in the air and water compartments of the lreservoir `A can be indicated by pressure-gages I5 and 46, which are positioned in front of the drivers seat 35 and are connected, respectively, with the air and water or solution compartments by suitably-valved pipes 47 4S, extending between the gages and the tank or reservoir A, as best shown in Figs. l and 3.

The pump 2O can be of any suitable construction and can be operated in any desired manner. As a preferred arrangement it consists in a cylindrical plunger-pump and is arranged and connected in such a way that it can be operated cit-her by the motor 37, which drives the vehicle, or by the rear wheels thereof Whenthe vehicle is not driven by a motor, but is drawn by horses. In such arrangement the pump is disposed horizontally near the forward end of the'tank or reservoir A and is operated by a reciprocating pistonrod 26, which is in turn driven by an eccentric 27 on the rear axle 2S of the vehicle. The eccentric 27 is desirably arranged and counected so that it .can be operated either by the electric motor which drives the vehicle either-when the vehicle is stationary or moving or by the rear wheel or wheels 30 when the vehicle is moving. The arrangement which I have shown for accomplishing this end, and also for allowing connection to be made and severed between the motor and the rear wheels for driving the vehicle, and also for permitting it to be drawn without causing the rotation of the motor or the operation of the pump is particularly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 6 of the drawings. In this construction the rear wheel 30 is loose upon its axle 2S `and is desirably provided with ball-bearin gs, so as to decrease friction vin its rotation. The

portion of the axle 28 between the wheel 30 and the downwardly-extending portion of the former is surrounded by a sleeve 50, which is free to rotate about the axle 28 independent of the wheel 30. This sleeve forms the axle for the motor gear-wheel 40 and also for the eccentric 27, both of which are loosely mounted upon it, so as to permit their rotation independently of the sleeve and also independently of one another. Upon one end of the sleeve is mounted a clutch 51, which is keyed to the sleeve 50, so as to permit it to slide thereupon, and which can engage the motor-gear 40, so as to cause the rotation of the lat-ter with the sleeve 5l. At the outer end of the sleeve 50 are a couple of clutches 52 and 53, both of which are likewise keyed to the sleeve 50, so as to permit their sliding movement thereupon,and the former of which is adapted to engage the eccentric 27 .and the latter to engage the wheel 30. Vhen it is desired to drive the wheel 30 without ydriving the pump, the inner clutch 5I is slid into engagement with the wheel 40, so as to cause the sleeve 50 to be rotated by the latter, and the outer clutch 53 is slid outwardlyinto engagement with the wheel 30. In this way Inotion is communicated from the motor-geared to the sleeve 50 and thence to the wheel 30.

If it is desired at such time to drive the pump as well, the intermediate clutch 52 is slid inwardly into engagement with the eccentric 27, so that in this way the eccentric 27 is also rotated in conjunction with the drivingsleeve 50.

If it is desired to operate the pump by the vehicle-wheel instead of by the motor, the motor-connecting clutch 51 is moved out of engagement with the wheel 40, the clutch 53 is moved into engagement with the wheel 30, and the intermediate or pump-connecting clutch 52 is moved into engagement with the eccentric 27. In this way power is communicated from the wheel 30 to the driving-sleeve 50 and thence tothe eccentric 27, while at the same time the motor-gear 40 and the motorconnecting clutch 5l remained stationary.

If it is desired to operate the pump while the vehicle is stationary, the motor-clutch 5l is moved into engagement with the motorwheel 4:0, the pump-connecting clutch 52 is moved into engagement with the eccentric 27, and the wheel-connecting clutch 53 is moved out of engagement with the wheel 30. In this way power is transmitted from the motor to the gear-wheel 40, thence to the sleeve 50, and thence to the eccentric 27, while the wheel 30, and therefore the vehicle, remains stationary. It will be observed that this is an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, and practical arrangement for the accomplishment of the various results enumerated. 'Ihese various clutches 5I, 52, and 53 are respectively operated bya series of levers 541-, 55, and 5G, which are connected with their allotted clutches by suitable straps arranged over the latter and which extend rearwardly and are IOC IIO

. the front axle 29.

pivotally connected to the pump-supporting frame-bar 58.

It will be observed that in the drawings but one side of the `machine is shown, the right-hand wheels being attached in Fig. l and the left-hand rear wheel being attached in Fig. 2 and but one side of the machine being shown in Fig. 3. The operating mechanism above described for operating the pump and propelling the vehicle is therefore shown on but one side of the apparatus. If desired, the apparatus can be provided with such mechanism on but one side of the machine, as shown in the drawings, or it can be constructed with such mechanism on both of its sides, it being understood that in the latter case the mechanism on the other side corresponds to that shown in the drawings and also that in operating it the levers 54, 55, and 56 are arranged in their proper positions for the various operations in the same way on opposite sides of the apparatus. This lastnentioned arrangement of employing two sets of such pumpfoperating and vehicle-driving mechanism is the preferred one.

The electric motor 37 can be driven in any desired way. As a preferred arrangement it is driven by a battery ofvstorage-cells E, which as a matter of further improvement are Aconfined in the box 33, supported over The connections between these storage-cells E and the motor 27 are the usual connections for operating anelectric motor and are not shown or described herein, as they are well known and form no part of my present invention. i

The manuallyoperated apparatus illus- .trated in Figs. 7 and 8 is the same in general arrangement and plan as the power-driven vehicle heretofore described. In this manually-operated vehicle a divided tank A is arranged between and carried by a couple of large wheels 60. The tank A is divided into water or solution and air compartments l and 10, as in the case of the power-driven vehicle. A hose B' is connected with pipes 61 and 62, extending, respectively, into the air and solution compartments, and is conveniently coiled about a handle 64, which is secured to the rear end of the tank or reservoir A. It will be understood that this hose is double in construction, as shown and described in connection with the power-driven apparatus. The pump 2Oad for compressing air into the two compartments l and l0 is for convenience arranged upon and secured to the top of the tank or reservoir A. The compressed air is conveyed from it to the two compartments by suitably-valved pipes 65 and 66, leading from the pump to them. The pump 20a is operated by a crank formed in a shaft 67, which is arranged transversely above the tank or reservoir A/ and is supported in suitable bearings extending upward from the wheel-axle. This shaft 67 is rotated by the wheel-axle through the medium of a couple of sprocket-

wheels

68 and 69, re-

spectively, on the shaft 67 and a wheel-axle and a sprocket-chain 70, traveling upon the

wheels

68 and 69. This hand-propelled vehicle can be rested when not in use upon a small auXilary wheel 7l,carried at the lower end of the track 72, which latter is secured to the forward portion of the tank or reservoir A.

It will be observed that my invention affords simple, inexpensive, and practical means for sprinkling, spraying, or otherwise applying an antiseptic solution and also provides novel and efficient devices and combinations for operating the vehicle and the solution-discharging mechanism.

As many of the devices and constructions thereof can be changed without departing from the essence of my invention, I do not wish to limitmyself to the specific devices and constructions shown herein, although I consider such devices and constructions particularly well adapted for accomplishing the desired results, and therefore consider them matters of special and further improvement.

What I claim as my invention is-A l. In a wheeled antiseptic apparatus, the combination with a motor and a source of power therefor carried by the vehicle for supplying compressed air; air and solution tanks; connections for supplying air under pressure from the pump to either or both of said tanks at will; spraying devices provided with means for regulating the relative amounts of air and solution emitted; and connections for operating the pump and driving the vehicle by the motor, either alone or together.

2. In an antiseptic-applying apparatus, a discharge-,nozzle comprising air and solution outlets and means for adjusting the size of either or both of said outlets.

3. In an antiseptic apparatus, the combination with solution and air tanks, and with suitable devices for discharging the solution and air as desired, of means for supplying air underpressure; and suitable connections between such means and the solution and air tanks for supplying the air under pressure to either or both of the tanks, at will.

4. In a wheeled antiseptic apparatus, the combination of a tank or reservoir having solution and air compartments; a hose having two passages or ductswhich are respectively connected with the solution and air compartments, and also having a nozzle which is adapted to permit the simultaneous discharge of both the solution and air; a pump for supplying air under pressure; suitable connections between the pump and .the air and solution compartments, for supplying compressed air to either or both of the same at will; an electric motor and a storage battery for operating the same; and mechanism for connecting the electrical motor so as to drive the vehicle and also so as to operate the pump either when the vehicle is in motion or at rest.

5. A Wheeled antiseptic device, comprising IOO IIO

a suitable body-frame mounted on front and rear wheels and axles; a horizontally-arranged tank or reservoir having air and solution compartments; a hose consisting of interior and exterior tubes respectively connected with the solution and air compartments; a nozzle attached to the end of the hose and adapted to permit the discharge of the solution and air as desired; a pump adapted to supply air under pressure and connected with both the air and solution compartments; an electric motor suspended below the rear axle; and mechanism for either propelling the vehicle or operating the pump, or both, by means of the electric motor, at will. i

6. In a wheeled antiseptic apparatus, the combination with pumping means and means for driving the vehicle, of a rotary drivingsleeve; mechanism for connecting the motor with the driving-sleeve so as to cause the rotation of the latter; mechanism for operating the pumping means; and means for connecting and disconnecting the driving-sleeve With the mechanism for operating the pumping means at will.

7. In a wheeled antiseptic apparatus, the combination with a motor for propelling the vehicle, and with the wheel-carrying axle having its wheel loosely mounted upon it, and also with a reciprocating pump, of a rotary sleeve revolving about the wheel-axle a gearwheel driven by the motor and revolving about the driving-sleeve; an eccentric for operating the pump and revolving about the driving-sleeve; a clutch for connecting and disconnecting the driving-sleeve with the eccentric and with the motor gear-wheel, respectively.

8. In an antiseptic apparatus, the combination of a hose having a couple of passages and also having a nozzle adapted to permit discharge from both passages, of a rotary reel upon which the hose can be coiled; a rotary pipe serving as the axle of the reel and having its opposite ends out of communication with one another and respectively connected with the two passages of the hose; and side pipes supporting the reel and connected with the opposite ends of the reel-carrying pipe so as to permit the rotation of the latter.

9. In an antiseptic-applying apparatus, the combination with a hose comprising interior and exterior tubes, and with a nozzle adapted to permit discharge from both tubes, of a rotary rel upon which the hose can be coiled; a rotary reel serving as the axle of the reel and having its opposite ends out of communication with one another; interior and exterior branch pipes extending radially outward from the rotary reel-carrying pipe, and connected respectively with the opposite ends thereof; a couple of side pipes supporting the reel; and swivel or rotary joints connecting such pipes with the opposite en ds of the reel-carrying pipes.

l0. A discharge-nozzle comprising a head provided with a rigid outwardly-extending plug; an inner shell screw-threaded upon the head and having an aperture which can be varied in size by the plug as a result of screwing the shell upon the head; and an outer shell screw-threaded upon the inner one, and forming between the same and itself a passage-way which can be varied in size by a relative movement between the two shells.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 2d day of June, 1898.

WILBER M. KELSO.

Witnesses:

A. MILLER BELFIELD, L. M. BULKLEY.