US76870A - Improved clotees-spbinkler - Google Patents

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@auch tutrs gamut @fitter WILLIAM V. WILSON, OF PHILADELPEIIA,l PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent No. 76,8T0,a7atefl April 14, 1868.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-SPRINKLER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. WILSON, of thecity of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Sprinklers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, ret'erence being had to the annexed drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a verticalsection.

Figure 2 is a horizontalsection on the line w a'.

Figure 3 is a vertical section of top-pieceor cover.

Figure 4, top view, showing perforations in cover.

Figure 5, vertical section, showing modification in top-piece or cover.

Figure 6, horizontal section on line z a: of same.

Figure 7, vertical section of tcp-piece orteover..

Figure 8, top view, showing perforations in the cover.

The present invention relates to a novel hand-device or implement to be used for sprinkling clothes, and it consists in arranging, in a reservoir or vcssel,`having its upper end constructed in an oval form, and partially punched with small holes, of a perforated pipe' or tube, so arranged, in combination with an intermediate plate or disk, that after the .water has been supplied to the reservoir or vessel, it is impossible for any portion ofthe same to reach the sprinkling-plate exceptthrough the perforated pipe or tube.

The great advantage of this pipe or tube is, that it regulates the supply of water, and no matter how hastily the sprinkler may be turned, or how violent the shaking of the same may be, it is impossible for an undue pressure ofwater to be thrown at any one time'upon the perforated plate or top.

Another important feature of my invention consists in the fact that I only -perforate a portionot` the top plate. The great advantage of this will readilysuggest itself to any one familiar with the use of such articles.

In all sprinklers now in use, and especially in all that class which are operated in a horizontal position, the water will accumulate in an undue quantity on the lower side, or the side opposite tothe handle. The result is, the water will not sprinkle through the perforations in the lower portion of the plate, but will pour or ilow in a continuous stream, thus rendering it impossible to impart to the clothes to be ironed, what is so desirable, a uniform degree cf moisture.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is a water-tight reservoir or vessel, of cylindrical or of any other convenient form, and may be made of sheet tin, brass, or any other metal. B is a small pipe, through which water can be conveyedV to the reservoir A, whenever occasion requires. The mouth of this pipe is closed, when not in use, by means of a. plug, or stopper, b. In the vessel A, immediately above the opening a, to which the pipe B is connected, I permanently solder a plate or disk, G. This platc'or disk C has a centre opening, c. To the bottom, D, of the vessel A, I securely attach a. perforated pipe orV tube, E, whiclrmay be made of metal, wood," or rubber. This pipe E passes through the opening, c, in the plate- 0. The arrangement of this plete C is such that it is impossible for the water to pass the same except through the opening, c, and as the pipe E exactly illsv this opening, there is no passage allowed for the water except through its agency, the water being admitted thereto by means of its numerous pcrforations. The top of this pipe Eis not left entirely open, but is closed by a plate of the same material of which the pipe is constructed, forming, as it were, a sieve for the water to pass through, thus breaking the force of its'Y pressure as it isbeing conveyed to the top-plato. F is the top, which ts over4 thc vesselA, as shown in fig. I, or the sides of the vessel may be constructed with flanges, "in which iits a top-plate, F, as shown in fig. 5, the anges being turned down so as to permanently retain the same iuproperposition The top, F, is partially perforated, as shown at f, the other` portion being water-tight, as clearly shown in the drawing. Gr is a handle, attached to the vessel in any convenient manner.

The operation is as follows: The vessel A is filled to any desired degree by means of the pipe B. The sprinkler is then taken by the handle, G, and shaken. It will be observed that when the device is in use, the water passes through the pipe E, and will consequently collect in quite a body between the plate C and the top F, but the lower portion of the. top, that is, when the vessel is in use, not being perforated,` the water will -not flow through in a stream, as would be the case were the entire top perforated; but when the device is shaken, the water is properly sprinkled by means of the opening, f.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Constructing a clothes-sprinkler with a perforated pipe, E, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the pipe E and plate C, when the same are arranged substantially as described.

3. The combination of the pipe E and top-plate F, whenlthe latter is so constructed that only a portion of the sameis perforated, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing'witnesses.

` w. v. WILSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. Broos, JOHN S. HOLLINGBHEAD.

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