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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
JAMES E. BINKLEY, OF COLUMBUS, TEXAS.
INSECT-DESTROYER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,127, dated July 18, 1882.
Application filed May 16. 182. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAS. E. BINKLEY, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Colum-
bus, in the county of Colorado and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Insect-Destroyers; and I do
declare the following to be a full, clear, and
exact description of the invention, such as will
enable others skilled in the art to which it ap-
o0 pertains to make and use the same, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, and
to the letters and figures of reference marked
thereon, which form a part of this specification,
This invention relates to certain new and
15 usefulimprovements in devices for distributing
liquid poison on cotton and other plants to de-
stroy insect life thereon; and it consists in the
construction and arrangement of parts, as
will be hereinafter more fully described and
o20 claimed.
In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a ver-
tical sectional elevation of my device. Fig. 2
is a sectional plan on line x x of Fig. 1; and
Fig 3 is a detail illustrating the spray-nozzle.
25 Like letters indicate like parts in the sev-
eral views.
A represents a tank or casing, which is pro-
vided with a removable cover, B. This tank
or casing A and its cover B may be construct-
30 ed of tin or other suitable material.
Bolted to one side of and within the tank A
is a block of wood or other suitable material,
C, to which a pipe or tube, D, is suitably at-
tached. This tube D extends from the top of
35 the tank to a point near the bottom of the same,
and is provided at or near its lower end with
a clack-valve, D', constructed of metal and rub-
ber.
A threaded tubular projection, d, is formed
40o upon the tube D at-a suitable distance above
its lower end, and in this projection d is in-
serted the lower bent end of a vertical tube,
E, which extends a slight distance above the
tank. The ends of this tube E are threaded.
45 A ball-valve, F, is seated in the upper end
of the vertical tube E, which is provided with
a guard, f, that limits the play of said ball-
valve.
A supplemental chamber, G, which is pref-
o erably of an inverted-cone shape, as shown in
Fig. 1, is screwed upon the upper end of thevertical tube E, and to its projecting arm g is
attached a nozzle, H, which is provided with a
hood or cap, I, that is inclined so as to throw
the liquid in a spray upon the plants to be 55
treated.
The cover B of the tank A is provided with
a standard, J, to which a lever, K, is pivoted.
A plunger, L,is attached to one end of said
lever K, and is adapted to play in the tube or 6o
pipe D.
A dasher, 1f, is also attached to the lever K
by means of the rod m at a point between the
plunger L and standard J. This dasher 1
serves to stir the compound and keep the poi- 65
son suspended in the liquid.
The cover B may also be provided with a
funnel, N, by means of which the liquid may
be introduced into the tank or receptacle A.
The cover B is provided with perforations, 70
through which the vertical tube, the plunger
and dasher rods, and the funnel project.
Instead of bending the lower end of the tube
E, I may use an elbow-tube having threaded
ends, one end of which is attached to the pro- 75
jection d of the pipe or tube D and the other
end to the lower threaded end of the vertical
tube E; and I may also break thetubeD above
the projection d and connect these portionsby
means of screw-threads. By reason of the 80
several parts being threaded, as above de-
scribed, any one part can be detached from the
others with but little trouble.
I deem it preferable to construct the pump
portions of my device of gas-pipe. 85
Heretofore great trouble has been experi-
enced in using devices of this class by reason
of the nozzle becoming clogged and stopping
the operation of the device; but by the use of
my nozzle and spray this difficulty is entirely 90
overcome, as the opening in the end of the
nozzle is large enough to pass any substance
which ordinarily passes the tubes, and the
liquid strikingagainstthe hood will be thrown
upon the plants in the form of a spray. 95
It will be seen that by operating the lever
K the plunger L will be raised and lowered,
and the liquid, in which thepoisou is keptsus-
pended by the movement of the dasher M,
ejected from the nozzle H upon the plants to so
be treated.
From the foregoing description, in conuec.
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Binkley, James E. Insect Destroyer., patent, July 18, 1882; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170369/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.