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UNITED
STATES PATENT OFFICE.
EDWARD A. FRANKLIN, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHICAGO
NOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.
MACHINE FOR SPRAYING LIQUIDS AND POWDERS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,524, dated October 10,1899.
Application filed June 3, 1899. Serial No, 719,228. (No model.)To all whom it May concern:
Be it known that I, EDWARD A. FRANKLIN,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Austin, in the county of Travis and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Ma-
chine for Spraying Liquids and Powders, of
which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
spraying-machines.
10 The object of the present invention is to
improve the construction of spraying - ma-
chines and to provide a simple and compara-
tively inexpensive one designed for irriga-
tion and for destroying insects and capable
15 ofspraying both liquid and powder separately
or simultaneously.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a machine of this character which will
have sufficient force to discharge a liquid or a
20 powder advantageously in the heaviest wind.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
25 out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva-
tion of a spraying-machine constructed in ac-
cordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a
transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a longi-
30 tudinal sectional view of the tank or reser-
voir. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of
the hopper or receptacle. Fig. 5 is a detail
perspective view illustrating the manner of
supporting the discharge-tubes. Fig. 6 is a
35 detail view of the powder-discharging nozzle.
Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view illustrating
the construction of the clutch. Fig. 8 is a de-
tail view of one of the pumps.
1 designates a drop-axle forming a sup-
40 porting-frame for the machine and prefer-
ably consisting of a transverse bar or beam 2
and depending arms 3, bolted or otherwise
secured to the bar or beam 2 near the ends
thereof and provided with outwardly-extend-
45 ing spindles 4, upon which are mounted car-
rying-wheels 5. A tongue or pole 6 is con-
nected with the bar or beam 2 for the attach-
ment of draft-animals, and as the machine is
drawn over the surface of the ground by them
50 it is operated as herein described.
One of the carrying-wheels 5 has a gear-wheel 7 rigidly connected with its hub; but
it may be fixed to the carrying-wheel in any
other suitable manner. This gear-wheel 7,
which is located between the carrying-wheel 55
and the adjacent arm of the drop-axle, meshes
with a pinion 8 of a horizontal shaft 9, jour-
naled in suitable bearings of the adjacent
arm 3 of the axle and extending inward there-
from. The inner end of the horizontal shaft 60
9 has a loose pinion 10 mounted on it, and it
is provided with an annular groove 11, which
is inclosed by a key or screw 12 of a clutch-
section 13, also loose on the horizontal shaft
9. The clutch-section 13, -which is fixed to 65
the pinion 10, is adapted to interlock with a
sliding clutch-section 14, keyed or otherwise
secured to the shaft 9 and connected with a
shifting lever 15, fulcrumed between its ends
and adapted to throw the machine into and 70
out of operation by engaging the sliding
clutch-section with and disengaging it from
the other clutch-section. -
The pinion or gear 10 meshes with a simi-
lar spur gear or pinion 16 of a counter-shaft 75
17, journaled in a suitable bracket 18 and pro-
vided at its ends with eccentrics 19. The
bracket, which is composed of sides 20 and a
transverse connecting portion 21, is provided
at the upper and lower ends of the said sides 8o
20 with bearings 22 and 23, and the trans-
verse connecting portion 21 is bolted or other-
wise secured to the bar or beam 2. The lower
bearings 23 receive the counter-shaft and the
upper bearings 22 receive pivots 24, upon 85
which compressor - pumps 25 are mounted.
The pistons 26 of the compressor-pumps are
connected with the pivot-pins of the eccen-
trics and are reciprocated by the rotation of
the counter-shaft, the pivots permitting the 90
compressor-pumps to have the necessary os-
cillation or play resulting from the direct con-
nection of the pistons to the eccentrics. The
pumps, which are adapted to compress air,
are provided at their tops with check-valves 95
27 and are connected by flexible conduits 28,
such as rubber hose, with an air-inlet pipe 29
of a tank or reservoir 30, adapted to contain
water or other liquid to be sprayed. The'air-
inlet pipe, which is provided with two exte- oo
rior arms or branches 31, consists of an up-
right portion or arm 32 and a horizontal por-
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Franklin, Edward A. Machine For Spraying Liquids And Powders., patent, October 10, 1899; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509575/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.