Combined sprinkler and dirt-wagon.

(Application filed Apr. 27, 1899.) (No Model.)

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

United States Patent Office.

JOHN J. ECK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED SPRINKLERAND DIRT-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming· part of Letters Patent No. 640,118, dated December 36,1899,

Application filed April 27,1899. Serial No, 714,704. (No model.)

To all whom It may concern:

Be it known that I, John J. Ecs,a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, borough of Manhattan,in the county and State 5 of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Sprinkler and Dirt-Wagon, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

By means of this invention the labor of io sprinkling and cleaning a street or the like is facilitated; and the invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which— 15 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon with a sprinkler and a dirt-receptacle, parts being broken for clearer illustration. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a tank with a sprinkler. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a part of 20 the tank at a valve. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of Fig. 3.

In the drawings is shown a three-wheeled dirt-wagon, on the body of which can be mounted or supported a can or bag as com25 monly seen in charge of a sweeper on the public streets. The sweeper has heretofore been obliged to carry a separate sprinkling-can to moisten the street. To avoid this inconvenience, the present invention provides a sprin30 kier-tank with sprinkling arrangement which can be detachably secured to the wagon. This wagon has platform 1, from which rise the frame-posts or side bars 2, which at their upper ends have attached the three-quarter of 35 open ring or brace 3, the ends or arms of which are elastic and tend to spring inward and yieldingly clasp or close in on the dirt can or receptacle 4, so that the latter is firmly held in place and spilling of contents avoided.

About the wagon-frame 2 3 is placed the sprinkling arrangement, consisting of a water-tank 5, of semicircular or similar shape in cross-section, to extend partially around, embrace, and fit the can 4. The tank has hooks 45 6 and clamps or securing parts 7, which, attached to the clasp or brace 3 and frame-posts 2, respectively, properly support such tank. At each lower side or corner the tank has a valve 8, operated by two independent chain 50 connections 9, leading to the handle 10 of the wagon-frame in convenient reach of the sweeper. From the valves 8 lead feed-pipes

I 11 to the sprinkler 12, each pipe 11 supplying one-half of the sprinkler, the latter beingin two sections, so that sprinkling can be done 55 at both sides at the same time or only one side (right or left)—as, for instance, in a gutter. The pipes 11 are seen to lead somewhat beneath platform 1, so that the spray device or sprinkler 12 is not in the way of the can 4 60 when the latter is removed,as for emptying the contents. The cylindrical can is removed by pulling it bodily rearward on the platform 1, the spring-arms of the open ring or brace 3 yielding sufficiently for this. Such removal 65 of can 4 from platform 1 is facilitated by providing the latter at its outer edge with rollers 13, and the ends of the arms or brace 3 are also provided with such rollers 13 for a like purpose. The spring-arms of the open 70 ring or brace 3 can be held fixed by a chain 14, having hook attachment 15, when the can or receptacle 4 is in position, so as to prevent the latter from tilting or otherwise losing its proper position. 75

This sprinkling device can be attached to wagons adapted for bags or other receptacles as well as cans.

The spray device or sprinkler 12 can be one .piece suitably partitioned off into separate 80 chambers or a series of independent sprinklers, each with its connection or flexible hose 11. The sprinklers can be suspended under the platform 1 by suitable means, such as hooks 16 and eyes 17. Being under the plat- 85 form, the sprinklers are protected and will not be injured or crushed by the can. The spray devices or sprinklerscan behung atthe sides of the cart by the lateral hooks or attachments 18 when desired. The cleaner or 90 sweeper operating with this device, drawing the cart after him by handle 10, can readily grasp or pull one or both valve connections 9, and the sprinkling which occurs taking place back of or at the other side of the cart from 95 that occu pied by the sweeper, the latter need not spatter or soil his clothes or uniform. The valve-actuating cord or connection being extended to the handle can be suitably supported or held therein by an eyelet or other 100 connection, and each cord 9 can be actuated independently of the other. The detachable hooks and clamps 6 and 7, at the top 3 and sides 2 will steady or securely hold the reser2

640,118 voir 5 and allow the same to be dismounted, as for repairs or when not to be used—say in freezing weather. The detachable sprinkler 12 and dismountable or disconnectible hose 11 5 can also be removed and replaced as required.

The valve or plug 8 normally closes or drops by its weight; but any suitable valve.can be applied to be opened or operated by connection 9. The elamps 7 can be of any suitable form— io as, for example, tapped lugs adapted to be releasably engaged by screws or bolts. The reservoir 5 can have any suitable filling-opening, hose, or connection, as indicated at 19.