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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1901. 



SOME NEW LAWN SPRINKLERS, 



THE approach of the season for placing orders for lawn 

 sprinklers for next season's trade is made the occasion 

 for the announcement by the \V. D. Allen Manufacturing Co. 

 (Chicago) that they have been again at work during the past 

 year on goods in this line, having secured patents meanwhile 

 on three new sprinklers. The firm referred to are the largest 

 manufacturers of lawn 

 'sprinklers, and their list of 

 products to-day embraces 

 something for about every 

 possible situation where a 

 lawn sprinkler can be used. 

 Three of the styles made 

 by this firm — the Hartford, 

 Garden City, and Busy — 

 are adaptations of the 

 Blake sprinkler. Being of 

 the revolving spoon type, 

 the Blake sprinkler pos- 

 sesses the great merit of 

 not retarding the flow of 

 water in any re- 

 spect. The Blake 

 sprinkler can be 

 attached to the 

 end of the hose, 

 and the volume of ' 

 water discharged 

 is about y\ inch in ^^ ' 



diameter, so that probably more water 

 can be distributed through the Blake 

 sprinkler than through any other. At 

 any rate, this is becoming a popular form 

 of lawn sprinkling devices, among its 

 advantages being the fact that it does 

 not clog should there be any sand or 

 dirt in the water, and the water 

 is distributed freely. As above 

 stated, the Hartford, Garden 

 City, and Busy are simply differ- 

 ent adaptations of this sprinkler, 

 the result obtained being the 

 same in each case. 



The Sunshine and Pluvius 

 sprinklers operate on a new prin- 

 ciple, being ball bearing. For 

 this form of sprinkler the firm 

 have secured letters patent. The 

 principal advantage of this con- 

 struction is that the sprinkler 

 revolves with very light pressure. 

 It has been found that the 

 sprinkler arms will revolve with 

 the weight of the water in the 

 hose, provided the hose is lifted to a height of 5 or 6 feet. The 

 force of pressure will cause the sprinkler to revolve gently as 

 long as there is any water in the hose to flow. The advantages 

 claimed for this form of sprinkler are two: (i) it revolves so 

 easily that it will throw water further than a similar sprinkler 

 will which is not ball bearing, and (2) it revolves with such 

 slight pressure that it will cover a small surface if desired. 

 The radius of the circle of the old style sprinkler could never 

 be reduced sufficiently to sprinkle a lawn and not cover the 



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HARTFORD SPRINKLER. 



sidewalk, but the Sunshine and Pluvius sprinklers can be so 

 handled as to distribute water over a circle only 4 feet in diam- 

 eter, if necessary. There is no other sprinkler made of this 

 type which revolves so easily, or which is capable of the same 



3UNSHINE. PLUVIUS. 



variety of changes. These sprinklers have been reduced in 

 price considerably. 



The New Preston sprinkler embodies a change in the form 

 of sprinkler formerly made by the E. B. Preston Co., which 

 renders it more effective and more graceful in appearance. 

 The " Preston " was always regarded as a good sprinkler and 

 it is expected that the changes will render it more popular. 



NEW. PRESTON. CYCLONE. 



The Cyclone sprinkler is an adaptation of the old " Columbia," 

 which also was made for many years by The E. B. Preston Co. 

 It is simply the "Columbia" sprinkler on a sled. The ten- 

 dency in lawn sprinklers of this class is towards putting them 

 on sleds, the obvious advantage being that they can be dragged 

 over the lawn simply by pulling on the hose. 



The Dandy sprinkler is the subject of the latest patent got- 

 ten out by the W. D. Allen Manufact- 

 uring Co. It consists of a spray nozzle 

 screwed onto a sled. In connection 

 with the sled it is used as a lawn sprink- 

 ler. When a nozzle is wanted, the 

 nozzle part is unscrewed from the sled 

 DANDY. and attached to the hose, and when the 



buyer secures one of these articles he has (i) a lawn sprinkler, 

 and (2) a spray nozzle combined in one. The price is moder- 

 ate ; in fact, it is the object of the manufacturers to make 

 sprinklers at popular prices this year. 



What remains of the assets and business of the Rubber 

 Estates of Para, Limited, which company was floated in Eng- 

 land some three years ago with a large capital to acquire the 

 rubber estates of the Visconde dos Domingos, near Para, has 

 passed under the control of the Brazilian Rubber Trust, Lim- 

 ited, registered in London on September 28, with ^37,000 

 capital. 



