THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



SPRINKLERS AND ATOMIZERS. 



f ConclUiifd from /. 189 J 



" The Warner Saddle Sprinkler.— A de- 

 vice very well spoken of and advertised as the 

 saddle sprinkler has been perfected b}- Mr. Jack- 

 son Warner, Austin, Tex. The liquid is con- 

 tained in a bag which is used on the back of a 



The Binki.ey Atomizer. 



mule or horse as a saddle, the liquid being forced I 

 out by the action of the feet. I have not been j 

 able to see either the contrivance or an)' speciti- 

 cation of it. j 



"The Binkley Atomizer. — This sprinkler, 

 invented but not patented by Mr. J. N. Binkley, | 

 of Columbus, Tex., and herewith illus- 

 trated, is one of the simplest and yet 

 one of the best in use. Fig. iii, A, 

 represents it in operation with a part 

 of the pump. This pump is the usual 

 double-acting force-pump secured to 

 the top of a barrel containing the licjuid. 

 The letter a represents the pump cyl- 

 inder, b the air chamber, and c a trans- 

 verse tin pipe connected with the dis- 

 charge pipe of the pump and having 

 four of the atomizing nozzles. Fig. 

 Ill, B, shows a side view of the atom- 

 izer on a somewhat larger scale. A 

 conical tin piece, (/, is soldered to the 

 pipe c, having at its end an orifice 

 much larger than the fine perforations 

 of the previous machines described. 

 A circular tin plate, f, is soldered to 

 the lower side of the cone d, so that the 

 jet of water issuing with great force 

 from the orifice, strikes the plate at an 

 obtuse angle and is scattered in very 

 fine and far reaching spray. The large 

 orifice permits smaller objects to be 

 thrown out with the jet, larger objects 

 being prevented by a strainer from 

 entering the pump, while by a slight bending of 

 the distributing-plate, so as to bring it at more 

 acute angles with the nozzle, the spray may be 



thrown more and more upward. The whole 

 machine is very light and simple and easily made 

 by any tinsmith at comparatively trifling cost. 

 The principal drawback to it as at present con- 

 structed by Mr. Binkley is that it is made in one 

 piece, so that in case a larger object obstructs 

 the orifice there is some difficulty in removing 

 the same. 



" This defect could be easily reme- 

 died by making the cone in two 

 pieces, the nozzle itself to be screwed 

 on to the basal or soldered piece. 

 The plates and the orifices should be 

 thoroughly cleansed and dried after 

 use, in order to prevent rusting. 

 The machine with four spouts, as in 

 tlie figure, throws the spray over six 

 or seven rows, but its capacity is 

 easily increased by lengthening the 

 transverse pipe (c). Its cost is less 

 than $10. 



"After witnessing this machine in 

 operation, I am satisfied that the 

 atomizing principle is a most valu- 

 able one, and that with modified con- 

 ducting pipes or tubing, so as to 

 throw the spray from near the ground 

 up into the plants and on the under 

 surface of the leaves, as in Mr. 

 Daughtrey's machine (see p. 213), it 

 will give great satisfaction because of 

 its cheapness and simplicity. 



" The ScHU^.R Atomizer. — This at- 

 omizer was recently perfected b}' Mr. 

 John Schier, of EHingen, Tex., and 

 is on the same general principles as 

 the preceding. For the spraying ar- 

 rangement proper a patent was ob- 

 tained October 2, 1879. I"^ the ac- 

 companying illustration (Fig. 112) it is repre- 

 sented in operation, attached to a small hand- 

 pump such as is commonly used throughout the 

 country. The pump is to be connected by a 

 hose with a vessel containing the liquid, and the 

 whole machine to be operated from the rear part 



[Fig. 112.] 



of a cart drawn through the field. At Fig. 113 I 

 have given an enlarged view of the atomizer and 

 mode of attachment, and at Fig. 114 the same 



