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sitely inclined, and formed by the end of the tube at s. A nozzle con- 
structed on this plan can be made to throw nearer to the direction of 
its axis. It should be observed here that in both the above nozzles at 
least one of the slot-lips is beveled to make the inner edges of the lips 
more approximate, and these same edges should preferably project 
slightly inward to make clogging less liable. 
Allied to the foregoing is a third form of nozzle, as shown in Plate 
XVII, Figs. 1 and 2. It differs from that in Plate XVI, Fig. 6, chiefly by 
the cap possessing one or more slots, s, of its own, with lips beveled op- 
positely, so that either can be set as a deflector, and shut or partially 
close the corresponding tube-slot by being set back or forth. A nozzle of 
this kind combines all the deflecting advantages of both the styles just 
described. Probably the best way to construct this is to let the deflector 
lips on the outside be formed by the margins of the cap c, on the one 
side, and of a band, r, on the other, these parts being either independent 
or narrowly joined at one or two or more places by a drop of solder, or 
by a small narrow piece bridging across from one to the other. Such a 
bridge may be turned to where it will divide the tube-slot into two, and 
in this manner two or more separate sprays are produced from the same 
nozzle. A similar nozzle is inversely constructed by having the inner 
slot in a hollow plug, the outer lips formed by the rim of the ensheatLiing 
tube, and with a band fixed to, or independent of, the same, to combine 
with either of the two sides of the plug-slot. 
I find that a very simple way of holding a deflector lip to a tube and 
its outlet is to clamp it beneath a rubber band or rubber tube slid on 
as a sheath. For example, a flat piece of sheet metal can be conformed 
to the surface of the tube or nozzle, and then have one end bent up or 
beveled as a deflector, while the other end may be shoved under the 
rubber sheath, which will hold it in place. The plate can be pulled out, 
or replaced, or adjusted, and when not needed over the discharge, it is 
carried under the opposite end of the rubber. Of course metal sheaths 
or partial bands can be used similarly, and a very good plan is to use 
for a side clamp a spring ring soldered or riveted fast at one point and 
elsewhere free, but severed on the opposite side with inwardly beveled 
ends to clamp the lip-slide. A similar ring attached to the lip serves 
well for fixing it. 
The principle of rotation may be introduced with advantage in all the 
preceding chambered forms of slot-nozzles by making the supply en- 
trance eccentrically parallel to a circumferential tangent to the rotation 
chamber. I have made cheap sheet-metal nozzles, involving this prin- 
ciple, after the plans indicated in Plate XVI, Figs. 1 and 3. In Fig. 3 the 
spout, a, enters tangentially into the chamber, c, being soldered to it at 
x. Near the outside of this juncture is the cross-slot, s. The chamber 
is formed of t wo concave pieces, or can be short, cylindriform, and may 
have, for cleaning out, an opening closed by a can screw or otherwise. 
