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DIRECTIONS

FOR PRESERVING THE HOSE.

After the Hose has been used, it should be well washed to remove any dirt from it. Each section should then be
separately suspended by the middle, to drain it; and if the Leather requires greasing, it should be taken down
when about half dry, then dubbed and again suspended, until it becomes quite dry; when it should be placed on
the Reel for service.

It is important that the Hose should be kept clean, flexible by occasional dubbing, and free from dampness; and
that after use it should not be dried by a hot sun, or any great heat; but a small Stove may be advantageously used
to impart a moderate warmth to facilitate the drying.

FOR REPAIRING THE HOSE.

Should a Rivet fail when the Hose is in service, a string lashed tight round the place will prevent its leaking. To
replace it, the repairing Anvil is attached to a wooden Rod of sufficient length to reach the place. The Rivet is
then put between the prongs on the face of the Anvil, and conveyed, in this way, to the hole where it is to be
inserted. When the Rivet is brought into its birth, a burr is placed upon its projecting end and partially driven by
the application of the hollow end of the Compressor, so as to hold the Rivet in its place, while it is disengaged
from the Spring. A fair bearing on the Anvil being now given to the Rivet, the Burr is forcibly driven down, and
being there firmly held by the flat end of the Compressor, is secured by spreading, with a hammer, the projecting
part of the Rivet.

Should it be necessary on any occasion to remove any of the rivets, it may be readily done, by severing the
projecting ends of the rivets with a pair of strong cutting Nippers, or a Cutler's Saw.

SELLERS & PENNOCK,

Patentees and Manufacturers of Rivetted Hose, philadelphia.