US1020303A

US1020303A - Sanitary drinking-fountain.

Info

Publication number: US1020303A
Application number: US63448211A
Authority: US
Inventors: James Le Roy Millen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-06-21
Filing date: 1911-06-21
Publication date: 1912-03-12
Anticipated expiration: 1929-03-12

Description

J. LE R. MILLBN. SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAIN. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21. 1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

O qu.. IIIHI In".

COLUMNA PLANUaHAvH cu..wA 'mNuToN. u. C

JAMES LE ROY MILLEN, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

SANITARY DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Application filed .Tune 21, 1911. Serial No. 634,482.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Ln It. Minnen, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvennnits in Sanitary Drinking-Fountains; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in sanitary drinking fountains, and its object is to provide the same with various new and useful features hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 an enlarged detail in vertical section of the drinking cup; Fig. 3 a plan view of the same; and Fig. 4 an enlarged detail of the inner ends of the hose to which the cup is attached.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a portion of a hollow column of any convenient ornamental design provided at one or more points on the outer surface With a drainage receptacle 2 located to receive the drainage from a drinking cup suspended above the same as hereafter described.

Beneath the receptacle 2 and near the base of the structure is a watering trough 3 conveniently located to be accessible to small animals to drink therefrom. An overflow opening 3a in the wall of the column maintains a constant level of water in this trough 3.

Below the opening 3a is a funnel 5 to which is attached a drain pipe 6. This funnel closes the interior of the column and receives any water escaping into the same. Extending through the funnel and upward in the column is a pipe 4 to supply water to the device, provided at its upper end with a head 4t1 in which is inserted any convenient number of nipples to each of which is attached a small supply hose 8 which extends through an opening in the wall of the column and within a drainage hose 9.

10 is a cupshaped receptacle to which the hose 9 is attached by a suitable nipple. The other end of the' hose 9 is attached to a nipple or boss surrounding the opening in the wall of the column 1 through which the supply hose S extends, said opening heilig larger than thc hose 8 whereby the water from the drainage hose 9 (which is also larger in the interior than the supply hose 8) will escape into the interior of the column and thence downward into the funnel 5 and drain pipe (3, extending to the sewer or other conduit to carry away the water.

In the axis of the cup 10 is a small tube 12 to which the supply hose S is attached, said tube being supported by radial arms 1S extending to the interior of the cup. On the top of the tube 12 is a bell shaped nozzle forming a small drinking cup 12 extending slightly above the top of the cup 10 from which the supply water escapes in a constant stream and overflows the margin of the same. These cups are thus constantly washed and kept cleansed by the flow of water which escapes over the margin of the cup 12 into the surrounding cup 10, which latter is suspended by suitable side chains 16 connected by a yoke 15 which yoke is in turn suspended by a single chain 13 from a bracket 14 attached to the column 1. wWhen out of use this cup 10 hangs somewhat below the level of the inner end of the drainage hose 9 whereby the outer cup 10 is filled with water which in turn overflows the margin of the same keeping the same constantly washed; this overflowing water being collected in the receptacle 2 and thence escaping by means of a pipe 7 downward into the trough 3. W'henever the cup 10 is raised by any one for the purpose of drinking from the nozzle or inner cup 12 the water in the outer cup 10 automatically escapes through the drainage pipe and the flow over the margin of the same is automatically discontinued.

11 is a safety chain attached near the respective ends of the drainage hose 9 to prevent strain upon the hose couplings.

What I claim is 1. A drinking fountain, comprising an inner cup, an outer cup spaced apart from the inner cup, a supply pipe, a hose communicating with a supply pipe and the inner cup, a drainage hose communicating with the outer cup and means for inovably suspending said cups normally below the level of the discharge end of the drainage hose whereby the supply water normally overflows both cups and automatically discharges through the drainage hose Whenever the cups are raised above the level of said disy charge end.

2. A drinking fountain, comprising a column, a supply pipe in the column, an outer cup, means for movably supporting the outer cup, a drainage hose communieating With the bottom of the outer cup at one end and with the interior of the column above the normal level of the said cup at the other end, a tube in the axis of the outer cup, a drinking cup on t-he upper end of the tube and a supply hose communicating With the tube at one end, extending Within the drainage hose and communicating With the supply pipe at the other end.

8. A drinking fountain, comprising a hollow column, a funnel in the base of the column, a drain pipe connected to the funnel, an outer cup, a bracket near the top of the column, chains suspending the outer cup from the bracket, a drainage hose communicating with the bottom of the outer cup and With the interior of the column above the normal level of the top of said cup, an inner cup Within the outer cup and spaced apart therefrom, a supply pipe in the column and a supply hose communicating With the inner cup at one end extending Within the drainage hose and communicating With the supply pipe at the other end.

4L. A drinking fountain, comprising a hollow column having on the outside a bracket near the top, a drainage receptacle near the middle and a trough near the bottom, chains suspended from the bracket, an outer cup supported by the chains, a drainage hose communicating With the bottom of the said cup at one end and communicating With the interior of the column above the normal level of the top of the said cup at the other end, an inner cup Within the outer cup and spaced apart therefrom, a supply hose inside the drainage hose and communicating With the inner cup at one end and a supply pipe in the column communicating With the other end of the supply hose, a pipe communicating with the said receptacle and the trough, a funnel in the bottom of the column, said column also having an opening opposite the trough to discharge Water therefrom into the funnel.

In testimony whereof I ai'liX my signature in presence of two Witnesses. A

JAMES LE ROY MILLEN. Vit-nesses CHARLES VAN KEUREN, CHAS. S. EMERY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.