US102624A - Improvement in faucets - Google Patents

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WILLIAM H.TRIssLnn,

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Leners Patent No. 102,624, darai Mays, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these I .etters'Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concernl Be it known that I, WILLIAM H f'lRIssLER, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improve-A ments 1n Faucets; and I do hereby declare that the Yable by my invention.

Figure 3, a detached section. Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the 1 different views.

Objective. This invention consists of the combination of metal and wood in the construction of faucets, whereby .is l

obtained` to it the harmlessness and purity of the wood and the strength and durability of the metal, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Descriptive.

In Iig. 1 A represents the body of afaucet eonstructed'of wood, and which may beof the shape and size of those in common use.

The stem of the faucet is covered with a metallic shield or shell,.B,' closely tted thereon, and secured in any desirable manner. f

Around the butt end ofthe faucet is a metal' band, G, the purpose of which will presently be shown.`

The key-hole of the implement is lined with a leather bush, D, or with some other equivalent material.

'Ihe key Eg. 3, of the faucet is also constructed of Wood, around the stem of Awhich is castor otherwise secured thereto a metal band or shield, F.

The advantages resulting from the above-described arrangement and combination of wood and metal are as follows, viz:

It is well known to those' having extensive use of faucets that the stern of those made entirely of wood is very liable to break or split, in consequence of the compression to which it is subjected on being driven into the tophole, and more especially is lthis the case when they are frequently driven in and withdrawn, as the barrels in which they are used become exhausted of their contents. V

T o avoid this expensive waste in the matter of faucets in consequence of their breaking, metal ones havebcen Vresorted to.

vThese are not only greatly more expensive than wooden ones, but are seriously objectionable from their imparting to the cont-ents of the casks in which they are used a peculiar metallic taste, either in consequence 'of the kind of metal used, or from the chemical effect that the liquors may'have upon them; hence wooden faucets are preferable from their more pure 'and harmless character, and are therefore more'extens'vely used for the drafts of wine and liquors.

It will vbe obvious lthat these objections are avoid- By covering the stern ofthe faucet with a shield or shell,v as above described, it possesses a strength tov resist compression, on being driven into theV tophole, equal to a metallic one, andv at the same ltime posesses` the purity of the wooden faucet, as the liquor is drawn off through the wooden stem' covered by the shell hence no bad taste is imparted to the eontents'of thef barrel.

Ilhe keys of wooden faucets are also made of wood,

which, in consequence-of their being soaked by the. liquors, become soft, and, by frequentnse, soon Wear away and the taps become leaky.

This object-'ion is also avoided by my faucet, as that part of the key fitted to and working in the chamber .of the body is protected by a metallic shield or shell,

F,above referred to;v hence the wood. is protected from abrasion, and will therefore. be more secure and durable. I A'further improvement consistsl in. providing the faucet with a strainer, G, fig. A1, a detached view of which is shown in iig. 3.

Said strainer may. bel used or not, as the nature of .the liquors to be putin draft may require.- When used for the draft of, ordinary ale, into which hops yare `put for 'its preservation, this strainer is of great practical use, as it keeps back' the hops from passing into the faucet, which, Without such protection, would obstruct .the flow ofthe liquor.

In the use of the ordinary wooden faucet, it is a matter of frequent occurrence that on driving itA into the tophole the head of'the faucet becomes shattered by the often-repeated blows given it in order to drive it in, and when the faucet is frequently taken from one cask and inserted in another, such faucets soon become cracked and leaky.

.Io guard against this is the purposefof the-band C, referred to, which, by its close fitting and strength, will eifectuallyprevent' the head from being so battered as to crack, and therefore become leaky.

Claim.

What I claim' as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v The faucet hereinabove described, composed of the wood body A, smooth metal shell B with Awooden interior, band G, key E', shield F, and bush D, when the several parts are constructed in the manner and for thepurpose as described. WILLIAM H. TRISSLER.

Witnesses z J. H. Bunninen, l). L. HUMPHREY.

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