US1035457A - Plumbing-fixture. - Google Patents

Description

P. d'. MADDEN.

PLUMBING FIXTURE.

APPLIGMION NLRB JULY 211, 1909,

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P. J. MADDEN. PLUMBING FIXTURE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 27, 19'69 Patented Aug. 13, mi2

3 SHEETS-SHEET P. J. MADDENa PLUMBING FXTURE.

APILXUATIQH FILED' JULY 27, 1909.

Patented Aug. 18, 191.2,

3 SHEETSv SHEET 3v PATRICK J. MADDEN, or sindaco; mutuels.

surname-FIXTURE..

Specification of Letters IPateJit.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Application led July 27, 1909. Serial No. 509,913.

To il whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, Pnrnicii J. Mannen', aeitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State' of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Plumbing-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification. j

All of the several features of the invention are applicable to a lavatory and hence this embodiment oflit is selected for the purposes ot' this application, but all or some one or more of its features are also appli'cable to other plumbing `i.\:tures, such, for instance, as water closets, flushing tanks, urinals, sinks, drinking fountains, and others. yl-l'ence, while the following description will be confined to the severalfeatures of the invention as applied to a lavatory, it is with the understanding that I reserve to myself the exclusive right to use its several features in connection with any plumbing fixtures for which they may be adapted.

The invention relates in partto means for supporting the receptacle or fixture, proper; in part to an adjustable support., interposed between the receptacle and an ultirmate or primary support, such as a wall,

whereby the receptacle may be adjusted horizontally, relatively to the wall; in part tomeans for adjusting a pipe to bring its vertically presented open end into register witn'the opening in the bottom of such an adjustable supported receptacle and holding it xedly, in its adjusted position; and in part to the construction of the receptacle whereby it is particularly adapted for use as a lavatory.

rlhe invention consists in the features of novelty that are hereinafter described.

In the Vaccompanying drawings, which are madea part of this specitication: Figure 1 is a, vertical central section of a lavatory embodying the invention, the section being taken on the line 1-l, Figs. and 4i. llig. 2 is a vertical section of a portion thereof on the line 2 2, Figs. 3 and d. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section thereof on the line Figs. l, 2 and 4. Fig. It a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a 'vertical sectiony on a erger scale, oi the parts accessory to the opening' (in this instance the outlet oponing) through a. wall of the receptacle -For the passage of water.

fr represents the lli-vl the back with an opening rz guarded by a strainer'. Behind the back of the bowl is a vert-ical chamber A which extends from the under side of the horizontal top slabAzy at thev back of the bowl downward to a level below the bottoni of the bowl, and the bottom of this chamber is extended forward beneath the bowlfto a pointV in front of the opening a to form a passage a through which the interiors of the bowl and the `chamber are in constant. open communication. The bowl A,- the chamber A and the passage connecting them taken together con-.

stituto what is herein called tacle. 1

The bottom of the chamber A. (1'. e. the bottom of the receptacle) is provided wit-h an opening a2 for the outlet of the contents ofthe receptacle. The circular wall of this opening flares upward and outward, and on its under side the bottom of the receptacle is countersunk around" the opening, the outer circular wall o ot the countersink .being iared downward and outward, providing a shoulder presented inward, toward the opening. lVithin the opening is arranged a t-himble comprising a Haring portion B the recepaud .a cylindrical portion B. The flaring portion is complementary to and bears iirmly upon the flaring' wall o? of the opening and its inner flaring face aitords a seat for the valve for cont-rolling the opening. This valve'consists-of' a rubber ring B2 of appropriate shape surrounding a tube B3 and held in plac'e thereon by a nut B* having threaded engagement with the tube.

The tube B3 occupies the chamber A and passes through an opening at the top thereof. its upper end being provided with a suitable knob for manipulating it. Ity performs the double function of an overflow and a stem for the valve B2, 1n the customary mauner. The cylindrical portion of the thimble extends into the countersink and is externally threaded; Onto it is screwed a ring C which bears against the bottom of the countersink so that` when screwed home it holds the thimble firmly in place and is itself thinly held in place by the thimble. The periuheryof the ring is chamfered reversely to the flaring wall r1.3 of the countersink to provide a shoulder, so that the twotogether torm a groove of substantially V-shape in which 'fits one side of au elastic packing ring l) of substantially diamond shape in lcross section. The other sidey of the pack- 2 ing ring fits in an annular V-shaped 'groove formed in a Harige e carried by the verticall-y presented open end of av pipecll.. l lWith the yparts thus constructed :and iarranged, a water tight, joint between .the retheiii toward eachother and compressing the pac-king ring D, and so tar as the present? invention is concerned, this may be done by the drawings consists of a screw .E engaging `the pipe, a nut F supporting the screw' and a housing i 3 supporting the nut, the ,hoiis ing being'vint'egral 'with vtheI bowl, and Iso Vith this arrangement, the pressure proyided, by tighteningf'the screw 'ra'ctsii'i 'opposite directions agaiiistf'tihe reeeptaclefand pipe with a tendency torforce tlieiiil'tt'iw'arxil each other and: compress the packing lriiig, but,

the pipe being supported, (as presentlydetical inoveineiit, vtlie''tight'eiiiii0* of t-lie'fscilew in fact drawsthe bo`w l"downwaid toward support the receptacle' either'wli'ollyv or par;

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tially..;I Buttlie housing. the' broald means for toi-innig a tight ]oint between the pipe and the receptacle, and` the' ni'ealns tor rsup-v upward displacement, forni pai-ts' ofy -th'e siibjectwinatter of niy/PatentNo. 8'97 granted September 8,-1908,' and are 'not claimed broadly in this application.

The particular means 'described, this applicn t ionfor coupling together and torni: ing a tightijoint ,between thej pipey and the receptacle are' Inot-clai'iiied in this applica- '.tion, but are niade the subject of a divisional application', tiled September 30, 1911'Serial No. 652,101.,l A i l'he distance'hetween the opening la? of 'the receptacle and the'wa'lll G, or otlnrdpriinary support, is'deterniniedr by'lthe distance' ho-l distance -i'aries 'inoref oi`"le's in i ditl'eren't tix;

tures because ot' 'tliein'ipossi )ility of making, v

baking andgriiiding a niini'ber'of eartlieii'ware A. n f .u

thatI all of theui. willbc exactlyy alike in their ineasiirenieiits;l lt' therefore becoiiies neeessary to proritle'iueans'for adjiis'ting-1tllie ceptacle and pipe may be inadeflpy'zyforcing' any suitableni.eans.,,Theniieans ishown in 'shaped as ttncovev the "end of the 'pipe porting t-he receptacle, and' 'preventing itsl tween said opening and th'ground surface n"A at the back of tlieh'oiisi'ngA, and thlsplater fixtures with siiih accuracy 4and pe'rfileetlioii` relativelfv tothe wall (l, in"ordeiftobriiig .when the open end of 't'li'e p"ipe' is in'registertion E of the pipe-section E until it. coinpresses between itsA end 'and the, .Init-Hiram the -`externally threaded projecting end of the pipe-section l Hunt-ilI it bears firmly fagainsttli'erear face of thewall, whereby the wallie; yfirmly clamped between the two nuts and thepipe comprising the pipe-sections, E and l, firmly held against eitliergig. lyertieal' 'or horizontal movement relatively 75 The vertically presented end of the pipe E provided with a projecting-'annular lip 6, E and the ring C' is ooii-ntersunk :to -proridean annular shoulder .c adaptcdto' encircle and engage the lipl and thereby aidthe packing 'l ringl) inpreYeiiting `the receptacle freni being drawn outwardrelatively to tliefend vofthe pipe or. relatif-:ctv to the wall.

Infini' patentatoi'esaid, the housing g 35` l' lies beneath and vjoins tl-ie'hottoui 'of' the bowl proper and the ground ie'rtieal suit'acea't' the. baclr'of the housing is finali wit-lrtlie ground sii-face of a shallow rib or raised portion ollowing the contour of the back 99 of the bowl, but in the presentcase, tli'epresenceot` the eharnlier=ir, and other parts 'i .hereinafter described, behind they bowl niakes'i't desirabletof,arry the sides ot' the housing upward to the under iside of -the' 95. 'i

horizontaLtop slab vA2 which' extendsvrear wardrfroiii the bowl. i Tlie'housing tl'itis com I 4striicted, vlc. joining theftfopslab andi eX- ltending downward toay level far belowl the bowl, and 4,joining the 'bacle of the bowl and"10`0 l, 'i'

extending, rearward ato, a bearing against4 `the wall :and alsoextending"beneath'andl `joining the bottoni of thev bowlfseri'es to, lvery materially:strengthenthe tiirtiire 'and i l.prevent vits being distortedfor warped by 1(3 5 handling oinbaking.l The xture is still furt,ther strengthed by a hollow riin At which surrounds the bowl and is continuedrearward,

past the back of the bowlglo the wall, whereit -is provided with a groundsurface /Li which '11()v is Hush witlrthe 'surfacea* opposite -the slab y i? and with a ground surface as on a slial v low rib or .raisedzportion A5 which 'follows the top and sides of a vert-ioalback or wall-A slab A?. rising from the top slab A?. tureis still further braced and strengthened by horizontal webs Af which join the back .fof thc howl and extendifroni-'the sides of the housing A5 to the rearwardly extending portions oli the hollow rini. 4The several 1207' parts going tof-make up the fixture proper are designated hygtlie'letterrf or A with an exponent and all ot' them are molded of potters clay or other suitable material and -seanied together so that when baked all parts 12:5 i i,

of the fixture .proper are integral.v

. lAt, the. top Sideof the back or wall slab A i the rib or'ra-iscd portion A5 is undercut to provide an ov-erlianging lip A", the shoulder result-ing from'-the' sloping inner face of 130 bracket and shoulder for 'the double pur-' pose of lessening .the liability to breakagel i and afl'or'ding a yielding support for aiding the pipe E l insupporting the fixture. This bracket-L, (or these brackets where more than one is used, asin the present case,

where one is used on each side of the center of the receptacle) not only supports, or aids in supporting, the fixture, but by reason ot' the engaging inclined faces of the shoulder and bracket aids the pipe E I and the coupling between the pipe and the receptacle in preventing the latter from moving away from the wall. ,The'accomplishing oi; both ot' these results is further contributed to by a second bracket (l carried by the plate M,

'a bolt l. passing through a. slot o in the bracket and projecting lnto a socket a! in the bottom web A7., and two nuts Q and R on the bolt. The head of the bolt bears against the underside and the nut Q bears against the upper side ofthe bracket O, so as to clamp the bracket between them and thereby holo the bolt fixedly in place after .it has been adjusted in the slot .o to such l the fixture is carried by tive 'vert ically yielding supports located at three different levels. So far as the position of these supports relatively to the face of the wall or the ground surfaces at the back of the fixture are concerned, the upper supports engaged sloping surfaces on the back of the xture, the intermediate supports are adjustable by reason of the slots 0, and the lower support is adjustable by reason of the horizontal adjustability of the pipe E.

lt will be understood that the ground suri'accs o* at the back of the receptacle should bear firm y against the wall G, but in the manufacture of the parts there is more or less variation or irregularity in the contacting surfaces oi' these parts, and it is in'order to couij'iensate for these variations or irregularities that the intermediate supports are made adjustable horizontally, and that the pipe/E l isalso madeliorizontally adjustable. ln the assembling of the parts the receptacle Erst placed firmly against. the wall. and brought to a l'iearing up'on the bracket L: the bolt P is then adjusted horizontally to properly enter the socket n? and by engaging the rear wall of said socket prevent the receptacle from moving ul'ward-Mhorizortally, :may from the wall, sullicient clearance being lett between the nut R and thc receptacle to allow for the compression of the several elastic packings; the pipe E vIr is then adjusted horizontally to bring its open upper end into register with Athe opening a2 through the bottom of the receptacle, after which the nuts H and K are tightened up to hold the pipe against horizontal movement; the screw F is then tightened up to drawthe receptacle down, simultaneously compressing the several gaskets or elastic packings,`

and seating the receptacle upon its supportingl brackets, so that it is held against upward displacement. ln order to accomplish the first adjustment ot the parts more ror less trying, by placing the parts in position and removing them and resetting the several adjusting nuts will. be necessary, but when the proper adjustment is once accomplished the receptacle may be removed and putl in place without disturbing the adjusting devices.

The subject matter of the present application was shown, described and claimed,

substantially, by an application filed bynic December 2l, 1907, under Serial No. 407,604.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a plumbingxture, the combination with the' fixture proper having at its back a. downwardly presented Abearing surface and a wall against which the back of the fixture bears, of a support for the fixture, said support having a bracket carried by the Wall, and having a slot elongated transyersely to the general plane of the wall, a bolt carried by the bracket, and laterally adjustable in said slot toward or from the wall, and a nut carried by the bolt and interposed between said bracket and the Eixture, said nut being adapted to engage the downwardly presented bearing surface on the fixture.

2. In a plumbing fixture the combination with the fixture proper having at back a downwardly presented bearing surface, and a wall against which the back of the fixture bears, of a support for the fixture, said support having a bracket independent of the fixture carried by the wall, said bracket having an opening through it, a bolt passing through said opening, 'an adjustable nut arranged on the bolt between the bracket and the downwardly presented shoulder 'of theiixture, said .nutbeing adapted to enga-ge the 1 top side of the bracket, and a second adjustable nur similarly arranged on the bolt Aand adapted to engage the downwardly presaid plates, 'the upperbrak'e. .engaging the. p'per 'sliolldr's' 4on the fixture angl means in. re'ip'sfgfcllbetweendthe.` lower brackets and theloy'vijSlioullnsl n the fixture for supl:porting `the fixture', Saicl `supportlng.-merms each; 'other'.

" bej'zu'fs, f' lilans'l for preventinglthe fixture..

V15 vlv'nll,v iSrticl Ir'feanshziving a bracket, carredl ,with :AL supporting ,w1

, j ustable fm?A bringing 'th4 had: 'of the'I cepf tacleftoPa'rm bearing 'againsti th' Wall, .means Ifor horizbntiilly ac'ljust'ing'fh. pipe. Telatively to' tliereeptale and holding tn its adjusted'posi'tion, and means for: forcing 'the pipennd receptacle'toward each other, relatively.` y

.6. In' a. plumbing lift-ure, the combination I

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