US1196786A - Faucet. - Google Patents

Description

S. KLEIN.

FAUCET.

APPLICATioN FILED 001:26, i915.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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SIMON KLEIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEWT YORK.

FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed October 26, 1915. Serial No. 57,905.

To @ZZ fno/0m t may concern 'Re it known that l, Sinon Kuhn, citizen ot the ll'nited States of America, residing at lfroel-flier.r in the county of Kings and lState oli r-{ew York, h avc invented certain new and i V`eiul lmprovements in Faucets, or which 'the liollowi is a specitlcatimi.

The object oil the present invention is to provide a faucet, such as used on heer kegs or the like, with means whereby, when the coat/sits of a receptacle discharged through the said faucet assume a certain weight, the 'faucet will he automatically closed.

To accomplish my object, the 'faucet is provided with a valve, a controlling means therefor and a weighing mechanism, which serves for the suspension of a receptacle and which will actaate said controlling means so as to close the valve as soon as the desired weight or quantity is dispensed.

ln, the d a wing, which forms part oi this specilication and in which similar reference characters denote corresjwiuling parts, Figure l shows a side elevation of my faucet fixed to a barrel; Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan view of the faucet; Fig. 3 an enlarged longitudinal section of the 'faucet and Fi 4. is a cross section online 4 4 of Fig. 2.

rihe 'faucet consists of the tubular piece a` formed at its outer end with a casing a containing the cook l) which is hollow and has at its hotte-m a tubular threaded eXtension 7) (Fig. l. The cock tightened in well known manner hy a spring washer o and a nut l working on the outer face of the extension o. Screwed into the interior oli the extension is a mouthpiece e which at its inner end is formed with a seat c for a valve loosely arranged in the hollow of the cock l). TXtending downwardly from the piece fr, is a hifurcated arm g to which is liulcruined a lever ,7a. The forward end of said lever carries a con` al pin 7i which during the normal position of the lever 7L eX- tends through the said mouthpiece c into the hollow of the cock and holds the valve f lifted 'from its seat, so that when the cock is opened the liquid may freely low out through the said mmithpiece. The opposite end oi: the lever /t loosely engages slot or oj'iening i oig a wei ght o' which at 2 is pivot ally suspended from a frame j. The frame- I7' is pivotally suspended from the casing o oit the cooll) hy means of pins k, A7c horno partly in ears o2 projecting from the casing and partly in removable pieces Z, Z screwed threaded portion o is rotatively herne inA the cross piece of the 't'ran'ie y'. rl`he cylindrical portion has a circumferential groove o2 for the engagement of a set screw y) working in the cross piece of the 'frame whereby the screw o may he secured in its adjusted position. .ln the upper edges of the longitudinal members of the trame m are notches m3 to receive the handle C olI a can C or the like (Fig. The lever 7i is held in its normal position, e. in the if'alve opening position hy the weight c' resting on the rear ond thereof. rlhe slot or opening c" in the weight z is deep enough to permit some play to the lever it. The frame j is supported in normal or horizontal position oy stops ai; projecting` from the piece o.

The mode of operation is as follows: When the can suspended from the piece m is filled with the desired quantity of the liquid overhalancing` the weight i', the forward end of the frame j will tilt, lifting the weight and therehy releasing the lever 11,. The forward end of the lever /L owing to the gravity ol: the valve f will swing downwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, withdrawing the pin 7i and permitting the valve f to fall. on to its seat and to close the mouthpiece c. As the cans or receptacles may differ in weight they may he suspended farther from or nearer to the fulcrum of the frame 17' so as to avoid a variation in the quantity dispensed. By adjusting the trame m by means of the adjusting screw o the quantity to he dispensed can he varied..

As the structure can be variously modified without departing from the principle oli my invention, l do not limit myself to the details described and shown.

that I claim and desire to secure hy Le"- ters Patent is:

l. A measuring faucet, comprising a hollow cock having a valve seat, a valve, a gravity operated valve lifting` memher pivotally suspended from said cock, a weighted receptacle suspension member pivotally sus pended from said cock and loosely engaging with its Weighted end said first named member, so as to normally cause the latter to lift said valve and to release the same on being overbalanced and tilted by the discharge lilling the receptacle.

2. A measuring faucet, comprising a hollow cock having Valve seat, a Valve, a gravity operated Valve lifting member pivotally suspended lirom said cock, a Weighted member pivotally suspended from said cock, a receptacle suspension member adjustably supported on said Weighted member, the latter engaginn' said valve lifting member so as to normally cause the latter to lift said valve and to release the same on being overbalanced and tilted by the discharge iilling the receptacle.

3. A measuring faucet, comprising a holloW cock, having a valve seat, a valve, a gravity operated valve lifting member pivotally suspended vfrom said cock, a iframe pivotally suspended from said cock and carrying a Weight at one end, a receptacle suspension member adjustably Supported on the other end of said frame, the Weight of said frame loosely engaging said Valve lifting member so as to normally cause the latter to lift said Valve, and to release the same on being overbalanced and tilted by the discharge filling the receptacle.

In testimony Whereo't1 l aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIMON KLEIN.

itnessesz E. D. JUNIOR, D. KLEIN.

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

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