US1206426A - Faucet. - Google Patents

Description

J. H. FLANIGAN.

FAUCET- APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1916.

11 fifi Patented Nov. 28, 1.9%.

Witne s Att J'OSEIH H. FLANIGAN, OF TOWN CREEK, ALABAMA.

Application filed April 12, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osErH H. FLANIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Town Creek, in the county of Lawrence and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Faucet, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to faucets and valves, and aims to provide a device which can be used as a steam gage, steam cock, hydrant valve, barrel faucet, and the like, and having double means for shutting off the flow of fluid therethrough.

The present faucet has a valve for closing the inner end thereof and a valve or spigot for closing the spout, and novel means for controlling the first mentioned valve, whereby the present device, although simple and inexpensive in construction, serves its oflice in a thoroughly practical and efiicient manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit'of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved faucet. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, portions being shown in elevation.

The faucet embodies a barrel or body 1 constructed of wood, metal or other suitable material, and whose inner end is adapted to be threaded or otherwise engaged within the aperture of a boiler, barrel, hydrant, or the like. The barrel 1 has a bore 2 extending from its inner end to a point short of its outer end, and a reduced aperture 3 extending from the outer end of the bore 2, the outer end of the barrel having a socket 4- to which the aperture 3 extends. The inner end of the barrel 1 has a beveled valve seat 5 surrounding the mouth of the bore 2, and the barrel 1 is further provided with a lateral aperture 6 extending from the bore 2 and into which is threaded or otherwise engaged the spout 7. A spigot or valve 8 is mounted for rotation within the spout 7 to cut off and establish the flow of fluid through the spout.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 28, 1916. Serial No. 90,708.

A stem orrod 9 ,is slidable through the aperture 3 and extends through the bore 2, and has attached to its inner end a frustoconical valve 10 Attached to the forward or outer protruding end of the stem 9 is a T-head 11, and a coiled wire expansion spring 12 is disposed upon the stem 9 between the T-head 11 and the bottom of the socket 4. This spring 12 tends to move the stem 9 outwardly to seat the valve 10 for closing the inner end or mouth of the bore 2, thereby providing a primary closure for the faucet, while the valve or spigot 8 provides sure. The outer edge of the head 11 is inclined or arranged obliquely, as at 13, to provide a cam, and said cam has a notch 14 adjacent its lower end and a stop 15 at its upper end.

As a means for pushing the stem 9 inwardly to unseat the primary valve 10, a U-shaped lever 16 has its terminals pivoted, as at 17, to the opposite sides of the barrel 1, and the intermediate or yoke portion of said lever bears against the cam edge 13, and is provided with an outstanding handle 18.

When the handle 18 is raised, the cam or head 11 can move outwardly under the influence of the spring 12, whereby the stem 9 is drawn outwardly to seat the valve 10, the stop or lug 15 limiting the upward movement of the lever 16. When the handle 18 is depressed or lowered, the lever 16 rides along the cam edge 13, thus forcing the head 11 and rod 9 inwardly to forcibly unseat the valve 10, the notch 14 receiving the lever to hold it in depressed position.

The head or cam 11 carried by the outer end of the stem 9 in conjunction with the lever 16 afi'ords convenient means for controlling the valve 10, and the valve 10 assisted by the valve or spigot 8 efiectively shut off the flow of fluid.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A faucet embodying a barrel having a valve seat, a valve seatable against said seat and having a stem projecting out of one end of the barrel, a T-head carried by the pr0- jecting end of the stem and having an oblique cam edge, a spring between said head and barrel to seat the valve, and a U-shaped lever having its terminals pivoted to the sides of the barrel, the intermediate portion of said lever contacting with said cam edge for forcing said rod in a direction to unseat seatable against the seat 5.

a secondary clothe valve when the lever is swung in one my own, I have hereto affixed my signature direction, said head having a stop at one in the presence of, tWo witnesses.

end of the cam edge to limit the movement his of the'lever When the valve is seated, and JOSEPH X H. FLANIGAN. 5 having a notch in its came edge adjacent the mark other end thereof to receive the lever When Witnesses: the valve is'unseated. THOs. M. ETHEREDGE, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ELIHU ETHEREDGE.

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Washington, D. G.

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