US1221093A

US1221093A - Faucet-housing.

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Publication number: US1221093A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred Rogers
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-04-13
Filing date: 1915-04-13
Publication date: 1917-04-03
Anticipated expiration: 1934-04-03

Description

A. ROGERS.

FAUCET HOUSING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I3. I9I5.

l ,22 09 3 Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

f I l f l ALFRED ROGERS, 01E' MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Fencer-HOUSING.

Application filed April 13, 1915.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that l, ALFRED ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milton, in the county of Norfolk and State specification of Leners Patent.

of Massachusetts, haveinvented certa-in newI and useful linproveinents in Faucet-Hous ings, of which the following is a specication. y

The object of the present invention is to firovide a non-corrodible housing for a faucet and a non-corrodible handle for a faucet, whereby all the metal parts may be concealed. The housing and handle may be made of china, Celluloid, oriron covered with enamel.A The practical advantage of the non-corrodible elements is that they dispense with the necessity of plating and polishing the metal parts which have hitherto been exposed to view.

The invention consists. also in an improved form of connection between a china handle and the valve of a hot-water faucet, whereby the handle will be free from liability of being brokenor cracked by stresses due to expansion and contraction of the metal parts.

0f the accompanying drawings, which illustrate two forms in which the invention may be embodied:

Figure 1 represents a sectional view in-V cluding a portion of a basin, a portion of a basin slab,a faucet, a faucet housing com posed of non-corrodible material sucli as china, and a faucet handle composed of such non-corrodible material.

Fig. 2 re resents a. bottom plan view, on a smaller sca e, of the non-corrodible housingv shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a section through the structure intersected by line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 represents a sectional View siniliar to Fig. 1., showing another forni of nonecorrodible housing and anothei" form of noncorrodible handle.

Fig. 5 represents a bottom plan view, on a smaller scale, of the housing included in Fig. 4.

Fig.- 6 represents a section through the structure intersect-ed by line (S+-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. represents a sectional view through the structure intersected by line` 7-7 of Fig. 4.

The saine reference characters indicate the same -parts wherever they occur.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to' 3, a portion of a basinis indicated at 10, and a portion .of a

lwithout disturbing the faucet.

Serial No. 21,098.

basin slab is indicated at V11. I have shown a well-known form of basin faucet the body portion of which is indicated at l2, and the spout of which is indicated at 13. The fauopening 17 through which the stein 14 extends.

A housing or shell composed of noircoi rodible'material, such as china, and coni prising a substantially tubular body portion 20 and aspout portion 21, is arranged to cover the body portion and spout portion of the faucet.` The body/portion 2O is open at both ends, its base end having a flat rini which is seated against the slab. The spout portion also hasa flat rim, indicated at 23., which is likewise seated against the slab and which, in conjunction with the rini 22, forms a continuous flat rim the major portion of which isseated against theslab, While the portion which projects beyond the slab, at the right of Fig. 1, provides an .opening through which water may flow from the faucet spout-13. Inthis form the base opening ispartly in the -body portion 20 and partly in the spout portion 21, and the lions ing is for this reason capable of being apf plied and removed without being tipped and The body portion 20 tapers from its base end to its opposite end, the base end being enlarged to give clearance for theflange 15 and to give the housing ample breadth of bearing upon the slab. The opposite end portion of the body portion 20 is preferably cylindric in form and is substantially smaller in diameter than the base end, both for the sake of appearances and also to cooperate with the handle, as hereinafter specified, to conceal the metal arts by nected to tlie faucet.

A sleeve 24 coperates with the faucet to secure the housing member in place. 'lliis lsleeve has a iange 25 which projects later ally and which is seated upon the end face of the smaller 'endnf the body portion 20.

The sleeve and faucet have coacting screw e* Patented Apr. 3, ist?.

which the handle is conics the Viiange 25 to bear against the 4shell or A handle composed of non-corrodible ma terial, suchas china, is indicated at 27. YIn the form shown by Fig. 1 the Ahandle is formedwith an annular groove 28, and with an annular rim or flange 29 which overlaps the smaller end of the body portion 2() when thev faucet is closed, ,to conceal the metal` parts which would otherwise be exposed to view between the handle and the shell or housing. The valve 30 of the faucet has a metal stem 31, and the handle 2?'is tted with a metal socket Ymember' 32 which receives the stem 31 andis detachablysecured tothe latter by a screw 33. lThe socketmember 32 is permanently securedI in a`socket'34 in the handle, a suitable hard adhesive substance 35, such as a mixture of litharge and glycerin, being used for this purpose. vThe valve 30 and body portion 12 have copera-y tive screw-threads 36 and 37-which cause the valve to move tow'ai-,dand from 'its seat 38 in consequence of turning the handle 27;

To attach the shell' or housing, the parts are assembled as follo'ws. The faucet may first be installed in the'position shown, but the sleeve 24 and handle 27 will not vbe attached until after the shell or housinghas been applied. Assuming that the faucet is secured as shown, the shell or housing may be placed over the faucet and arranged upon the slab' as shown. The sleeve 24 may then be screwed on to the faucet as far as the shell or housing will permit, thedatter being thereby centered relatively to the faucet and securely held against the slab. The handle 27 lmay then be attached, but for this pur pose the valve 30 must bev unscrewed sufficiently to leave a substantial'space between' the rim 2,9 and flange 25 to enable the screw 33 to be inserted. When the handle has been aittached by the screw? 33 the valve may be screwed to its seat and the assemblage is then readyor use.

ln the form shown by Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the non-corrodible shell or housing comprises a Substantially tubular' thoughtapering body portion 20 and a spout portion 21a. ln each of thetwo forms of housingth'e spout por# tion extends laterally fromv the sideoffthe body portion, but in the` form shownyby Fig.

4 the base portion extends beyond `itsjunc-ri tion with the spout portion. .Continuing the description of the torni shownA by ifigs.' 4^, 5 and 6, the body portion 2G" has a circular base rim 22 which bears against the slab, the spout portion 2li being offset. from the rim. This style of shell or housing/is formed in accordance with thc faucet, Awhich differs "the housin right to lett, rst passing the rim 22 over 'tion would be as follows. which `are shown ns being threaded in the romthe faucet shown in Fig. 1 in that the .body portion 12 is longer and its buse end proJects a greater distance beyond the junction with the spout portion 13a. In other respects the :faucets are similar.

The operation of applying the housing l20, 21a'requires tipping in order to pass be detached to remove the stem 31 from the i necessary path of the rim 22a. In applying the latter will be-moved from the discharge end of the spout 13a so that ,the spout will enter the base end ofthe tubular portion 20 and then enter the spout portion 21, the body portion 20 being carried over the body portion 12 of the faucet and linally lvarranged upon the slab as 'as that indicated at 34 in Fig. 1, has an angular stud portion 34. This stud portion is arranged in a socket formed by an angular flange 32b formed upon a socket member The stud 34; is secured to the socket' 32. member by. a suitable hard adhesive substance such as a mixture oflitharge and glycerin. The expansion of the flange 32", Adue to the effect of hot water, does not have ,any tendency to split or burst the stud portion 34, or any other portion of the handle, nor would excessive contraction of the flange 32b result in breaking the handle, because any stress due to such contraction would be compressive, and the stud portion 31.1. could well sustain compressive stress without being broken.

In the foregoing explanation of the mode of assembling the structure shown by Fig.

.4, it has been'assurncd that the valve 30* and handle 27y would be connected 4,llbefore the valve would he screwed into the body .of the faucet. Proceeding on this assumption,.the remainder of the assembling opera- The screws 40 flange 25 wouldbe removed, or at least unscrewed sufliciently to have their inner cnds llushfwith the internal surface of sleeve "2412; 'This would enable the flange 41, which is formed upon the socket member 32, to 130 y shown. When the shell or housing has been pass beyond the screws 4:0, and the latter would then be screwed in to the positions shown before the valve is screwed in far enough to carry tl rim 29a of the handle beyond the said screws. Having eet the fserews a() in the positions shown, the valve' the annular roove 2S in the handle are??v are eoneealed bythe rim of the handle.

l. The combination with a slab, and a. faucet arranged in contiguous relation thereto, ot a detachable faucet housingcornposed of non-eorrodible material and conaprising a body 'portion and a spout portion aranged to house the body portion and spout portion, respectively, of the faucet, said housing being seated against said slab.

2. The combination with a slab, and a taueet arranged in contiguous relation thereto, of a faucet housing of non-eorrodible material arranged to bear against said slab and to house said faucet, saidlhousing having a tubularv portion surrounding the valve stem of said faucet, and. a handle of non-eorrodble material carried by said valve stein, said handle having; an annular groove andsaid tubular'portion protrud ing into said groove.

3. The combination with a slab, and a faucet arranged in contiguousA relation thereto, ot' a faucet housing ot' non-corrodi ble'material'arranged to bear against said 'sl-ah and to house said t'aueet, said housing having a tubular portion surrounding the valve stem. oit` said faucet, anda handle oi iionroi'iodible niaterial farried by said valve stein, said handle having* a 4rim overlapping said tubular portion.

4. The tombination with a faucet having'- an operating stem, of a faucet housing otnon-"oorrodible material havlng an opening` in which saidstein is arranged, an ope 1atingr handle of non-Corrodil'ile material, and means detaehably connecting said handle and stem, said housing and handle having cooperative lapped portions arranged to con eeal said.l connecting means.

vIn testimony whereof have aHiXed my signature.

. ALFRED ROGERS