US1230634A

US1230634A - Flushing-valve.

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Publication number: US1230634A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank L White
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-04-27
Filing date: 1916-04-27
Publication date: 1917-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 1934-06-19

Description

L. WHITE.

FLUSHlNG VALVE.

APPLICATHJN F\LED APR. 27, I916.

Patented June 19, 1917.

FRANK L. WHITE, or 'r ornKA, KANSAS.

[a all whom it nary concern:

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"Be'it 'known that l, FRANK L. 7Wnrru, a citizen oi the United States, residing at '.lopelo'r, inf'tlie county of Shawnee and State of hansas, have invented certain new and useful lmproveinents in blushing-Valves;

and 1 do hereby declare'the following to be full, clear, and exact description of the inventimi,-sucl1 as will enable others skilled 111 the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

r seated on a metallic seat, the said valve being adapted to rise to the-surface of the water -witl1in the tank, when relieved from the pressure olF-the water, so as to admit of discharge of the water through the pipe which communicates the-tank and the closet bowl,

the said valve having. a guide rod thereon which is operable-"through aguide arm removably carried by the overflow pipe located within the tank, the said overflow pipe being in turn dotachably connected to the discharge pipe which comnmnicates tbetank and the closet bowl. after a very short period of use, the rubber valve gets -out of shape and the metallic seat oorrodes, thereby preventing accurate seating'of the valve on the mat, and causing leakage through the discharge pipe; up? further during the repeated operations f the valve, the overflow pipe and the guide arm carried thereby will work loose, resulting in the valve being moved out of aline- 'lllBIlil with the seat.

The object of this invention is to overcome all of the foregoing disadvantages by inter grally connecting t overflow pipe and the gulde arm and also integrall connecting the overflow pipe with the disc large pipe, and

substituting for the rubber valve a hollow brass body, formed of light casting, and having removably associated therewith, a novel type of rubber seat, which normally rests on Other, objects will appear and be better i understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompany- It has been found that.

, terior of the pipe 1.

Specification. of Letters Patent. Patented June 19, 1917 Applicationfiled 5511127, 1916. Serial No. 93,932.

ing; drawing forming a part thereofin which;

l igure'l isa vertical sectional viewtaken through the discharge pipe, valve and overll' g. 2 is a topplan' view of the discharge pipe with the. valve removed, and 7 high is a perspective View of the valve seat detached from operative position.

' Referring to, the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates a discharge pipe ada ted to extend through the bottom wall 0 a flush tank (not shown), and to have its lower end connected up with the closet bowl (not shown). Located to one side of the upper or inner end, of the pipe 1 is a verticall disposed overflow pipe 2, which has its ower end extended toward the pi'pel and intogrally secured thereto and has its interior thereof communicatingwith the interior of the pTpe 1, as shown in Fig. 1.; The upper end of the overflow pipe 2'extends a considerable distance above the upper end of the pipe '1 andfis provided against its upper terminal, with a laterally extending guide arm 3, which is integrally formed with the pipe 2 and overlies the pipe 1. By virtue of forming the-overflow pipe 2 integral' with the pipe 1, and the guidearm 3 integral with the overflow pipe 2, the said pipe 2 and arm will be held against movement so that the guide arm 3 will alwavys'be disposed in alinemeat with the ipe 1. r

A removable ody 4 is mounted on the upper end of the .pipe 1 and is formed of porcelain, or similar material, and has :1 depending portion 5 extending into the in- The body 4 is provided with a" central bore 6, and the upper end of the body is beveled as shown at 7,

to providc a valve seat. An angular shouldcr S is formed on the body 4: and overlies the upper endof the pipe 1, which upper end is thickened, as shown at 9, andinterposed between the upper end of the pipe 1 and the shoulder '8, is a rubber gasket 10 designed to prevent leakage between the body 4- and the upper end of the pipe 1.

The upper end of the pipe 1 is threaded, as shown at 11, and. has turned thereon a nut 12 whichv has an angular 'flan'ge 13 formed on the upper side thereof and which engages'over the shoulder 8 011 the body 4 so as to hold the body 4 'in position and also to provide a tight joint between the pipe 1 and the body 4.

The flushing valve is designated as an entirety, by the numeral 14 and consists of a hollow body formed of brass, and consisting oi an upper semi-spherical sha ed portion 15 and a lower substantially inverted frusto-conical' shaped portion 16, the lower end of the body being closed by means of a. wall 17. A threaded luv 18 depends from the under side of the Wa 17 and is threadedly received by a bore formed in a rubber body 19, which forms a seating face for the valve. The body 19 has the opposite sides thereof provided with beveled portions 20- and 2],, the portion 21 bein shown as engaging the seat 7, but the b0 y 19 is reversible so that the portion 20 can be presented to the seat 7. when the portion 21 becomes worn. A suitable locking nut 22 is turned onthe lower end of the lug l8 and is adjustable against the under side of the body 19 so as to hold the body in position. 1

A diametrically extending rod 23 is ositioned within the pipe 1, at a point elow the upper end thereof, and is centrally provided with an opening which slidably receives-the lower end of a rod 24, the upper end of the rod being threaded for reception by a bore-25 formed in the lug 18.

The guide ste 26'is slidable through an opening in the free'end of the guide arm 3 and hasits lower end threaded for reception by an opening in theupper end of the valve body,"the up er end of the stem being terminally. PIOVI' ed with a spherical end 27, which is removable therefrom. The upper sired, to accommodate tanks of difi'erent depths, the section being held in adjusted position by means of a flanged collar 29,

which has an opening therein which frictionally receives the pipe section 28, and a gasket 30' is interposed between the collar and the upper end of the pipe section 28 so as to prevent leakage between the overflow pipe and the pipe section 28.

It will of course be understood that varione minor changesin the detail of construction can be had without departin from.the spirit of the invention as claime Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is In a flushing device, the combination with a diseharge pipe and a flushing valve, of a non-111etallic body located at one end of said discharge pipe and having a valve seat formed thereon to .be engaged by the valve an annularshoulder formed on the body an overlying the adjacent end of the ipe, a

gasket interposed between the shoul er and the pipe, a nut threaded on the mentioned end of the discharge pipe, and an annular flange formed on the nut engaging over the shoulder on the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK L. WHITE. Witnesses:

Loo WHITE,

ELLA COWDRIGK