US1424251A - kelly - Google Patents

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'1. F. KE'LLY.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT FOR LAVATORIES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1922- Patented. Aug. 1, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I- J. F. KELLY.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT FOR LAVATORIES.

AriLlCATlON FILED MAR. 29, I922- Patented Aug 1, 1922.. 4

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOHN F. KELLY, 0F TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 THOMAS MADDOCKS SONS (10.. 015 TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FATJ'GET ATTACHMENT FOR LAVATORIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

Application filed March 29, 1922. Serial No. 543,706.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F.'KEI.LY. a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Trenton, county of Mercer, State of New Jersey. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucet Attachments for Lavatories; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a faucet attachment for lavatories made of earthenware, vitreous china or the like, and has for its object the provision of a block-like element preferably made of the same material as the lavatory proper, having a passageway there through terminating in a spout overhanging one end of the block, and a vertical opening therethrough adapted to receive the valve casing, by means of which the block may be secured to the slab of the lavatory, with the spout, overhanging the bowl, the valve in the casing controlling the water supply to the attachment, so that the latter delivers the Water either into the bowl or into a drinking vessel held in the bowl below the curved spout.

The invent-ion is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of an earthenware lavatory having one form of the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a modified form of the invention.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1 indicates the slab of a typical lavatory of this general type, provided with a pendant apron or skirting 2 and an integral bowl 3, which is preferably formed of china, clay or other vitreous material. It has been customary to provide lavatories of this type with fittings and accessories, including the faucets or taps, of metal, the exposed portions ofwhich are liable to corrosion, necessitating frequent polishing, which de stroys the metal plating, Furthermore, the plumbing connections to the faucets are more or less complicated and expensive, es pecially in the case of the separate drinking water faucet, applied to a lavatory.

The present invention is designed to overcomethese difi iculties and to provide a simple, inexpensive and effective form of faucet attachment, preferably made of the same material as the lavatory proper. and adapted to be clamped in position on the top of the slab surrounding the lavatory bowl, so that the spout of the faucet attachment will overhang the bowl.

Generally speaking, the body of the faucet attachment comprises a block of earthen ware having a passageway therein terminating in a curved spout overhanging one end of the block, so that, when the latter is mounted on the slab of the lavatory, the spout will overhang the bowl. In Fig. 1 of the drawings, 7 indicates the slab or block, which may be either round or generally rectangular in plan, said block having a longitudinal passageway 8 therein and an arcuate extension 9 constituting a spout, the outlet opening 10 of which forms the terminus of the passageway 8, and overhangs the end of the block.

intersecting the passageway 8 is a vertical opening 11', adapted to receive a cylindrical body portion or casing of a valve member. by means of which the attachment is secured to the slab of the lavatory.

The valve comprises a cylindrical casing 12 externally screw-threaded at its upper and lower portions to receive set-nuts and packing washers 14 and 15 on the lower end, and 17 and 18 on the upper end, by means of which the valve is locked in proper relation in registering openings 11 in the block 7 and 11 in the slab 1, and the block 7 is secured to the top of the lavatory slab. An additional packing 42 confined by a set-nut 41, occupies a recess 40 in the bottom of the block 7 surrounding the opening 11.

The valve casing 12 is provided with a perforated partition 19 constituting a valve .seat, and with lateral perforations 20 communicating with the passageway or duct 8 in the block 7. The valve disc or button 25 is secured to a stem 26 working through the rial as the lavatory and the block 7. and

surrounding the upper portion of the valve casing is a hood or housing 28, which may lltl also be made of the same material as the lavatory and block, and which is secured in position by means oi. a threaded ring 28 attached to the inner peripheral face of the housing and engaging external screwthreads on the set-nut 17, the parts'being so arranged that the lower edge of the housing 28 may be drawn into close contact with the top. of the block 7. of the invention, it will be noted that when the valve disc 25 is moved out of engage.- ment with the seat 19 by pressing down on the knob 29, the water from the supply pipe will pass through the valve casing, and by openings 20 into the passageway or duct 8, and be discharged at the opening 10 in the spout 9'. It will also be noted that the faucet attachment as described may be applied at any-desired or convenient position on the slab'of the lavatory, with the spout 9 overhanging the bowl, and that when so applied, the attachment will be in strict harmony as to finish and appearance with the other elements of the'bowl structure, and,

may bemaintained in strictly sanitary condition, as there are no external pockets, recesses, or sharp angles to accumulate dust, dirtand sediment. H 1

In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the

only material variation is the provision of a a separate goose-neck pipe for conducting the water to the discharge outlet, within the passageway 8', which latter may be convenientlyleft 0 on at its bottom to permit the ready application of the valve mecha nism and the discharge spout. In this form. the passageway 8 and the spout member 9 are made somewhat larger, but in other re spects they correspond as to contour and arrangement with the similar elements in Fig.

In this particular form 1. The valve mechanism which, as illustrated, is similar to that employed in Fig. 1, serves to secure the block 7 in proper position on top of the slab 1 so that the discharge end 10 of the spout 9 overhangs the bowl. One end of the goose-neck'discharge pipe 30 is connected directly with the valve casing 12, and the other end is locked within the discharge end 10' of the spout by means of a perforated thimble 34 screwed to the end of the pipe 30, and having a marginal flange seated in an annular recess in the discharge end 10 of the spout.

In this particular form of the invention it is not necessary to provide the intermediate packing between the valve casing and the lower portion of the block, for the reason that the water passes directly through the valve casing and into the discharge pipe 30. It will be understood that the particular type of valve illustrated in connection with both forms of the invention is merely typical, and that any other appropriate form ofvalve provided with the necessary access'ories for securing the same to the slab and the block, and preferably securing the latter two elements in proper relation, may

be substituted therefor.

What I claim is: An article of manufacture comprising a block of earthenware having substantially- '-fiat parallel top and bottom faces, an arcuate extension at one end and above the plane of the top, a passageway through the block

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