US1439792A - Laundry-tray faucet - Google Patents

Description

0 S BURR/IAN LAUNDRY TRAY FAUCET.

FILED FEB.15.

Dec. 26, 1922.

Patented Dec. 26, 1922.

OFFICE.

OLOF S. BURMAN. F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

LAUNDRY-TRAY FAUCET.

Application ledFebruary 15, 1922. Serial No. 536,840.

To U whomy 'if muy coincer/L.'

Be it known that l, (.)nor S. BURMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of llennepin, and State of Minnesota,

have certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry-TrayFaucets; alidl do hereby declare the following to be aI full. clear, and exact description of the`invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 4 it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention provides an extremely simple and highly efficient faucet having means for detachably securing the same to a two-compartmentlaundry tray or tub, and which faucet hasuka swinging nozzle for delivery into either compartment of such tray. Generally stated the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and 'Y defined in the claims.

, As a distinctive feature, this faucet is provided with a pair of depending rigidly secured legs that are adapted to straddle the partition of a laundry tray `and are provided Y at their lower ends with clamping devices The laundry .tray or tub 3 has two compartments located on opposite sides of a dividing partition 4. The faucet, although proy vided with but one nozzle` to wit: a laterally swinging nozzle, is, nevertheless, of the` general type knownas a double faucet in' that it receives hot and cold water, respectively, from supply pipes 5 and 6. These pipes 5 and (S connect into end chambers7 that are connected to the tubular faucet body 8 through ports normally closed by valve heads 9 on the ends of valve-operatingstems 10, which latter have the customary threaded engagement with stuffing boxes 11 applied to tubular end extensions 12 of the faucet.

in vented` At its lcentral portion, the faucet body 8 has a depending nipplt` 13 to which the laterally swinging faucet 14 is swiveled by means of a packed stuffing box 15. On opposite sides of the nipple 13, the faucet body 8 has depending threaded studs 16 onto which the 'internally threaded uppertends of faucet-supporting legs 17 are tightly screwed. These legs 17, at their lower ends, are formed with prongs 18- that embrace the edge of the tray 3. These supporting legs 17 are positioned one on each side of the partition 4, so that they support the faucet 14-with its swivel axis above said partition and with its'. free. end positioned to swing from one side to the other of the partition for delivery' into either compartment of the'tray. The outer ears of the prongs 18 are provided With set screws 19, which, when tightened against the tray, tightly hold the legs anchored to the tray and, hence, firmly support the faucet in the working position above described. The legs 17, when screwed onto the studs 16, become rigid or immovable parts of the faucet body and, hence, rigidly and definitely fix the faucet in working position.

The provision of the detachable supporting legs 17 is of great importance, for two reasons. The faucets are each packed in separate boxes, the legs ,17 and t-he swinging faucet 14 being first detached, permitting the utilization of a much smaller packing receptacle. It clear that the purchaser, without any great n1echanical.ability, may readily Vassemble the legs and the faucet. Furthermore the'iprovision of the screwthreaded connections between the legs 17 and the studs 16, permits the adjustments` necessary to vary the Adistance between the studs and the prongs 18, permitting the attachment of the faucet to tubs of varyingy heights.

In certain instances it is not desirable to connect the faucet directly to the tub, but to support it above the tub by overhead pipes. llnder suchcircumstances a hose will be connected to the swinging faucet, and it becomes necessary that the legs 17 be detached to permit the faucet to swing completely around inr a horizontal plane, so as to feed several tubs. With the hose thus attached it may-be inserted into any one of several compartments or tubs, or into an adjacent washing machine, or directed to the floor.

Obviously, either cold or hot water or a mixture of the two may be supplied into a pairA either compartment ot' the tub. The faucet described is ot' simple construction and may be manufactured at relatively small cost and, at the same time, is highly eiicient for all of the purposes had in View. It has the advantage that it may be very quickly applied to a laundry tray or tub. Y

-What Ifclaim is:

LA hot and cold wat-er faucet having a. laterally swinging nozzle and provided Wit-l1 oi" laterall)v lspaced legs detachably secured `to the vbody of the faucet at points above the swinging plane of the latter.

2. A hot and cold Water faucet having a laterally swinging nozzle, and a pair of laterally spaced independent legs detachably and adjustably but rigidly secured to the body of the faucet and provided at their lower ends with prongs for engagement with aftuo-compartment laundry tray on opposite sides of 'its' partition.- :3.`=-hot and-cold water faucet having a laterally .swinging nozzle, and a pair of laterally spaced depending screw-threaded studs` and a pair of independent legs lia-V- in(r at their upper ends scre\\'tlneaded enxeagenient with said Studs and haring at their lower ends prongs Ylor engagement with a two-oonipartinent laundry tray on opposite sides of its partition.

el. hot and cold water Jfaucet comprising a body haringiv a laterally swinging .nozzle, an externally screw-threaded depending stud-on eachside of said nozzle, and a supporting leg on each side of said nozzle, each leg,Y being hollow and `tinternally serewthreaded at one end and adapted for detachable and adjustable engagement with one of said studs. and provided with clampingr members at its other yend for connection to a laundry tray.

ln testimony whereo/f I my signature.

@LOF S. BURR/IAN.

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