US1471154A - Wall hanger for plumbing fixtures - Google Patents

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Oct. 16, 1923;

J. P. GRAHAM WALL HANGER FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES Filed May 9, 1921 [N l 'E N T0 R Owl/e5 f. 6/4/7407.

A .TTORA E Y I Patented Get. I

" To all 0072 061? ,B iitflknown that I; JAMiis P. Game-;,

' a citizen of the United; s ates. 'residing at IKansas City, in "the 'c'.( 1 1 nty loffJacks'oir and Statefof- Missouri;havelinvented certain'new and useful Improvements in Wall Hangers V Y forPlu mbing FiXtu-res;:'a'1id declare the following to be a full; clear, andlex'ac't de- "'appertainsfto makesaa use the same, referplumbing fixture a soil pipe and a bracket for supporting the fixture to the soil pipe.

merals of reference: p 7 -1 and 2 designate spaced partitions be tween which may be provided a soil ipe 3,:- having at its upper end an L fitting 4, fr'om 's'c'ription of the in've'ntiom'. such 1 will en- T able others skilledin the art to -whichjt ence being had tothe accompanyingfdraw ings; and to the figures {of referencemarked thereon; which fornia part of thisespecification.

This invention relates to hangers for] plumbing fixtures and. the primary object thereof is to provide means for.v suspending a Water closet or slop sink abovethe floor so that access may be had beneathithe same for sweeping, mopping; etc. 'Wherever' a plumbing fixture is supported. bystandards, v

I and*27."which,are threaded intothe plate at the lower portion and whichare provided r with screwdriver-receiving heads 28 so-that --i they can be screwed intofthe plate'14, the I the space'in' rear thereof is generally inaccessible so that dust, dirt and the like accumulate, which makes an unsanitary condi- According to myinvention means is ipro vided for supporting the'plumbing fixture above the floor so thatthis disadvantagewill not be encountered. 1

The novel arrangement of my invention will be apparent byreference .to the following description in connection with the ac companying drawings. in which; I

Fig. 1 is a side elevatlonal'vlew of a Fig.2 is a perspective view pipe and the hanger or bracket; I

Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the soil pipe and bracket in spaced relation.

.o flthe soil Fig. 4 is an elevation of; a portion of'a, difi'erent type of soil pipe from that'illustrated in Fig. 1 to which myinvention is shown as applied. I

Referring now to the drawings by nuwhich extends a vent pipe 5. The vertical face of the L is provided withanenlarged Y Y flange 6 surrounding the internalthreads 7 to receive a nipple 8, connecting the dis charge end f the bowl 10? The. flange 6 is shown as provided with a plurality of [P ATE-NT f i bolts 12, -.which may pass through the elonj- S I gated" slots 13 in the bracket "plate, 14. The

slots; 13 are arranged in' circular series about the nipple-receivlng openings 153 116 plate 5 l anidithey-j e lons e w a ol o a t il-d ffe i dii tmnt h 5 h -P t 1 y new p n, t e ng'ifi idle l;

. "Thefbracket plate 14 is provided nearits up er'po tion-with"stud 'boltslfi and-17, the 7 p 7 7 respective: ends, 18,- and l9: "of. which are themes of the fintureflto fbemounted;

threaded iinto the plate "14g. and the opposite ends 20 and 21 of which may project through the flange 22 on the rear end of the bowl*- 10and receive nuts 23 so that the bowl may be fastenedito the bracket plate;

1 The nipple 8 W111 .be' screwed into-the 061 r lar 24 and into the threads '7 so that a tight "connection maybe made.

Extending outwardly fromthe lowerpor tion of the bracket plate areijam bolts: 26

heads 28 :being provided with removable-g caps 29,'which form stops against which;

the lower portion 30 of thebowl can project, the janibolts serving as spacing elements? and supports .for the lower portion otthe manner. I 1

; In F'g. e I have shown. a vertical soil pipe 31 having a lateral branch 32 in which is a Y branch'33; provided with'theL fitting 4L toWhich the plate :14 may be attached. In

. this] instance the bolts 12 engage thewslots designatedli' in the plateythus, the plate is mounted in the verticalposition as before,

described.

-' Various other types of'fittingsmav-be em-t ployed, it'being obviou's'that the essential feature ofmy invention resides in provid, ing a bracket adapted to be conveniently at: I

tached to'a lifting so as to eflicientlysupport a plumbing-{fixture above the floor so that access to the spacebelow it maybe readilyhad. T An important feature of the invention re sides in-the adj ustability of the bracket" plate 14', whichpon account ofthe grouping ofthe, slots 13, makes it possible to properlysuspend the bowl irrespectiveof the ant111 0i1gh the bolt-teeeiying Slgts, arranged 1n cuieular 'seu'es about the 1 pp nm means de s ifei qo Seue Let- 7 rzli cfket pl s lise haying anT-lopeningizthere :7: 31301: bolting the; plumbing fixtul feltq thePlate,

g g cdlphinatibmwith. a SFQiL igevhavin ja m et fla esut t l i h inlet, a bracket plate having an opening concentrio with the inlet inthe soil pipe and pro- '-vided wifih-":gld igated 'lots about the perim etelr f j the, "ppeping, bolts extending thro ugh fihei elengat ed' slots and engaging openinggi fake-flange of the soil pipe where- We fi eth n in p e thr a e the nl 30% the iI p Pe; and; connect i g it? wit h i- AMEe QMHAMK v,m ma mm mnanmmbm

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