US1477808A - Faucet - Google Patents

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J. A. COSTELLO FAUCET Filed April lO 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l J. A. COSTELLO FAUCET Dec. 18 E923. ARS@ Filed April 10. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fatented Elec. l, 19.23.

ernaar JOSEPH A. COSTELLO, F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSGNOR T0 THE CLEVELAND :BRASS MANUFACTURING COTv/IPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF OHIO.

FAUCET.

.application filed Ap ril 1i),

To @ZZ w hom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrii i-. CosrnLLo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Faucet, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in faucets more especially adapted for use in connection with oil-tank wagons and comprising a casing having an interior chamber which has an inlet for receiving oil or liquid from a tank or reservoir and also having a spout extending downwardly from and arranged to communicate with said chamber, valve controlling communication between said chamber and the spout and arranged to move in said chamberin opening, means acting to retain the valve in its closed position, a shaft arranged below the valve and extending from the exterior of the spout at one side of the spout into and transversely of and supported from the spout, and a cam operatively mounted on the shaft internally of the spout and having the dimensions, contourand arrangement required to actuate the valve from its closed position into its open position during the rotation of the shaft in the required direction.

One object of this invention is to render the valve-operating means comprising said shaft simple and durable in construction and highly practical.

Another object is not only to have a terminal portion of the said shaft arranged at the exterior of the spout and there to be operatively engaged by a key, wrench or device for rotating the shaft, and to provide the spout with a stuffing-box around the shaft between said portion of the shaft and the interior of the spout, but to have a chamber formed, next and around said portion of the shaft, interiorly of the outer end portion of the gland of said stuffing-box and extending to the outer extremity of said gland, and to provide simple and iinproved ineans for preventing the application of a key, wrenchi or shaft-rotating device, when desired, into operative engagement with said portion of said shaft.

Another object is to facilitate the manufacture and assemblage of the component parts of my improved faucet.

With these objects in view, and to attain in opening.

1922. Serial No. 551,117.

any other object hereinafter appearing, this .invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and relative arrangements of parts, hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are central vertical sections of a faucet embody ing my invention and show the valve of the faucet closed and open respectively. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken along the line 3 3 in Fig. 1, looking inwardly. Fig. 4 is a. right-hand side view in relation to Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are horizontal sections taken along tle line 5 5 and line 6 6 respectively in Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Fig. 7 is a side elevation corresponding with Fig.

4, except that in Fig. 4 a movable guardarm is locked in a position in which said. arm prevents the required access to the shaft for rotating the shaft, whereas in Fig. 'i' said arm is shown swung out of the way of said' shaft. Fig. 8 is a side view of said shaft detached. Fig. 9 is a transverse section taken along the line 9 9 in Fig. 8, looking inwardly. Fig. 10 is a cross-section at line 10-1() in Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a transe verse section taken along the line 11 11 in Fig. 8, looking inwardly.

Referring to said drawings, 15 (see Figs. 1, 2 and indicates a metal casing having an interior chamber 16 and also having a preferably integral spout 17 which extends downwardly from and is arranged to communicate with said chamber. At one side of the chamber 16 the casing 15 has a later-- ally and outwardly projecting and internally screw-threaded tubular member 18 which forms the inlet of said chamber and is adapted to be threaded onto a tank-wagon pipe or other liquid-supplying pipe or tubular member not shown.

rilhe casing 15 (see Figs. 1, 2 and 5) is provided internally, at the upper end of the spout 17, with an upwardly facing annular valve-seat 2O extending around the upper end of the passage formed by and interiorly of the spout, and a valve 21, which controls communication between said spout and the chamber 16, engages said seat in the closed position of the valve, as shown in Fig. 1, and is movable upwardly in said chamber Said valve is provided oentrally with an upwardly projecting stem 22 whicliextends into a chamber 23 vextending upwardly from the lower end and formed in teriorly of a metal head which is threaded at its lower end portion into the upper por? tion of Vand therefore removablev from the casing 15. A coiled spring 26 is' coiled around the stem 22 and confined between the valve 21 and the upper end wall of the chamber 23 and acts to retain the valvek in its closed position.

lmprovedfmeans for actuating the valve 21 from its closed position shown in Fig.; 1 into its openposition shown in Fig. 2 are provided and comprise a. substantially horizontal shaft 27 which is arranged inand transversely of the vspout 17 andbelow the downwardly projecting portion 2S of the central part of the valve 21,.and preferablyV saidA shaftV (see Fig. 6) has hearing in diametrically opposite portions of and is therefore supported from the spout. Perferably the shaft 27 (see Fig. 1) is spaced somewhat laterally of Va point vertically below theicenter of the valve 21 and extends (see Fig. 6) Afrom the exterior of the spout atene-.side of the spout into the spout and has an externally circular diametrica-l enlargement 29 at said side of the spout and a .terinlinalportion 30 which is square or angular in crosssection, as shown in Fig. 11, and spaced outwardly from said enlargement to permit thea-pplication, to said terminal portion `of the shaft, of a key, wrench or other device (not shown) for rotating the shaft. 'The spout 17 (see Fig- 6) has a portion 31 thereof overlapping the inner end face ofand serving as an abutment for the enlargement 29 of the shaft. The'sliaft 27 (see Fig. 6) is provided internally of the-spout 17, with an external annular shoulder 32 facing in the direction in which said endface of said enlargement 29 of the shaft faces, and a. nut 331is threaded onto the shaft and arranged opposite and spaced from said shoulder. The shaft 27 is shown detached in Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11.

A cam-35 (see Figs. 1, 2 and 6) is operatively mounted on the shaft 27 between the shoulder 32 and the nut 33. Preferably the shaft 27 has its portionwhich extends from said shoulder toward said nut square or' angular in cross-section, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the cam 35 surrounds and conforms to said portion of the shaft and is preferably clamped by and between said nut f 28 of the valve and aotuate the valve fromA its closed position shown in Fig. 1 into its openl position shown in Fig. 2 during the rotation of the Shaft in the direction and to The cam 35 has Jhe extent required, and il would here remarlr that preferably the casing 15 and the cam` 35 have portions thereof relatively arranged as required, as shown at 36 in Fig. 2, to cooperate informing a stop. for arresting rotation of the Cam in said direction. Preferably the cam 35 (see Figs. 1 and 2) has an arm 37 arranged to cooperate with an internal surface 38 of the spout 17 in forming a stop for arresting' rotation of the cam upon the rotation of the shaft in the direction andtothe extent requiredto permit movement of the valve from its open position shown in Fig. 2 into .its closed position shown .ein Fig. 1. Y Y The spout 17 (see Figs. 3,4 and y6) isprovided, adjacent the diametrical,enlargement 29 of the shaft 27 with a laterally land outwardly projecting tubular member 40 which (see 6) surroundsland affords bearing to said enlargement and Valso surrounds the shaft and forms the casingo-f a stuffing-box and measures more in internal diameter between its outer extremity and said enla-rgenient of thev shaft than vatsaid venlargement so as to effect the formation, internally of said tubular member, of an annular shoulder 41l which is substantially flush with the outer end face of said enlargement of the shaft and faces in the direction of the outer end of said tubular member. TheV gland 42 of the hereinbefore mentioned stuffing-box (see Fig. 6) is threaded into and therefore removable `from the tubular member 41and Y Surrounds the shaft 27 between the terminal portion 30 of the shaft and the packing y43 which is interposed between the inner end `face of said gland and the shoulder 41 and between said face andthe outer end face of the enlargement 29 of the shaft.V The outer end portion of the-gland142 has an interior chamber 45 formed next and around the termin-al portion BOvof theshaft 27 and extending to the outer extremity of said gland.

The casing 15 (seeFigs. 4, 5 and 7) is provided, adjacent the inner end of the inletforming tubularniember 18, with a guard" arm 46 arranged externally of the casing and pivotedsubstantially horizontally, as lat 47, toy therasing at and depending from a point spaced upwardly from the shaft 27 and laterally of the shaft' in the direction of said inlet-forniing member 18. Said arm 46 has its axisI substantially parallel with the shaft '27,- and said' arm is inoperativel or operative according as it is in the position shown in Fig.' 7 or in the position shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6. Said arm 46 has tlieuarrangonient and dimensions required to extend, in the operative position of the arm, las shown more clearly lin Figs. 4 and 6, opposite the'outer endof thechainber 45 and opposite the outer-end lface of the terminal portion 30V of the shaft 27, and the outer 0r free end portion of saidarin has fifi such arrangement and dimensions that seid portion of said arm, in said position of the arm, constitutes a shield covering said face of said portion of the shaft and arranged to prevent the insertion, into-,said chamber 45, of a key, wrench or device for rotating the shaft. Said arm 46 is retained and locked in its operative position as will hereinafter appear and adapted, when unloclred and released, to swing by gravity from its operative position shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and G into its inoperative position shown in Fig. 7.

The guard-arm 46 is provided, at its side which faces in the direction in which said arm swings during the actuation of the arm from its inoperative position shown in Fig. 7 into its operative position shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6, with an outwardly projecting ear 48 preferably arranged centrally between the ends of the arm, and the casing 1 5 is externally provided with an outwardly projecting ear 49 arranged to cooperate with the ear 48 of said arm for limiting` movement of said arm in said direction and furthermore arranged to register with the ear 48 of said arm in the operative position of the arm so as to permit the application of the bow 51 of a pad-look 50 to said arm for holding and locking said arm in its operative position when the arm is to be locked in its operative position in the closed position of the valve. Obviously removal of the lock 50, when the guard-arm 46 is held in its operative position by said lock, is required to render said arm free to move intoi its inoperative position shown in Fig. 7, and therefore from opposite the outer end of the chamber 45, as required to permit the application, to the terminal portion 80 of the shaft 27, of a key, wrench or device for rotating the shaft.

The casing 15 is also provided externally with a hook 52 from which may be suspended a receptacle which is to receive oil or liquid discharged from the spout 17, and it will be observed that said hook and the inlet-forming member 18 of the casing are arranged at opposite sides respectively of the casing, and that the guard-arm 4G, being supported from the casing adjacent said member 18, is out of the way of said hook.

lt will be observed (see Fig. 2) that not only has the casing` a stop-forming portion, as at 36, arranged to limit the rotation of the cam 35 in actuatingthe valve into its open position., but that the portion 28 of the valve, in the fully open position of the valve, exerts pressure downwardly on the cam at a point substantially vertically above the axis of the shaft 27, or between said point and said portion of the casing, and that the cam, in said fully open position of the valve` as shown in Fig. 2, is arranged to be held in such position by the valve and pressed against said portion of the casing so as to insure the retention of the valve in said fully open position until after the cani, by the required operation of the shaft, has begun to be actuated in the direction required to permit lowering of the valve.

1. A faucet comprising a casingl having an interior chamber which has an inlet and also having a spout arranged to communicate with said chamber, a valve controlling communi cation between said chamber and the spout, means for actuating the valve from its closed into its open position and comprising a shaft which extends from the exterior of the spout at one side of the spout into and, is supported from the spout and at said side of the spout has a terminal portion to be operatively engaged by a shaft-rotating device, a guard-arm arranged externally of the casing and pivoted to the casing at a point. spaced from the shaft, the spout having a stuffingbox extending around the shaft between the aforesaid portion of the shaft and the interior of the spout and comprising a gland the outer end portion of which has an interior chamber formed next and around the shaft and extending to the outer extremity of the gland, the outer or free end portion of said arm having the arrangement and dimensions required to form a shield which, in one position of said arm, is arranged opposite the outer end of the last-mentioned chamber, and means for holding and locking said arm in said position.

2. A faucet comprising a casing having an interior chamber which has an inlet and also having a spout arranged to communicate with and extending downwardly from said chamber, a valve controlling-communication between said chamber and the spout. means for actuating the valve from its closed into its open position and comprising a shaft extending from the exterior of the spout at one side of the spout into and supported from the spout and at said side of the spout hav-- ing a terminal portion to be operatively en-A gaged by a shaft-rotating device. a guardarm arranged externally of the casing and pivoted to the casing at a point spaced upwardly from and laterally of the shaft and having its axis substantially parallel with the shaft, the spout having astuffing-box which extends around the shaft between the aforesaid portion of the shaft and, the interior of the spout and comprising a gland the outer end portion of which has an interior chamber formed next and around said portion of the shaft and extending to the outer extremity of said gland, and the lower portion of the aforesaid arm having the arrangement. and dimensions required to extend, in one position of said arm` opposite. the outer end of the last-mentioned chamber, and means for holding and locking said arm in said position.

BfA faucet comprising'a casing'liaving an interior chamber which has an inlet and alsol having a spout arranged to communicate with said chamber, a v-valvel controlling communication between' said chamber and the spout, means for actuating the? valve from its closedinto vitso-pen position and comprising a shaft `whichextends fromthe exterior" of"the"spout"`atene side ofthe spout intol and is supported frointhefspou't and at said'side of the spout has a terminal poi'tion, a guard-arm arranged externally of the casing and pivoted,' adjacent the aforesaid inlet,to the casing, the spout havinga stuffing-box which extends around the shaft between the aforesaid' portion of the shaft and the interior 'of the spout andcom prises a gland'tlie-outer end portion of 'which has'an interior chamber-"formed next and aiound said portionof the'shaft `and extending to the outer extremity of tlie'gland, and thefree end portion of'said arm having the arrangement and dimensions required to form a shield which, in one position' of said arm, extends opposite the `outer endof the last-mentioned chamber 'and'covers theend face of said portion ofthe shaft, and means for holding and locking said arm in-sai'd position.`

4L. A faucetcomprising fa casing` having an interior chamber which has an inlet and also having a spout arranged to comm'iinicate with said chamber,`a valve contr'olliirg'g' communication between said chamberV and the spout, means for actuatin'gtlie valve from its closed into its open position'and"` comprising a shaft extending from' the exterior ofthe spout at one side 'of the' spoutinto -and"supp`orted from the spout and atlsaid interior chamber which is formed next and y around said portion of the shaft. and extends to the outer extremity of the bland, Vthe aforesaid -arm having` the varraiigcinentand dimensions required to extend, in` one position of the arm, opposite the outer end vof the last-mentioned chamber andhaving an ear, and the casing being provided externally with an ear which, in said position' of said arm, registers with the ear of said arm.

5. A faucet comprising` a casing having? aninterior'chamber which V'has an inlet Aand also havingaspout4 arranged to communicate with said chamber, a lvalve controlling coin'- municatio'n 'betweeiisaid' chamber and the spout, 'valve-actuating means comprising a sliaftextendiiig from, the: exteriorl of the spout 'at' one side of the spout" into and supported' from Vthespoutand at said side of the" spout having a terminal portion, a guard-arm'arranged externally of'and pivoted to the casingfat a point adj acent the inner 'end'of the 'aforesaid inlet, the y'spout lia-ving a stufling-box extending' around the shaft between the aforesaid 'portion of 'the shaft' vand theinterior of the'spout, said stung-box comprising a gland'wl'i'ich surrounds said portion Vof the shaft and has an interior chamber 'formed nextV and` 'around said portion'of the shaft and rextending to the outer 'extremity of the gland, the

aforesaid armhavingthe arrangement and dimensions required to extend, in one Vposition of the arm, opposite the outerend of the last-mentioned chamber andliavingL Ia proj ecting' lmember, and the casing yhaving a 'projectin'gmember arranged to limit movement of said arm in one direction,'and meansfor attaching and locking said projecting member Y of said arm, in said position 'of the arm, to said projecting member ofthe casing.

6; A faucet con'ipiising a casing which 'has an interior chamber having Van inlet and comprises a spoutextending downwardly from and' adapted to communicate with said chamber and 'is provided internally with an upwardly facing valve seat extending around the upper end of thepassage formed by and within-the spout, a valve arranged to engag'elsaid seat iny its'clos'ed position', means acting to'retain the valve in its closedposition, a shaft arrangedI below the valve and transversely o-f the spout, and a cani mounted'on 4and rotatable with -the shaft and arranged to actuate the valve from its closed position into its open position during` the rotation of thecain in theiequired direction7 the casing having a stop-forming portion arranged to liinit the rotation of the cani in actuating the valve from its closed position into its open position, and the cam being aranged, in the fully open position of the valve, to be held in such position the valve 'and pressed against isaifd portion ofV the casing.' v Y Y In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specincation, this 30th day of lilarch,

` JO SEPH A. `COSILLO.

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