US170648A - Improvement in stop-cocks - Google Patents

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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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    • F16K3/00Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing
    • F16K3/02Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing with flat sealing faces; Packings therefor
    • F16K3/16Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing with flat sealing faces; Packings therefor with special arrangements for separating the sealing faces or for pressing them together
    • F16K3/18Gate valves or sliding valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing with flat sealing faces; Packings therefor with special arrangements for separating the sealing faces or for pressing them together by movement of the closure members
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
NEHEMIAH UPHAM, 0E ATHOEMASSAGEUSETTS.
IMPROVEMENT IN STOP-COCKS. i
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,648, dated November 30, 1875 application filed October 2, 1875.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, NEHEMIAH UPHAM, of Athol, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented ay new and Improved Valve, of which the following is a specification In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improved valve; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same on the line x sc, Fig. l.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
My invention relates to an improved valve for water and steam pipes, that may be opened easily with little friction, and manufactured in a convenient yet reliable manner.
The invention consists of a valve-case with sliding valve segment, operated by a pronged and raised spindle and intermediate frictionroller, which is retained in place by a spring or its equivalent, when the valve is partially open.
In the drawing, A represents the valvecase, which is turned to a true circle, and B the spindle, which is placed slightly out of center to the same. The section of the spindle between the top and bottom of the valvecase is provided with a sector-shaped enlargement, B', that is milled out at its circumference on a true circle to the center of the spindie, so as to form projecting shoulders or prongs c at the ends. v
A segment-shaped valve, C, is turned on its face to fit exactly the case, a central portion of its inner or rear side being also milled out concentric to the case to produce raised parts or shoulders b at both ends. l
A friction-roller, D, of a diameter equal to the distance between the milled or grooved central parts of spindle and valve, at the narrowest space of the same, is pla-ced between Spindle and valve, and fills up the space between the same. If the spindle is turned to open the valve, the roller D is first moved from one end shoulder of the valve to the other shoulder of the same, the outer prong of the spindle taking then hold of roller and valve and moving the latter into open position intermediately between the case-openings.
The friction-roller bears in the closed position of the valve with heavy pressure on the same, as the space between valve and spindle is completely iilled up by the same, preventing, -by the eccentricity of the'sector, any moving of the valve beyond the closed position, and locking thus the same rigidly, to close the valve-aperture. When the spindle is turned so that the roller will bear without moving the valve on the opposite shoulders or. prongs of valve and spindle, the valve is relieved from all pressure, and may be moved with the slightest power possible, avoiding thereby the breaking of the spindle and other difficulties produced by the corrosion of the valves, and
furnishing a valve that is always reliable in case of fire or other emergencies.
The middle part of the spindle-sector B is recessed in lateral direction, and a band-sprin g, E, attached at one end into the recess, bearing with the free end 011 the roller to hold the same in position when the valve is partiallyl open. rIhe same eifect may be accomplished by means of teeth cut in the central part of the roller and at the inner part of the valve.
An aperture, d, at the bottom of the valvecase, allows the water to drain off from por tions of pipes or hydrants in underground valves when there is any liability of freezing.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A valve, constructed of a valve-casing, a sector shaped and pronged spindle slightly eccentric thereto, a sliding and pronged segment-valve, and an intermediate frictionroller between valve and spindle, arranged and operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
2. The spindle-extension. having lateral recess, and a spring'o'r equivalent device for retaining the roller and sliding valve in partially open position, substantially as set forth.
NEHEMIAH UPHAM.
Witnesses ALBERT WILLIAMS, HYLoN N. PERRY.
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3065952A (en) * 1960-12-02 1962-11-27 William C Diehl Plug valve having wedge camming means
US4075899A (en) * 1975-05-30 1978-02-28 Jack Leonard Bartholomew Operating mechanisms

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3065952A (en) * 1960-12-02 1962-11-27 William C Diehl Plug valve having wedge camming means
US4075899A (en) * 1975-05-30 1978-02-28 Jack Leonard Bartholomew Operating mechanisms

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