US181031A - Improvement in faucet-locking devices - Google Patents

Description

L. BLEIER.

FAUCE'I LOCKING DEVICE.

NO.181,031 Patented Aug.15,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD BLEIER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

.lMPROVE-MENT lN FAUCET-LOCKING DEVICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l S l .031, dated August 15, 1876; application filed May 12, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD BLEIER, of Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Looking Devices for Faucets, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to combine with a faucet a locking device that will not only be easy of adjustment, but at the same time prevent the possibility of being tainpered with without exposing the fraudulent attempt upon the internal revenues; and the nature of my invention consists in forming on the tap of the fauceta square or other angular shoulder, and combining therewith a collar having arms attached thereto to lock into the wheel on the front end of the valvestem, to, prevent the unscrewingof the valve from its seat, unless the arms are withdrawn from the wheel; second, in combining with the collar a screw-tap, arranged within a sealedcase so as to project out from its rear end to screw into the other side of the liquort-ank, and thus preventing the faucet from being unscrewed without breaking the seal on the front end of screw-tap case to unscrew it from the side of the tank; and, third, the combination of the screw-tap and its shell or case with the screw-plug, and any suitable initial sealing-wax or plaster, to be applied by the internal-revenue superintendent or other official, as a means of preventing the screw-tap being tampered with.

.But to describe my invention more particularly, I will refer to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, the same letters of reference, wherever they occur, referring to like parts.

Figurel is a side view of the faucet and attachment. Fig. 2 is a cut sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front end view. Fig. 4 is a rear end view. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the faucet and attachment. Fig. 6 is a detached view of the locking devices.

Letter A represents the barrel of the fancet; B, the screw-tap, and O the dischargepipe. Within the barrel is arranged a stem, D. On its interior end is secured a diskvalve, E, which shuts off the outflow of any liquor fromthe tank, by being screwed down upon its seat. This valve may be made of a cone shape, if desired, or like a piston, to fit a corresponding bore in the rear part of the barrel, and thus retain its place, though it is slightly loose on the end of the valve-stem. For the purpose of opening and closing the valve on its seat, a screw-thread, F, is cut on the stem, which works in the female screw in the axis of the cap-plate G, secured into the front end of the faucet-barrel. On the front end of the cap-plate G a stuffing-box, H, is is secured. J is the wheel for rotating the valve-stem. On the shoulder of the screwtap B is formefl a hexagonal bearing, L. Any angular-faced bearing, to prevent the turning of the collar K, answers an equally good purpose. Between the bearing L and the screwthreads of the tap B is a blank space, M, of about the same width of the collar K. The object of this is to preventthe tap from screwing into the side of the tank to its full length; and, second, to leave space enough for retracting the collar on the screw-tap, to withdraw the arms N attached solidly on each side of it from the openings in the wheel J, thatit maybe turned to unscrew the valve from its seat to draw the liquor from the tank. These arms N extend beyond the face of the wheel J, and are connected together by links P, and then locked, so that when thus locked the arms of the wheel J, acting against the arms N, prevent the release of the valve from its seat, and of course the drawing of any liquor from the tank unless by the consent of the revenue officials. To prevent the faucet being withdrawn from the tank, an auxiliary screw-tap, R, is combined with the collar K, by means of the stud S and case T. This case T is of about the same depth as that of the screw-tap B, having a diameter of bore equal to the head of a screw, while the aperture for the stem of the screw R at its rear end may be less than half in diameter. The object of this is that a small screw may be used; and, second, the length of the case to sheathe the auxiliary screw-tap R, or nearly sothat is, the screw-tap R is intended to be screwed into the side of the tank after the faucet has been attached, and to a depth a little deeper than that of the tap B. Now, it will be obvious that, as the mouth of the case T is secured by a screw-plug, U, over which the internal-revenue official has affixed his seal, the auxiliary screw-tap Rcannot, by any external appliances to it at or near its entrance into the side of the tank, be entirely withdrawn from it, because of its length, unless the seal be broken to remove the screwplug U, and thus allow of the removal of the screw. The material used for sealing the plug in the case may be plaster or wax, or may be any other suitable plastic material that cannot be displaced except by design, and the utter destruction of the sealing device.

Having now described my invention I will set forth what I claim and desire to secure by by Letters Patent of the United States 1. Thefaucet A, having a hexagonal shoulder, L, and blank space M, constructed thereon intermediate of the barrel A and screwtap B, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The collar K, arms F, wheel J, and links 1?, in combination with a faucet when constructed with a .hexagonal shoulder, L, and blank space M adjoining eachiother, andintermediate of the barrel'A and screw-tap B, as a means of loo-kin g and unlocking the valveplug E from its seat in the faucet, without separating the collar K therefrom, as hereinbefore described.

3. In combination with the collar K, the case T, and auxiliary screw-tap R, substantially as described, and. for the purposes set forth.

4. In combination with the auxiliary screwtap R and case T, the sealing screw-plug U, and any suitable plaster or plastic sealing material as an external coating or facing to the plug U, to receive the impression of the stamp or initials of the inspecting revenue officials.

LEOROLD *BLEIER.

Witnesses: CHARLES L. BARB-1T1,

(hams. M. HALL.

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