US1826838A - Driving faucet - Google Patents

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Oct. 13, 1931. l. E STUMP ET AL DRIVING FAUCET Filed Nov. 50; 1929 INVENTOR. Jra. Z, d b BY WI 9a A TTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 13, 1931" s irEDs STATES DRIVING rnnonr U: f

EBA n. STUMP, or nasr CLEVELAND, annfri r'nbnoim niitivonnnnaip sHAKER HnxoH'rs'oH Io' Application filed November 30, 192?. eria1 N o. 410,85-5.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple and eiiicient form of a driven and self puncturing and pouring tube or faucet for a sheet metal container, and which is so constructed that the faucet tube when driven will cut its own way through the side or top of the can, and will provide an opening through which the liquid'will enter the faucet.

The invention also provides means for leaving an unsevered neck or connecting part between the cut out portion and the wall of the can which willprevent that portion from falling into the can. 1

l The invention also provides means foranchoring the faucet tube securely in the opening which it has made, and means for sealing the opening so that the container will remain air tight after it'has been punctured.

The faucet-tube is preferably constructed from a sheet metal blank or stamping; and locking bosses, and screw threads for the adjustment of, a clamping or wing nut and terminal eyes for'the attachment of a pivoted valve or closure, may be simultaneously formed upon the metal blank. 7

To accomplish theseand other useful results the invention comprises, the method of construction and the combination and ar-.

F0 rangement of parts, hereinafter described, il-

lustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In these views Fig. 1 is a vertical section of thedevice; Fig. 1a is a modified'form show ing a washer set in a recess; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective of the pouring tube; Fig. 4 is a perspective of the clamping nut; Fig. 5 is a planof the blank stamping from which the tube is rolled; Fig. 6 is an edge view thereof and Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the lower portion of the faucet. l

In these views A isthe tube, which is first.

stamped from a sheet of metal in the flat form shown in Fig. 5 and is then shaped into a tube as shown in Fig. 3 with the longitudinal edges closely meeting atB. These edges may then be cemented or soldered tight. YVedge' shaped pointed cutting projections C, 0, dia- 50. metrically opposed toeach other are formed.

' l r T is. cons u i n nutiJis-tadjustedl upon the inner edge ofthe blank and after the blank T-has, been shapedinto the form a tube, theedges of the fprojections'are beapelledby. grinding at Dto sharpen them for; cutting through the wallet thecan, 1

The inner qutting I edges of he projections are left prominent I and thev opening will be narrower in one direction than in thegother, Also some of the recesses between the pro-" je'ctionssare morejdeeply-cut-at E,"thai1,the b other at. F, thus preventingthe piece'G cut from the can from being, completely severed therefrom, and leavinga short retaining neck thereforat. H.; also causes the edges of the opening in theigc antor-oll inwardly as the cutting edges pierce through 1 them, thus forming them in such a mannerthatiwhen engagedfwith the bosses I, the hosseswillalways tendtoclosethe opening as shown inFig 2 r qlntermediateof the cutting points C,; and positioned at ahigher level are shown the diametrically opposed bosses,'I I, whichare punched in the blank. at the time of stamping? kJ-These bosses whcnjthe tube is revolved, will :15

lock, underneath the ,wall of the can and awing nut J is employedbetween which and the bosses:Ithemetalwallof the container is c'lamped-.

Diagonal ridges or threads K,-K-,iare so stamped;orflrolled upon the fiat, metal, blank,

I which, whenlthe blank is shaped into atube,

produce screw threads,'}overj whi ch the wing A washer L isiemployed underneath the 48.5 nut, to make the upper surface-of the joint between the tube and wall-air tight.

- At the upper edge of the blank are the ears M, M, upon which hinge ears N, N, p of the finger operated valve, Q, are pivotedflgo P is the pivot pin therefor. and Qis a compression spring which retains the valve in position'when released from the finger.

A washer B may be set .in a recess S in V the upper end of the tube as shown in Fig. 1a, or a rubber disc R. may be set in the valve 0 as shown in Fig. '1. v

The device is easily placed,first, bydriving the tube through the wall of the container and then by revolving the same'until the bosses I 3. 10"

formed". I

engage underneath the wall of the container. The wing nut is then revolved until the tube is firmly secured in place.

Having described the invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A blank for a sheet metal driving tube, said blank having spaced points at its lower edge separated by deep recesses, one. recess being cut deeper than the other and provided with bosses impressed therein and spaced therefrom, and also provided with a trans.- verse portion composed of screw threads impressed thereon.

2. In a driven faucet, a tubular body, having' diametrically opposite angular extremities forming piercing points, the sides of said points being bevelled to form cutting edges,

and adapted to turn down the opposite edges of the opening produced thereby, said tubular body being provided with diametrically opposed bosses which when said body is revol ved will engage underneath said turned down edges and means adjustable-on said bodyfor clampingsaid bosses upon said turned down edges, the recess upon one side of said tube between said piercing points being' deeper than the recess upon the other side to provide an unsevered neck to prevent the total detachment of the piece partially severed from the wall of the can.

3. A driven faucet tube comprising, a rolled sheet metal stamping having its longitudinal meeting edges welded together, and having screw threads raised thereupon intermediate of its ends, a clamping nut therefor, the inner end of said tube being bevelled to provide opposite cutting pointswith sharp edges, the recess in one side of said tube being deeper than the other to prevent the complete release of the portion cut away thereby, and opposite bosses on the sides of said tube intermediate of said bevelled and threaded portions and a clamping nut on said threaded portion.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

IRA E. STUMP. V THEODORE A. KNOEDLER. r

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