US2326479A

US2326479A - Faucet coupling

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Publication number: US2326479A
Application number: US483014A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mejdrich May Frances
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-04-14
Filing date: 1943-04-14
Publication date: 1943-08-10
Anticipated expiration: 1960-08-10

Description

8- 1943- M. F. MEJDRICH I 2,326,479

' FAUCET COUPLING Filed Abril 14, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ir M 6 n H Im'enmr a l L Eavaces Myzrzcb Aug. 10, 1943.

- M. F. MEJDRICH FAUCET COUPLING Filed April 14, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 at low cost.

- i atented Aug. 10, 1943 .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FAUCET COUPLING May Frances Mejdrich, Chicago, Ill. Application'April 14, 1943, Serial N6. 483,014

' l Claim. (o1. 2s5-90) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in faucet couplings and has for its primary object to provide in a manner as hereinafter set forth, novel meanswhereby an ordinary garden hose may be expeditiously and firmly connected to a conventional domestic water faucet.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a coupling of the aforementioned character which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use, compact and which may be manufactured All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like charactersof reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view, showing a coupling constructed in accordance with the present invention in position on a faucet.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the device, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, showing the faucet in side elevation. Figure 3 is a view in rear elevation of the coupling.

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of the de-' vice.

Figure 5 is. a viewin vertical section through the resilient rubber sleeve. v

Figure 6 is a top plan View of the rubber sleeve.

and tied, substantially as hereinbefore described.

' the faucet.

ception of a cord! which, is tied in back of the. I faucet 3, as at 8, for positively securing the device in position on said faucet. that the cord 1 is first threaded straight through the aligned eyelets 6, after Whichthe sleeve I, v I

It will be observed is applied to the spout 2. The intermediate portion of the cord is then pulled. out of the sleeve I and looped over the faucet 3. Then, the cord I is drawn tight and'the ends thereof are tied in back of the faucet at 8.

Mounted in the lower end portion of the rubber a sleeve I is a threaded metallic nipple or thelike 8. The nipple Us to receive one end of the hose.- A metallic clamp I0 on an intermediate portion of the nipple 9 is clinched on the sleeve I for firmly securing said nipple thereon. This is shown .to advantage in Figure2 of the drawings. It is thought that the manner of using the device will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, the rubber sleeve l is'slipped upwardly on the faucet spout 2 and the resilient sealing fiangei is forced on said spout. The intermediate portion ofthe cordiI is then looped overthe faucet 3 and the ends of said cord-are drawn around in back of said faucet The usual female coupling member onone end I of the hose mayJthen be readily screwed on the nipple 9. Or, if desired, the device may first be connected to the hose and then applied to It is believed that the I faucet coupling constructed in accordance with Figure '7 is a fragmentary view in vertical section, taken substantially on the line "I- 'I-of Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawings indetail, it will The sleeve I has formed therein, at an intermediate point, a resilient, integral flange 5 which is adapted to be forced upwardly on the spout 2 in a manner to seal the connection against leakage. This also assists in frictionally securing the device in position on the faucet.

Diametrically opposite eyelets 6 are mounted in the upper side portions of the sleeve I. In the embodiment shown, the eyelets 6 are for the rethe present inventionwill be readily'un'derstood and although a preferredembodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in'the details of construction maybe resorted to' which willjfall within the scope of'the invention as claimed.

Having described the. invention, what is claimed as new is:

A faucet coupling comprising a resilient rubber sleeve adapted to be slipped on the-discharge spout of a faucet, a resilient internal sealing flange in the sleeve at an intermediate point for engagement under tension aroundthe discharge spout, said sleeve having a vertical slot in its upper rear portion, diametrically opposite eyelets in the upper portion of the sleeve, a cord threaded through the eyelets, the intermediate portion of the cord being adapted to be looped around the I faucet, the end portions of said cord being adapted to tying around said faucet, and a threaded metallic nipple on the lower end of the sleeve for connection with a hose. 7 h v 1 1 1 MAY FRANCES MEJDRICH.

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