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Description

(No Model.)

T. F. GONKLIN.

'-Fauoet.

No. 241,191. Patented May 1o, 1881.

lwenor:

IINTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THEODORE F. CONKLIN, OF FOND DU LAO, VISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE' HALF TO AUGUSTUS G. RUGGLES,

OF SAME PLAGE.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,191, dated May 10, 18.81. Application filed February 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE F. CONKLIN, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Faucet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in faucets in which a bored cork or other impervious elastic substance is made the tube or cylinder through which the gate or valve passes;

1o and the objects are to apply the impervious and elastic qualities of cork or other similar substance to the uses ot' a fluid-tight faucet in a novel, simple, and cheap forni and manner. I attain these objects by the mechanism illus- I5 trated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is a sectional elevation view of my invention 5 Fig. 2, pla-n views of the parts; Fig. 3, plan views ot' parts in equivalent forms.

2o Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A common faucet-tube with discharge-spout y .e is perforated transversely at B a short distance back of the spout. This perforation is made much larger than the i'aucetbore y.

A cork, B, or plug of other elastic and fluidimpervious material, ot' size and shape to very tightly lill the hole B, is trst cloven lengthwise in two parts, either equal and uniform,

3o or in wedge or angular shape, as shown by lines lettered o o in drawings. These parts are then placed together as before cleavage, and the cork driven or pressed into and filling tightly the perforation B. The faucetbore y 3 5 is then produced through the cork b.

The gate or valve is made of a thin smooth plate of metal, A, of the Width and shape of the split or cleft in the cork, but long enough to protrude at the bottom, and is provided 4o with the hole a, of the shape and size of the cork-bore b, and in such place as Wh en Jthe gate is shut it is below the bore b, and when the gate is raised the hole a Will match and open the bore b. This gate is inserted and pressed down through the split or cleft o, and the lower edge bent into a slight ijange, f, to catch and prevent its drawing out farther than to allow the hole a to meet with and open the bore b. This gate acts as a wedge and further compresses the tightly-titting'cork in cavity B', 5o and when shut forms with the cork an impervious stopper of fluid; but the elasticity ofthe cork admits of an easy sliding ot' the gate in and out, to open or to close the faucet-bore y I) and spout z.

I prefer an angular cleavage of the cork and corresponding shape ot' the gate, as shown in Fig. 3, because ofthe larger surface and greater stitl'ness obtained thereby.

I am aware that cork and impervious elastic 6o materials are in common use in faucets, and do not make the broad claim for their use; but

I claim as my inventionl. In combination with a faucet-body, a section of cork or other elastic impervious material compressed therein and a gate or spigot adapted to open or close the bore of the faucet by its adjustment Within a slit formed in the section of cork, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with afaucetbody of wood or metal provided with the tube y z, the slit and bored section ot' cork 15 or other elastic impervious material adapted to be compressed into the aperture B ot' said faucet-body, and 75 the gate or spigot A, having bore t and ilange j', substantially as and for the purposes described.

THEODORE F. CONKLIN. Witnesses:

H. C. MOORE, WM. D. CONKLTN.

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