US27112A - Stop-cock - Google Patents

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"UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

THOMAS DANIELS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

STOP-COCK.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

7b all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS DENIELs, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stop-Cocks or Faucets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In drawing soda water it is very important to have the syrups and carbonio acid water discharged as cold as possible. For this purpose it is necessary that the discharge pipes should not extend far from the refrigerator and that these several pipes should be as compact as possible, in order to prevent the warming of the liquids before they reach the place of discharge. To accomplish this object I have arranged the syrup pipes into a compact group embraced in a single finished silvered or ornamented tube having several valves or stop cocks embraced in a group and operated with the same conveni-ence as a single faucet.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l, is a front view of my group faucet or group stop cock. Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the same showing the position of the inlet pipes. Fig. 3, is a vertical longitudinal section through the center of my group stop cock separated from the stand shown in Figs. l, and 2.

In the accompanying drawings A represents a stand for supporting the group stop cock, but this stand is no part of my invention as in practice the stop cock is usually soldered to a metallic urn which serves as a refrigerator for coolingboth the syrups and the carbonio acid water as they are drawn.

The number of the syrup tubes D, E, F, G, etc., Fig. 2, may be varied according to the number of different syrups desired to be used. These tubes are all inclosed in a larger tube B which has a transverse partit-ion where the tubes terminate and empty into a chamber yet to be described.

The two larger tubes B and B, are connected by a joint Z), Fig. 3, the two tubes being held together by a rod or tube c, having a screw nut c. At this oint L, the tubes B and B have transverse partitions provided with holes corresponding to the tubes D, E, F, G, said tubes being inserted into the holes of the said partition in B and a 27,112, dated February 14, 1860.

packing e, Fig. 3, of india rubber being in serted around the tubes D, E, F, G, etc. to form a tight joint. The tube B, is closed at one end by the removable cap I-I, and this tube has a transverse partition K. Between this partition K and the perforated partition or disk I is a common chamber L, into which the Syrups flow through valves M, thesyrup being discharged from said chamber through tube C. The 'several valves M, are inserted into valve seats made in disk I, the number corresponding to the number of small tubes'. These valves are supported on the valve stems m, and drawn into their seats, (in the direction inwhich the syrups flow) by means of springs S. The valves are opened by the pressure of the hand upon the handles or thumb-pieces, O, P, Q, etc. Fig. l. These valves may be-made of metal, though I prefer capping the metallic plug by a piece of india rubber tube 2'.

The carbonio acid water Hows along the tube D, into the tube W, and is discharged through tube X. The pressure of the water upon the valve in tube D, is much greater than the pressure of the syrup in the other tubes. This pressure of the water often amounts to 200 lbs. or 300 to the square inch, so that it is difficult to operate the water valve`in the manner that the syrup valves are operated. On this account I have arranged a lever T', upon this lower valve stem in order to facilitate the operation of the water valve. By means of this lever a slight pressure upon the handle or thumb piece T, will displace or push open the water valve thus preventing the too rapid discharge of the water, or any tremulous motion of the valve-in fact giving a person perfect and easy control of the water valve.

The water valve stem instead of having a stufiing boX is provided with al rubber packing to prevent the escape of the water near the hand as shown in Fig. 3, at Y.

Although all the Syrups are successively discharged through the common chamber L, and tube or spout C, I find by experience that the different Syrups do not mix so as to offer any objection to this arrangement. The moment employed for drawing the carbonic acid water, after each drawing of syrup, gives time sufiicient to drain off one kind of syrup so that another syrup may be immediately drawn without mixing the Vlos two, though ten glasses be drawn in a minute.

By this construction of stop cock soda water can be drawn very rapidly and conveniently. It is not necessary for the operator to move from his place or to move the tumbler after drawing the syrup before drawing the carbonic acid water. The tubes being all grouped together and the cock inserted into anl urn or refrigerator the whole stop cock is kept very cold. And as the chamber L, and spout C, are in common use for all the syrups these parts are kept very cold so that soda water may reach the tumbler icy cold. The Water tube or spout AX, is Surrounded by a cold jacket consisting of the syrup spout C.

All the parts of my stop cock are very durable and those parts most liable to wear are capable of being inspected and repaired.

Considering the number of tubes employed for syrup my group stop cock is very cheaply made there being comparatively little finishing. The whole arrangement is very convenient to operate and there is but little eX- penditure of ice for keeping the grouped tubes cool, these tubes being very short from the refrigerator to the chamber L, of the stop cock. Y

I do not herein claim kthe above described valve, cappped with a piece of india rubber tube but I intend to make a separate application for a patent for said invention.

I am aware that devices have been constructed for discharging several fluids from the same orifice or spout or through a single faucet therefore I confine my invention to the improvements above described and herein claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention7 what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

The arrangement of the several syrup and water tubes provided with the valves as shown in combination with the common discharge chamber L, and tube C, substantially as set forth for the purposes described.

TI-IOS. DANIELS. Witnesses:

S. MARSH, E. S. HANKS.

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