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Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. T. MURPHY.

FAUGET AND BARREL BUNG.

(No Model.) 2 sheetss116682 E. T. MURPHY,

PAUC'BT AND BARREL BUNG.

No. 286,954. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

INVENTOR f www WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNrTED STATES PATENT trice.,

EDVARD T. MURPHY, OF EAST HAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO VM. JOSEPH SHEEHAN, OF SAME PLAGE.

FAUcET AND BARRELBUNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,954, dated October 16, 18.83.

Application filed April 21, 1883. (No model.) l

\ To all whom, t may concern.'

Be'it known that I, EDWARD T. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Hampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets and Barrel-Bungs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view of my device. Fig. 2 isa front view of the bung, and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the faucet. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view, showing the outer end of the stem, guard-valve,

2o and stop or catch; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to ilnprovements in tapping devices for barrels and kegs; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents a faucet having an externallythreaded joint end a., which is designed to be introduced into the internally-threaded mouth b of the bush I2, in order to connect said faucet thereto. The bush I3 is designed to be formed with the usual exterior tapering screw-surface,

l c, beyond which is the tubular perforated ex- 3 5 tension d, which, when thcbush is secured in the wall of a barrel or keg, projects into the cavity thereof. The tubular extension d is usually made separate from the body of the bush, and is connected thereto by a screw- 40 joint, c. The inner end of the extension is formed with an aperture, f, through 'which passes a tubular valve operating stem, g, which is provided with a collar-bearing, h, which engages the end of the tubular extension. That end of the valve-stem which is within the cavity of the tubular extension d is laterally slottedat 7a, and is provided with an exterior left-hand thread, Z, to engage the iuteriorthrcad of the valve m, which is designed 5o to slide back and forth in the tubular extention d when operated by turning the tubular stem g, the valve being prevented from turning by lateral guide devices a, engaging longitudinal guides a of the wall of the extension. A screw-plug, p, closes the inner end of the 5 5 extension d. That end of the valve-stem which is within the outer portion of the bush is laterally slotted, as indicated at s, as far as the outer end of the stem, which is formed with a Wrench-scat, w. the lnouth of the bush is a guard-valve, c, which is provided with a stop or catch engaging the outer end of the stem, and is held flush with said end by means of an interior` Spring, q. In this position the end""of the 65 valve-stem g occupies the opening o', which is made in the guard-valve c.

In the joint end a of the faucet A is formed an angular mouth or Wrench-bearing, c, which is the inner opening of the way through the 7o faucet. Vhen this end of the faucet is screwed into the mouth of the bushing B, the guardvalve is pressed back-and the end of the valvestem `r/is engaged and turned by the faucet, this operation causingthe valve m in the cxtension of the bushing to move back, opening the way through' the perforations of the bush-` ing, and through the valve-stem and mouth of the bushing into the rear portion of the faucet.

In the middle portion of the faucet is pro- 8o vided a chamber, l), containing a spring, C, engaging a valvular expansion, E, of a tube,.- F, having slots b near the valve E. The tube F extends outward into the outer stein portion, G, of the faucet, which is externally threaded at c', to engagethe internal thread of the coupling H, whereby the spout S is counected to the portion G. The coupling H is provided with the operating handle or handles K, and is enlarged to receive the threaded end 9o of the portion G. The spout S is provided with a collar, L, within the coupling H, and with an extension, V, which projects inward to enter the outer endof the stem-section G, engaging the outer end of the tubular stem F of the valve-head E.

When the coupling is turned 011 the stem G, to carry the spout-proj ection V into said stem, the tubular stem F is pushed i'nward, moving 'the valve-head E back and opening the way zoo Around this seat in 6o through the slots b into and through the tubular stem F to the spout. To sluit off the flow the coupling` is turned in the opposite direction, allowing` the spring` C to force the valvehead E up against its seat d, closing the Way through the stem F to the spout. N/Vhen the faucet is removed from the bung by turning it axially, this operation draws the valve m forward and automatically closes the bung.

In order to ventilate the kegs and barrels, the brewer is provided with a Wrench of proper form to press back the guard-valve o and turn the tubular threaded stem g of the main valve m of the bushing'.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure. by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the bushing havescom ing a turning valve-stem provided with a Wrench-seat at its end, of aguard-valve at the 2o

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