US313452A

US313452A - Hydrant

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Publication number: US313452A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-03-03
Anticipated expiration: 1902-03-03

Description

H. RUPPEL.

(No Mdel.)

HYDRANT.

Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

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HENRY RUPPEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HYD RANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,452, dated March 3, 1885. Application filed October 20, 188.4. (No model.)

T0 all whom it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY RUPPEL, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrants; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hydrants; and` it consists in the combination of the base, the valve-seat, which is placed therein and which is adapted to be removed therefrom with the valve, and which is provided with passages both for the intlowing and the waste water, the conical hollow valve, a projection secured to its top, a projection secured to the top of the valve-seat, and the valve rod, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to so shape the valve that the pressure of the water will make it fit tightly against its seat, and thus form aperfectly water-tight joint, and to make the valve and its seat removable for repairs without having to take up the body of the hydrant.

Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of a hydrant embodying myinvention. Fig. 2is a detached view of the| valve, showing the waste-water passage in its outer side. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken through the valve-seat near its top.

A represents the body of the hydrant, and B its lower portion or base, which is screwed. or otherwise connected thereto, as shown. In this base B is placed the valve-seat C, which is secured in place by means of a screw-thread at its upper end. The lower end of this valve seat'has its edge beveled away, so as to form a tight joint with the part B at E, the part B having a suitable inwardly-projecting flange or rim, as shown. Through the upper portion of this valve-seat Clare made the waterpassages G, through which the water passes upward when the valve lis opened, as shown, and through which the wastewater passes down toward the smallpassage F in the seat and the outlet H in the partB when the valve is closed. The valveIis made conical nearly its entire length, and is made hollow up to the top of the two openings J through it. This valve is made conical, as shown, so as to conform to the opening which is made through the valve-seat C to receive it, and so that the upward pressure of the water will force the valve tightly against its seat, and thus prevent all leakage. W'hen the valve is turned so that the openings J register with the passages G in the valveseat C, the water flows freely through, but when the valve is turned so that the openings J and the passages G no longer register, then the flow of water is stopped, and the waste water in the body A flows downward through the passages F T and out into the waste. Passing through near the upper en d of this valve I, or ,secured to it in any suitable way, is a stop pin or projection, L, which serves to strike against a stud or projection, N, formed upon the upper end of the valve-seat, for the purpose of limiting the distance the valve shall be turned in its seat. This pin L and stud N also serve as a means for unscrewing the seat C when the operatingrod is turned backward with sufficient force, so that the seat can be unscrewed from the base B, and then the valve and its seat lifted up through the bodyAfor repairs without the necessity of having to take the body A out of the ground to -get at them.

Rigidly fastened to the upper end of the body Ais the operating-rod O, which in turn is fastened at its upper end to the operating handle P, which passes down through the cap Q of the body A. The cap Q has a suitable recess in its lower end, and in this recess is placed a suitable packing, It, which is tightened against the handle P by means of the gland S. The cap LQ, gland S, and packing prevent all leakage of water through the top of the body. Vhen the handleR is turned in one direction, the valve I is simply opened, so as to allow the water to ow freely through; but when the handle is turned in the other direction it serves to close the valve I, and then if the pressure is continued the seat C is unscrewed, as above described. When the valve I is closed, the body A is leftfull of water, and in order to get rid of rthis water a groove, T, is made in the side of the valve I, as shown in Fig.2, at asuitable distance to one side of one of the passages J. Vhen the valve is closed,

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this groove T is made to connect with the lower end or" one of the water-passages G, and then the water flows through the passage G, this groove "Il, the passage F in the valve-seat, and through the outlet H. When the valve I is turned so that the openingsI register with the passages G, this groove T is closed by the valve-seat, and when this groove connects with the water-passage G the passages J are closed. The passages J and this valve T are never open at the same time, and hence there is no Y waste of water while the valve is open.

By ineans of the construction above described a quick action is given to the valve, so that the waste water and main supply are never open at the same time, thus preventing waste of water from the former. There the action is less positive and slow,these parts unnecessarily communicate one with the other for some time during the opening or closing 2o movements, and hence a loss of water.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- In a hydrant, the combination of the body ,A, the base B, provided with an outlet, H, the 25 Valve-seat C, removably secured in the base,

'and provided with the passages F G, and a will