US362488A

US362488A - Rain-water cut-off

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Publication number: US362488A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 1904-05-10

Description

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W. A. BUCKTON.

RAIN WAT-ER OUT-OFF. No. 362,488. Patented May 10, 1887.

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UNITED STATES W. ABBAM BUOKTON, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

PATENT OFFICE.

RAIN-WATER CUT- -OFF.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 362,488, dated May 10, 1887.

Application filed August 18, 1884. Renewed March 28, 1587. Serial No. 232,822. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, W. ABRAM BUoKToN, of Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rainater Out-Offs, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure is a perspective view of my improved rain-water cut-off, and Fig. 2 an enlarged perspective view.

The present invention relates to an im- 'provement in rain-water cut-offs, in which I provideapairofsemi-cylindricalpieces,hinged at their lower ends, and to which is secureda lever for operating the same, which is placed within an ordinary outer case, so as to be reversed to turn the water either into a cistern or into a waste-pipe, all of which will now be fully set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, A is an outer shell or case, provided at its upper end with a circular-flange, B, for the purpose of connecting the vertical conductor thereto, the lower part provided with branchingtubes O and D, one of which is designed to lead into the well or cistern and the otherinto the wastepipe. The transverse shaft E through the shell protrudes outwardly at one endsomewhat, and then is turned up vertically, forming a lever, F, by means of which the said shaft E may be reversed. Inwardly upon this transverse shaft E, I place two semi-cylindrical metallic pieces, G and H, soldered near their lower ends on either side of the transverse shaft E, with their convex sides together. These pieces G and H are somewhat tapering at their lower ends, as shown in the drawings, and are designed to be of such a length that the lower ends will be in close proximity to the juncture of the branch conductors O and D.

The nppcr'ends of the metallic pieces G and H are curved slightly, so as to move freely inwardly from the periphery of the shell on the inner side of the shell A; and laterally from the opening of the flange B, I provide lugs I, so as to permit of the valves G and H moving in an are immediately beneath the said opening of the flange B. By means of a device arranged in this manner, when the lever F is turned at its upper end toward the left, the valve G turns the water into the conductor D; and conversely, when the said lever is turned toward the right, the water is turned into the conductor 0.

I am aware that a single piece of flat metal has been used in this connection to form a two-way cock; but I am not aware that two semi-cylindrical pieces have been secured together at their back to be operated in connection with a circular pipe.

\Vhat I therefore claim isv A rainwater cut-ot'f consisting of the shell or case A, )rovided at its upper end with the circular flange B, and having at its lower side the tubes 0 and D, the internal semi-cylindrical metal pieces, G and H, each somewhat curved at the upper end and somewhat tapering at the lower end and both soldered back to back on the transverse shaft E, the end of which extends through the walls of the case, the several parts constructed and combined together substantially in the manner shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 15th day of August, 1884, in the presence of Witnesses.

\V. ABRAM BUGKTON.

Witnesses:

F. W. BROWNE, B. F. WINTER.