US439249A - Adele michaux - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

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No. 439,249. Patente@ 009.928, 1899.

UNITED STATES ADELE MICIIAUX,

PATENT OFFICE.

or PARIS, FRANCE.

CLOSU RE FOR VESSELS.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,249, dated October 28, 1890.

Application led November 2,

To all whom t may concern: g

Be it known that l, ADLE MICHAUX, a citizen of the French Republic, and a resident of Paris, in the French Republic, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Closing the Filling or Discharging Apertures of Casks or other Vessels for Storing Liquids; and-I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, s uch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a sectional view of a vessel as will be necessary to illustrate one form of my improved devices for closing the filling and discharge aperture. Fig. 2 is a face view of the devices shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating a faucet of special construction adapted for use with my improved devices for closing the filling and discharge aperture of sheet-metal vessels. Fig. 4 is a section online mfr of Fig. 3, and Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views illustrating certain modifications in the construction of said devices.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts wherever such may occur in the several iigures of the drawings.

The invention relates to the means of closing the lling or discharge aperture, or both, of vessels intended for the storage of liquids, and has for its object to provide means whereby such aperture or apertures may bereadily and hermetically closed, and to so construct the said devices as not to project from the vessel, to avoid breakage in handling and transportation, and to facilitate the application oi' a faucet or spigot.

To these ends the invention consists in structural features and combination of parts as will now be fully described, reference being had to the drawings.

According to the form of the sheet-metal vessel I provide the necessary means for iilling and emptying, and these means may be located either in one of the heads or in the body of the vessel near one of lthe heads; or two apertures-one for filling the vessel and 1889. serai No. 328.982. I (No model.)

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In Fig. l I have shown the vessel A provided with means for hermetically closing the same, with means for applying a faucet thereto, and with an air-vent consisting ot' a win ged screw-plug a, the faucet being applied near one of the heads A, while the filling-aperture and vent are arranged in the other head, and said aperture is closed by an ordinary screwcap S.

If vthe filling-aperture is not intended for the discharge of the contents of the vessel, it may be located at any point found most convenient, and a separate discharge-aperture provided. In the description of these means it will be assumed that the filling-aperture is not intended for the discharge of the contents of the vessel, and is therefore located either near one of the heads A in the body of the vessel or in one of said heads near the edge. To this end the vessel is provided with an aperture in which is soldered or otherwise secured an interiorlyscrew-threaded cup C, that is provided with a port C', tapering inwardly for the reception of a cone-valve or valve-plug or bung V, provided with a stem o and adapted to seat in the port C. The valve is rmly held to its seat by means of a screw-plug P, adapted to .screw into the valve casing or cup C, and is provided with an axial bore for the valve-stem o, that serves to center the valve, said plug being provided either with a Asquare head for the application of a key or with ribs p for this purpose. It will be observed that the back of the valve is dome-shaped or rounded, the stem c projecting axially from said rounded portion o', so that the screw-plug P will bear upon a comparatively small area of the valve-back. This is of great advantage in properly seating the valve, as the screw-plug will bring the same in proper relation to the valve-port should the valve be moved out of line when the screwplug is screwed into the casing C.

In order to insure a perfectly-tight joint, so as to avoid all danger of leakage, I employ a gasket G, either of rubber or lead, of an inside diameter about equal to the smallest diameter of the cone-valve, so that when said valve is forced into its seat the gasket will be one for drawing oit its contents-may be pro- IOO expanded .and be firmly seated around the valve-port. p

In order to facilitate the application of a spigot or faucet to the vessel, I form at the end of the barrel f of the faucet F a cone-plug f', similar to `the cone-valve V, and provide a screw-plug P, that fits loosely on the barrel f of the said faucet F, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so that when the screw-plug P is removed the faucet F may be applied for closing the port C in the Same Way as the valve. The plug P in this case may have a segment cut away on each side, as shown at p', Fig. 4, for the application of a key, or it may be provided with a squared head. If desired, the same plug P may be used for both the valve V and faucet F, inwhich case the cone-head f is screwed onto the faucet, and the valveplu g P has an axial bore into which is screwed a smaller plug P2, that has a small axial bore for the valve-stem, as shown in Fig. 5. By unscrewing the plug P from the valve-casing and the plug P2 from plug P, then inserting the faucet-barrel f through the axial bore of plug P, and screwing to the end of said barrel the cone-plug f the faucet can be applied as above described, and as shown in Fig. 6.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

said valve being adapted to seat in the port of the valve-casing, of a screw-plug having a bearing-face adapted to bear on the back of the valve, and with an axial opening forthe' reception of the stem of the valve when said plug is screwed into the valve-casing, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a sheet-metal vessel provided With the interiorlythreaded valve-casing C, and the valve V, provided with avalve-stem v and adapted to close the port in said casing, of the screw-plugs P P2` screwed together and to the valvecasing, said plug P2 having an axial bore for the valve-stem, sub stantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of October, 1889. f

ADELE MICHAUX.

XVitnesses:

R. J. PRESTON, LEON OTHOW.

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