US65016A - Hb net schild and jacob schild - Google Patents

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@geiten tant getraut @fitta HENRY SCHILD ANDJACOB SCHILD, or NEW Your, N. Y.

" Lam-s Para No. 65,016, mamy-21,1861.

IMPROVEMENT 1N YENTHD rAUcETs.

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TO ALL'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: A y,

Be it known that we, HENRY SCHILD alnd JACOB SCHILD, of No. 218 Fifth street, in the city, county and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Faucet; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art-to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- 'Figure l represents a horizontal section of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an end view of the plug detached.

Similar letters of reference in all views indicate corresponding par-ts.` Y

This invention relates to a faucet which is provided with an air-channel and with a suitable valve. This valve isclosed by the action of' a spring, and it is opened by a tooth or projection on the plug acting on an elbow-lever, which connects with the stem of'the valve in such a manner that the air-channel remains closed luntil the plug is turned wide open, and no more air is permitted to enter the barrel than necessary to overcome the external pressure of the atmosphere, thereby causing the liquid in the barrel to discharge whenever it may be wanted, and preserving the same against the injurious influence of the atmosphere.

A represents a faucet which is provided with a plug, B, of the ordinary form and construction. This plug is provided with an annular groove, a,'into which catches the end of an elbow-lever,b, and which is furnished with atooth, c, so that by turning the plug in the proper direction, said tooth bears on the end of the elbowlever and causes the-same to move in the direction of the arrow marked thereon inflg. 2. Said elbow-lever is situated in a cavity ot' the faucet g' it has its fulcrum on a pivot, d; it is connected to the end of the stem e of a valve, j', which is ground into the seat g.,` A spring, L, acts on said valve, and has a tendency to keep the same down-to its seat, a spiral springbcing used by preference, which bears at one end on the head of the valve, and at its opposite end on a guide-bracket, z', which serves 'to steady the valve-stern. From the valve-seat g extend two channelsj k, one to the inner end of the faucet, and the other in a direction at right angles to thelongitudinal axis of the body of the faucet,4 as clearly shown in iig. 1 of the drawing. When the faucet is inserted into a barrel the mouth of the channel is in the interior of s'aid barrel and that of the channel lc outside, and when the valve is opened the 'atmospheric air is free to enter into the barrel through the channels cj. AThe plug B is so arranged that lwhen the same is closed the valvefs also closed, but when the plug is wide open the tooth o bears on the end of the elbow-lever and the valve i-s thrown open. The tooth, however, does not begin to act on the elbow-lever until the plug is wideop'en, and said plug can be brought in sucha position that the faucet` is partially open and the contents of the barrel are free to discharge without opening the valve f. i By these means the discharge of the barrel can be easily effected without admitting any more air than .required to cause vthe liquid to flow. As long as the gases in the barrel have sufficient pressure to :overcome the external pressure ot' the atmosphere and to cause the liquid to discharge, the Vpl-ugV is opened just far enough to cause the tooth c to come in contact with the elbow-lever without opening the valve, but when the liquid ceases tolow the plug is turned wide open, and, by the action of the toothc on the end of the elbow-lever, the valvei's opened and the external air has free access to the interior of the barrel through the channels It will be noticed, however, that not more air is permitted to enter the barrel than just enough to overcome the external pressure of the atmosphere, and all surplus air, on passing into thebarrel through the mouth o f the channel j, immediately escapes again through the main channel of the faucet, Abeing carried off by the current of liquid discharging through said channel. l i

By this arrangement a faucet is obtained whicn allows ofV drawing liquid from a barrel in any desired quan-V tity, without requiring a'separate vent-hole. and at the same time the liquid in the bareLis preserved from the injurious influence of the atmosphere. I

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The valvcf at the inner ends of the channels j lc, in combination with thc elbow-lever b and tooth c of the plug B, constructed and operating substantially and for the purpose described.

' HENRY SCHILD,

JACOB SCHILD. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF,

W. Mareas.

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