US732452A - Adjustable metal basin-plug. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903. W. F. SGHULTHEISS.

AJUSTABLE METAL BASIN PLUG.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. l2, 1902.

i SGHULTHEISS, a'eitizen ofthe United States,r residing at Sun Diego, in the county of San it will be obvious tion of the basin.

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srncrr'rcnrron' raming een'. orner-.ws recent Ne. 'zee-,452, sai-,ed .im 30, 190e. pplcetion led February l2, 1902. Berlsllo 93,771. @No modem To all whom it may concerne'.-

Be it known that i', WrnLrAtrFnuDnsrcu Diego, Siate ot @alitornia-,have invented a new and nseini Adj estable itietai Basin-Plug,

of which the following is a specieation, ref' @rence being had to the accompanying draw ings. I

,My invention relates `to improvements in metal basinepiugs; andthe objects of my improvements are lto provide a convenient and thorough method of cleaning and removing sediment audaccumuiations from the outlet.

of the-basi'mrwhich i accomplish by means of a removahleand adjustable combination strainer and overtiow cut-n, and to provide a safe 4andiconvenient method of making wa` ter-tight connection between the plug and the basin,v which I accomplish by making the basin-plug in two sections and. by means of concave lock-nut.

n In the drawings, Figure lI is an elevation showing in section the entire ping and a por- Fig. 2 is a view ot the combination strainer and overow cut-0E as it 'appears when removed from the basin-plug,

and Fig. 3 is an elevation showing in section the upper' portion of the basin-ping with the strainer and cverilow cuto removed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My adjustable basin-plugin made up of two principal parts A and E, these being connected by means of a heavy scheer-thread a and being adapted. to be inserted from opposite directions through the dischargempening in the basin H.y 0n the upper portion of part B is a concave lock-nutfb, lay/means of which a thoroughly water-tight connection is made with the basin. This nut being concave has a tendency to draw the rubber gasket c, Fig. 1, firmly against the basin-plug, thus preventing any leakage, whereas a flat-surfaced nut almost invariably causes the gasket to spread away from the ping, making it dinicult to eect a water-tight joint. For this reason I prefer to use a concaved nut; but that a flat-surfaced nut may be used, if desired, without departing from the principle of my invention.

i Having the basin-plug in two parten. and

being often crackedin the operation.

B and made up with a lock-uut b, it becomes possible to use the plug iu connection with eithena lead trap or a brass trap, audit also does away withpthe strain on the basin, which is invariable when au old-style plug is being made up, and. all danger of cracking the basin or of twstiug the strainer in the plug is eliminated. A l

' In making the connection with my plug the `part B is'iirst connected with the trap, then theI basin; is allowed to rest on the lock-nut, and then the" part A is connected to the part B from the top by the thresda.. All that then-remains to be donei's 'to make the connoction'tight by, screwing up the nut b. As the part B isalready attached to the trap, thus making Vit impossible for the plug to twist, it is evident that all strain on the basin is 'eliminated. 1 In making a connection with-an oldstyle plug the connection is first made with the basin, the connection with the lead trap then being made by a union-joint. In making this unin-joint a considerable strain is necessarily thrown on the part of the plug whichis connected with the basin, the basin In attempting to'relievc the basin of this strain it is not unusual for a iile or other similar article to 'be inserted in rthe cross-pieces which form the strainer of the plug, with the com- 'where an old-style 'part B is employed unprovided with my lock-nut b I avoid strain upon the basin by removing the strainertube when setting up the basin, thus enabling me to insert a plug of wood into the basin-plug far enough to get a purchase suicient to make the joint tight, after which the strainer may he replaced. 1

The removable and adj ustablc combination strainer and overflow cut-off, Fig. 2, is in the form of a tube, which fits into'the upper part of the basin-plug and rests on the shoulder' d, Fig. 1, and may be made tight by a ground joint. Within the tube is the strainer e, (shown clearly in Fig. 2,) while through the side of the tube is cut a hole e, of suitable size, so situated as to register with the opening f, through which water from the overflow-pipe Genters through the upper portion ofthe plug A to the interior ot the waste-pipe B. This strainer and overl-low cubed' can be easily removed from the basin-plug with the fingers, thus providing an easy and satisfactory means of removing ordinary obstructions from the plug or pipe Without the assistance of ai plumber and doing away with the necessity of gouging the same down and eventually filling the pipe, asis very often the ease when a nonremovable strainer` is used. My combination strainer and overflow cutfo can also he easily adjusted with the fingers, so as to close the oblong slotf, through which the water which has passed through the overflow-holes g of the basin enters the waste-pipe, thus cutting off back pressure, which would otherwise result through the overflow-pipe when the wastevpipe is being cleared by means of a forcepump or other pressure appliance. This isl accomplished by simply turning the Strainer and overow. cut-*off one-fourth around, so that the slotfis closed, as shown in Fig. l, and this not (only permits the use of a greater pressure in clearing the waste-pipe and prevents any of lthe foul and greasy sediment that accumulates in the wastepipe from being forced into the overflow-passage G of the basin, from which place-it cannot be thoroughly removed, but also makes itl entirely practicable for one man to attend to the inat-` ter. Under the present method of placingy the hands over the overfiow-iulet g' near the, top'of the basin in order to obtain a pressure made necessary by the absence of my adjust-V able overiiow cut-off not only is it diicult to: obtain much pressure, but the services of twoj men are necessary.

I claire--A V 1. In combination with a basin having a .d ischargeopening,a basin-plug` provided with inserted in the opening from opposite sides thereof and to engage each other therein, and two flanges, one ou each tube, arranged on opposite sides of the basin, one of the flanges being adjustable in position on its tube toward and from the other flange and arranged to clamp the basin therebetpeen.

3. The combination withf'a basin having a discharge-opening, a basin-plug therein, and an overiioW-passage from the basin leading thereto, of an adjustable plug fitting within the basin-plug, and adapted to close the overflow-passage, said inner plug having an opening in .its side whereby by rotation of the plug the overow-passage may be opened.

4f. The combination with a basin having a discharge-opening, a basinplug therein and an overflow-passage from the basin leading thereto, of a removable plug fitting within the basin-plug, said removable plug being providerhwith a strainer and having walls adaptedto-ciose the overfiow-passnge and having at one side an opening therethrough whereby, by rotating the removableplug, the overliow-passage may be opened.

5. As a new article of manufacture attuvter with such an outlet of the overioW-.pas-

sage.

WILLIAM FREDERICK SCllUlIIllEiSS. Witnesses:

L. S. Moonn,

CHAS. H. ANGEIR.

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