US964486A - Faucet. - Google Patents

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A. A. BOWSER. FAUGBT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1907.

' Patented July 19,1910.

. UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN A. BOWSER, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 SQF. BOWSER & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

FAUCET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN A. Bowsnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the countyof Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in faucets for dispensing liquids and the like, and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved means for wiping or. cleaning the discharge opening of the faucet to prevent the liquid which would otherwise accumulate therein from hardening or solidifying and either wholly or part] obstructing the discharge opening and rom dripping after the valve is closed.

A further object is to provide an improved valve of this character, which will be simple and cheap in construction, and effective and efiicient in operation.

To the attainment of these ends, and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, illustrating an exemplification of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal. sectional view on line 11 of Fig. 2 of an improved valve; constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention; Fig. 2 is a top planview of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the discharge outlet showing theimproved form of valve seat; Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of an improved form of valve.

Referring moreparticularly to the drawing, and in this exemplification of the invention, the numeral 10 designates the body portion of the faucet, which is provided with a discharge passage having an inlet opening 1 1 and a discharge or dutlet opening 12. A portion 13 of the-passage between the inlet opening 11 and the discharge opening 12, is preferably located at a point higher than the inlet opening 11, so that the passage will be inclined with its inlet end lowermost to serveas a means for directing the fluid re- Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed April 11, 1907. Serial No. 367,556.

- maining in the faucet when the valve is closed, back into the supply tank.

The faucet is preferably provided with an enlarged casing or housing 14 adjacent the outlet end 12 thereof, and said casing or housing is provided with a discharge opening 15, shown more clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawing. Surrounding the discharge opening is a suitable valve-seat 16, which is located preferably at a short distance above the extremity of the opening. The casing or housing 14 is preferably provided with a threaded aperture 17, adjacent the top thereof, and in line With the discharge opening 15, and removably seated in this aperture or opening 17 is a nut or bushing 18 through which passes a suitable valve operating-rod 19. A suitable packing 20 may be provided in the. nut or bushing 18 to surround the rod 19 to form a fluid-tight joint. The valverod 19 is provided on one end with a suitable valve 21 which is adapted to engage and rest upon the valve-seat 16, and depending or projecting below the valve 21 is a suitable projection or portion 22, which is adapted to'enter and move within the discharge opening 15. i

The discharge opening 15 may be of any suitable configuration, and the projecting portion 22 on the valve 21 is of the same configuration as the discharge opening 15, and the said projecting portion 22 is of a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the discharge opening 15 to permit the projecting portion 22 to move easily in the discharge opening 15 and to substantially fill said opening when the valve 21 is resting upon the valve seat 16. This projecting portion 22 is also preferably of substantially the same length as the length of the discharge opening, so that when the valve is closed the exposed face of the projecting portion 22 will stand substantially flush with the lower edge of the discharge opening-l5.

Any suitable. means may be provided for reciprocating the valve to open and close the same. A suitable and eliicient means for accomplishing this purpose, comprises an operating lever 0r handle 23, which is preferably pivotally connected between its ends as at 24, to one extremity of the valve openating rod 19. A suitable link 25 is pivotally supported, as at 26-, by one end to the valve casing 10, and its free end is pivotally connected as at 27 to one end of the valve operating handle or lever 23. i

With this construction it will be seen that when the lever or handle 23 is raised about its point of pivotal support 27, the valve 21 will be unseated from the valve seat 16, and the projecting portion 22 will be drawn out of the discharge opening 15 to permit the fluid to pass through the casing. When the handle or lever 23 is moved in the opposite direction, the projecting port-ion 22 Wlll enter the discharge opening 15, and as the diameter thereof is substantially equal to the diameter of the discharge opening, the periphery of the projecting portion 22 will contact with the face or wall of the opening and the liquid which adheres to the face of the discharge opening 15 will be pushed or wiped off of said face, as the projecting portion 22 advances, and when the valve 21 reaches its seat 16, the projecting portion 22 will have wiped or cleaned all of the liquid. from the face of the discharge opening 15,

thereby preventing any of the liquid from dripping after the valve is closed and also preventing an accumulation and hardening of oils or liquids immediately below the valve seat which might in time wholly or partly obstruct the discharge opening, particularly when paint oils, varnishes and liquids of a like nature which have volatile ingredients are to be discharged through the faucet. The fluid contained in the faucet when the valve is closed will be directed by the raised portion 13 of the passage through ihe valve back to the supply tank or cham- If desired, the valve casing 10' may be provided with suitable projections or hooks 28 upon which may be hung a suitablereceptacle into which it is desired to discharge the fluid. The discharge opening 15 may also be provided with peripheral screw threads 29, by means of which a suitable tube or pipe may be connected to the valve to convey the flu-id to a remote point,

It will also be noted that with this improved construction of faucet the valve 21 and the projecting portion 22 may be readily removed through the top of the valve casing by detaching the nut or bushing 18, after the valve rod lE) has been disconnected from the handle or lever 23 at its point of pivotal connection 24, or by detachin the lever or handle 23 from its point of pivotal connection '27 with the link 25,

This improved form of faucet is particularly adapted for use withpumps or dis ensing tanks, the faucet being located adacent the top of the tank and the liquid being forced or raised so as to pass through the faucet,

In order that the invention might be fully understood by those skilled in the art, the details of the foregoin embodiment thereof have been thus speci cally described, but what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a faucet, the combination of a casing having an outlet, the portion of the casing adjacent the outlet being of a substantially uniform diameter for some distance and provided with a valve seat adjacent the outlet and remote from the extremity thereof, a valve within the casing for closing the outlet, said valve being provided with a portion having a uniform diameter and. of a length substantially equal to the len th of the outlet opening, said portion of t e valve being adapted to enter and fill the outlet opening beyond the seat to wipe the liquid from the Wall of the outlet as the valve is seated to prevent dripping when the valve is closed, said portion of the valve being adapted to be inserted into the outlet opening from the inside-0f the casing in a direction toward the extremity of the outlet, and means for controlling the valve.

2. In a faucet, the combination of a casing having an outlet, the portion of the casing adjacent to the outlet being of a substan-.

tially uniform diameter for some distance and provided with a valve seat adjacent to the outlet and remote from the extremity thereof, the valve within the casing for closing the outlet, said valve being provided with a portion having a uniform diameter and of a length substantially equal to the length of the outlet opening, said portion of the valve being adapted to enter and fill the outlet opening beyond the seat to wipe the liquid from the wall of the outlet as the valve is seated, said ui'iiiform diameter portion of the valve being adapted to be inserted into the outlet opening from the inside of the casing and in a direction toward the extremity of the outlet as the valve is closed, and means for controlling the valve,

3. In combination, a casing being provided with inlet and outlet orifices, the portion of the casing adjacent to the outlet being of a substantially uniform diameter for some distance from the outlet and being provided With a valve seat at the inner extremity of the uniform diameter portion, a valve within the casing for closing the outlet, said valve comprising a portion adapted to cooperate with the valve seat, a contracted portion having a uniform diameter and of a length substantially equal to the length of the said uniform diameter outlet, said contracted portion of the valve being adapted to enter and fill the entire outlet orifice from oee tee the valve seat to the outer extremity theteot in testimony Whereo't l have signed my to prevent accumulation of the liquid disname to this specification, in the presence of le charged into the said outlet orifice beyond two subscribing witnesses on this 27th 11331 the valve seat, saiol contracted portion of the of March D. 1907.2

valve being adapted to be inserted in the ALLELJ BOl/VSE KE. outlet orifice from the insicle of the casing in Witnesees: a direction toward the disoherge end ofthe BEOHTEL,

orifice, and means for controlling the valve. H. Mo BOWSER.

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