US973294A - Faucet. - Google Patents

Description

F. PARKER.

FAUGET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY2L1910.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

WITNESSES (g 5% FREDIRICK PARKER, OF WILMERDING, PENNSYLVANIA.

FAUGET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 21, 1910. Serial No. 562,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIOK PARKER, a c tizen of the United States of America, residing at l/Vilmerding, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to faucets particularly designed for delivering water or other liquids from ornamental objects or structures, and the primary object of my invent1on 1s to arrange the faucets upon a supply pipe whereby they can be easily actuated from the exterior of the structure while the faucets are invisible by the structure or parts thereof.

A further object of this invention is to arrange supply pipes and faucets whereby they can be conveniently used for delivering water or other liquids from different parts of the structure.

With these and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the mechanical construction to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the faucets, showing a cooling device in section and a structure in dotted lines adapted to inclose the faucets, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of one of the faucets showing the inclosure thereof in section.

In the drawing the reference numeral 1 denotes a supply pipe for water, beer or other liquids. This pipe has a portion thereof surrounded by a cooling device, comprising a receptacle 2 having the top thereof partially closed, as at 8, while the remainder of the top is closed by a hinged lid 45. The receptacle 2 is adapted to contain a refrigeratory agent, as ice for cooling the liquid as it passes through that portion of the pipe 1 within the receptacle 2. The upper end of the pipe 1 extends into a structure 5 and adjacent to the lower wall 6 of said structure the pipe 1 is provided with a tee 7 to which is connected a faucet body 8 having a curved depending spout 9 extending through the bottom wall 6. The faucet 8 is of that type of self-closing faucet or bib commonly used in connection with basins and bowls, the faucet having two spring pressed handles 10 that normally retain the faucet in a closed position. These handles are inclosed by a flexible bag 11 made of rubber or similar material, the upper edges of the inclosure be ing clamped to the faucet body 8 by a band or ring 12 mounted upon said body. The lower end of the faucet body 8 extends through the bottom wall 6 of the structure 5, whereby the inclosure 11 can be compressed to operate the handles 10 and release liquid from the spout 9.

The upper end of the pipe 1 in proximity to the top wall 13 is provided with a tee 14. having lateral extensions 15 and 16 extending into proximity to the end walls 17 and 18 of the structure 5. The end of the lateral extension 15 is provided with a faucet body 19 and connected to said body is an elbow 20 carried by the end wall 17 of the structure 5, said elbow having a spout 21. The faucet 19 is opened and closed through the medium of a long handle 22 extending upwardly through the top walls 13 of the structure 5, this wall having an opening formed therein providing clearance for the movement of the operating handle 22.

The lateral extension 16 is provided with a faucet body 23 to which are connected elbows 2e and 25, the latter having a spout or outlet pipe 26 extending through the rear wall 18 of the structure 5. The faucet 23 is opened and closed by a long operating handle 27 extending through an opening provided therefor in the top wall 13 of the structure 5, the opening providing suflicient clearance for the movement of said operating handle.

By manipulating either of the handles 22 or 27 a liquid can be obtained from either of the extensions 15 or 16, or by compressin the inclosure 11 a liquid can be obtained from the spout 9.

The arrangement of the pipes and faucets as herein shown can be advantageously used in connection with fountains or other ornamental structures used in cafs and hotels, and in some instances in connection with advertising structures from which liquids are dispensed.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new is The combination with a structure, of a vertically-disposed supply pipe extending through the bottom of the structure and terminating at a point removed from the top of the structure, a T-coupling secured to said pipe intermediate the ends thereof and Patented Oct. 18, 1910. A

arranged in proximity to the bottom of the structure, a self-closing faucet connected to said T-coupling and having its spout projecting from the bottom of the structure, a plurality of operating handles connected to said faucet and depending through the bottom of the structure, a flexible member carried by the faucet and inclosing said handles, a T-coupling mounted upon the upper end of said supply pipe, two laterallyextending pipe sections projecting in opposite directions with respect to each other and connected respectively to the lateral sections of said last-mentioned T-coupling, each of said pipe sections terminating at a point removed from a wall of said structure, a faucet connected to the free end of each of said pipe sections and having its spout projecting through the end wall of the structure, and elongated operating handles carried respectively by said last-mentioned faucets and extending through the top of said structure.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDRICK PARKER.

lVitnesses MAX H. SRoLovITZ, K. H. BUTLER.

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