US989042A - Operating mechanism for water-closet flushing-tanks. - Google Patents

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c. PPAU. OPERATING MEOHIAN'ISM FOB'WATER CLOSETTLUSHING T ANKS.

ArrLIoA'rIol FILEDv luna; 1909 I y 989,042. Patented Apr.11,1911.

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/gmf yw gama/mw UNITED sTATEs PATENT CARLES PFAU, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, AssIGNoE To THE PEAU MANUFACTURING oOMrANY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION or oI-IIO.

. OPERATING MEcHANIsM FOR WATERI-oL-OSET rLUsIIING-TANKS.

To all-whom it may concern: l

Beit known lthat I, CHARLES PFAU, a

citizen of the 'United States, residing at'Cincinnati, lin the county'of Hamilton -and State of Ohio, Vhave' invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating Mechanisms for WatereCloset Flushing-Tanks, of

which the'ollowin is a specication.

tachments, and the object is to provide a mechanism for operating the escape valve of thefiiushing'tank by a movement in either direction, so @hat ignorance of the design z.' of thej mechanism will not result in dam- '-'a.'g je to' theparts -by exerting undue strain .upontliem'in an lei'o'rt tov operate them "r [the wrong direction.-

z My Invention consists A"lver, .the handle. and one end of 'the lever 2O the1other end offtl'le lever. bein'g connected beingconnected to. form va rule-.joint `and to-the mechanism torbe.v operated, a fulcrum f-forthe handle to which itisconfned, anda disengage, and in the4v construction andarrangement of these' parts aas-Will lh'erein after be more ullyset. forth and claimed.`

pjrovidedwith my ein'g represented '.trating the valve being. opened -by raising the handle'. Figli` is a bottom plan view,

enlarged, of the handle, Ithe lever-.and the bracket,.. parts broken away rfor lack .of space. Fig. is alongitudinal vertical .section on' tlieli'ne of Fig. 4, parts afford the proper protection for the l4k--Vith this end in view, the -construction of 'thdtenls th t in the most '1mprovedconstruc-- being broken away fcr'lack of space. My.'4 invention 1s particularly applicable to 'water' closet' flushing tanks" of the low down y-'closet il gsi type.. In such tanks, asv in water us ing"` tanks in .general-, it is -delsirabletoconceal the operat'ln `mechanism to as great an .extent as possib e in the in-` terest of good appearance, as well vas to parts.

has been developed in such de-v tlon's 6 ty a'lhandle projects for the 4operation' ofthe esca e valve of the tank.. At n different constructions, thus. hidden are embodied in flushing tanks of the same time,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 28, 1909. Serial No. 498,948.

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different makes, some of which are designed to be operated by moving the handle upward and others of which are designed to berop'erated by moving the handle downward. vThe result of such a condition is tha-tusers, not being able to conveniently determine the direction in which the handle is to be operated, will be as likely to attempt My invention re ates to'water closet at- .vidinga handle forthe operation of the mechanism and -so connecting it to the mechanism. that the raising of the handle or the depression of it will operate the mechanism in the same direction and thus operate it properly. As illustrated, my improvement 'is .embodied with a water closet flushing tank l, provided interiorly with a valve 2 coperating with a seat 3 in the escape pipe 1, this valve being adapted to be lifted from its seat by means of an arm 5 connected at one end to the .valve and by means of the rod 6, and fulcrumed in a bracket 7 on the upper edge of the tank at the rear, under the cover 8 of the tank. A. rod 9 extends down from the other end .of the arm 5, this rod extending between the lining l0 lof the tank and its-rear wall 11- and extending through theI bottom .12 of the tank.

. The handlev 13 for operating the escape valve 2 extends pastthe front of the tank -and has a fulcrum 14C in a bracket 15 extending down from the lower sideof the bottom of the tank near thefront thereof.

This handle 13 extends rearwardly of its ltension'fof the bracket 15 which extends' rear'- wardly.- `.The brackethas arms 19 flanking the lever 1"?l adjacent to the ulrum 18 to Guide the lever when it moves downwardly.

lhe handle 13 has a rearward projection 2O on its-rear end, neanits upperside, and, as

,the part of it forward o-f this fulcrum being raised and the partel to the rear being depressed, pulling down on the rod 9 and act infr through the arm 5 and rod 6 to raise the valve 2 from its seat 3. If the forward extension of the handle 13 is raised, it will turn onits fulerum4 14 and its rearward extension. will be depressed while, no vrelative Vmovement between the handle 13 and the lever 17 being permitted, the lever 17 will .be carried` bodily downward, so that itsrear end this time also will be depressed, raising the valve 2 Vfrom its seat in the same ina-nner. Thus, whether the forward, ex-

tension of the handle 13', which is the only.

part readily observed by the user, is depressed-or raised, the valve will be operated in exactly the same manner, and at no time .will there be any undue strain'on the parts due toan attempt to operate them in the wrong direction.

'As illustratedin the drawings, the lever 17 is bifureated,1 having two members between which is 'received the rear end of the handle 13 being connected thereto by means of the pivot pin 16 extending through the handle and the members 22, while the lug 21 isintegral with the lever and lille the space between its members 22 near the lower side ofthe lever to the rear of the rear end of the handle, the handle 13 havingthe rearward projection 20 to engage with this lug 21. However, it will be understood that my iniprovement is capable of considerable modification, as wellfas adapted to be adjusted in various positionsl for operating upon mechanisms of different design without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention, and, therefore, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise description and illustration contained therein,

` but What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters'Patent is:

1. The combination of operating mechanism for water closet flushing tanks, with a fulcrum to which the handle isi-confined, a lever, and a fulcrum for the lever with- `which it may engage and disengage, said handle, and one end of said lever being connected to form a, rule-.jointbetween said fulcrums, andtheot-he'r end of the lever being connected to the mechanism tov be operated,

whereby the movement of. the handle in itlienottwo directions will move the operconnection with vthe handle, with which for the purposes herein yset extending forwardly of the tank, a..,ful

Crum` mounted on the tank to which-.said handle is confined and cnjwhich it may turn to be raised or depressed, an extensionof thehandle rearwardlyof thefulcrum, a lever, a pivotal connection lbetween the' rearward extension of the handle and the-,forward end of thelever, a rear ward projection on the rear end of the-rear.- wardextension of the handle near its u per side, a lug on` the lever to be engage by the rearward projection on the handle, whereby the connectionl between the handle and the lever constitutes a rule-joint, and relativemovement between thehandle and theilever only occurring when the forward extension of the handle is depressed, and a fulerum for said". lever rearwardly of 'its said lever may engage during relative Vmove- Vment between the handle and the lever but 3. The combination of operating mechaseV nism for water closet flushing tanks,-' with a fulcrum to which the handle lis confined, a lever, and a fulcruni for the. lever with which it4 may engage and disengage', said handle and oneendof said .lever .bein con- .neeted `to form a joint between ,saifulerums, and the lother end of the leverbeing connected to the 'mechanism to be operated,

whereby ythe movement of the handlein either oftwo directions will move the .operating mechanism in one direction, substantially asand'for the purposes 'herein set forth.-

'4;' The combination ,of operatingmec'hafnism for water closet ilushing tank`s,.with a handle, a fulcru'm to which ythe harrllel is lll confined, a. lever, and a fulcrum forthe lever with lwhich it may engage and disenga'ge, said handle and one end of said-lever being," connectedto form a; rule-joint, and Ithe other end of the lever being connected tothejmech-l anism to be operated, whereby the-movement .of the handle in either of two directions move the operating mechanism 4onedi'- rection, substantially as and for the` purposes herein set forth.

5. The combination of operating ine/(5ba-4 nism for water closet flushing tanks, with a ha'ndle, a fulcrum to which the handle is closet flushing tanks, mechanism taub@ oper confined, a, lever,l and a fulcrum for the ated, a lever connected thereto, a, hai'ille pivlever with whchitmay engage and disenoted to said lever, a ulermn to which said gage, said handle andvone end of said lever handle is confined, and. e fulerum with 5 being connected to form a joint between which said lever is adapted to engage and 15 said ulcrums, and the other end of the disengage, substantially as set forth.

lever being connected to `the mechanism to CHARLES PFAU. be operated, substantially'as and for the lVitnesses: 4 purposes herein set forth. JAMES N. RAMSEY,

10 G. In operating mechanism for water FLORENCE HAMMEL.

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