USRE16168E - Fire hydbant - Google Patents
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- hydrant which embodies a valve operating rod having f a 1 detachable upper member which is arranged in the post, so that when thepostlbeconies 'accidentally broken off,
- said upper member of the saidirod' separates fr m the flow portion of the rod and the valve? remains .clo' dp e yi Prev n n any'flow ofwater, 'andfurthermore, should" the postfjbecome accidentally broken 'o'fi' while the]: water "is flowing f or v in use, the" lower portion of. the ⁇ Iflo'd' canjjbe used for sii th j v l ea sl th spr yemi an oss Of ater,
- t hi h embodies a stand, pipe comprising a devissfof the stiandzpip eg. said' ring proa means" m war ti". Wi 1 ring to in the event that the post shoul' combination and arrangeme'nt ofdevices hereinafter described and claimed,
- Figure 2 isa horizontal sectional view 10f indicated? by the line- PATENT" F E detains, oriiinm toflnARn, MAS SAiCH't TSET TS, hssrenoitor own-HALE I mo nmrms m rcu MAnA, OESPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 1 'munnvnmiurk” I Oriana Fo. 1,806,578,; dated InneiQ, 1919, Serial no. 22s,7"3s,"fiied March 30,19 8.- Application for reis leujle'flled'September ⁇ ,
- Fig.4 is'a similar view of the ring.v Figure 5 is a bottom plan viBWof the head Figure 6 isa topplan view'ofthe head 21.
- the bodyfoff the'hydrant'is indicated at 1 the valve at 2, the istand pipe'at 3, the post at 4, and
- the stand pipe comprises a" lower member 6 and an upper member 7;
- the lower memsideof the body as at Sand the upper memyben has its upper end bolted to the lower end-of the post as at 9.
- A'ring'l10 is interv posed between the upper end of the lower member 6 and the lower end-'ofthe upper member 7 and said members and said ring are secured together "by means of bolts 11.
- The'ring has openings 10 therein to permit the flow of water therethrou gh and is also provided withja. central bearing 12' through whi'ch thefrod' 5fjext'ends; The rod may be I turned freely in the'bearing but is prevented?
- the valve operating rod also includesjanupper memberor section 16 disposed in axial alignment with the lowerrod ing atapering recess" 19 formed therein.
- the lower end of the upper valve rod section or member 16 is formed or provided v with a head 20- (see Fig. 5)' having adownp wardiyfl facing tapered projection 18 adapted
- a 'valvek operating rod'in cludes of a lower memberffor sec'tioif 15 whichis provided on, its lbwe rend-withj screw threads 15 whereby the-waive 2"1naybe moved'toward andaway 90.
- valve rod section ormember 15 Theupper end of the valve rod section ormember 15 isformed or provided with a head or collar 21 "(see Fig. '6) and this head 'o'r collar is 'formedwith, an upstanding centrally located portion'l9'hav der ff fto enclose-thejca'pplate-:25 andthe to snugly fit in the recess 19 and also provided with downwardly extending lufgs or the like 22 located on opposite sides 0 said tapering projection 18.
- the downwardly facing lugs 22 are received.
- recesses 21* formed in the head 21 and" said lugs 22-and recesses2l are shown to be rectangular-in cioss-section -in Figure 1 so that when the two Inembersare coupled togetheras shown" in Figures -1 and-3they will rotate in unison either to the right; or
- the upper-valvero'd section' or n ember 16 is provided with anintegral collar 'or the 7 like 2 fi h h .is n ag d by a Sleeve! g nd nut 2i and which servesfto hold said upperend e a ns u wa dy v men bn cap"- P v25 h i' sm unt d byrhe b lt 6a. on the upper end ofthe section -7.'
- the upper portion of thejsection 1 6 also carries a bearing" or the like 27 and is; formed- .with
- valve-f rod' -operajted to opengor cl ose prising a plurality of sections, means fffo'r' readily separate from the head 21 if the thrust exerted b the blow is in an upward direction and i in a downward direction said head 2Q will have a hinging orrocking 'lnoveffieflt upofi tlie head fInf-pratijclglly 7 all suchl cases the direction of the blow is horizontal and when pressure from such a w i f' p valv*'rod 'sectiofi llfiitwilvsepiitrate by a rockin movement from the valve rod sec- 'tion'"1' without subjecting the lower valve rod to ,V musual; strain lor op 'e ngthe, velve This rrocki'rig a qtionlis facilitated by' the
- a valve operating rod for standpipes consisting of a plurality of sections, one of said sections having a head provided with a lug and the other section having a recess to receive said lug, the lug serving when fitted in said recess to interlock the members and including separable sections, pipe including se against relative rotation and the head beof a standpipe, a
- a fire hydrant consisting of a standpipe a valve seat in the lower end of said standpipe, a valve for the seat, a rod having threaded operative engagement with the valve, said stand pipe having joint at the normal ground line, said valve rod having separable sections, one of said sections havinga couplingelement and the other of said sections having a coupling element, the two coupling elements being locked against relative rotativ movement but permitting a separation of the rod sections under a lateral thrust, without breaking the rods or the coupling elements.
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Description
' Sept. 15,1925.
, E. 'CHARLAND FI RE HYDRANT original Filed llarch so, 1918 IN'vEuT an ERNIE! '5 T EH ASE-LAND in: T URN-BI Fire Hydrants Reissued Sept. 15,1925.
T all whomj it may a Be it known that-Erns'r specification.
hydrant which embodies a valve operating rod having f a 1 detachable upper member which is arranged in the post, so that when thepostlbeconies 'accidentally broken off,
said upper member of the saidirod' separates fr m the flow portion of the rod and the valve? remains .clo' dp e yi Prev n n any'flow ofwater, 'andfurthermore, should" the postfjbecome accidentally broken 'o'fi' while the]: water "is flowing f or v in use, the" lower portion of. the} Iflo'd' canjjbe used for sii th j v l ea sl th spr yemi an oss Of ater,
t hi h embodies a stand, pipe comprising a obersfof the stiandzpip eg. said' ring proa means" m war ti". Wi 1 ring to in the event that the post shoul' combination and arrangeme'nt ofdevices hereinafter described and claimed,
In the accompanying-drawing Figure 1 is a"-vertical central sectional.
ranged in accordance with *my invention.
the same on the plane F ig. 3"is a detaile d sectional 'view of the This invent on relates toimprovements" in fire hydrants the objecto f the" invention being to providean improved form of fire ber is'bolted at its lower end to the upper i of vide ,an improved 'formr of fire hydrant er l m h ea d an, upper membe a d I alsofeinbodying a which, ts, ,detachably secured; between said upper "and lower mem vidin'gila bearing :ior the v alve' operating;
prevent the said rod from movin vergtically, be bra s 011' and the; upper member of "me e filetached from thelower member thereoj.
With the above and, other objects in view the invention ,consists in the jconstruction,
Figure 2 isa horizontal sectional view 10f indicated? by the line- PATENT" F E detains, oriiinm toflnARn, MAS SAiCH't TSET TS, hssrenoitor own-HALE I mo nmrms m rcu MAnA, OESPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 1 'munnvnmiurk" I Oriana Fo. 1,806,578,; dated InneiQ, 1919, Serial no. 22s,7"3s,"fiied March 30,19 8.- Application for reis leujle'flled'September},
1 920. sriaij iwo. 408,770. 1
K v I joint between the lnembers ofthe valve op- CHARLAND, a citizen-of the'Dominion of Canada, residing at Indian Orchard, in the county of Hamp- 5 den and- State of Massachusetts, has invent ed certain newanduseful Improvementsin of which the following is a" crating rod. a v
Fig.4 is'a similar view of the ring.v Figure 5 is a bottom plan viBWof the head Figure 6 isa topplan view'ofthe head 21. In'the embodiment of the invention shown "in the accompan ing drawing," the bodyfoff the'hydrant'is indicated at 1, the valve at 2, the istand pipe'at 3, the post at 4, and
the rod 'for operating the valve is indicated The stand pipe comprises a" lower member 6 and an upper member 7; The lower memsideof the body as at Sand the upper memybenhas its upper end bolted to the lower end-of the post as at 9. A'ring'l10 is interv posed between the upper end of the lower member 6 and the lower end-'ofthe upper member 7 and said members and said ring are secured together "by means of bolts 11. The'ring has openings 10 therein to permit the flow of water therethrou gh and is also provided withja. central bearing 12' through whi'ch thefrod' 5fjext'ends; The rod may be I turned freely in the'bearing but is prevented? from moving vertically by means of ap air of collars "14, whichflare secured" on the rod f and one of which bears oIi-the upper side of the ring, the other collar hearing against the 'lower-siddof the ring as shown.
from its seat 2 when said valve rod is rotated. The valve operating rod also includesjanupper memberor section 16 disposed in axial alignment with the lowerrod ing atapering recess" 19 formed therein. The lower end of the upper valve rod section or member 16 is formed or provided v with a head 20- (see Fig. 5)' having adownp wardiyfl facing tapered projection 18 adapted A 'valvek operating rod'in cludes of a lower memberffor sec'tioif 15 whichis provided on, its lbwe rend-withj screw threads 15 whereby the-waive 2"1naybe moved'toward andaway 90. section 15, Theupper end of the valve rod section ormember 15 isformed or provided witha head or collar 21 "(see Fig. '6) and this head 'o'r collar is 'formedwith, an upstanding centrally located portion'l9'hav der ff fto enclose-thejca'pplate-:25 andthe to snugly fit in the recess 19 and also provided with downwardly extending lufgs or the like 22 located on opposite sides 0 said tapering projection 18. The inner face-122* of each lu'g 22 is shown to be formed jwitlt a slight downward and outward inclination so that a slight recess 22' is provided betweensaidinner "face and= *theopposing o'r 'blow is transni'itfed*lateral outer face of the upstanding"pr6jection'19fi' The downwardly facing lugs 22 are received. by recesses 21* formed in the head 21 and" said lugs 22-and recesses2l are shown to be rectangular-in cioss-section -inFigure 1 so that when the two Inembersare coupled togetheras shown" in Figures -1 and-3they will rotate in unison either to the right; or
to the left withou-t being displaced or sub-"3 jecting either section or mernber of the Valve stem or rod to end thrusts.
The separable joint formed between the uppen yalve rod section 16', and thei lower" valve rod section 15 ldcatedlightly above-3 the joint formedjbetween the: u'ppen rpipe section 7 and-the adj acent lower pipe slc f, hi 9 e ?a .thera s a gr u d line or plane above which the upper portion" Of es andpi p eiects-o'; o
The upper-valvero'd section' or n ember 16 is provided with anintegral collar 'or the 7 like 2 fi h h .is n ag d by a Sleeve! g nd nut 2i and which servesfto hold said upperend e a ns u wa dy v men bn cap"- P v25 h i' sm unt d byrhe b lt 6a. on the upper end ofthe section -7.' The upper portion of thejsection 1 6 also carries a bearing" or the like 27 and is; formed- .with
a qu d pp r. e d ribe likre'las, whe reby inlet,""a
a yio r m a l maybe apii and the: valve-f rod' -operajted to opengor cl ose prising a plurality of sections, means fffo'r' readily separate from the head 21 if the thrust exerted b the blow is in an upward direction and i in a downward direction said head 2Q will have a hinging orrocking 'lnoveffieflt upofi=tlie head fInf-pratijclglly 7 all suchl cases the direction of the blow is horizontal and when pressure from such a w i f' p valv*'rod 'sectiofi llfiitwilvsepiitrate by a rockin movement from the valve rod sec- 'tion'"1' without subjecting the lower valve rod to ,V musual; strain lor op 'e ngthe, velve This rrocki'rig a qtionlis facilitated by' the inclined lug faces '22 and the recesses 22 formed between said;lugfaces 22flandthe. PpQ ne. faqe preieti l -*1 o When the j uppel valve rod section has been" displaced by-a collision; vas is herein describedor by a blow of any kind the o nt bet n e wti SF nd ie k d-1' lacent .PPQB c ommay "O ene d" new section 7 and the necessary equipment. vthereforl connected in rpla ce o ra suitable-f outletTprovided iand =thelvalve operated rneans'fof head2-lj", i
The ime'r iacki theaasizeo an; 21'': main connect d at alltiin ifiltili th'i -st' afld'. e. ;pipe has been injuredjdesribdjahd are" -nev 'er- 'separated by:thetilernmr dp r cionj of fthe val've;st'eni;f"ff Having 1. A h drant ensisting ofa.stafid pipe adaptedi'fto be'pa g, "buried th e'i ground and"providedfwitli' In t "forlii ifig 'ian inlet 1 .9 for water "thereinto; a: yfalvegifor" closing fsaid va'lve 'rqdfffin' fsaid e for t operating "sa'i'd' va1ve;-' said" val've io ""co'ln""."
upon the sleeve nut 2 4 as in the usuakpractice and a cap 3Q i s locatedupon theshoul g n The. P p BQ Q i s m w t an outlet-openin-g'Zj whichcis closetl by a; cap or the likev 7, and-when thejvalve is p s v and! the Pl ap 7 L temav Water; "i fl ii eh b h h epen fi 3 w. he Ic n et 0f e. ri g. 'l n 1:. e' collars of therrod section lh secure the rod Sect-111 a a n upw rd-fi e iial Qt Qn e; P m tt n ei lz section rite ro a i f either -g direction. The connection between, 1
. gp r p i e b he va e f di s o 16 an t c p'P e 2 -Pre i th 7 d we tiOIiZ f m orki pw i lvto fi QKmi; nect the headsi 2 1 and 20 and permi-ts ofthef rotation 0f the upper; *valve'rod section 16 in either' directione 1,
Whenthe hydrant has tioned and coupled with-a water" mai-nw or the-like and the upper portion-of the stand pipe,-w hich projects, above; the"'ground is struck -va heavy *blowso" as to completely disrupt or break it asunder the head 20 will -ing the two sctions aga i nst kelativ'e rotation i other ?sectio1i -:wit-hout?operating the Twelve. P beenproperly-:posi
"described jiiy ifnvention'if claini zi agaurse rela 0 7 said collar downwardly, and
lug or lugs to fit said standarable sections, one of said rod sections aving acollar, a cross member engaging said collar and secured between the meeting end of said standpipe sections for holding the member having means connecting the rod sections to interlock them against relative rotation and adaptedto permit of one of said sections to be displaced on the other section. v v a 6. A valve operating rod for standpipes consisting of a plurality of sections, one of said sections having a head provided with a lug and the other section having a recess to receive said lug, the lug serving when fitted in said recess to interlock the members and including separable sections, pipe including se against relative rotation and the head beof a standpipe, a
eads having recesses there-" valve therein, a rod for operating the valve the other section being prohaving an unbinding rocking action upon I the first named head when lateral pressure is applied upon the section thereof.
8. A fire hydrant consisting of a standpipe a valve seat in the lower end of said standpipe, a valve for the seat, a rod having threaded operative engagement with the valve, said stand pipe having joint at the normal ground line, said valve rod having separable sections, one of said sections havinga couplingelement and the other of said sections having a coupling element, the two coupling elements being locked against relative rotativ movement but permitting a separation of the rod sections under a lateral thrust, without breaking the rods or the coupling elements. I
Signed by me at Indian Orchard, Mass.
ERJNEST CHARLANID.
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US4083377A (en) | 1976-10-19 | 1978-04-11 | Mueller Co. | Fire hydrant with improved weather cap and bonnet arrangement |
BE1001457A5 (en) * | 1986-08-25 | 1989-11-07 | Amsted Ind Inc | Together shaped terminal improved valve for buried with a device for operating place above the ground. |
US5121772A (en) * | 1990-10-02 | 1992-06-16 | Mueller Co. | Wet barrel fire hydrant with improved flow capability |
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US4083377A (en) | 1976-10-19 | 1978-04-11 | Mueller Co. | Fire hydrant with improved weather cap and bonnet arrangement |
BE1001457A5 (en) * | 1986-08-25 | 1989-11-07 | Amsted Ind Inc | Together shaped terminal improved valve for buried with a device for operating place above the ground. |
US5121772A (en) * | 1990-10-02 | 1992-06-16 | Mueller Co. | Wet barrel fire hydrant with improved flow capability |
US5287880A (en) * | 1990-10-02 | 1994-02-22 | Mueller Co. | Three-way fire hydrant |
US5373889A (en) * | 1990-10-02 | 1994-12-20 | Mueller Co. | Method of making a three-way fire hydrant |
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