USRE6394E - Improvement in faucets - Google Patents

Description

'1. BICKEL.

Faucet.

ReismuedApr`il20.1875.`

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

JOHN G. BIC-KIEL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO JOHN IBLBAOKER AND JACOB DAVIS, OF SAME PLACE.

yIMPROVEMENT IN FA'U'C'ETS.

Speclficaiion forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,828, dated May 24, 1864 reissue No. 6,394, dated April 20, 1875; application led January 1l, 1875.

To all lwhom yit may concer/n Be it known that I, JOHN G. BICKEL, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie andState of New York, have invented a Beer-Faucet, of which the following is a specification:

rlhe nature of my invention will be pointed outin the claims, and described and illustrated in this specification and the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a longitudinal section of my improved faucet; Fig 2, a longitudinal section of the stop-cock, placed in the head of the cask and connected to the faucet by a ileXible tube. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of line X X of Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

A is the body proper of my improved been faucet. It consists of the conical shank A1, fitting the draft-opening of a cask, the barrel or chamber B, and the head A3. A] is the shank of the faucet, and contains the main passage A2. B is the barrel or chamber ofthe faucet. It is provided ou its lower end,and within the said chamber B, with a squirtingcylinder, D, attached to or forming one part with B, and on its upper end with a vent-opening, L, terminating in a nozzle, L, attached to the side ofthe chamber B. Ois a plug for the chamber B. It consists ofthe central part C, the upper stem O', and the lower stem E, said lower stem E being the piston for the squirtingcylinder D. O is provided near its upper edge with a groove, b', filled with an elastic packing, and on its lower side with abearing or valve, resting upon a washer, N; the purpose of the packing b' and washerN bein gto close the main opening or passage A2, when the plug O is depressed and in theposition shown in Fig. 1. C is the upper stem. It forms one part with the central plug O, and is provided with a shoulder, K', and terminates within the handle Gr. D is the squirting-cylinder located within the chamber B and below the main passage A2. It is attached to or forming one part with the extension F of the chamber B, and provided 0u its lower side or bottom with a minute opening, g. D is also provided with a passage or number of passages, e, arranged around the squirtingcylinder D, serving as a discharge for the liquid from the chamber B into the dischargenozzle H of the chamber B. F is an extension of the chamber B. It contains the squirting-cylinder D, and also the discharge-nozzle H. K is a Hat-faced valve sliding upon the upper stem O' and resting upon. the face of the chamber B, where it covers the vent-opening L. L is a nozzle attached to the upper end of chamber B. M is a lexible tube attached with one end to the nozzle L', and on the other end to a stop-cock, I, placed into the head of the cask from which liquid is to be drawn.

To operate my faucet, lift the handle, G, attached to the upper stem O', sufficiently high to allow the central part G to uncover the main passage A2, when the liquid will dow from the cask, through the main passage A2 and chamber B,into the squirting-cylinder D, and, after havin g filled the same through e and discharge-nozzle H into the vessel to be lled, to stop the flow of liquid the handle G is depressed, when the plug C will close the main passage A2, and at the same time force out the contents of the squirting-cylinder D through the minute opening g by means of the piston E, attached to and operated by the plug C, thus causing a lively and sparkling foaming of the liquid in the vesseljust filled.

It will be observed that the closing of the main passage A2 is accomplished by the cylindrical plug O passing the said passage.

The venting device for the cask operates automatically in the following manner. WVhen the handle G is raised, the shoulder K will lift the valve K from the face of the chamber B, and thus uncover the vent-opening L, being in communication with the stop-cock I, placed in the head of the cask by means of the ileXible tube M. rlhe air will Ilow through the vent-openin g L, flexible tube M, and stop-cock I into the cask, thus allowing the liquid to flow oft'. As soon as the handleGis depressed, and the central part O upon its seat, the valve K will be upon its seat also, and thus, covering the vent-opening L, will break the communication of the atmosphere with the space of the cask above theliquid contained therein, and thus prevent the exit of the gases through the vent-opening L.

By constructing beer-faucets as described I derive advantages that cannot be obtained by anyother mode of construction with which I am acquainted, and which mayr be stated t0 be as follows First, the chamber of my faucet, being made in one piece With the central body, is more substantial than those/in which the same is formed in a separate piece screwed into the body, and lessliable to derangement;

second, the plug and piston being also formed of one solid piece of metal, are for the same reason superior to those otherwise constructed third, the plug and piston are capable of a combined rotary and reciprocating movement by means of the cross-handle attached to the upper stem thereof, which is a decided feature of my invention, and has not been done heretofore 5 fourth, the general construction and arrangement is simpler and more effective.

Having thus fully described my invention, I desire to secure by Letters Patent the claims- 1. In a beer-faucet, the combination with a chamber, of a plug, serving to control the flow of liquor, and a piston serving as a plunger, when both are formed of one continuous piece of metal, and capable of a combined rotary and reciprocating movement, substantially as described, and for the use and purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the chamber B, constructed in one piece With the body A, of the plug G, upper stem C', cross-handle G, lower stem E, and a squirting-cylinder, D, when the said plug G,upper stem C', and lower stem E are formed of one piece of metal, and capable of a combined rotary and reciprocating movement, substantially and described, and for the use and purpose set forth.

3. Thecombination, With the body A, of the chamber B, when the said chamber is formed in one piece with the body A, substantially as described.

JOHN G. BICKEL.

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