USRE6701E - Improvement in faucets - Google Patents

Description

A.b, as shownin Fig. 1.

BEST AVAILABLE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEC IMPROVEMENT lIN FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 109,191, dated November 15, 1870; reissue No. 6,701, dated October 19, 1875; application iled October 1, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES A. DOUGLAS, of Franklin, in the county of Delawareland State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets; 'and I do hereby declare that the following is a description thereof, referenceV being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents'a sectional elevation of the faucet and the vessels (shown by sections) to which'the same isi 'intended to be applied, lillustrating the same closed against drawing from the lower1vessel, and in condition for drawing from the upper one. Fig. 2 is ascotional elevation-of the same, illustrating the saine opened for drawing from the lower vessel. t

My invention relates to that class of faucets employed for drawing liquids from either one of two vessels placed one within the other, each having a dii'erent liquid to be drawn oi', or the same kind of liquids to be drawn` oii' at different times and discharged yat the -same point; and consists in the several devices constructed and combined inthe manner hereinafter described, the object being to permit at any time the drawing of liquids from either' of two vessels without the interfering or mix- Aing of one with the other.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I Vwill proceed to describe it in reference to the drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, the same letters indicating like parts. 4

In the drawings, A is a short tube or conduct, provided with a screw-thread, a, on its outer periphery. The said tubelisattached to the lower side of the bottom'of the upper or inner vessel l by solder or otherwise, and is intended to'conductfliquids from the said vessel. B is a second tube, connecting with the tube A. by a screw-thread, and intended to be a continuationof said tube from the-upper or inner'vessel 1, through the space between said vessel andrvessel 2, to thev discharge end The lower end of tube B is provided with radial'handle's, for convenience of operation.A O is a short tube, secured to the bottom of the lower vessel 2 by bolts or other equivalent well-known means, and is intended toconduct the' liquid from the said vessel for discharge into any vessel, pipes, or other suitable devices that maybe employed to receive said liquid. The outer surface ot the tube B is provided with a screw-thread, c, working with a screw-thread, also cut with the inner surface of tube O. The tube B is passed up through the tube C, and is screwed with the tube A, as shown in Fig. 1. With the packings e e a tight jointure will be formed, which will prevent all escape of liquid from either vessel, when the upper end of the tube A is closed by any suitable stopper or plug, d, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l.

By the screw-thread c on the tube B, and the screw-thread cut in the tube C, the tube may be retained with the lower vessel 2, and

form a diseharge-nozzle-for the .tube C, through which the liquid in said vessel 2 may be disfcharged when the parts are as shown in Fig. 2.

By this improved faucet it is obvious that liquids may be drawn from either vessel without being mixed, as when the parts are in place, as in Fig. l, with the plug d removed, the liquid in the upper vessel l may be drawn otf, While when the tube B is disconnected from the tube A, as shown in Fig. 2, the liquid in the vessel 2 may be drawn oli', even when the vessel lis iilled, provided the plug d is made to close the tube A, as shown by dotted lines in said figure.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire-t0 secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The tube A, connecting with the bottom ofthe inner vessel 1, and the tube B, connecting by a screw-thread with said tube A, and terminating below the lower vessel 2, when combined to operate substantially in themanner set forth.

2. The tubes A and B, connecting with each other by screw-threads, with tube A fixed to the bottomof the inner vessel l, and the tube C attached to the bottom of the lowervessel 2, with the tube B bearing against the lower end of said tube C, when eombinedto operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

CHARLES A. DOUGLAS. Witnesses:

Guns. NOBLE, Amos DOUGLAS.

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