US105360A - Improvement in faucets - Google Patents

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, UNITED STATES- P-ATENT '.Olrluclzle;1 i

WILLIAM *MORGrENSTERN,` OFNEW YORK, N. Y,

Specification forming 'part of Letters Patent No. l05,360, da;ted duly 12,1870.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Beitknown that I,WI LL1AM M oRGENs'rERN, of the'city, county,'and State ot' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Faucets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,l clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference This invention consists in the arrangementof a valvewhich connects by means of a rod with an `eccentric wrist-pin in the plug, and which is seated in the inner end of the tubular shank of a faucet in such a manner that by turning thelplug in the proper direction the valve is drawn up againstfits seat andthe faucetis closed at the nne'r end ofits shank, thereby-preventing any liquid from lemainingin the faucet, where it is liabletc becomewarm and stale. The valve-rod is steadied by a perforated cross-bar secured in the' tubular shank, 4so as to bring the valve square up against its seat whenever the plugis turned in the proper direction. Y A In the drawings, the letter A'designates my faucet, which is cast or otherwise made with a spout, a., and with a tubular shank, b. Into the body of the faucet is fitted a plug, B, which is provided at its inner end with an eccentric wristpin, c, that connects by `a rod, d, with the valve e. .This valve is by preference made of india.rubber,-but it may be made of any suitable material; and the rod d is made of such a length lthat when the plug B is turned tothe position shown in Fig. 1 the valve is drawn up against its seat j', which is formed in the'inner 4end ofl tubular shank b.

The chamber in which the wrist-pin has its 4play'is larger than the spout a, so as to leave a shoulder, h, which prevents the unintentional vdisconnection of the wrist-pin and the rod d,

thus dispensing with the necessity of fastening devices.V The attachment and' detachment of the rod and pin are, however, easily made.

In order to compel the valve to come square up against its seat, the rod d is supported by a` cross-bar, g, which is situated --i n the ulterior of the tubular shank, near its inn'er end. By these means a faucet is obtained w'hichis closed at the inner end of -its tubular shank, and when one of my faucets is inserted into a barrel and closed no portion of the contents of the barrel ispermittedto lodge in the shank of theitaucet.. where it would be liable to become warm and stale. e

In faucets of the ordinary construction the tubular shank fills up with liquid whenever the plug is closed, and such liquid becomes warm und stale, and when'theiaucet is opened this] stale liquid mixes with the liquid discharging from the barrel, and-the qualit-y of theliquid "drawn from a barre-l is deteriorated. My t'aucet is therefore of particular value4 in suchplaces where liquids are drawn from barrelsl for" sale; but it can be used in all cases with advantageas a substitute forthe ordinary faucet, since it is very cheap and simple in its construction, and not lia-ble to leak.

What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters' Patent, is

The eccentrc"`wristpin c on `the rotating j plug B, and shoulder h above the spout a of af faucet, in combination with a rod, d, extendn 'ing throughout the entire length of the tubularl shank b, the valve e, and valveseat f, when I" arranged and operating substantially as described.,V

This specification signed by me this22d day of June, 1 870.

WILLIAM MORGENSTERN. Witnesses:

' .W. HAUFF,

Q. WAHLERS.

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