US100697A - Improvement in self-closing auger stop-cocks - Google Patents

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ALFRED wenn, or BosToN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patentlio'. 100,697, dated March 8, 1870; a'utedatcd February 25, 1870.

i IMPROVEMENT IN SELF-'CLOSING AUGER Stroe-coasts.

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Y h l The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED VVEEI), of Boston, inv

the county ot' Suffolk, and State of `bLassachusetts, have invented an Improved Self-@losing Faucet; and

"I dohereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany 'and form part of this specification, is a description of my invention sufficient to enable those skilledin theart to practise it. v l i l My improvement has particular reference to such construction of' a self-closing faucet as shall enable the l `faucet to be readilyopened by upward pressure ofthe rilnor neck of the vessel into` which ,the liquid is to "be drawn, or by upward movement of the delivery- `tube of the faucet; and I `The invention consists, primarily, in forming the de1ivery-tube with a valve, which is opened to allow fluid to flow through and from the faucet by raising `The drawings represent afaucet embodying my im' '1), the eduction tube.

o, thevalve-chamber.

1l, the valve.

e, the valve-seat.

j; orifices in the tube b, through which orifices the liquid flows when the valve is raised from its seat.

Below the valve-seat the piece g is made as a tube,

l in which tube the cduction tube b fits and slides vertically. l. A v

' 'lhe valve, as seen at A, is placed at thetop ofand forms the head to the eduction tube, theva-lve being raised from its seat to allow escape of the fluid by When the valve isclosed the pressure of liquid upon the head of' the valveforces it down to its seat, and l when the valve, after heilig raised, is released, it is i, by which to raise it, and the end of the tube may' be made small enough to allow it to enter the month ofan ordinary jug or'bottle, which, being pressed upward against the flange, raises t-he valve, the entrance of the fluid into the bottle heilig insured by the position of the tube within the neck of the bottle, thel flange being provided with holes k, it' desirable, to allow free escape of air from the bottle as thc fluid enters it.

Many losses of liquids occur in stores and dwellinghouses from accidentally leaving faucets running, thc intention being to leave the faucet running only until the vessel placed beneath is filled, but the ruiming faucet being often forgotten for other matters until more or less of the liquid has escaped. lVhole casks of valuable liquids have thus been sometimeswasted or lost.

Wit-h this invention it will be obvious that as the faucet closes when not'held up by the person drawing the liquid, no such loss can occur'. The construction ,is not only effective, but is inexpensive, the improvement adding nothingto the cost of the faucet (made to embody it) over the cost of a connnou faucet of the same class. y

I claim, as a uewarticle of manufacture, a faucet having an entering bit at its induction end, handles at its eduction end for turning in the faucet, and a selfclosing frusto-conical valve at the top tof, and forming the cap of theeduction tube, the construction and arrangement ofthe parts being substantially as shown and described. l ALFRED \VEED. Witnesses:

J. B. CROSBY, FRANCIS GoULD.

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