US374806A - Faucet - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

H. OGDEN.

FAUGET.

. Patented Dec. 13, 1887'.

UNIT STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY OGDEN, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

FAU C ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,806, dated'December 13, 1887.

Application filed June 23, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY OGDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fall River, in

the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a faucet for drawing liquors from casks and other vessels, which will combine the advantages of a metallic faucet, in that it is strong and durable, and when inserted in the cask or other vessel will have arigid connection therewith, while it will also have the advantages of a wooden faucet or spigot, in that the barrel of the faucet, or that part thereof with which the liquor is incontact when the faucet is closed,

will not be injured by contact with metal, my

invention being an improvement on the Deasey faucet shown by Patent No. 358,021, dated February 22, 1887.

My improved faucet consists of a metallic portion having a screw or compression valve and a metallic portion or ferrule which is to be screwed into the cask or other vessel to which the faucet is to be attached, these two metallic parts being connected by a wooden body having at its ends reduced portions or sleeves, one of which extends entirely through the said ferrule and the other of which extends far enough into the metallic valve part or portion, of the faucet to form a valve-seat, so that when the valve is closed by being forced against the said wooden valve-seat the liquor cannot be contaminated by contact with the metal of the faucet.

In the drawing, in which I have represented my faucet in longitudinal section, A denotes the wooden body portion of the faucet, having the reduced portions .or sleeves a and a.

B is a metallic ferrule threaded externally to screw into a Cash or other vessel containing liquor, and also threaded internally fora part is lined with wood, so that the standing liquor Serial No. 242,291. (No model.)

at least of its length, so as to be firinl y screwed onto the wooden sleeve a, the latter being of sufficient length to extend to the inner end, or through the said ferrule.

The ferrule B is preferably provided with a squared portion, 12, to receive a wrench to screw the faucet strongly into the cask or other liquor-containing vessel.

0 is the metallic valve portion of the faucet, provided with an outlet-nozzle., O, the inner end, 0, of the said portion being threaded interiorly to be screwed onto the reduced portion or sleeve a of the wooden body A, the said wooden sleeve extending far enough into the metallic body 0 to form a valve-seat. against which the compression valve D fits when forced inward by turning its screw stem d by the hand-wheel d, the face of the said valve having a packing, e, of leather or other suitable material. 7

The wooden body A has shoulders at a, against which the valve and ferrule portions of the faucet abut when screwed into place, as

shown in'the drawing, these shoulders contributing to prevent the parts from working loose, as will be readily understood.

I claim-.- 4

A faucet the body of which consists of, three portions, to wit: a metallic valve and discharge portion provided with a screw or compression valve and tapped at its outer end for the passage of the shank of the said valve, a metallic ferrule portion threaded externally to screw into the liquor-receptacle to be tapped, and a central wooden body having a reduced portion or sleeve extending within the said metallic valve and discharge portion far enough to afford a wooden valve-seat, and a second reduced portion or sleeve extending into the said metallic 85 ferrule portion and serving as a wooden lining thereto, substantially as set forth.

HENRY OGDEN.

Witnesses:

J. S. BARKER, G. O. HUNTING.

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