US1024175A - Faucet. - Google Patents

Description

J. H. BOYE.

PAUCET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. '7, 1911. L024, 1 75., Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

' To all whom it may cone em:

' Be it knownthat I, J AMEs'I-LBoYE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicage, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Faucets, of which the following is a specification. t

My invention relates to faucets adapted to supply either hot or cold water, or any desired iiiixture thereof. a

My primary object is to provide afaucet of improved construction. and operation, whichwill enableeither hot or cold water to besecur'ed in adequate volume, and any desiredmixture of hot and cold water to be secured by the operation of a single actua ting device. a The invention is adapted-for use, among other purposes, in connection with bath-tubs, wash-bowls, sinks, etc. Y

My invention is illustrated in its pre ferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of a fancet constructed in accordance with my inventionaFig. 2, a broken vertical section taken as indicated at line 2 of F 1, this View showing the valves controlling th e'hot and cold water conduits closed; Fig. 3, a broken plan section taken approximately as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 2, with the valveunseating cams in the position shown in Figs. '1 and .2; Fig. 4, ,a section taken as 1ndicated at line 4 of Fig. 2, but showing the cams-in-such'position as to wholly unseat the valve controlling the cold water admission, while the valve for controlling the hot water. admission remains seated; Fig. 5,- a similar section showing the cold-'water-controlling valve seated'and the hot-water controlling valve unseat-ed; and Fig. v6, a broken section taken as indicated at line 6 of Fig. 2,;and showing a stopedevice for limiting the oscillating movements'of the rotary shaft which carries the valve-unseating cams.

In the construction illustrated, A represents a casing or mixing chamber; B, a hot water conduit connected with the cylindrical wall of the casing; B a cold water conduitconnected' with the cylindrical wall of the casing at a point diametrically opposite; C, a discharge-spout connected with the cylindrical Wall of the casing at a oint midway between the points of communication of the supply-conduits; and D, valve unseating 12.01 crtlcaeo, LL NoIs, assreuon T0 JOHN L. FLANNERY, or cnrcaeo,

" Specification of Letters Patent.-

JAMES BOY 'w eets."

prises a rear or lower wall, or disk, 1, hav- Patented'Apr. 23, 1912.

' Application filed September 7 1911. 7 Serial No. 648,232. i

mechan'ism. The casing preferably com-.

'tuting a cylindrical wall 2; and a removable front or top plate ,3," which mayhave threaded connection ,with the wall 2, as

shown in Fig. 2.

The inlet-conduits B and B 'are preferably located in different planes. At their points of communication with the mixingchamber, they are provided with valve-seats 1 contacted byinwardly-seating ball-valves 2flwhich project somewhat within the mixing-chamber. in the form of pipes equipped with'reinov-' able end-plugs 3. The branch pipe, or nipple, 4 communicates with the conduit B; ,and a branch-pipe, or nipple, 5 communicates with the conduit B Connection may be made with the watersupply pipes of a building through said nipples.

cams 9 and 10 fixedly mounted on the' 'shaft The conduits B and B are" The valve-unseating mechanism D- com-, "prises a shaft 6 which extends through'the within the chamber A. The cam. 9 is lo-' cated in the same plane as the valve controlling the conduit B; and the cam 10 is located in the same plane as the valve controlling the conduit B lar relation to each other. Thatis fto say,

1 the lowest point of the low portion 9 of the cam 9 is approximately 180 fromthe lowest'point of the low portion 10 of the cam 10 and consequently the recess 9 of the cam 9' is "approximately (although not quite) 180 from the recess 10 of the cam 10.

- The disk, or plate, 3 serves as an index or dial over which the pointer 8 plays. Thus, the upper or outer surface of the plate 3 is marked at its rear portion with the word Ofi' which indicates, when the pointer is turned to that point, that both the hot and cold water are shut off and the front portion of the outer surface of the plate 3 is marked with the words Hot and Cold, spaced a short distance apart,

u The cams are shown as eccentrically mounted disks having the low' and indicating, when the pointer is turned.

- to one. or the other, all hot or all cold water,

as the case may be.

In Fig. 6, the lower portion of the shaft 6 is shown equipped with a stud 11, which is adapted to engage a stud, or stop, 12, which projects upwardly from the lower wall 1 of the mixing chamber. The full-line position of the stud 11 corresponds with the position of the cams when the pointer 8 points to the word Cold in Fig. 1; and the dotted line position of the stud 11 corresponds with the position of the cams when the pointer points to the word Hot in Fig. 1. The stop for limiting the rotation of the shaft 6 may or may not be. employed, according to desire. When the pointer is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the low points 9 and 10 of the cans are adjacent the hot-water-controlling valve and the cold-water-controlling valve, respectively, but not in contact therewith; Rotation of the shaft in one direction will give a mix ture of hot and cold water, that is tepid water, .and will then give, when the pointer reaches the cold-index position, an entirely cold supply. When the shaft is rotated from the closed position in the opposite direction, a mixture will first be given, and then, when the pointer points to the hot-index point, an entirely hot supply will be obtained.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood that it is possible, with my improved construction, to secure an abundant supply of either hot water or cold water, or to secure any desired mixture, by actuating a, single valve actuating device.

While the use of similar cams and the described arrangement are preferred, the invention is not limited thereto; nor is it essential that the cams should be separatelyformed.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no undue limitation should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the prior art.

'said ball valves, and means for What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device oi the character set forth. comprising a mixing-chamber equippe with an outlet-passage and equipped with inlet-conduits, inwardly-seating valves in said conduits projecting into said mixingchamber, a shaft extending into said 'mixing-chamber and equipped with valve actuating means comprising a pair of similar cams mounted on said shaft and adapted to contact with the respective valves, said cams having low portions disposed in angular relation to each other and having high fPOIt tions provided with recesses, whereby either valve may be held in unseatedjposition while the other valve remains 'inthe .Seated position.

2. A device of the character set forth, comprising a .cylindrical casing equipped with an outlet-spout and equipped with inlet-conduits communicatlng through the cylindrical wall of the casing, ball-valves in said conduits projecting into the casing, a shaft extending into the casing and equipped with a pair of cams correspondmg w1th said valves and having peripheral portions adapted to contact directly with said shaft.

3. A device of the character set forth, comprising a mixing-chamber equipped with an outlet-spout and equipped with a actuating planes of the respective valves, said cams having 'low portions substantially 180 apart and high portions provided with recesses approximately 180 apart, for the purpose set forth.

JAMES H. BOYE.

In presence of- J. G. ANDERSON, R. A. SoHAmR,

Images