US2012834A - Faucet attachment - Google Patents

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Aug. 27, 1935. c. M. SNYDER ET AL FAUCET ATTACHMENT Original Filed March 24, 1933 Wk 9 iiwm a 5 w m 8t 5 m A w C T v by 73 Patented Aug. 27, 1935 meow ATTACHMENT I :Garl Snyder, Glen Ellyng'andJesse H. Clark, I

flhicago; 111a,; assignors tozWalker Dishwasher: :florporation, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Original application Mammal, 1933; Serial Not-- "662,450." niviaearana this application vmaimber 21,1933, Serial. No. 703,448" 1 ,Y

s'claim s. "(a Bin-.111)

This invention relates to faucet attachments,"

more particularly tofaucet attachments for supplying cleansing fluid to dishwashing machine vats and the like and for draining soiled fluid from the 5 vat, and it has for its'objectthe provisionof an as n. tachmentfor controlling the'communication be improved device of this character which can be conveniently attached to the ordinary kitchen sink faucet-so that fresh water can be supplied from the faucet to the vat and soiled water can be drained from the vat into the kitchensink,- while at the same time providing means whereby a supply of water can be had at the sink, as desired, without removing the attachment from the faucet.

This application is a division of our copending application Serial No. 662,450, filed March 24, 1933 and assigned to the same assignee as this'invention. v

In carrying out this invention in one form thereof, the attachment is provided with a pair of separate fluid supply and drain conduits arranged to be connected to the supply and drain conduits respectively of the washingmachine. Means are provided for applying the attachment to a faucet I sothat when it is applied the faucetcommunicates directly with the supply conduit, whereby when the faucet is turned on, water' is supplied to the washing machine. The drain conduit which is connected to the drain of the machine is provided with a discharge nozzle arranged to discharge into the sink associated with the faucet when the attachment is applied to the faucet.

The attachment is provided with a second nozzle which communicates with the fluidisupply conduitl A suitable valve is provided in the attween the supply conduit and the second nozzle, In one position of this valve, the faucet communicates with the dishwashing machine through the supply conduit, whereas in another position of the valve; the faucet communicates with the' nozzle, so that. fresh water can be supplied from the faucet to the dishwashing machine or to the sink, asdesired by the attendant, merely by mov ing the. valve to the appropriatecontrolling position.

, For a more complete understanding of this invention, reference shouldbe had to the accom panying drawing in which Fig. l is afragmentary perspective View of a dishwashing machine provided with a faucet attachment arranged in accordance with p this invention, portions being broken away and portions being shown in section so as to illustrate certain details of construction; Fig. 2 is an elevation in section of a faucet attachsection so that when Water is turned'on, the water bushings i9;

ment arranged in accordance with this invention; Fig. Sis a view similar toEigJZgbutillus tratingthe control valve of' the-attachmentin an 7 different operativejpositionj and Fig. 4 is aiplan view of theattachment shown in Figs"; 2. and 3, 51

portionsbeing shomr in section so as to illustrate certain structural details. I r. i

Referring to the drawing, this invention isr shown in one form as -applied to dishwashing apparatus; although it'- is": to be. understood. that it is applicable to any: apparatus where it; is desired to supply waterto the apparatus and to drain water from the apparatus} more particularl'y, where I it i'sl intended" to supply the water to'the apparatus from iaucets',:such'as areusually found in the ordinaryfliousehold kitchen The faucet attachment arranged; in accordance:

with this invention'isshowii more particularly inv Figs. 2, -33 and 4; Referringto these 'figures-,:the

attachment comprises a body-member Ill-in which 20 are provided separate fluid supply and drain conduits' W and I2 Theconduitf l bterminates in i a chamber l3 whic'h is arr'anged to be attachedto a'faucet M; or soinleother similar source ofwater; F v

For" this purpose, a flexible nipple-{5 is's'ecured toI 5 the-'faucetattachment. Thismember, as shown; is arranged to receivegadischarge nozzle idfof the. faucet. Itwill be observed that-the Walls of the. nipple l5 have asubstantially Ll-shaped cross-II pressure building'up between the legs'iof the .U' will serve to force the nipple tighter against tha faucet. Thejconduit ll' 'at'its endremote from the attachment member l5 communicates with a conduit lfiwhich in turnbommunicats with the washing vat or other device to which water isto be supplied, as will'be pointed. out in greater detail hereinafter. The drain I conduit communicates with aconduit H which will be connected with v, M

the drain of the washing machine orother device from; which? fluid is to'ibe'withdraml The drain conduit 12 also communicates witha discharge nozzle I8 which is arranged to. discharge" directly in'to'the sink which is associated with the faucet" l4 when the attachment is applied: to'the faucet asshown'in Figsjzandatii 'f-I'he'condu'its H and lE-may be com -came: the conduitsf'lfi' communicate with a suitable dischargenozzle' 20,,

attached to the faucet member'bymeans of a} I conduit it) Communication betweenftheacdn-f and l-l' many suitablamanner; as bymeansi'ofi The flui'd'supply conduit H is also-arrangedto which normallyisclosed by a cover member 33.

.its construction. In

the end of the faucet;

The attachment-is leak-proof atthe nipplebevided in the vat above the impeller 34 water which is circulated upwardly by the impeller is caused to engage and wash the dishes The cleansing water 1s of a valve 22. This valve, as shown, 'is pro. videdwith a transverse passageway 23 and a passageway 24 arranged at right angles to itand communicating with it. These passageways" are: so arranged that when the valve 22 is in the position shoWn'in FigJZ, they will establish cont-- munication'between the faucet chamber I3 andl the fluid supply passageway ll, and'hence with:

the conduit 16 connected with the vat, whereasit maybe conveniently moved-to any one'of arelatively large number of discharging positions.

The conduitll, as shown, is provided with a plurality of ports 2|a through which the water is discharged into'the nozzle member 20. I

- As has been pointed out previously, the

attachment arrangement in accordance with this.

invention may be conveniently used in conjuncztion with any apparatus wherein it desirable to supply water from a suitable water supply source,

such as-afaucet, to the apparatus'and todrain The utility 'of soiled fluid from the apparatus. the attachment is increasedmaterially by reason of the provision of the nozzle member 20 and the control valve 22, because it is possible for the; attendant to draw water from the faucet even though the faucet attachment is applied to it, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 3. I

The attachment member arranged in accord-- ance with this invention is extremely simple in.

to slip the nipple l5 over as shown in Figs. 2-.and 3..

it is merely necessary cause of the construction of the nipple which, as has been'pointe'd outheretofore, is so arranged tha thewater pressure building up in the attachment forces the nipple closer and tighter on to the faucet. i i I The specific form of this invention disclosed. has been illustrated in connection with the dishwashing-apparatus described and claimed in our above-mentioned copending application, Serial, No. 662,450. Briefly, this washing apparatus comprises a washing vat 30 supported in anupright position within a suitable casing 3|. This vat is provided with an "opening 32 at its upper end In the lower portion of the vat isarranged. a suitable impeller 34 which operates when rotated to hurl a cleansing fluid, such as hot water upwardly and outwardly in the vat. Suitable openworkbasliets (not shown) for supporting the dishes and otherutensils to be cleansed are proand utensils in" the racks. I The impeller is operated by anelectricmotor35. I supplied to the vat thrqugh'a suitable distribution or spray device 36 carried by the vat cover 33.. ,Arranged di ect? directly from the faucet its controlling posishown, the nozzle 20 will be I'M.

faucet order to apply it toa faucet are eifected by so that the 2,012,834 I I I 1y beneath the spray device 36 is a water distributing member 31 which is arranged to be rotated by the motor 35, and which is so arranged that when it is rotated it will engage the water falling directly on it from the spray device 36 to engageit and hurl it overand about the dishes and utensils supported in the, rack so as to effect a rinsing action on the dishes.

' As pointed out in detail in the above-men- .tioned copending application, water is supplied to the spray device 36 through a conduit 38 which communicates with a supply pump 39. The intake of this supplypump communicates with a reservoir 40 bymeans ,of a conduit 4|.

The reservoir 40 is supplied with fluid by .rneans of conduit 4 2,which the conduit I6 which in turn, as has been pointed communicates with cult above, communicates directly with the fluid supply.- conduit H of the faucet attachment.

7 The vat is provided with a suitable drain port 13 which is controlled by means of fa drain valve pump is connected witha conduit 46. This conduit 46 in*turn communicates with the drain conduit i'lwhich in turn, as has been pointedout heretofore, communicates with the drain passageway I 2 I ofqthe faucet attachment.

1 Preferably, the conduits l6 and H between the faucet attachment and the conduits ti. and 45 re spectively will be 0f the type described andapplication of Jesse IL claimed in the copending Clark, Serial No. 653,243, filed January 24,1933

andassigned to the same ass1gnee as this inven-- tion. As there described, the two conduits are formed ,in a single flexible conduit member 4'! which ismade of a suitable flexible material, such as rubber. I

The-flexible conduit member 41 is brought to the exterior of the casing through an aperture AS arranged 'in a recess 49 provided in the front wall of the casing. By reason of the fact that the conduit member is formed of rubber, it is possible to withdrawthe faucetattachment from the ma-- chine, that is, from its position shown in Fig. 1, and'apply to the faucet L 1 The control of the flow of'fiuid from the reservoir 40 to the supply pump 39 and thence to the washing vat, the control of the operationof the drain valve 43 and the control of the motor 35 to operate the impeller 34 andthe spray device 36 These cams in turn are operated by means of a manually operable I control member 53. This control is-.. described in detail, and claimed in the The drain port -43 communicates with the "intake of a drain pump 35. The discharge of this cams 50, 5| and 52 respectively.

abovementioned copending application and it is believed to be unnecessary, therefore, to describe them in further detail in'this application. I

In, the operation of this invention, it will be understood-thatwhen it is desired to operate the washingmachine, the faucet attachment will be removed from its recess ,49 and will be applied .to

the faucet M by slipping the nipple l5 on to the faucet, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Tile valve member 22 will then be operated so as toestablish communication between the faucet chamber l3 and the conduit 5 l, and then the faucet will be turned on so as to supply water from the faucet tothe reservoir' lfl. -When the dishwashing apparatus is draining, soiled water will be forced from the vat by the discharge pump to the conduit 46, and thence into the drain conduit l2 of the faucet attachment from which it will be dischargedthrough the nozzle l8 into the sink.

,It is contemplated that the faucet'attachment crating and until the washing operation has been completed and the soiled water drained from the vat. However, the attendant may draw fresh water from the faucet l4 any time during the operation of the washing apparatus after the water has been supplied to the reservoir merely by turning the control valve 22 to establish communication between the, faucet chamber [3 and the nozzle member 20, and then turning on the faucet. 1 a I While we have shown a particular embodiment of our invention, it will be understood, of course, that we do not wish to be limited thereto since many modifications may be made, andwe, therefore, contemplate by the appended claims to cover any such modifications as fallwitlnn the true spirit and scope of our invention. What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A combination fluid supply and drain attachment for supplying water to dishwashing machines and the like from a kitchen-faucet and for draining water from said machine to the sink associated with said faucet comprisinga composite water supply and drain conduit member having separated supply and drain passageways, a nipple secured to said conduit member arranged to quickly attach said conduitrnember to said faucet with said faucet in communication with said supply passageway, a discharge nozzle 7 communicating with said drain passageway and arranged when said conduit member is attached to said faucet to discharge at a point adjacent said faucet, a second discharge nozzle and a single valve arranged to selectively connectsaid faucet with said supply passageway and with said second discharge nozzle. a

2. Means for supplying fluid to and draining fluid from: dishwashing vats and the like comprising an attachment member having separated fluid'supply and drain conduits, means for attaching said member to a faucet or like member so as to provide fluid communication between the faucet and said fluid supply conduit, a nozzle attached to said member and in fluid communication with said supply conduit, a valve arranged to selectively connect said faucet with saidfluid supply conduit and said nozzle, a single composite fluid conduit member having separated fluid sup- ,ply and drain conduits, means coupling said conduit member to said attachment member so that the fluid supply and drain conduits in said conduit member communicate respectively with the fluid supply and drain conduits in said attachment member and a second discharge nozzle in fluid communication with said drain conduit in' said attachment member arranged when said attachment member is applied to said faucet to discharge at a point adjacent said faucet.

3. A faucet attachment for supplying fluid to and draining fluid from dishwashing machines and the like comprising a composite fluid supply and drain conduit member having separated fluid supply and drain passageways, a faucet attach ment for said conduit member having a flexible nipple attached to said member and arranged to be fitted to a faucet or like member so asto provide fluid communication between the faucet and the fluid supply passageway, a drain discharge nozzle in fluid communication with said drain passageway, a second nozzle, and avalve in said fluid supply conduit arranged to selectively oon nect said faucet with said fluid supply conduit and said second nozzle.

CARL M; SNYDER. JESSE H. CLARK.

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