US2201065A - Faucet adapter - Google Patents

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May 14, 1940.

J. J. TOOLAN 2,201,065

FAUGET ADAPTER Filed sept. 1, 195e J, J Enlaza Patented May 14, 1940 narran stares 2,201,065 -FAUCET ADAPTER `James J. Toolan,

Schenectady, N. Y.

Application September l, 1938, Serial No. 228,025

3 Claims.

rThis invention relates to an adapter for conventional faucets of various sizes. l f

At the present, conventional water faucets are made in various sizes so that the space between the valve seat of the faucet and the threaded bore, in which is mounted the valve stem, varies considerably. As a result thereof, in very large faucets where this space is great it is necessary to screw the valve stem down through the. threaded bore until only two or three of its threads are in engagement before the` valve will seat. This causes an unsteady connection for the valve stem resulting in play so that the valve will not seat squarely, and continued use causes excessive wear on the engaging threads increasing the play until the valve head wobbles and sways as it moves downwardly thus preventing it from seating squarely, which not only causes a leaky faucet but results in a knocking sound as the valve is opened and closed, and in addition, substantially decreases the life of the faucet. v

It is an object of this invention to provide an adapter to be used to connect the faucet valve and valve stem, to firmly connect the parts, and to adapt the valve and valve stem to faucet casings of any sizeso that the valve may seat while all of the threads of the valve stem are engaging the threaded bore of the valve casing to prevent wear and to insure a proper seating of the valve to thereby eliminate leakage and noise.

Practically all conventional valve stems are provided with bores, opening downwardly, of substantially the same length. It is a particular object of this invention to provide connecting means between the valve and stem comprising a pin adapted to extend through the valve head and upwardly into the stem bore substantially its entire length to form a rm connection and constructed so that its length may be varied depending upon the number of spacing members mounted between the valve head and stem, and so that regardless of the number of such spacing members used the pin will extend substantially the same length into the stem bore without under any circumstances leaving a portion of the shank of said pin exposed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein: v

Figure l is a side elevational view partly in section of a faucet showing the adapter associated therewith,

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the valve, as seen in Figure l, in a retracted position,

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the valve in a closed position and provided with two spacing members, Y

Figure `Ll' is a view similar to Figure 3 showing a valve casingof a different interior construction having a `greater space between the valve seat and valve stem bore, and with a plurality of spacing members mounted between the valve and valve stem to space the valve to seat it while all of the threads of the stem are in engagement,

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the adapter P111,

Figure 6 is a similar view of the valve head,

Figure 1 is a similar view of the backing plate for the valve head, and

- Figure 8 is a similar view of one of the. spacing members.

A. Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the different views, Il) designates generally a conventional faucet casing provided with the passage Il, divided intermediate of its ends by the diaphragm l2 having the communicating opening i3 and the. upsetannular flange I4 surrounding said opening and forming a valve seat. The upper end of the valve casing lli is provided with an internally threaded bore I5 in which is mounted the externally threaded valve stem i6 having a reduced depending neck I1 and a longitudinal bore I8 ex tending'from the intermediate portion of said stem downwardly to open outwardly of the neck I1. The heretofore described parts as illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 are of conventional construction and shown merely to illustrate the application of the invention. The construction of the casing IU as illustrated in Figure 4 differs from the casing I0 as illustrated in Figures l to only in that it is larger and the space I9 between bore I5 and the valve seat I4 is substantially greater than the corresponding space 2U of casing l0, as seen in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

This invention, includes the pin 2l having the head 22, and the reduced portions 23 adjacent the free end of its shank and disposed in equally spaced relationship relatively to each other thereby forming the spaced portions 24k each of which is substantially of the same thickness as the spacing plate or washer `25, as seen in Figure 8.

The valve head or washer 26, which is preferably formed of vulcanized liber turned on the grain, is provided withV a convexed or rounded lower portion 21 and a flat upper, face on which is 'ures l ings 29 through which the pin 2| is adapted to be inserted so that the head 22 engages against the convex underside 21 thereof.

In Figures 1 and 2, the pin 2| is shown extending through the valve 26 and the member 28 and upwardly into the bore I 8, and in order to prevent member 28 from being spaced from the neck I'I the pin 2| is broken off at its inner reduced portion 23Y to eliminate the portions 24 so that the pin 2| will extend upwardly into the bore I8 substantially its entire length, preferably leaving la slight clearance at the upper end, as seen in Figand 2. It will thus be seen that all three of the portions 24 must be broken off when the space 2D is very small so that none of the spacing members25 need be used. In Figure 3, two of the spacing members 25, which are provided with the bores are mounted on the pin 2| between the neck I1 and the reinforcing member 28 to space the washer 25 from the stem I6, and since two yof the spacing members 25 are being used the pin 01T at the outer reduced portion 23 2| is broken leaving two of the spaced portions 24 so that the pin 2| still extends substantially the length of the bore I8 to provide a firm connection, The two spacing members 25 are inserted either because the space 2|] in Figure? is greater than in AFigure 2 or to raise Ythe stem I6 inthe bore I5.

In Figure 4, the casing I0 is provided with the space I9 which is substantially greater than the space 20, of Figures l, 2 and 3, and in order to have the valve 26 engage the seat I4 while all of the threads of the stem I 6 are engaging the threads of the bore I5, three of the spacing members 25 must be employed, in order to have thek pin 2| extend upwardly, substantially the entire length of the bore I8 none of the portions 24 are broken 0E, so that as a result thereof a rm connection is maintained between the pin 2| and the bore I8 while substantially spacing the valve 26 from the neck I Obviously, the size of the pin 2| and the number of the portions 23 and 24 may be varied, as well as the thickness of the portions 24 and of the spacing members 25, since the drawing is only intended to illustrate a preferred form of the invention, and since the bores I8 of diierent stems I6 will vary to some extent the pin 2| will not in every case extend to substantially the upper end of every bore I8. As a result, in some cases one of the portions 24 may be retained even though no spacing members 25 are being used and the number of portions 24 may not always vary exactly with the number of spacing members 25.

Various other modifications and changes may obviously be made and are contemplated, and the right is reserved to make such variations and changes as do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. A device of the class described comprising a pin having a head at one end thereof, said pin being provided adjacent its opposite end with a plurality of spaced annular grooves forming a plurality of spaced frangible collars, said pin being adapted to connect a faucet valve head and stern, and a 'plurality of washers carried by the pin for spacing the valve. head and stem, the thickness of said washers being substantially equal to the thickness of the collars, and the number of washers and collars used varying proportionately.

2.` In an attachment for faucet valves, a pin adapted to connect a faucet valve stem and valve head and to extend inwardly of said stem substantially the length of its bore, a head on the exposed end of the pin, the shank of said pin being formed of a plurality of spaced frangible portions, and a plurality of spacing members removably mounted on said pin, each being equal in thickness to one of said frangible portions.

3. A connector of the class described comprising a headed pin having a shank end formed of a plurality of equally spaced frangible portions,

and a plurality of spacing members removably mounted on said pin, each of said members being of substantially they same thickness as each of the spaces between said frangible portions, the number of said spacing members and portions varying proportionately so that the length of the exposed end of said pin will remain constant.

JAMES J. TOOLAN.

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