US654377A - Water-closet valve. - Google Patents

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No.654,377. Patented July 24, I900.

, s. J. ASBELL.

WATEB CLOSET VALVE.

(Application Med Kay 9 1900.)

(No Model.)

P T T FFICE.

SYLVESTER JJASBELL, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY. V

WATER-CLOSET VALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,377, dated July 24, 1900.

Application filed May 9, 1900. Serial No. 16,010- (llo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVESTER J. AsBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Pat erson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-OlosetValves; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to water-closet attachments, and has reference particularly to that portion of such a mechanism as is comprised in the water-distributing medium.

The object of the invention is to provide an antifreezing valve for water-closets of simple, strong, and durable construction, reliable in operation, not liable to get out of order, and which valve can be easily taken apart and put together. I

The invention consists in the improved antifreezing valve and in the combination and arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a watercloset provided with an improved valve. Fig. 2 is a view, in side elevation, of the valve detached, certain portions thereof being shown in section and others removed to better illustrate the nature of my said invention; Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view on the line as w of Fig. 2; and Figs. 4 and 5 detail views of certain cooperating parts, hereinafter more fully described.

' In said drawings,a represents a water-closet bowl having at or near its lower portion a flange b, by means of which latterit is secured to the floor 0 in the usual manner. Said bowl is adapted to discharge into the waste-pipe d, which is connected to the lower end of and extends downwardly from said bowl, said wastepipe including a crook e, disposed a suitable distance below said bowl, all of the usual and well-known construction.

The valve 7 consists of a substantially-circular shell or casing j,from which project tangentially and in the same direction two parallel externally-threaded nipples e and e and extending upwardly from said valve-casing projects a third externally-threaded nipple f. The latter one is connected by a pipe f with the top portion of the bowl a, While the former ones are connected by pipes f and g with the water-supply and the crook 6, respectively. The rear wall of the casing j is flat and is provided in its central portion with an outwardly-extending boss 70, into which is drilled from the inside a bore Z, adapted to form the bearing for the spindle t, which penetrates the casing and also the front cover m, the latter having an externally-threaded inwardly-extending annular flange madapted to be screwed into the internally-screw-thread- 7 ed central openingo in the front wall of the casingj. Said disk or cover an is also provided with an outwardly extending internally-threaded sleeve or collar p, in which is adjustably arranged the bushing q, having a polygon-shaped head 9 andfbeing likewise penetrated bya central bore or hole s,through which the spindle If extends.

Integral with the disk or cover m is an inwardly-projecting centrally-arranged sleeve 0 (likewise penetrated by the spindle t) and bearing with its inner face against an annular projection 2, forming a part of an arm or lever 3, securely mounted on the spindle t and carrying at or near each end a rearwardly-extending cylindrical pin or projection 4. Said pins or projections 4: 4 have their free ends rounded off and are adapted to come in close proximity to the inner face of the rear wall of the casing j. On each of said pins or projections 4 a is loosely mounted a sleeve 5, having integral therewith and at rightangles thereto a rod or valve-stem 6, ex-

tending into the port 11 of its respective nip ple c or e and carrying at its free enda valve 7. Each valve consists of a substantiallyconical plug 8, screwed on the reduced portion 9 of the valve-stem 6 by means of anut 10. Each valve-stem is provided with a tapering collar 11, whose thickness merges 0% from that of the stem to approximately that of the smaller end which adjoins it of the plug 8, thus serving to guide the same to its seat in the port and obviating undue wear on said valve.

The free end of the spindle t is squared, as at u, and secured thereon is a lever 12, on one arm of which is arranged a weight 10, while the other arm is pivotally secured, as at y, to the rod .2, suitably guided in alug or projection a and having its upper free end bearing against the hinged seatb, all as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In operation when the seat 1') is depressed the lever 11 will be operated through the medium of the rod .2, which action of the lever will produce an oscillation of the spindle t and of the arm or lever 3, carried thereby. Through said oscillation of the arm 3 the Valvestems 6 6 will be reciprocated in opposite directions, the valve controlling the water-supplyf will be opened, while the valve controlling the waste-pipe g will be closed. The water accordingly will enter the valve-casing through the pipe f and from there will enter the bowl or through the flushing-pipe f When the seat is released, the lever 'v by the action of the weight w will be returned to its normal position, thus closing-the water-supply pipe and opening the drain or waste pipe g, allowing the water remaining in the valvecasing and in the flushing-pipe f to drain off through the waste-pipe 9 into the crook e, as will be manifest.

From the foregoing it can be seen that the valve is, so constructed and arranged that not a particle of water will remain in the valve-casing or valve after the flushing. Furthermore, on account of the peculiar construction of the various parts within the valve-casing said valve is rendered very durable and the getting out of order of any part of said valve is reduced to a minimum. Special attention is called to the simple connection between the valve-stems and the oscillating arm or lever 33, the latter having integral therewith projecting pins coming in close proximity to the inner face of the rear wall of the casing. On said pins are loosely mounted the sleeves 5 of the valve-stems 6, which sleeves space the arm or lever 3 from said rear wall. This arrangement, besides rendering said valve very strong and solid, greatly facilitates the assembling of the various parts and, f urthermore,prevents the binding of the latter, as will be easily understood by those familiar with the art.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a valve structure, the combination of a valve-casing having a supply-port, a discharge-port and a drain-port, and having its rear wall flat and its front wall provided with an internally-threaded aperture or opening,

a disk or cover removably arranged in saidv aperture or opening, a shaft or spindle penetrating said disk and revolubly mounted therein and having its inner end journaled in the rear wall of thecasing, an arm or lever in the casing and securely mounted on said shaft or spindle, a pin at or near each end of said arm and projecting rearwardly at right angles therefrom, a valve-stem revolubly mounted on each pin and spacing said arm or lever from said rear wall, a valve at the free end of each valve-stem and adapted to control its respective port, and means for oscillating the spindle or shaft, all said parts substantially as and for the purposes described.

2.- In a valve structure, the combination of a valve-casing having a supply-port, a discharge-portand a drain-port, and having its rear wall flat and its front wall provided with an internally-threaded aperture or opening, a disk or cover removably arranged in said aperture or opening, a shaft or spindle journaled in said disk or cover and also in the rear wall of the casing; an arm or lever in the casing and securely mounted on the shaft or spindle, a pin at or near each end of said arm and projecting at right angles toward the rear wall of the casing, a sleeve revolubly mounted on each pin and. spacing said arm or lever from said rear wall of the casing, a valve-stem projecting from each sleeve, a valve at the free end of each valve-stem and adapted to control its respective port, and means for oscillating the spindle or shaft, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a valve structure, the combination of a valve-casing having a supply port, a dis= charge-port and a drain-port, and having its rear wall fiat and its front wall provided with an internally-threaded aperture or opening, a disk or cover removably arranged in said aperture or opening, a shaft or spindle penetrating said disk and revolubly mounted therein and having its inner end journaled in the rear wall of the casing, an arm or lever in the casing and securely mounted on said shaft or spindle, a pin at or near each end of said arm and projecting rearwardly at right angles therefrom, a valve-stem revolubly mounted on each pin and spacing said arm or lever from the rear wall of the casing,

a plug or valve carried by each valve-stem one side of the correspondingport and having its seating end of conical form, a tapering guiding-collar disposed on each Valvestem with its larger end adjacent the reduced or seating end of the Valve or plug, the thick ness of said collar merging off from that of the stem to approximately that of the adjacent end of the collar, and means for oscillating the shaft or spindle, all said parts substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. In a valve structure, the combination of a valve-casing having a supply-port, a dis charge-port and a drain-port, and having its rear wall flat and its front wall provided with an internally-threaded aperture or opening,

a disk or cover removably arranged in said aperture or opening and provided with an outwardly extending internally threaded sleeve, a bushing adj ustably arranged in said sleeve, a shaft or spindle journaled in said bushing and disk and also in the rear Wall of the casing, an arm or lever in the casing and securely mounted on said shaft or spindle, a pin at or near each end of said arm and projecting rearwardly at right angles there from, a valve-stem revolubly mounted on each pin and spacing said arm or lever from said rear Wall of the casing, a valve at the free end of each valve-stem and adapted to control its respective port, and means for oscillating the spindle or shaft, all said part-s substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. In a valve structure, the combination of a valve-casing having a supply-port, a discharge-port and a drain-port, and having its rear wall flat and its front Wall provided with an internally-threaded aperture or opening, a disk or cover removably arranged in said aperture or opening and provided with an inwardly-extending sleeve, a shaft or spindle journaled in said sleeve and in the rear wall of the casing, an arm or lever in the casing and securely mounted on said shaft or spindle and bearing against the inwardly-extending sleeve of the disk or cover, a pin at or near each end of said arm or lever and projecting rearwardly at right angles therefrom, a valvestem revolubly mounted on each pin and spacing said arm or lever from the rear Wall of the casing, a valve at the free end of each valvestem and adapted to control its respective port, and means for oscillating the spindle or shaft, all said parts substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of May, 1900.

SYLVESTER J. ASBELL,

Witnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL.

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