Patent GB-758369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to taps for wash-hand basins and the like
IPC: A47G1/08
Filed: 1953-10-09
Abstract: 758,369. Valve accessories. WALTHO, B. S. Oct. 5, 1954 Oct. 9, 1953; Oct. 22, 1953], Nos. 27777/53 and 29136/53. Class 135. A tap has a nail-brush 8 movably mounted on the outlet 1 thereof so that it can be moved from a position of use (Fig. 2) in which the bristles 8a are clear of the water issuing from the tap to a position (Fig. 3) in which the bristles lie in or can easily be moved to lie in the stream of water issuing from the outlet. In Fig. 1, the brush back 10 is mounted in an undercut slot 9 in a brush carrier 7. The brush is retained by a filler piece 11 held in place by a pin 12 requiring a key for its removal. The carrier 7 has two webs 6 whereby it is pivoted to an arm 3 integral with the outlet 1. The pivot pin 5 is retained by a screw 5a requiring a key 13 for its removal. The carrier 7 may itself be the brush back and may be of metal or moulded plastic material. In a modification, the webs 6 extend the whole length of the brush carrier and are joined at their ends by a strengthening web. The rear web may be slotted to pass over the tap outlet. In another arrangement (Fig. 12, not shown) the arm 3 is upwardly inclined and the brush carrier is extended and supported in the " in use " position on ribs formed on the tap outlet. In yet another arrangement (Fig. 13, not shown). the brush carrier has beneath it lugs with pins which engage slots in further lugs on the tap outlet so that the brush carrier can both pivot and slide with respect to the tap. In these arrangements, the brush may hang so that slight finger pressure is necessary to move the bristles into the water stream. Fig. 6 shows an arrangement for dual taps the common outlet 2a of which has a platform 23 which supports the brush in the " in use " position. The brush 10 is mounted in an undercut frame 24 on a plate 20 having lugs 20a to receive pivot pins 19a on the arms 19 of levers mounted on coaxial pins 15 on the tap outlet. Each lever also has an arm 16 joined to the arm 19 by a portion 21. The levers and other parts are held together by a screw 17 operated by a separate key 18. The brush lies horizontally under the tap in the washing position. In a further form (Fig. 8, not shown) the brush carrier is pivoted to a horizontal boss on the tap outlet and in yet another form (Fig. 9, not shown) the brush carrier is pivoted about a vertical axis. In Fig. 10 the brush carrier 7 is mounted by an inclined pivot 33 on an arm 32 itself pivoted on the tap outlet about a horizontal pivot 31 so that the brush is horizontal in the " in use " position and vertical in the " washing " position. In another form the brush is mounted on spaced lugs extending outwardly from a ring itself being rotatably mounted on the tap and held by latching means in an upper position. The brush carrier or back may include a holder for antiseptic a quantity of which is passed to the bristles at each pivotal movement to the " washing " position. Co-operating cam faces or other means may be provided for holding the brush in either of its positions. Specification 737,704, [Group I], is referred to.