Improvements relating to Taps or Faucets for Wash-basins and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1899-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1900
[Communicated from abroad by THE PECK BROTHERS & COMPANY, a Corporation
having its place of business at New Haven, in the County of New Haven and
State of Connecticut, United States of America, Manufacturers.]
Improvements relating to Taps or Faucets for Wash-basins and
the like.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
40, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
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This invention relates to an improvement in basin-faucets and trimmings, that
is, the water-faucets and the handle by which the waste-pipe plug operated,
and while termed "basin-faucets and trimmings," it will be understood that they
are equally applicable for trimmings of bath-tubs, and by the term of basin-
trimmings "therefore faucets and trimmings for all purposes are to be under-
stood as included.
"
In the usual construction of basin-trimmings, the base is formed integral with
a short portion or stem of the water-way or means by which the device is secured
to the basin, and this base rests upon the basin-slab. In cleaning the trimmings,
however, the cleaning material collects around the edge of the base, and this
collection of dirt is augmented by the soap and water which from time to time
naturally gathers on the slab, and it is difficult to properly keep the edge of the
base clean.
The object of this invention is to provide the trimmings with a supplemental or
shell-like base, adapted to set over the base proper, and which may be lifted to
permit the slab to be cleaned beneath the shell, and it consists in the construc-
tion as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1 represents a face view partially in section, of a basin cock having its
base constructed in accordance with the invention.
Figure 2 a sectional view of the supplemental base detached.
Figure 3 a side view of the base proper.
Figure 4 a sectional view on the line a-b of Figure 1.
Figure 5 a side view illustrating the invention as applied to the operating
handle of a basin-plug.
As in the usual construction, the base is formed integral with the upper portion
of the water-way B, and is adapted to be clamped to the basin-slab or bath-tub.
The base has a tubular extension C, forming a continuation of the water-way, and
through which the water is discharged through the faucet. The upper end of
the tubular extension C is internally threaded for the reception of the valve-
portion of a faucet, which may be of any approved construction, and which
will not be herein shown and described in detail, except that the lower portion
of the valve is formed with a neck E, corresponding in external diameter to the
external diameter of the tubular extension C, and so as to practically form a con-
tinuation thereof. This base A is formed on opposite sides with ribs F, extending

page_text: outwardly from the base A nearly to the top of the tubular extension C. Over
the base and surrounding the tubular extension C is placed a supplemental base or
shell G, which may be formed from metal, porcelain, or other suitable material,
according to the design of the trimmings. This shell is formed in its lower face
with a recess H, adapting it to set over the base A and rest upon the basin-
slab, and on opposite sides it is formed with grooves or channels I, permitting it
to pass over the ribs F, and by which it is held against rotation. The opening
in the upper end of the shell corresponds in diameter to the upper end of the
tubular extension C, and the neck E of the valve, and so as to closely fit thereon
and form a practically tight joint when in its normal position.
In Fig. 5 of the drawings the invention is shown as applied to the operating
handle of the waste-pipe plug, in which the invention is applied in exactly the
same way the upper member D¹ being formed with a neck E' over which the supple-
mental base or shell G¹ extends, and so as to enclose the base proper and rest upon
the slab. As before stated the trimmings are applied in the usual manner, and
need not necessarily differ in appearance from trimmings of ordinary construction,
but when it is desired to clean the slab, the shell G may be raised and the slab
beneath the under face thereof readily wiped, when the shell is again lowered to
rest upon the slab, thus permitting the slab around the trimmings 'to be easily
and freely cleaned.
In addition to the sanitary advartage of this construction, it permits of forming
the shell or supplemental base from porcelain or other vitreous, material, and so
that a variety of designs may be furnished and supplied at the pleasure of the
purchaser.
As before stated, this invention is applicable to various styles of trimmings 'for
basins and bath-tubs, and the invention is therefore not to be understood, as limited
to the precise form shown, as the design of the base corresponds to the design
and style of the trimmings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained. the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:
1. The herein described improvement in basin-trimmings, consisting of a sup-
plemental shell adapted to set over the base of the trimmings, and so as to enclose
the same, and vertically movable thereon, substantially as described.
2. The herein described improvement in basin-trimmings, consisting of a
'base
having a tubular extension, an upper member provided with a neck forming a
continuation of said extention, and a supplemental shell adapted to set over and
enclose the said base, and vertically movable thereon, substantially as described.
3. The herein described improvement in basin-trimmings, consisting of a base
having a tubular extension, an upper member formed at its lower end with a
neck, and a shell adapted to set over the base and enclose the same the upper
end of the shell surrounding said neck and vertically movable, substantially as
described.
4. The herein improvement in basin-trimmings, consisting of a base formed with
an upward extension and radial ribs on opposite sides thereof and a shell adapted
to set over said base and enclose the same, and formed with internal grooves
adapted to set over the said ribs, substantially as described.
Dated this 1st day of December 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.