Improvements in Movable Mouth-pieces for Cocks for Preventing the Splashing of the Water Issuing Therefrom, and Filtering the Liquid Passing Therethrough.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1899-Accepted, 26th Aug., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Movable Mouth-pieces for Cocks for Preventing the
Splashing of the Water Issuing Therefrom, and Filtering the
Liquid Passing Therethrough.
We, HENRI LAVIOLETTE and ALFRED DUBOIS, Manufacturers, both of Eccloo,
in the Kingdom of Belgium, 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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Our invention has for its object to provide a movable mouth-piece (spout)
having a rubber flush joint adapted to be fixed to all kinds of cocks or valves
of water-pipes, and intended for preventing the water from being dispersed so
as to avoid any spattering, or splashing.
The characteristic features of the improved device, firstly, consist of employ-
ing a straining-layer of horse hair or other suitable material and further of a
rubber flushing or junction piece the form and elasticity of which allowing of a
water tight joint being readily made between the cock and said mouth piece.
And in order that this invention may be the better understood, we will now
proceed to describe the same in relation to the accompanying drawing. Like
reference numerals indicate like parts in the different views.
Figure 1 represents a vertical central sectional view of the device, constructed
in accordance with our invention.
Figure 2 an elevation of said device.
Figure 3 a plan view of same.
The elastic body 1, preferably made of soft india rubber and adapted to form
a water tight joint and to be fixed on the mouth or nozzle of a cock has per-
manently secured on its lower end, a socket 2, which is threaded on its external
part and tapered or conically shaped about its upper end; said socket being
jointed with the lower tapered end of the flushing 1.
On the threaded part of piece 2 is screwed a screw coupling box 3, the central
part of which forms a filtre-chamber 4 and the lower slightly tapered end 5,
an egress mouth through which the water flows out in a continuous and con-
centrated stream. This coupling box 3, is adapted to be tightly screwed by its
flange 9 upon the elastic joint 1.
The filtering chamber 4 consists of a plurality of canvases or sieves 6,-the
number of which being arbitrary, on which is provided a layer of horse hair 7
and which are maintained in position by the edges 8 of the socket 2.
It will be readily understood, that by means of said device, the water in
entering the socket 2, at full pressure, is strained by the horse hair layer 7, and
restrained in its efforts to disperse or spread out through the agency of said
sieves 6, which acting as a strainer or filter, both allow the water to flow in a
continuous concentrated stream and to be cleaned from all adventitious and
impurities which may be mechanically suspended in it.
It is further to be pointed out that the horse-hair layer, which is readily
renewable keeps back the impurities thus preventing them, from being intro-
duced into the sieves and the latter from being obstructed by same.

page_text: Finally it is also to be pointed out, that by means of employing
a rubber joint
allowing of forming a perfect water tight joint between its junction 9 with the
detachable part 3, the joint 9, is of great importance to prevent the water from
gushing out laterally through the reduction of pressure that obtains by the
contact with the horse-hair layer 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1st. A movable mouth-piece provided with a flushing or nose made of rubber
or any other suitable elastic material adapted to make a perfect water tight
joint, upon all kinds of cocks or water-pipes, in combination with a filtering or
straining chamber provided with removable straining materials arranged in a
screw coupling box adapted to be screwed upon a socket 2 permanently secured
to the flushing 1, substantially as set forth.
2nd. In a movable mouth or nozzle piece having an elastic jointing piece of
india rubber or of other suitable elastic material, for forming a perfect water-
tight joint as before claimed the socket 2 having its upper conical part per-
manently secured to the tapered part of said elastic joint 1, and the under
threaded part of which is adapted to be tightly screwed into the socket 3, con-
taining the filter or straining chamber with renewable material, substantially as
set forth.
3rd. In a movable mouth or nozzle piece having an elastic flushing joint, the
arrangement of the filter or straining chamber 4, within the screw coupling
box 3, and consisting of a horse hair layer or other suitable material for the
purpose of retaining the impurities which may be suspended in or carried by
the water, said horse hair layer being readily removable, substantially as set
forth and shown in the drawing.
Dated this 13th day of July 1899