Improvements in Faucets.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMI LIPID DIEUITIVATION.
Improvements in Faucets.
I RUDOLF HAGEN, of No. 723 Davisadero Street in the City and County of
San Francisco, State of California, United States of America, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the. nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to improvements made in faucets for kegs, barrels and casks
mainly adapted to the drawing of fermented liquors such as beer.
The improvements comprise certain novel construction and combination of parts
to produce a faucet wherein the wooden plug spigot is entirely dispensed with and
the contents of the cask broached by means of a key made integral with and
forming a part of the faucet.
The said improvements and the manner in which I construct and apply the same
in the production of a faucet are fully described in the following Specification in
which reference is had to the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 represents a horizontal section through the key with the faucet in
position when the valve is open.
Figure 2 represents also a horizontal section through the key showing the valve
closed.
Figure 3 is a side view of the parts seen in Figure 2.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the faucet on a smaller scale.
Figure 5 is a side view of end of faucet.
Figure 6 is a view in elevation of a thimble for covering the ports of the faucet
during the process of pitching the casks.
Figure 7 is also a view in elevation of the faucet with thimble perforated to act
as a strainer with part of thimble broken off.
The bushing A is screw-threaded in the usual way, while the interior is only
threaded in part to receive the barrel or shell of the valve by corresponding
threads.
The shell or barrel B is made conical and provided with two ports C, C, which
incline upwardly and inwardly toward the center of the valve chamber and is
coupled with the thimble or partly threaded bushing by means of the partly
threaded screw D.
An inclined groove E is made in the shell and the diametrically opposite
openings E E' intersect with the groove and through these openings corresponding
lugs on the faucet or key enter to operate the valve.
The valve F is made conical to closely fit the conical chamber of the shell, it is
chambered as at G and has two ports H, H, corresponding with the two ports of
the shell.
It
In practice it is the custom to treat all beer casks with a coating of melted pitch
before filling and in order to protect the ports of the faucet from becoming clogged
or fouled with the melted pitch, I employ a cutaway thimble J which is placed
over the end of the shell and closely covers and shields the ports of the faucet.
has two arms J' J' and is held in close connection with the lower end of the shell
by a screw-threaded spindle K extending from the valve and passing through the
shell and with which a nut K¹ engages.
The arms are so arranged on this thimble that when the ports of the valve and
shell are in line the cutaway portions of the thimble will also be in line with them

page_text: and when closed the arms will form a closely fitting shield or cover for the ports of
the shell and consequently the ports of the valve. It is evident that this thimble
can be employed as a strainer in fining and drawing beer by making the
forations a, a, a, a, as shown in Figure 7 of the drawings without departing from
the spirit of my invention.
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The tap or faucet is of peculiar construction in that it is piped from the inner
end to the cock or draw-off plug and is provided with upwardly opposed lugs L L
which fit into the groove E of the shell through the openings E' E' and a square
key formed on the end and packed with a washer G enters the square chamber G*
of the valve and makes a close connection with the ports H, H, of the valve F.
The shoulder H' fitting closely against the chamber H leading to the valves
together with the packing of the key will form a water tight connection at these
points.
In operation by inserting the key at the end of the tap or faucet in the square
or rectangular chamber and giving it a one quarter turn the ports in the valve will
be brought in line with the ports of the barrel or shell and thimble or shield and
the liquor will flow through the ports into the pipe of the tap or faucet and pass
out through the cock or plug M in continuous manner without interruption. The
location of the ports of both the valve and valve chamber are at such an incline as
to reduce friction and resistance of the liquid or fluid passing through them to a
minimum, while the valve and thimble or shield is pivoted to the end of the barrel
or valve-chamber in such a manner that all parts can be readily operated to bring
the ports in exact line with each other and cannot be easily unseated.
To remove the key and close the valves a further turn of the tap or faucet is
given in a backward or reverse direction which closes all of the ports and permits
the faucet to be removed through the opposed openings in the rim of the valve-
chamber or shell which leaves the bushing and outer end of the valve-chamber
nearly flush with the head of the cask, over which the ordinary revenue stamp is
placed and which latter can be mutilated or cancelled by the end of the tap.
By this construction a faucet is produced of great convenience and utility with a
less number of parts than has hitherto been employed in the production of a
perfect working implement of this class.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a faucet the combination with the bushing of a barrel, of a conical shell
or valve-seat having inclined ports and a conical plug or valve with its seat in the
shell also provided with inclined ports intersecting with the ports of the shell as
described.
2. The combination of a conical valve-seat with an interior inclined groove and
opposite openings connecting the groove, a conical plug or valve pivotally connected
to the lower end of the seat and having a square or rectangular channel in the end
of the plug, as described.
3. The combination with a conical valve-seat having oppositely arranged
openings in the rim, a conical plug having suitable intersecting ports and a chamber
on the end or head of the valve connecting with the ports of a tap or faucet with
a key at the end fitting the chamber of the valve and projecting lugs operating in
the inclined groove in the valve-seat through the opposite openings in the rim,
substantially in the manner as herein set forth and specified.
4. In a faucet the combination with a shell or valve seat and valve provided
with intersecting ports of the thimble or shield at the end of the shell or valve-
seat opening with the valve and provided with arms adapted to cover the valves
and valve-seat as described.
5. A tap and faucet consisting in a bushing, a valve and valve-seat a slotted or

page_text: perforated thimble at the end of the valve-seat, and a key at the end of a faucet
for operating the valves, as described.
Dated this 11th day of November 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.