IMPROVEMENTS IN VENT FAUCETS OR VALVE STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HENRY EDWARD NEWTON of the Office for Patents, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN VENT FAUCETS OR VALVE
STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of the present improvements is the construction of a vent faucet for
bottles, etc., that simultaneously opens the discharging orifice or pouring spout and
a vent passage connected with an air tube whereby the atmospheric air may be
conducted behind the liquid contents of the bottle and aid the discharge of the
same.
The Invention is specially applicable to bottles designed to be filled with gaseous
or sweetened liquids, and it consists :-
1st In a faucet having a reciprocating valve that controls the pouring spout or
eduction orifice operated by an outside plunger so combined with an outside lever
operating the valve controlling the orifice of the vent tube that the latter orifice is
simultaneously opened by the movement of the plug that opens the pouring spout
or eduction orifice.
2. In a faucet having a moving valve controlling the pouring spout or eduction
orifice and a valve, controlling the air vent, that is operated by a vibrating lever,
the tripping of which releases the former and permits both to close simultaneously.
3. In the specific structure consisting of a spring seated plug controlling the
eduction orifice or pouring spout and a spring seated lever valve controlling the air
vent, the latter constituting a catch operating to hold the former in its open
position and upon being tripped to release the same so that both may close
simultaneously.
4. In combinations of details fully hereinafter described and specifically claimed.
In the Drawings Figure 1 illustrates by a perspective view a bottle supplied,
with my improved faucet in a closed condition; Figure 2 is a sectional view of the
faucet closed; Figure 3 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1, but showing'
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page_text: the faucet open; and Figure 4 is a sectional view similar to Figure 2 but showing
the faucet open.
The faucet consists of a circular case A provided with an internal thread by
which it may be secured to a bottle by screwing it upon a threaded collar B,
secured upon the bottle neck C, in the usual way, as by splitting, a properly tight
joint being secured by a packing ring as F and gasket as E, or in any other
manner,
The faucet is provided with an eduction orifice or pouring spout S, projecting
externally at one side but terminating internally in a central circular opening
constituting a seat for the plug or valve 2, of a reciprocating faucet whose
plunger 3, extends upward through an extension E of the faucet case that in
its interior forms a guide 5, for the plunger 3, and a housing for the plunger
spring 4, and on its exterior a guide for the plunger cap D. The cap D is securely
fastened to the plunger 3 and thus confines the spring 4 coiled above the plunger
between its inner surface and the upper surface of the guiding ledge 5.
The valve 2 is or may be a disc of rubber or similar packing material confined
between the end of the plunger and a disc 7 by a screw 8, or it may be of any
other suitable construction.
The faucet is also provided with an air vent formed by a pipe 6 extending
through the shoulder of the faucet case and continued inside the bottle so as to
terminate near the bottom at the side opposite to that from which the pouring
spout projects.
This pipe is preferably made up of a glass section T for that portion that is to
be immersed in the contents of the bottle, and of a metal upper section that is
to form the part protruding through the faucet case, that an air tight joint may
be easily made between two metal parts.
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The air vent or mouth of the pipe 6 is controlled by a valve 18 operated by a
lever L that is hung in ears 9 projecting from the faucet case, and seated on a
spring as 10 so that it may normally operate to close the valve 18 down onto the
seat or mouth of the pipe 6.
It is obvious that upon pressing down the cap D the valve 2 will be carried
away from the seat as in Figure 4, and thus open the way for a free passage of the
contents of the bottle through the spout S, and that upon removing the pressure
upon the said cap the resiliency of the spring 4 will recover the position shown in
Figure 1 and cause the valve 2 to be held to its seat and thus close the passage,
and likewise, that upon pressing upon the long arm of the lever L, the valve 18
will be raised and open the passage into the pipe 6, which valve will be seated to
close said passage by the action of the spring 10.
In order to perform the operations of opening and closing these valves simul-
taneously the cap D is provided with a compound cam 11 and catch 13, while
the lever L is extended to provide a co-operating cam end and latch or hook 12.
When the cap D is depressed to open the valve, as by a blow of the hand, its
cam 11 bearing upon the inclined or cam face of the latch 12 forces the lever L
outward and opens the valve 18, the two valves thus being opened simultaneously
and mutually locked open by the engagement of the latch 12 over the catch 13, as
in Figure 4. In this condition the liquid contents of the bottle may upon tipping
the bottle be freely poured through the spout S, while the atmosphere admitted
has free ingress through the pipe 6 to be conveyed by the pipe T behind the fluid,
thus preventing the tendency of the outflowing liquid to form a vacuum and
accomplishing the free unobstructed movement of the liquid whether the same be
gaseous or not and whether or not it is a sweetened compound.
When it is desired to stop the flow, pressure upon the lever L will release the
latch 12 from the catch 13, and thereupon the cap D will be released and the
spring 4 will quickly close the valve 2, thus instantly moving the cap D upwards
and allowing the spring 10 to simultaneously close the valve 18, the outflow of the
liquid and the inflow of air being simultaneously cut off.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
:-
1. A vent faucet having a pouring spout controlled by a reciprocating valve
operated by an outside plunger, and a stationary vent pipe controlled by a valve
that is operated by an outside vibrating lever, substantially as described.
2. In a vent faucet, the combination with an eduction opening or pouring spout
and its reciprocating controlling valve, of a vent pipe the valve whereof is con-
trolled by a vibrating lever and means whereby the reciprocating valve actuates
said lever to open the vent pipe valve substantially as described.
3. In a vent faucet the combination with a spring seated valve controlling the
pouring spout, a valve operated by an independent lever for controlling the vent
pipe and means whereby the said lever locks both valves open, substantially as
described.
4. In a vent faucet the combination with the spring seated plunger of the
reciprocating valve that controls the pouring spout, and with the spring seated
lever of the valve that controls the vent pipe, of means whereby said lever locks
both valves open, and when tripped permits their closing movement, substantially
as described.
5. A faucet consisting of the case A, pouring spout S, spring seated reciprocating
valve 2, cam 11, a vent pipe 6, a valve 18, carried by a spring seated lever L,
having a cam end, substantially as described.
6. A faucet consisting of the case A, pouring spout S, spring seated reciprocating
valve 2, catch 13, a vent pipe 6, valve 18, lever L and latch 12, substantially as
described.
7. A faucet consisting of the case A, having spout S, spring seated reciprocating
valve 2, cam 11, catch 13, a vent pipe 6, valve 18, lever L, with cam end and
latch 12, substantially as described.