Improvements in Self-closing Faucets.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Self-closing Faucets.
I, VICTOR FALLON FEENY, of 60, Queen Victoria Street, in the City and County
of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, (a com-
munication from Wilson Gideon Cornell, of Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.), to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object a construction of faucet which will render
unnecessary the use of packing around the valve-stem or handle of the same and
at the same time prevent liquid in the faucet from coming in contact with the
seating-spring of the valve; and for this purpose it consists of the combination
and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.
A faucet embodying my invention consists of a sectional casing or shell having
a valve-seat therein, formed on a partition which latter is between a pressure-
chamber and a receiving-chamber of the faucet.
In the upper part of the said shell is a dry chamber and between the latter and
the receiving chamber is a reservoir chamber formed by other partitions and
'the shell.
The valve is formed, preferably, of a rubber ball and secured on a stem by means
of a nut, said valve-stem closely fitting and working in openings in the partitions
of the shell and having a head or nut on the upper end of the same, against which
nut and one of the partitions a spring bears to seat said valve.
The valve-stem is enlarged just above the valve-head and has recesses in said
enlarged portion so as to permit the passage of the water through the shell when
the valve is off its seat.
On the stem of a handle is a cam or eccentric which bears against an inner
face or facing on the cap of the valve casing or shell, so as to cause the stem when
turned to lower in said cap and press against the upper end of the valve-stem,
thereby removing the valve from its seat.
Connected or formed with the casing is a spout having a partition therein, form-
ing separate outlets to the receiving and reservoir chambers, said partition being
a continuation of the partition which is between and separates the said chambers.
The said spout partition extends to the extremity of the said spout, so that the
discharged water from the outlet of the receiving chamber does not interfere or
close the entrance of air into the passage or outlet of the reservoir chamber whereby
there is at all times a quantity of air in the latter chamber. At the base of the
pressure chamber is an angular boss or sleeve which is inserted into the marble
or other support for the faucet, said boss having a threaded cylindrical part for
a lock-nut which is tightened against the under side of said support. The tail-
piece is secured to said boss by a universal nut.
It will be apparent that any fluid which may enter the reservoir chamber from
the receiving-chamber will pass out through the reservoir portion of the spout
and will not pass up through an upper partition into the dry chamber, whereby a
spring and operative means for actuating the valve are kept free from contact

page_text: with the fluid and thereby preserved from rust, thus adding to the duration of
said parts.
The invention is applicable to self-closing faucets for kitchen-sinks, slop-sinks,
urinals, and the like.
Dated this Fifteenth day of March 1897
Improvements in Self-closing Faucets.
I, VICTOR FALLON FEENY, of 60, Queen Victoria Street, in the City and County
of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, (a com-
munication to me from Wilson Gideon Cornell, of Chicago, U.S.A.,) and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
My invention has for its object a construction of faucet which will render
unnecessary the use of packing around the valve-stem or handle of the same and
at the same time prevent liquid in the faucet from coming in contact with the
seating-spring of the valve; and for this purpose it consists of the combination
and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing, which represents a vertical central section of faucet
embodying my invention, A designates a faucet consisting of a sectional casing or
shell B, having a valve-seat C therein formed on the partition 1), which latter is
between the pressure-chamber E and the receiving chamber F of the faucet.
In the upper part of the shell B is a dry chamber G, and between the latter
and the chamber F is a reservoir chamber H, formed by the partitions J and K
and the shell.
L designates a valve formed, preferably, of a rubber-ball and secured on a
stem M by means of the nut P, said valve-stem closely fitting and working in
openings in the partitions J and K and having a head or nut Q on the upper end
of the same, against which nut and the partition J a spring R bears to scat said
valve.
The valve-stem is enlarged just above the valve and has recesses N in said
portion, so as to permit the passage of the water through the opening in the
partition D when the valve is off its seat.
The handle S has on the lower end of its stem T a cam or eccentric W, which
bears against an inner face or facing V on the cap U of the casing or shell B, so
as to cause the stem when turned to lower in said cap and press against the upper
end of the valve-stem, thereby removing the valve from its seat.
✗ designates a spout having a partition Y therein, forming separate outlets X¹
and Y¹ to the chambers F and H, said partition being a continuation of the par-
tition K, which is between and separates the said chambers F and H. The said
partition Y extends to the extremity of the spout, so that the discharged water
from the outlet X' does not interfere or close the entrance of air into the passage
or outlet Y¹ whereby there is at all times a quantity of air in the chamber H.
At the base of the chamber E is an angular boss or sleeve Z, which is inserted
into the marble or other support for the faucet, said boss having a threaded
cylindrical part 7 for the lock-nut A', which is tightened against the under
side of said support. The tail-piece B' is secured to said boss % by a universal
nut C¹.
It will be apparent that any fluid which may enter the chamber from the
chamber F will pass out through the portion Y₁ of the spout X and will not pass

page_text: up through the partition J into the chamber G, whereby the spring R and the
cam W are kept free from contact with the fluid and thereby preserved from
rust, thus adding to the duration of said parts.
The invention is applicable to self-closing faucets for kitchen-sinks, slop-sinks,
urinals, &c.
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 self closing faucet having a sectional casing, one section of which is
provided with partitions forming pressure and dry chambers respectively at the
ends thereof with intermediate receiving and reservoir chambers, a valve adapted
to control the passage between said receiving and pressure chamber, mechanism
for opening said valve, means in said dry chamber for automatically closing said
valve, and a nozzle having a partition therein forming passages leading from said
freceiving and said reservoir chambers respectively, said partition extending to the
outer end of said nozzle and being continuous of the partition between said
receiving and reservoir chambers substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
(2). A self-closing faucet having a sectional casing, one section of which has
partitions forming at the ends thereof pressure and dry chambers respectively
and intermediate receiving and reservoir chambers, a valve with stem closely
fitting in said partitions, a spring in said dry chamber for seating said
valve, a cap-section, means having a bearing in said cap-section
for operating said stem and valve, and a nozzle on said first-mentioned
section with a partition therein forming passages leading from said receiving
and said reservoir chambers respectively, said partition extending to the outer
end of said nozzle and being continuous of the partition between said receiving
and reservoir chambers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this Ninth day of December 1897.
VICTOR F. FEENY.