US1241232A - Closet attachment. - Google Patents

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APPLICATION FILED MAY). 19!?- L4L232 Patented Sept.- 25, 1917.

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' 'n pron CLABKSON W. MACY, 0F CONVERSE, INDIANA.

CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Pa tentefl Sept. 25, 1917.

Application filed May 10, 1917. Serial No. 167,762.

avay of an atomizer, and the present invention aims to provide novel means fol-supplying air to the atomizer, and to provide novel means, under the control of an operator, for regulating the air supply.

Nith the foregoing and other objects in view which. will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herem disclosed, can be made within the scope of what 1s claimed, wlthout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation a structure embodying the present invention;

Fig. is fragmental vertical section taken through the adjacent portions of the water and air tanks;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section taken through the air valve; and

Fig. 5 is a section taken through the valve which controls the water supply and drainage.

. The numeral. 1 denotes a container comprising a water tank 2 supported on a pedestal 3, and an air tank 4, the tanks 2 and 4 being connected by a short pipe 5 within which is located a seat 6. At its lower end, the pipe 5 is supplied with a spider 7. A float valve 8 is upwardly movable to cooperate with the seat 6 and includes a stem 9 slidable in the spider 7. Disposed above the seat 6 and downwardly movable to cooperate with the seat is a valve 10 held in an open position by and supported from a retractile spring 11 connected with a hanger 12 carried by the pipe 5.

An air pipe 14 communicates at its upper end with the air tank 4 and communicates at its lower end with a valve casing 15 in which a valve 16 is journaled. An air pipe 17 communicates with the casing 15 and with an atomizer 18 including a nozzle 19 extended across the upper end of a nozzle discharging into the bowl.

Thenumeral 22 denotes a water supply pipe openinginto the tank 2 and connecting with a casing 23 in which a valve 24 is journaled. A water supply pipe 25 communicates with the casing 23 and a drain pipe 26 communicates also with the casing, the pipes 26 and 25 being oppositely disposed.

Mounted on the bowl 21 are bearings 27 in which a shaft 28 is journaled, the shaft being connected'by means of hangers 29 with a movable member, such as a seat 30. The shaft 28 is journaled terminally in a bearing 31 carried by the pedestal 3. The shaft 28 has a crank arm .32. Acrank arm 33 is connected with the valve 24, and a crank arm 34 is connected with the valve 16. A" link 35 is pivotally united with the crank arms 32, 33 and 34.

When the movable member 30 is in the elevated position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the valve 24 is so disposed that a communication is established between the water supply pipes 22 and 25, the drain pipe .26 being closed by the valve 24. The valve 16 is so disposed with respect to the air pipes 14 and 17 that'air cannot flow from the tank 4 to the atomizer 18. Under the cir cumstances above described, water flows into the tank 2 and the air in the tank 2 is forced into the tank 4 through the pipe 5, pressure beingcreated in the tank. 4. This operation continues until the pressure in the tank 4 offsets the water pressure created in the tank 2.

When the movable member 30 is swung to a closed position, the shaft 28 is rotated, and motion is imparted to the crank arms 33 and 34, from the crank arm 32, by way of the link By this operation, the valve '24 is made to close off the water supply pipe air vent is now'established through the noz-- zle 19, the pipe 17, the valve 16, the pipe 14, the tank 4 and the pipe 5, which permits the water to drain out of the tank 2 through the pipe 22 and the pipe 26.

When the movable member is disposed in the elevated position shown'in Figs. 1 and v 2, the water supply conduit 2225 is'open, the air outlet 1417-is closed; and the drain pipe 26 is'closed, whereupon the tank 2 fills, and'air pressure is stored in the tank 4 in the'manner hereinbefore' set forth.

The valve 8 is a float valve and moves to a closed position as'the water rises in the .tank 2, the function of the valve 8' being to prevent watenfrom rising'in the tank 4.

'Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a

container including a water space and an air space; means for supplying water to the water space; means for drainlng the water 7 space; a firstvalve' cooperating with each of said means to dispose the same one at a time in communication with the water space; a bowl; an atomizer discharging into the bowl; an air conduit leading from the air space to the atomizer; a second valve in the air conduit; a member movable with respect to the bowl and under the control of an operator and anoperative communication between said member and both valves whereby the valves will'be actuated when the movable member is actuated. 1

2; A device constructed as vdescribed in claim 1, in combination with a normally open valve controlling the passage of air from the air space to the, water space and movable toa closed position, responsive to pressure in the air space, When pressure in the water space is reduced.

In testimony that I claim the' foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa ture in the presence of two Witnesses. h

' CLARKSON W. MAGY.

v Witnesses:

VERLIE M. REEVES, SYL RENNAKER.

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- s Washington, 'D. G.

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