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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS A. ANDREWS, OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN FAUCETS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,840, dated August 7, 1877; application filed
May 5, 1877.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THMAs A. ANDREWS,
of Gainesville, Cook county, Texas, have in-
vented a new and Improved Faucet, of which
the following is a specification :
The object of my invention is to provide a
faucet which is inexpensive in its construction,
easily repaired, and efficient in operation.
In the drawing, which is a longitudinal sec-
tion, A is the body of the faucet, which is L-
shaped, and contains a passage, a, which is en-
larged, forming a valve-seat, a', and is threaded
internally to receive the screw B.
A lateral oblong aperture, a', is formed in
the body A, just above the valve-seat a', for
the escape of liquid from the faucet.
The inner end of the screw B is provided
with a square projection, b, to which is fitted
a packing-disk, C, of elastic material, which
is secured to the screw B by a screw, D.
The screw B is provided with a handle or
thumb-piece, by which it may be turned, andthe body of the faucet is provided with a taper-
ing portion, which may be driven or screwed
into the vessel or pipe in connection with
which .the faucet is used.
The advantages claimed for my improved
faucet over others now in use are that it may
be more cheaply manufactured, is more easily
repaired, and is perfectly secured against
leakage.
Having thus described my invention, I claim
as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent-
The combination of internally-threaded L-
shaped body A, having valve-seat a and ob-
long aperture a', the screw B, having the pro-
jection b and the elastic packing secured to
screw B, as and for the purpose specified.
THOMAS A. ANDREWS.
Witnesses.
W. O. DAvis,
CHAS. E. EDWARDS.
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