Help identifying faucet (for chest freezer draught conversion)

[xaq]

Beer? Root beer/soda? Lever movement forward engages center flow (direct, through the three-hole restrictor), backward engages outer concentric flow (through the "screw" and into a diagonal channel through the main valve). Two-way lever action and restrictor/screw suggest it was used for carbonated liquids?

"R14328" stamped under lever handle. No other marks inside or out to identify.

From eBay, from an estate sale. Seller has no other information available.

...and that's about all I know. No luck so far with image search. It's a nonstandard shank (1"), and the rear seat on the faucet is U-shaped to fit into something.

I'm hoping to use it in my draft box build, but I'd really like to find some more information about it (both to satisfy curiosity AND for practical installation). Any experts?

It's a full three pounds, 5 1/2" long, with a 1" OD threaded shank. With the brass insert (the restrictor/screw assembly) it looks like it'd be hard to attach a tail piece and hex- or wing-nut (assuming I can find parts to fit the 1" diameter shank, one of the practical aspects I could use help with).

More pictures (teardown and such) at
https://plus.google.com/104498679475650296707/posts/WwUXr3HN6ui

 

[Stealthcruiser]

From the "selectable" flow paths mentioned, I would say "soda water", from a soda fountain, for "dolling up" the different treats, in specific ways.

My Sister used to work at one, but she's not nearby to ask.


Edit: I looked @ your disassembly pics, and you MIGHT have something that could be used for a nitro tap, or stout faucet, or whatever they are called.

Lookin' at the innards, I'm inclined to think a no go for a regular draft box, but I could be mistaken.

I'll be watchin'!


Double edit: Or a cask beer.

 

[Newsman]

About the only thing I've found is your posts on various fora, OP.

 

[xaq]

From the "selectable" flow paths mentioned, I would say "soda water", from a soda fountain, for "dolling up" the different treats, in specific ways.

My Sister used to work at one, but she's not nearby to ask.


Edit: I looked @ your disassembly pics, and you MIGHT have something that could be used for a nitro tap, or stout faucet, or whatever they are called.

Lookin' at the innards, I'm inclined to think a no go for a regular draft box, but I could be mistaken.

I'll be watchin'!


Double edit: Or a cask beer.

Soda water (to be mixed EXTERNALLY with syrups) is looking like a winner, for a couple reasons:

The plug valve, and the restrictor, are brass. Naked, uncoated brass. I can't imaging running anything more than water (or water+CO2) over that without either compromising the liquid, or the faucet.

It's about a garden-hose thread, 1" OD. A beer shank is 7/8", and a different thread sizing.

The restrictor insert in the rear has, as you noticed, a three-hole path that looks very much like the 5-hole restrictor plate found at the top of the nozzle in a stout (nitro) faucet. I imagine the screw-type path on the outer channel provides a balanced back-pressure when the center path is not used.

There was some junk caked on the outside, but otherwise it was clean. I suspect that pushing soda water into a glass with syrup could lead to some splash-back onto the faucet. I didn't think to scrape it off and save it to test later, so that clue is mostly lost to us.



But... there's not a lot of results for 'wall mount soda faucet' (or similar searches). Most appeared to be counter mounted, with a swan-neck tower. The short shank on this could have mated to a tower, but it's such a beefy thing (and the force required to pull it is not insignificant) that I think the U-shaped seat at the base would have mated to some wall mount.


And Newsman: I seem to be polluting the ocean of information with both my searches, and my posts asking for help. I suppose that makes me, for now, the leading expert on this thing, which isn't as desirable a title as it may seem.

 

[Newsman]

And Newsman: I seem to be polluting the ocean of information with both my searches, and my posts asking for help. I suppose that makes me, for now, the leading expert on this thing, which isn't as desirable a title as it may seem.

ROFL!!!