US1341126A - Automobile-heater - Google Patents

Description

E. H. HELLER.

AUOMOBILE HEATER.

Amlcmon mw MAY la. 1911.

Patotd May 25, 1920.`

PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED sTATEs EUGENE H. KELLER., 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB TO THE HILL PUMP VALVE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

AUTOMOBILE-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 25, 1920.

Application led May 18, 1917. Serial No.' 169,403.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE H. HELLER,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Heaters, of which the following isha full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompan ing drawing, forming a part of this speci cation.

My invention relates to automobile heaters and guard, and, more particularly, to that type of heaters in which motor exhaust gases are utilized as the heating medium.

The main object of my invention is to provide a suitable support for a guard-plate forming a part of a radiator as characterized above, and arranged to prevent contact with the hollow radiator body, which may become very hot due to the passage of exhaust gases therethrough. A further object of .my invention is to provide an exhaust as heater which is supported high enough rom the floor of the automobile to enable the floor-board to be cleaned readily, with a fender adjacent and extending over the heater body and which also is supported far enou h above Vthe floor-boardto ermit the ilooroard to be readily oleane A further object is to provide a securing means for a guard-plate support also constructed to secure the support of the radiator body to the floor of an automobile, one securing means for both parts tending not only to economy and cheapness of manufacture,but also facilitating the instalment of the radiator in the automobile by unskilled persons. A further object-.iste provide a guardplate support which shall partially inclose the radiator body support and conform to the general contour thereof, in order to resent a neat and compact appearance. nd a further object is to provide a guard-plate support which shall be disposed beneath the guard-plate and reinforced thereby, whereby an adequate sup orting means is obtained with a minimum o weight and strength of material. Other objects will appear hereincorporated therewith, as indicated by dotted lines;

Flg. 2 is a side elevation of theradiator showing partly in section the guard plate and supporting means therefor;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the radiator' showing the means employed for securing the same to the floor of an automobile; and Flg. 4: is a detail `sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2 showing the disposition of the guard-plate support under the guard plate. f

The preferred form of construction as shown in the drawings comprises a horizontally-disposed hollow body 1 of cylindrical form terminating in semi-spherical hollow sockets or elbows 2 and 3, which are respectively formed integrally with pipes 4 and 5 adapted to conduct gas to and from said body, as indicated `by arrows in Fig. 2. The pipes 4 and 5.are vertically disposed and provided with diametrically-opposite horizontally extending supporting lugs 6, each of which has a screw-hole 7 as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The socket 2 is provided with a valve 8, which may be turned a half revolution for regulating the How of gas through the radiator, there being a segmental projection 9 on said socket for limiting the turning of said valve, as clearly shown.

The guard plate 1() is provided with a series of apertures 11 in order that heat may radiate freely from the body 1, and said apertures are artisticallyformed and arranged in said guard plate, with the view of making the device ornamental as well as useful. The guard plate 10 is semi-cylindrical in form and substantially co-extensive with the y body 1, including the sockets 2 and 3, and the ends of said guard plate are provided with inwardly-extending flanges 12, which embrace the outer edges of guardlate supports 13, as shown in Figs. 2 an 3. This guard plate may be a sheet metal stamping. Each support 13 may be formed of an integral metal bar bent to shape.

Each guard-plate support 13 is provided with a circular portion, which is disposed under the guard plate 10 and riveted thereto, as shown in Fig. 2', the flanges 12 serving not only to reinforce the supports but also to conceal the joints between the same and the guard plate, thus effecting a neat and rigid construction at a minimum of expense of manufacture. The circular portions of the supports 13 extend dowrnvardly to within a short distance of the pipes 4 and 5 and thence vertically to lugs the vertical-portions being parallel and spaced slightly from the pipes 4 and 5. The circular portions of the supports 13 are concentric with the'sockets 2 and 3, and the annular` space therebetween affords suflicient clear-I ance between the guard plate 10 and the body 1 for the circulation of heated air.

It will be seen that the parallel and circular portions of the supports 13 conform to the general contour vof the pipes 4 and 5 and the sockets 2 and 3, thereby producing a symmetrical design.

Extending horizontally from the lower extremities of the parallel portions of the supports 13 are lugs v14 having screw-holes e 15 which register with the screw-holes 7.

., Hoor 17 to permit the floor to be readily cleaned underneath the hollow body and l guard-plate without the necessity of removing them.

kWhat I claim as new is:

1. A device ofthe class described comprising a horizontally disposed tubular body and tubular elbows attached to the ends thereof and in communication therewith, vertical pipes leading downward from said elbows and yformed integral therewith, lugs extending laterally from said pipes and provided with screw-holes, a guard plate disposed adjacent said body, and guard-plate supports secured to the ends of saidvguard plate and provided with screw-holes.regis ltering with said first-namedscrew-holes.

. y2. A device ofthe class described comprising a tubular body whose axis is disposed horizontally, tubular elbows supporting the ends of said body and in communication therewith, vertical pipes leading downward fromsaid elbows, laterally-extending lugs on said-pipes, said lugs being provided with screw-holes, a guard plate surmounting said body and conforming to thelcontour thereof, guard-plate supports secured adjacent the ends of said guard plate and conforming tothe general contour ofsaid elbows and pipes, and lugs on said supports having screw-holes registering with the screw-holes of said pipe lugs.

3. A device of the class described comprising a horizontal tubular body, tubular elbows secured to the ends of the body and in communication therewith, pipes formed integral with said elbows and extending downward therefrom. laterally-extending diametrically-opposite lugs on said pipes -havmg screw-holes therein, a. guard plate surmounting said body and guard-plate supports having portions conforming to the shape of said elbows, said supports being secured to the ends of said guard plate and having parallel portions extending downwardlyffrom said circular portions so as to conform to said pipes, and lugs extending laterally from said parallel portions having screw-holes registering with said irstnamed screw-holes.

4. A device of the class described comprising a horizontal cylindrical tubular body, a horizontal semi-cylindrical guard of sheet metal above said cylindrical body coaxial therewith and adjacent thereto and two supports for said guard, one at each end thereof, each support being formed of a single integral metal bar shaped to form an arcuate portion secured to the end of said guard, two leg portions extending downwardly from each part of said arcuate portion, and two foot portions extending laterally from said leg portions.

5. A device of the class described comprising ahorizontal cylindrical tubular body, a horizontal semi-cylindrical guard of sheet metal above said cylindrical body coaxial therewith and adjacent thereto, and two supports for said guard, one at each end thereof, each support being formed of a single integral metal bar shaped to form an arcuate portion secured to the end of said guard, two leg portions extending Vdownwardly from each part of said arcuate portion, and two foot portions extending laterally from said leg portions, said arcuate portions being located inside said cylindrical guard and the edge of said guard being flanged over at its end to engage the outer edge of the support to position it.

6. A device of the class described comprising a horizontal cylindrical tubular body, two tubular elbow members, onevat each end of saidV tubular body and in communication therewith, two tubular members, one extending downwardly from each elbow member, each tubular member being provided with two laterally-extending apen tured lugs for bearing on the floor of an automobile, a horizontal, semicylindrical guard of sheet metal above said cylindrical body coaxial therewith and adjacent thereto, and two supports for said guard, one at each end thereof, each support being formed in the 1u of a single integral metal bar shaped to form an arcuate portion secured to the end of said guard, two leg portions extending downwardly from each part of said arcuate portion, and two foot portions extending laterally from said leg portions, said foot portions resting on said lugs and having portions registering with the apertures 7. A dgevice of the class described comprising a horizontal serni-cylindrical guard of sheet metal open on its lower side, for fitting over a cylindrical' heater, and two supports for said guard, one at each end y thereof, each support being formed of a 15 two foot portions, one extending laterally 20 from each of said leg portions.

I n witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

EUGENE H. HELLER.

Witnesses:

NATHANIEL LEVERONE, ANNA M. PETERSON.

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