US1335082A - Automobile-engine hood and drain-trough therefor - Google Patents

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G.. B. STOWE.

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE HOOD AND DRAIN THOUGH THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED 001.4, |918.

1,385,082. Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

G. B. STOWE..

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE HOOD AND DRAIN THOUGH THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4 I9I8.

1,335,082. Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

I I I GEORGE B. STOWE, OF GAL'VESTON, TEXAS.

AUTOMOBILE-ENGINE noon AND DRAIN- TROUGH afirmaron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented Ma'r.3o,19'2o.

Application led October 4, 1918. Serial-No. 256,900.`

T o all whom it may concern.: j

.Be it known that I, GEORGE B. STOWE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gralv'eston, in the county of (xal'veston, State of' Texas, have invented new and useful Automobile-Engine Hoods and Drain-T'roughs Therefor; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will `enable others skilled in the art/to whichit'apper- I tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved Iautomobile .hood and particularly drain4 troughs therefor, which' are especially adapt-` ed for use in connection with the hood-adjacent the joints between the sections of the hood, and the joints between ythe hood,the

dash and the radiator. l' l In providing this improved structure, it is the aim to drain the water (which may seep through theK longitudinal and` transverse joints) `to the forward end of the hood and to either side thereof in case'of transverse joints, thereby preventing the water4 from reaching the spark plugs and-various moving parts of the engine.

The invention further aims to provide an improved drain trough for the hinge joint of the upper part of the hood, said trough being connected to one section of the hood and to one side of the lhinge joint inany v suitable manner, either b riveting, welding or the like, preferablyv y means of spotwelding.

The invention further aims to provide av drain trough othiskind having its opposite ends,closed,and a drain tube connectedto the under part of the forward end of said drain trough is secured to its supporting,

trough, for draining the water to one side. A further object of the invention yis to provide a drain trough foreach of the sidejoints of the hood, and for each end offthe hood, and in each instance, one 'sid'eof the means, as in the case of the trough for he upper central joint of the hood.

In the drawings Figure 1. is a view in side elevation 'ofan automobile engine hood showing the various drain troughs adjacent the respective joints vdrain trough for the central In practical fields the details of consti-li i 12, and the ianges''ly tion may necessitate alterations falling' arts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the rawings'and claimed.y

of thefhood, parts of the hood being broken away to show the structure.

Fig. 2 is a sectionaly viewon line 2-2 of Fi l.

F ig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of two lsections of the hood,l showing *drainA trough for the central hinge jo1nt.

Fig. 4 is a'view inv elevation of the drain trough, which is secured to the forward face of the dash.

drain troughs which are transversely disposed under the ends of the hood.

Fig. 7 is -a detail perspective view of the joint between the sections of the hood. l

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the drain troughs' for the side joints of the sections of the hood. I Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates an engine hood as a whole, andl this khood comprises the usual side sections 2 and 3, and 'the upper curved or archedsections 4 and 5. The side section 2 is secured in any suitable manner to one .side of the frame or chassis of the automobile as signed to be detachably connected to the opposite side of the chassis or frame in'any suitable manner (not shown). 'The sections 4 and 5 have their adjacent portions hingedly united in the usualmanner as shown at 7, while the oppositeedge portions of the indicated at 6, while the other 'section 3 is del sections 4 land 5k respectively, are hingedly v connected in the usual manner kas at 8 to the side sections 2 and 3 respectively. yThe dash 9 of the automobile ony its front face is provided with a flan e 10, `which is in the form of an arch in or er to conform to the cross-l sectional shape of thejhood. A drain trou h `11 is provided. y This drain trough 11 is o a thepross sectional shape and 14. The ange 13 is secured in any suitable manner,-prefer 43 ably by welding or the `like to the ange 10 of the dash*9f.` It is to be vnoted thaty the drain trough 11 is constructedin such a mannerthatthe flange 1,4 hasitsupper surfaceyon a 4levell with the'outer or up rsurface of the ange 10, 'sothat when At `e auto- .moble hood ism position, 4as shown clearly -ovided with a channel in Figs. 'l and2',"thejhood will engage the upper surfaces of the flanges 10 ,and 14,

.water throughthe hinged joint'adj acent the channel, will be drained through the channel through either side ofthe hood and down? wardly. Therear face of the radiator 15 has a flange 16 similar to the flange 10, and secured to the under surface ofthe flange 16 is a drain trough 17 which is identical in construction with the trough 11, and is secured in the same manner .to the flange .16, and designed for the same purpose. The various parts of construction of the trough 17 are designated b the same reference characters as used or the corresponding parts of the trough 11. Secured in any suitable manner, preferably by spot-,welding or the like, as at 18 to the side sections 2 and 3 are draintroughs 19, which are curved 1n cross section as shown and arranged adjacent the hinge joints 18, `so that any water or the like that may seep or percolate through the joints `8, will be drained ofi' toward the ends of said trough, so as topass downwardly on the inner faces of the side sections 2 and 3. A drain trough 20 is provided for the central hinge jolnt 7 of the hood. This trough is semicircular in cross section, and its channel 21 is directly under the hinge joint 7. The ends of the channel 21 are closed by-the end' pieces 22 and 23. Projecting from the longitudinal edges of the wall of the channel are laterally extending flanges 24 and 25, and the flange 24 is Vsecured in any suitable manner, preferably by spot welding or the like as at 26 in Fig. 2 to the section 4'of the hood, whereby the channel 21 may be arranged under thejoint 7, and also whereby the flange 2 5 may be engaged by the section 5 of the hood,1when the sections Sand 5 are closed as shown in Fig. 2. By means of this channel 21, any water that will seep through the joint 7 may be carried off through the channel 21 to the forward end of the trough 20, and will then flow through the laterally extending outlet tube 27, Which discharges to one side of the engine. In order to carry the water to one side and downwardly away from the engine, the tube 27 has right angle extending elbows 28, one of which is connected to the bottom of the forward end of the channel 21. These drain troughs may be constructed of any suitable material preferablyI sheet metal and their details of constructionmay bevaried according to the needs of various makes of automobile engine hoods.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is The combination with an automobile engine hood, comprising hinged secti0ns,vof a drain trough semi-circular in cross section and provided with a longitudinal channel underlying the hinge joint between the sec-- tions, said trough having laterally extending longitudinally arranged flanges, one of whicvh being spot-welded to one of the sections of the hood, whereby the channel may underlie said hinge joint, and whereby the other flange may be engaged by the other section of the' hood, -end walls closin the opposite ends-of said channel, and a rain tube connected to one end of the trough and extending laterally for carrying off the water from the channel to one side and out of contact with the engine.

In testimony whereof I have signed my two subscribing witnesses.

j GEORGE B. STOWE. Witnesses:

E. E. SoWE, W. N. S'rown.

`'80v name to this specification in the presencev of

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