GB203307A - - Google Patents

Abstract

203,307. Lamblin, A. Aug. 29, 1922, [Convention date]. Radiators, aircraft and like, are mounted so that the extent of cooling surface exposed to the current of cooling-air may be varied at will. They may be constructed so that parts contribute to the support of aircraft on which they are mounted, and so that the streams of cooling air and water may be evenly distributed over and through the elements of the radiator. In one arrangement having plate elements 3, Fig. 1, connected to front and rear headers 1, 2 of flattened cross-section, the front header is pivotally mounted as at 5, Fig. 3, in sockets on flexible connections 7 from the engine jacket, while the rear header may be raised or lowered by means under the control of the pilot or driver so as to vary the inclination of the radiator to the direction of the air current. The plates are spaced and stayed by members 17. The radiator may be adjustable about a central inlet and outlet header 20, Fig. 4, or may be suspended at the ends from adjustable links 30, 31, Fig. 6, of unequal length. In another arrangement, shown in Fig. 8, the headers have extensions 35, 36 supported on cams 37, 38, the setting of which is controlled by the pilot. The radiator may be mounted beneath or at the side of the body of aircraft, as shown in plan in Fig. 10, so that the rear header may be raised or lowered, or swung to or from the side of the body. Or the radiator mav be mounted beneath the body of an aircraft so that it may be variably set about a vertical front axis to take up a position in the direction of the current of air due to the action of the propeller. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) comprises also a construction in which the headers 1, 2 are formed as partitioned chambers of a continuous hollow member 50, Fig. 13 (Cancelled), which acts to assist in the support of aircraft. A further modification is described in which the radiator may be drawn more or less into the body of the aircraft so as to vary the exposed cooling surface. A construction of radiator providing even distribution of water and air is shown in elevation in Fig. 15 (Cancelled). The headers are formed by stamped metal plates 60, 61 riveted together and enclosing pipes 63, 64 having longitudinal slits 65, 66. The plate elements 67, 68 are connected alternately to the parts 80, 81 of the headers so that the air current is divided first by the leading ends of one set of elements and again by the set-back ends of the other set of elements. This arrangement may be applied to radiators having a continuous supporting surface as described with reference to Fig. 13 (Cancelled). This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.