GB354424A - Bonnets for motor-vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

354,424. Motor vehicle bonnets. RILEY, A., Widdrington Road, Coventry. May 22, 1930, Nos. 15743 and 29373. [Class 79 (iii).] In motor-vehicle bonnets of the kind comprising a transversely hinged top part and independent side panels, the top part is adapted in its lowered position to overlap and rest upon the upper edges of the side panels. In the forms shown the bonnet top 2 and side panels 3 extend in an unbroken line from the rear of the radiator to the wind screen, the top being hinged substantially in the plane of the wind screen, as described in Specification 306,730, [Class 79 (iii), Motor vehicles, Arrangement &c. of parts of]. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, tie bars 6 diverge from a bracket 5 on the rear of the radiator to the ends 7 of a tool box 8 mounted on a support 9, shorter tie bars 13 connecting the rear of the tool box to the door pillars 14. To the side panels 3, are riveted or welded channelled strengthening members 17 the lower extended ends 18 of which carry pivot pins 20, preferably rubber-covered, adapted to be seated in U-shaped sockets 21 adjustably attached to the chassis frame 23. Lever-operated catches 24, one seated in the upper end of the forward channelled member 17, the other carried by a plate 24a spotwelded to the panel, secure the panel in position by snapping into engagement with an apertured bracket 15, 16 attached to the side of the radiator and with the rear tie bar 13, respectively, the receiving parts preferably being rubber covered. A rubber strip 25 seated in the rear member 17 engages the side of the tool-box and its support 9. The longitudinal edges of the top part 2 are provided with rubber-lined channels 26, which engage the top edges of the side panels. The lower edge of a rear transverse member extending across the interior of the part 2 carries a rubber strip which bears upon the top of the tool-box when the bonnet top is closed. A key-operated catch 12 at the front end of the top engages a member 10 on the radiator bracket 5 to secure the bonnet when closed. The catches 24 may engage longitudinal tie bars extending directly from the radiator to the dashboard &c., where these are provided. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the upper edges. of the side panels are curled as at 29 to engage rubber &c. covered tie bars 31, being drawn down thereon by pivoted spring holders 33 passing through lower flanged edges 30. The edges of the bonnet top 2 are formed with inwardly curved lips 36 resiliently lined, and pressed into engagement with the edges of the side panels when the top part, which may be provided with a handle 40, is forced down to bring the catch into engagement with the holding member on the radiator.