US1155321A

US1155321A - Automobile-hood.

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Publication number: US1155321A
Application number: US1210215A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry Futterman
Original assignee: SUPERIOR LAMP Manufacturing CO
Current assignee: SUPERIOR LAMP Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1915-03-04
Filing date: 1915-03-04
Publication date: 1915-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 1932-09-28

Description

.H. FU'TTERMAN- AUTOMOBILE HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1915.

1 1 5,32 1 H Patnted Sept. 28, 191 5.

3 SHEETS-SHEET lzq/grromver H. FUTTERMAN. AUTOMOBILE HOOD. APPLICATION HLED MAR. 4, 1915.

Patented Sept 28, 3 SHEET$-SHEET 2.

M 644/14 ITOR/VEV H. FUTTEBMAN. AUTOMOB ILE HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1915.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 HARRY rurrnmuamor new YORK, N. .Y.,

co'aronarron or NEW roan.

nU'roImBILn-noon.

Application filed March 4, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY FUTTERMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident ofthe city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan, in the count-y of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Hoods, of which the following is a specification.

invention relates to automobile This hoods. and more particularly to that type known as a stream line hood, and more particularly the invention consists in adapting a streamline hood to a Ford or similar car of fixed construction.

In the use of certain typesof cars which are made in large quantities and according to fixed and established patterns, certain parts of the car are fixed and cannot be changed excepting at very great expense.-

Such parts are, for instance, the radiator, at the front of the car, and the frame that supports the hood which is usually arranged at the front of the clash-board on the front of the car. The side members of the frame complete the fixed elements of the car. In such types of car, a straight line hood is used, which. gives the automobile a very stubby appearance, and in the estimation of some people, a very ugly appearance. Furthermore, the fact that the car is a lowpriced car, can usually be immediately as certained by this straight line type of hood.

My invention overcomes these disadvantage 0115 features, in providing a hood which 'is known as a steam line hod,'the front end of which hood has a configuration to con.- form to the configuration of the radiator, while theconfiguration of the rear end of the hood results from the stream line shape .of the body of the hood, whereas the lower ends of the hood are so shaped as to conform to the outline of the fixed frame of the body of the car. For this purpose, the rear lower portions of the side members of the hood are curved inwardly so as to adapt the Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented 23%, 159315.

Serial No. 12,102.

view of my improved hood; Fig. *2 is a rear view thereof, showing the inner construction of the same; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the center'thereof, showing" portions of the automobile in dotted lines; Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a top plan VlQV; 6 is a top plan view of the rear supporting member. Fig. 7 is a side elevtion of a modified form of construction; I -1g. 8 is a top plan view thereof; and 9 is a sectional. view taken on the line 99 of Fig. 7.

iinilar reference characters in clients cor e sponding parts throughout the several i ures of the drawings. Referring; to the drawings, and more particularly to Fig. 1 thereof, the hood com prises,

upper portions

10 and 11 hinged at 12, the ends 13 and '14: of the pint ie of the hinge extending slightly beyond the front and rear edges of the hood. Lower or

side members

15 and 16 are hinged at I? and 18 to the upper members. The

lower edges

19, 20 of the members 15 and are rolled or beaded, and are adapt-ed to he engaged by a swivel lock 20 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. for holding the hood in position. The front lines 21 of the hood extend in straight lines upwardly from the

edges

19 and 20 to conform to the configuration of the radiator of the automobile, and the rear line 22 is first inclined. outwardly as at 23, and then extends upwardly to conform to the body of the car, thereby giving to the car the stream line effect.

Reinforcing members 2 1 and 25 are provided in the interior of the hood near the front and rear edges thereof, and are secured in place by means of rivets or the like 26. A supporting member 27 conforming" to the rear configuration. of the hood is pro -v1ded and adapted to be secured by bolts and nuts to the dash-board of the automobile (as shown in Fig. 3). T he end 13 of the pintle of the hinge 12 rests in a suitable recess provided in the radiator, and the end i l rests in a recess 28 provided centrally of a raised portion 29 of the support, against which the rear edge of the/hood abuts. A flange 30 of the supporting member projects under the on I end of the hood and abuts against the reinforcing member 25. A portion 31 thereof at e1ther side of the hood is bent inwardly to allow free movement of the

hinges

17 and 18.

. The reinforcing member 24: at the front as shown in Fig. 9. With this construction,

end of the hood forms an abutment for the radiator, a suitable recess being provided in the radiator, in which the hood rests.

Handles 32 are provided at either side of the hood for assisting in raising the same. In Figs. ,7 to 9, I have shown aform of construction in which the curved-in portion 23 at the lower ends of the

side members

15 and 16 is omitted and the said sides are carried straight down to the frame of the automobile. For enabling the same to be fastened down to the frame, recesses33 are provided at the lower edgesof the

members

15 and 16, within the enlarged rear portion thereof, the depth of the said recesses being such that the back wall is in alinement with the forward narrow portion of the said members, The lower edges of the hinged members arevbeaded, as at 34, and the fastening devices engage this beaded portion,

it will beseen that the forwardly tapering effect is given to the whole surface of the hood, and at the same time the original fastening means for a straight line hood may be employed. y

It will be seen that with my improvements, a car of the Ford or other similar construction may be very readily, and at small expense, given the more pleasing stream line appearance of expensive makes of cars.

I have illustrated and described preferred and satisfactory forms of my invention, but

it is obvious that changes may be made therein within the spirit and scope thereof, so that I do not desire to be limited to them particular forms shown, except as may be required by the claims.

I claim:-

1. In a device of the character described,

the combination, with an automobile having a radiator frame provided with parallel side pieces, having hoodfastening means thereon, of a hood-supporting member'detachably secured to the dashboard of the automobile of a height and width substantially greater than the radiator, hinged members supported between the radiator and the said support and inclined outwardly from the radiator to the said support, and provided at the lower edges thereof with recessed portions adapted to be engaged by the fastening means of the said parallel side pieces of the radiator frame.

2. In a device of the character described,

the combination, with an automobile having a radiator frame provided with parallel side pieces having hood-fastening means thereon, of a hood-supporting member detachablv secured to the dashboard of the automobile of a height and width substantially greater than the radiator, hinged members supported between the radiator and the said support, and inclined outwardly from the radiator to-the said support, and hav ing the lower portions thereof recessed to form .the lower edges parallel with the parallel side pieces of the franjae, the said lower edges adapted to be engaged by the fastening means of the said parallel side pieces.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination, with an automobile having a; radiator frame provided with parallel. side pieces, having hood-fastening means thereon, of a hood-supporting member-detachably secured 'to the dashboard of-the I automobile, of a height" and width substantiallygreater than the radiator. the lower ends of the said support being inclined inwardly to the parallel side pieces of the frame, hinged members supportedbetween the radiator and the said support and inclined outwardly fromv the radiator to the said, support, and having the lower portions thereof recessed to formthe lower edges parallel with the said parallel side pieces of the framefthe said lower edges adapted to be engaged by the fastening means of the said'parallel side pieces.

4:- A device of the character described comprising a supporting member detachably secured to the dash-board of an automobile.

of a height and width substantially greater.