US1232723A - Heater. - Google Patents

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J. H. SCHULZE.l

HEATERl APPLICATION FILED APH. 10. 1915.`

Patented July 10; 19m

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To @ZJ whom it may concern.'

flic it known that ll` JOHN ll. tllciiuimr., a citizen of the United States, residingi at tilt. lilouis, in the State of ildissouri, have invented new and useful improvements in Heaters, of which the following' is a specification.

My present invention relates to injiprovements in heatinpY apparatus and more especially to hot water or stean'i-lieating systems lair being' therebyT humidified and also deprived of any dust. and means is also provided for maintaining a Ysupply of water in 'the vessel from the radiator. this supply of water being preferably maintained automatically.

To these and other ends, the invention consiste in certain improvements, and combina-V tions and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features beine pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

ln the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a radiator provided with a shield, water vessel, and water supply means embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 represents a transverse section of the upper portion of the shield and coperating parts;

Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section of a portion of the shield showing the water vessel and its coperating parts in top plan;

Fig. t is a diagrammatic view showing' the manner in which the water supply valve may be applied to a steam radiator.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

The present invention is applicable generally to radiators or equivalent means for Specification el .Letters Illatent. iltt llt n t nil 1915. iiler'tl No. 20.590.

heating the air ol' a rooin. apartment or the like, it being1 especially adapted to the. stcaui or hotl water hcatiurgr santi-nis' as uscd in houses and ollices. rlllhe prclcrrcd construction is shown in the accompanying drawing4 and will he luneinattcr described in detail. but it is to lie understood that the invcntion not restricted to the particular consti-urtion shown, as ctluivalcnt constructions within the scope ot the annexed claims arc contempla ted.

ln the present instance. l designates a radiator otl the ordinary I vpe which 1ua v he eoiniected to the steam or hot u'atcr pipes 2 ol the heating system. .lccordiun' to the present invention. the radiator is sulistan-4 tially inclosed by a shield Il. this shield lie-- ing prefcralily constructed of wood having' an asbestos or heat insulating,- lining l-, and it open at thebottoln to adniit air to the radiator. designating' an opening in one of the side walls of the shield. The shield is also provided with an opening tl in the top through which the heated air from the radiator passes from the shield into the room or apartment to he heated. Preferably, the top of the shield is formed with a cap having the upwardly and .inwardly slopingi wall- 7 andthe downwardlyY and inwardl)Y sloping walls 8, the lower edge ol the latter wall forming a dependingl tiange 9.

A vessel to contain water is located beneath the outlet opening inthe top of the shield and serves to dampen or huinidify the heated air and to remove therefrom any dust suspended in the air. In the present instance. a vessel l0, preferably in the form of a shallow pan, is provided and is located beneath the outlet opening in the shield, the bottoni of the vessel or pan being preferably depressed toward its center in order to insure a proper distribution of the water therein, and the sides 11 of the pan or Vessel are preferably flared or arranged substantially'in parallelism with the downwardly and inwardly sloping walls 8 surrounding the opening in the shield, a downwardly sloping passageway being thereby formed between the sides of the pan and the wall 8 through which the heated air is directed vinto Contact with the water contained in the pan or vessel. The pan or vessel is supported on titl a frame 12. T he present invention provides means whereby a supply or water will be automatically maintained in the pan or vessel and, as shown, the pan or vessel is so mounted that it may move vertially and thereby control the'flow of water thereto. ln the present instance, the frame 12 provided with a suitable number of vertical plungers or rods 13, and` these plungers or rods slide vertically in talles or guides 11i and rest upon springs 15. The strength ol the springs and the height ot the pan are adjusted by set-screws lolitted into the bo",- toms of the tubes or guides. The tubes or guides lll may be readily supported within the shield by suitable bracketsv 1T. rl1 he radiator is provided with a. valve 18 adapted to discharge water from the interior thereof, a pipe 19 extending from this valve to the pan. The opening and closing of the valve 18 is controlled automatically according to the height ol2 the water-containing pan or vessel. ln the construction' shown, the handle or lever 20 of the valve is connected by a rod 21 to the vertically movable vessel supporting .iframe 12. The arrangement is such that when the vessel or pan contains a suitable amount of water, its weight will be sufficient to hold the pan and its supporting :trame 12 in depressed position. and against the compression ol the springs 15, the valve 18 being thenl closed so that the flow of water from the radiator to thel pan is cut oil, but when the amount of water in the vessel or panl has been diminished, by evaporation, sui'liciently to reduce the weight of the pan and allow the springs 15 to elevate it, the rod 21 will he drawn upwardly by the consequent rising of the frame 12 and the valve 18 will be opened to admit water from the radiator to replenish the water in the pan, and when a sullicient amount of water has been introduced into the pan, the latter will settle or move downwardly under the weight of this water and the valve 18 will be thereby closed. llhis arrangement also serves to vent such airfrom the radiator as may accumulate in the top thereof, thereby insuring a most elhcient circulation in the heating system.

lln applying lthe invention to hot water heating systems,'the valve 18 may he connected directly to the upper portion of the radiator, as shown in Figs. 1 and El, but in applying the same to. steam-heating systems, the water of condensation is drawn from the lower portion of the radiator and is forced by the steam pressure in the radiator up tothe valve 18. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement of this character, the water ol condensation being drawn from the bottom ol the radiator through a pipe 29) into a water-coln lecting tank or collector :'23 and being lifted therein. `wardly sloping arrangement oi the wall 8,

:1,2 avea -from the latter through a pipe @el to the valve 18 by the pressure of the steam within the radiator.

' lccording to the present invention, all the air to he heated enters the bottom ol the shield, and alter passing or Flowing through the radiator, the air thus heated discharges through the opening in the top oli the shield, hut all the heated air discharging from the top oi the shield must come in contact with the water contained in the pan or vessel, the heated air being thereby dampened or hu midilied to the proper degree and also deprived ol such dust as maybe suspended @wing to the downwardly and inandthe parallel arrangement ol the sides l1 of the pan, the heated air 1s directed clownwardly and into contact with the surface oi the water in the pan or vessel, and as the. water in lthe pan or vessel is heated from radiator, the heated air comme,n in Contact with this water will be sufficiently dampened or humidilied and the dust suspended in the air will he precipitated and collected in the pan.

l claim as my invention l. A radiator shield having a heated air outlet provided with a downwardly and inwardly inclined marginal llange, and a water vessel located below and opposite to said outlet and supported to automatically move vertically toward and from saidsdutlet ac'- cording; to variations in the amount et" water in the vessel, said vessel having upwardly and outwardly inclined sides surrounding the lower edge of said marginal flange and forming with the latter a downwardly andA inwardly extending air outlet passage operative to direct the heated air Jfrom the shield onto the surface el the water in the vessel in the form ol' a hlm and in a direction inwardly toward the center of the vessel.

2., The combination with a heater or radiator, anda shield substantially inelosing,A the same and having an outlet lor the heated air,

of a shallow water vessel mounted above `the radiator and below and opposite to said outlet for dampening the heated air as the same discharges fromv the shield through said outlet, means for supporting the vessel to move vertically toward and lrom said outlet according to variations oi the amount of water in the vessel, and means controlled by said movements of the vessel for conducting wain the vessel.

3. rl`he comloination with a heater or radiator, and a shield substantially inclosing the same and having an outlet for the heated air, of a vertieallymovalole water vessel below and movable toward and from said outlet in vter thereto to replenish the supply of water lill? the shield for dampening the heated air be- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set fore discharging from the siield, means mv hand in presence of two subscribingr Wit-Y counterbalancing said vessel and the Weight nessus.

of the Water therein, and means controlled. l, JOHN SCHULZE. by the vertical position of the vessel for au- Witnesses: tomatically admitting water to said Vessel to F. G. HANEISEN, J 1'.,

' maintain a supply of water in the latter. JACOB HANEISEN, J 1'.-

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