US1254785A - Shield or protector for radiators. - Google Patents

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vW'. C. FAHRELL. `SHIELD OR PROTECYOR FOR RADiATORS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

HALTERl U. FABBELL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR- O ONE-HALF v' I JOI-IN F.

scHAMEL, or BUFFALO, NEW

YORK.

SHIELD 0R PROTECTOR RADIATORS.

Application led March 6, 1915.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VVAi/rnn C. FARRELL, .a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county 'of Erie and State of New Yorln'liave invented a new and/.useful Improvement in Shields or Protectors for Radiators,l of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shields or proteotors for Such protectors are used for thel radiators of water cooled automobile engines during cold weather for the purpose of preventing thc water in the radiator from freezing when the engine is not running. and for regulating the admission of air to the radiator so as not to chill the water enough to deleteriously affect the operation of the engine.

Theobject of the invention is to rovide a practical and desirable device of this character of strong and simple construction, which can be readily attached `to the radiator of an ordinary automobile and which' can be so operated, from the drivers seat of the machine if desired` as to cut on?, either partially or entirely, the supply of air admitted to the radiator.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an automobile radiator of standard type having fitted thereon a protector embodying the invention, the protector being opened so as to admit air to the radiator.

Figa .2 is a similar view, showing the vprotector entirely closed.

Fig. 3 is a rear sectional elevation of the protector,u on an enlarged scale', showing the radiator by dotted lines.

tector closed.A

Fig. 4 is a section on line 1 -4, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig.I 5 is a similar View, showing the pro- Fig. Gis a sectional .plan view of the protector attached tO the radiatOI.

The protector or shield is made of sheet metal or of any other suitable material and consists primarily of anl outer or stationary and an inner or movable plate or section,

air i11- let ports which are adapted to register when it is desired to admit air tothe radiator,

andwhioh can be moved, wholly or partially, out of' alinement in order to limit or shut oil' .the air to the radiator. The outer or xed section is attached to the front of the Specication of Letters Patent.

the radiators of automobiles. y

Patented Jan.29,191s. Serial N0. 12,528.

radiator by suitable means7 and the inner section is adapted to be moved in guides on the 4outer section so as to increase or decrease the supply of air admitted to the radiator, aS hereinafter described.

9 represents the outer fixed section of' the protector which, as shown in the drawings, is substantially square in outline' but which can of course be made of suitable shape to fit the fronts'of radiators of different makes.

This section 9 consists of a substantially flat front plate 10 and' marginal flanges or members 11' which extend at right angles thereto and which at the sides of the protector have flanges 12 extending inwardly from the edges thereof. Angle strips 13 are secured in any suitable manner to the side members 11 parallel to the front plate and form one wall of the slots or guides 14,' the other wall thereof being formed by the parallel vertically arranged strips 15 which are adjacent to the front plate 10.

IPhe movable section or plate 16,'Whic'h is approximately the same shape but slightly smaller in size than the( 'uter vsection,'has side edge portions 17 which extend into and are adapted tovbe guided by the slots 14, So

Vthat the section 16 is capable of vertical the weight of the section and `make it slide more freely in the guide slots. Because of the spacing strips'l the two sections, while close together, are not in actual Contact and therefore oannotbecome stuck or jammed.

The movable section is provided. atth'e top thereof with an inwardly extending "cross piecerange 19. g*

While the construction described'I is' the preferable'one, yet any method -of slidably mounting the movable section on the liXed section which allows the movable section to slide freely in a plane parallel with the plane of the fixed section can be used in place thereof. v

20 represents a number of small openings or ports., formed in theV outeror'ixed section, which are preferably square-in outline,

`and 21 is a number. of similar openings formed in the inner or movable section 16.

end to' the bottoml flange of the xed section and at itsupper end to the top flange or `A spring' 22', preferably attached at 'its lower cross piece 19 of the movable member, serves .to normally keep the inner section in the lowered position, shown in Figs. 1 andB, so that the ports or openings 21 thereof register with the openings of the outer section and the outside air is free to enterv the radiator.

Means of various different sortsl could be employed for shifting the movable section so as tocut off theair to the radiator as desired, the following means being shown for the purpose:

A rocking crank or lever 23 is bolted or fastened in some other suitable manner to the front of the radiator above the protector, and a rod or chain 25 connects one end of this lever With the center of the top piece 19 of the'movable section of the radiator. The other end of the lever has a Wire or cord 26 fastened-thereto, which 'Wire passes downwardly in front of theprotector and over a pulley 27 which is mounted at the bottom of the radiator. From there it leads to the driversseat so that by means thereof the driver can raise the inner section'relatively to the outer section into suoli position as to limit or cut olf the supply of air ad l mitted to the radiator asdesired. The Wire front of the'radiator in any suitable man'V ner. As shown, the flanges 12 abut against the' radiator front,fitting Within a marglnal' bead 28 on the radiator, While bolts 29 pass through the two sections and the air pasoperation of the engine in cold Weather. Allv this can be accomplished from the drivers seat Without trouble and no further attention need be paid to the protector until it is again desired to vary the amount of air ad-l mitted.

I claim as my invention:

`The combination of a protector comprising an integral outer section Containing a number of' openings therein, means for se curing the outer section in front of an automobile radiator, an integral inner section adapted to move vertically parallel with the plane of said outer section and also containing a number of openings adapted to register with openings in the outer section, operating means controlled from the drivers seat for moving the inner section in a Vertical plane and relatively to the xed section', and spring means connecting the fixed and movable sections for returning thev movable section to normal position.

WALTER C. FARRELL.

Witnesses:

KARL E. WILHELM, C. B. HORNBECK.

Witness my hand this 1st 4day of March, 'l

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