US1267136A - Automobile attachment. - Google Patents

Description

J. L. SPROUSE.

AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17. 1915,

1,267,136. Patented May 21, 1-918.

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J. L. SPROUSE.

AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1915.

1,267,]. 36. Patented May 21,1918.

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UNTTED STATE PATENT @FETQE.

JAMES L. SPBOUSE, OF COMANGHE, OKLAHOMA, .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 NANNIE L. HUNDLEY, OF COMANCI-IE, OKLAHOMA.

AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 17, 1915. SerialNo. 62,029.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. Srnousn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Comanche, in the county of Stephens and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in automobile attachments and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device which is adapted to be used as a whistle to sound a warning of the approach of the vehicle.

Another object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary cooling fan for use in connection with motor vehicles to assist in the proper cooling of the motor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which is arranged to be operated by the same belt that drives the usual cooling fan and which will use a very small amount of power in comparison to that consumed by the ordinary fan.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a motor elevation showing this improved attachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the attachment.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section therethrough, and

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the fan taken at right angles to Fig. 4.

Referring to thedrawings, the numeral 1 designates the motor of the usual construction provided with the usual cooling fan 2. This fan 2 is driven by a suitable belt 3, which passes over the pulley 4 carried by the fan shaft and engages opposite sides of said pulley while the loop of the belt or the bight portion thereof passes over the pulley 5 of the auxiliary fan.

The auxiliary fan is designated generally by the numeral 6 and comprises a circular casing 7 provided with the front and rear walls 8 and 9 respectively and the wall 9 is provided with a central opening 10 forming the intake opening of the blower or fan.

The wall 8 is provided with an apertured boss 11 formed with the annular ball races 12 as clearly'sho-wn in Fig.v 5. An outlet opening 13 is formed in the periphery of the casing and connected thereto is the outlet pipe l l which terminates at its upper end in a rearwardly turned elbow 15.

A branch pipe 16 is formed on the pipe 15 and registers with an opening 17 formed therein and it will thus be seen that when the valve 18 is moved into the position shown in Fig. 5, the air blast from the fan will be directed through the whistle opening 19, thereby sounding a signal.

In order to create a blast within the easing 6 there is provided the fan designated generally by the numeral 20 consisting of a suitable hub 21 provided with the radiating arms 22, the outer ends of which carry the fan blades 23. This hub is mounted on a suitable shaft or axle 24 carrying the cones 25 which cooperate with the ball races in retaining the bearing balls 26 and supporting the shaft 24. This shaft extends through the hollow boss 11 and carries the pulley 5 so that upon operation of the motor the fan will be driven.

The casing 6 is supported on a suitable frame designated generally by the numeral 27 which consists of the looped portion 28 provided at opposite ends with the arms 29 which are provided with bolt holes 30 by means of which the device is attached to the frame of the vehicle. The side bars of the frame are provided with apertures through which the pulley shaft extends and the easing 6 is supported on suitable arms 31 which extend outwardly from the frame for that purpose.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a particularly simple and eificient signaling device as well as auxiliary air blast forming device is provided which will elfectively signal persons of the approach of a vehicle when the valve 18' is operated by means of the crank 32 and rod 33 which may be controlled from the drivers seat and when not in use the air will pass out through the elbow and be directed back against the cylinders of the motor, thereby assisting in the cooling thereof.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodi- Patented May 21, 1918.

ment of this invention, it is'to'be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of "parts "as will fall Within the spirit and "scope *of'the appended claim:

An automobile attachment including a casing, means for attaching the casingto an internal combustion engine, a fan located Within the casing, a shaftha'ving-one end'eX- tending through one side Wall of the casing and connected to-the fan for supporting the latter, a pulley 'on the shaftya belt trained over said pulley for rotating the shaft and fan, an outlet pipe connected to and com- 1 munioating with said casing, a Whistle con- Gopies of this trade-mark may be obtainedforrfivecents each, by addressingwlie commissioner-of Patents,,-

nected to and extending laterally from the outlet pipe and communicating therewith, a

valvefpivotally secured to the inner end 0 t the wliistlepipe, and means connected to the valve whereby it may be operated to close theoi'itl'et pipe and permit the blast to operate .the whistle and by further operation of the 'saidm'e'ans the Whistle Will beclosed and outlet pipe opened. a

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