US1344422A - Radiator - Google Patents

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C. C. MANKER. RADIATOR. APPLlATloN FILED APR.5, 1911. nENEwED MAY19.1920.

1 ,344,422 Patented June 22, 1920.

Afro/MHS UNITED fsg-TATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHAItLES CAREY MAN'KER', or OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, A'SSIGNOR or ONE-HALF To f y MURRAY J. MORLEY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. y

` RADIATOR.

specificati@ of Letters Patent,v yPatented June 22,1920.

Application meti Apriis, 1917, serial No. 160,036.Y A,lteneweti'may19, 1920. serial No. 382,686.

To all whom it may concern Be known that I,

State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Improved Radiator, of which the' following is a full, clear, and exact, description. y

This invention relates to radiators and has for an object the provision of an 1m-y proved construction whereby oil or gas maintain a steam pressure in yradiators byy the useof a burner maintaining a flame inM a casing fitting into the radiator.

A still further object of theinvention is to provide ak heating element inA connection withy a radiator for heating water therein and means vactuated by the steam in the radiator for controlling the volume to the heating element so as to produce automatically a uniform heat. f

In the accompanying drawing:

The ligure is a longitudinal verticalrsectional view through a radiator with an embodiment of the invention applied thereto, saidembodiment being partly in section for better illustrating the construction. y

i Referring yto the accompanyingL drawing bynumerals, V1 indicates part ofthe radiator, the samefbeing` formed from kany desired numberl of sections 2 and 3.connected together in the usual manner. a Arranged-in the Opening 41 at the bottom of the sections 2 and3 is a tubular member or pipe 5 thread-k edf'iinto the sleeve 6 at one end and to the elbow 7 `at the opposite end. The elbow"7 discharges into a container or exhausttank 8 having suitable openings 9,v atthe top. The container or tank 8 mayk be empty Or may be supplied with materialk for neutralizing. the gases and burnt productsr of combustion passing lthrough the elbowf?.

The sleeve v6 is not only threaded on to the pipe, but into the section 2 ofradiator 1 and carries a housing 10 havingan air opens ing 11 which is clamped in position by the fitting j 12. /Fitting 12 isprovided with 'a plurality of openings 13 foradmitting air,

CHAnLEs `CARFJ-rv MANIIER, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Oklahoma, inthe county and the volume of air admittedbeing controlled by a washer 14 threaded on 15 of fitting 12.`

A'burner 16 is threaded in ythe extension to the extension 15 so as to project' a short distance into the pipe 5said burner being provided kwith a centrally arranged tube 17 formed with a n' bell-shaped opening 18 for receiving air and the'pilot Haine yproduced by the tip vr19. By

providing pipe 1'( centrally of the burner 16 an annular' gas kchamber 20 is` produced which discharges gas through a wire mesh.

covering 21, said gas being ignited by the `Haine through pipe 17 from thertip 19. -As

the flame is projected from the wire mesh covering 21 air is mixed therewith which venters the opening 13 and thereby produces Awater is provided throughthe filling plug 23 to maintainL a proper amount of steam in the radiator and approximatelyfthequantity of water shown in the drawing so that the tubeV 15 will always be submerged to a certain' extent. By providing a heating member of this kind arranged as just 'described, andV meansk for' neutralizing kthe burnt gases in the chamber 8, substantially all of the heat is transmitted to the water 22 and from thence is caused to heat the radiator 1 through the action of the steam thereon .so that a genuine steam heatingv effectis produced. y y A Any desired fuelmay be used,fas for instance, oil or gas, the structureshown in the drawing being adapted for gas which is i supplied through pipe 24, which Ypipevmay have a shut-off cock or valve arranged therein-if desired. -Tlie gas through pipe 24 enters into the globularinember 25 above the diaphragmf26, .which diaphragm may be Of anymaterial, as for instance, metal, and

^ clamped in ,position by the various bolts 27 which clamp.v the upper and lower sections of the globular member 25together. The

upperv section28 of the globularmember 25 is provided with a passageway`29 and a depending tubular member 30 which is nor` mally held open by a spring 31 and the pressure of gas from pipe 24. A threaded member 32 -is provided` for adjusting` the tension of the spring 3l so as to maintain the same open even against a considerable pressure of steam.

Vhen the device is first started the parts assume the position shown in the drawing and gas will pass from pipe 24 into section 28 andV from thence through the notch 33, and, in fact, the entire bottom part of tubular member 30, into the passageway 29 and from thence into pipe 34. provided in order that a small quantity of gas may be admitted into pipe 34 even when `there is a high pressure of steam so that the burner will not be entirely extinguished at any time. il B-way valve is interposed in pipe 34; so that when the same is positioned as shown in the drawing gas may freelypass through the by-pass 36 to the tip 19 for maintaining the pilot light, but the main supply is shut off from the usual air mixture and the burner 16. However, whenV the main passageway 38 of valve A35 f registers with the pipe 3l the pilot will be maintained lighted and gas will' be supplied to the chamber 20, a proper mixture being produced by the usual airvmixer' 37. The provision of this air mixer-will allow the gas to properly burn while the air from openings llisfor the purposefof supplying additional air in which the flame is maintained. i

Then the device has been used vfor someV the lower surface of the tubular member 30 when the predetermined pressure has been produced, whereby the gas pressure Vfrom Vpipe 24 and the spring 3l will be overcome.

This will not fully shut off the gas by reason ofthe notch 33 but will reduce 'the flame to such an extent that therewillbe comparatively little heat produced so that the steam will be automatically reduced in pres sure as the parts cool. y

i In order to completely obviate any pos# sibledanger a blonhoff or relief valve 43 is provided which may be set to automatically open at any desired pressure. Arranged at abonvenient point is the usual air valve 44* forl allowing the lescape of lair during the first, part of the heating of the radiator. The upper part of the sections of the radia-h tor may be connected by short sections of pipeif desired, so that air may pass from The notch 33 is one section to the other and finally out valve 44, or the water level may be suiciently. low to allow the air to pass from one section to the other as is common in ordinary radiators now in use.

lVhat I claim is: l

l. In a heating attachment for radiators, a heating tube extending through the lower part ofthe radiator, means'at the end of the tube connecting the tube with the radiator,

said tube being open at one'end, an aper` tured cap" fitting over' said opening, said apertured cap having a plurality of openi ings near the sides and a large central opening, means for regulating the amount of air passing through said first mentioned `openings, a tubular burner arranged in said second mentioned opening, having a central passageway extending therethrough, means for projecting a small quantity of gas through said passageway for presenting' a pilot-light, a gas mixer for supplying said tubular burner with a combustible gas, manually controllable means controlling the gas t0 said mixer and to said pilot-light, and an automaticcontrolling means controlling the gas supplied to said manually controlling means.

` 2. A heating attachment for radiators, comprising a tube extending through the lower part of the radiator, an exhausttank` connected with one end of the tube, means at the other end of the tube for 'regulating the admission of air into the tube, a tubular burner projecting into the said tube and having a centrally arranged tube whose outer end is bell-shaped, a mixer connected with the burner, a pipe connectedwiththe mixer, said pipe being provided with a branch pipe leading to the bell-shaped end of the tube ofthe burnerV and having a burner tip, a valve in the first named pipe and controlling the passage of the ueltherethrough and through the branch pipe, and an automatic controlling means for controlling the supply of gas to the pipe `in which the valve is located.

3. uIn aheating attachment for radiators,

a tube extending through the lower part-of.

the radiator, a fitting secured on one end of the tube and having a tubular and exter nelly threaded extension, said fitting being provided with a plurality of air openings, a disk like member'screwing on theiextension of the fitting and controlling the passage of air through the openings of the fitting, a

.tubulariburner secured in the extensionV of the fitting and having a centrally arranged passage, a burner tip at said passage, automatic means for controlling the supply of gas to the iburneigand manually operable means, for controlling the supply of* gas to the burner tip. f

' CHARLES CAREYLMANKER.

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