US1383959A - Screen-hood - Google Patents

Description

R. MARTIN.

SCREEN HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10. 1919.

Patented July 5, 1921.

RALPH MARTIN, OF WINSLOW, INDIANA.

SCREEN-HO OD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed December 10, 1919. Serial No. 343,908.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RALPH MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winslow, in the county of Pike and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Screen-Hood, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hoods for automobile en gines, and it is the primary object of the invention to provide a hood which will permit air to circulate around the cylinders of the engine thereby aiding in the cooling of the engine, and greatly enhancing the ciliciency thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hood of this character which may be readily and easily applied in place of the usual hood construction in common use, by any person unfamiliar with mechanics.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 illustrates a fragmental elevational view of an engine having a hood constructed in accordance with the present invention, applied thereto, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hood, the wire mesh being shown as partly broken away.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the engine hood forming the subject matter of the present invention includes a frame comprising end sections 5 and 6 which are 1 formed of substantially heavy wire formed into relatively straight portions 7 and 8, and upper inclined portions 9 and 10.

The frame embodies two of these end sections 5 and 6 supported in spaced relation by means of the horizontal bars 11 and 12 connected to the end sections preferably by electro welding the same together, but it is to be understood that these sections forming the body portion of the hood may be connected in any suitable manner without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Connecting bars 13 and 1 1 connect the lower ends of the respective end sections so that the same will be supported in proper spaced relation with each other, at all times, and as shown thes connecting bars 18 and 14 are provided with offset portions 16 extending beyond the bars 13 and 14 so that the same may be grasped by the usual spring clamps employed in securing the ordinary engine hood now in use, to the chassis of the automobile.

Embracing the frame of the hood, is a covering 15 comprising wire mesh material, the same being secured to the frame by any suitable means, so that the cover will be secured to the frame against displacement.

From the foregoing it is obvious that a hood constructed in accordance with the present invention, may be applied in place of the solid metallic hood now in use, to the end that the engine is exposed to the atmosphere so that air may circulate around the engine cylinders, to efiiciently cool the same, but at the same time be guarded against stones or other foreign matter from finding its way into the engine.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In an engine hood, the rigid frame embodying end sections, horizontal upper and lower bars connecting the end sections, the lower bars having offset portions to receive the usual hood securing clips, a covering of wire mesh material supported by the bars and end sections, and said hood having inclined upper surfaces.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

RALPH MARTIN.

Witnesses CHARLES VVEsLEY CROW, MARK EVERETT MARSHALL.

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