US1453340A

US1453340A - Attachment for motor-vehicle radiators

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Publication number: US1453340A
Application number: US269428A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank J Druar
Original assignee: Packard Motor Car Co
Current assignee: Packard Motor Car Co
Priority date: 1919-01-03
Filing date: 1919-01-03
Publication date: 1923-05-01
Anticipated expiration: 1940-05-01

Description

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ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE RADIATORS" Filed dan. 5, 1919 3o stantially on the line 2--2 of Fi is hood supporting Bange 13 of the shell.

au this result FFSA d. lDlRglT, F IDEUDROJIT, MJECHIEGAN, ASSIGNUR lLO :IPACM ma MUTUR C CtllltlFd, FDEUIT, lllClEIlIGAltl', A. CORFORATIN 01E' lllElECG,

.hTTACHMlE'NT FUR MOTU-VEHICLE RADMTORS.

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To all whom it may concern."

Fe it known that l, FRANK d. lDnUAn, a

citizen of the lUnited States, and residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of ll/lichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Motor-'Vehicle Radiators, of which the following is a specification.

The presentinventlon relates to moto 1u vehicles and more particularly to means to 15 cover for the front of the vradiator and attaching means for detachably securing the curtain thereto. l

@ther objects and'features of novelty will be apparent from the description taken in au connection with the drawings in which:-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a radiator provided with a curtain constructed 1n aci cordance with the present invention, a portion of the curtain being shown broken 25 away and folded to illustrate the manner of varying the size of the opening in the radiator;

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation through the curtain and attaching means taken subrel.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional plan view taken substantially on the line33 of Figure 1; and i Figure 4f is a front elevation of a removaa able frame employed for securing the curtain to the radiator.

Referring to the drawings it will be seen that theinvention is illustratedlin connection with a radiator of the usual type comiio prising a core surrounded by a removable shell 11. For the purpose of securing the shell to the core, the core has the rearwardly extending hngers or .tongues 12 which are bolted or otherwise fastened to the At certain times of the year it is desirable to close or reduce the size of the opening in the front of the radiator through which air passes..l According to this invention, is accomplished by providing a curtain similar in outline to the radiator air opening and detachably securin the same at its marginal edges tothe ra iator. Freferably, the curtain is formed in sections `with respect to a, central v 18 down and llt will flexibly connected together so that one section may be folded against an adjacent seetion to thereby vary the size of the air opening of the radiator.

As shown in Figure 2, the curtain may consist of the relatively thick sections ll, 15 and 16 connected by the flexible or hinge portions 17 and 18. ln the embodiment shown the curtain consists of the

outside fabric layers

19 and 20, with the interposed pads 21, the hinge portions being provided by omitting the padding at these portions so that the

fabric layers

19 and 20 are in contact. rlhe padding may be held in place by any suitable means as the stitchings 22. 'llhe padding also may be omitted from the marginal edges of the curtain so Ithat the lfabric layers contact to give a relatively thin part for the fasteners.

The curtain may be detachably secured to the radiator in any suitable manner but preferably snap or glove fastenings 23 are employed. As .clearly shown in Figure 1,

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these fastenings are arranged symmetrically a fastening 23 is disposed directly below each of the hinge sections 17 and 18 at opposite sides of the curtain.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that if it is desired to open up a portion of the air passage through the radiator the upper section 14: of the curtain may be folded about the hinge portion 17 down and against the section 20 and may be secured in this folded position by snap fastenings 24. 'lhe position of this .upper section in this folded location is illustrated by the dotted line a at the right of Figure 1. lf it is desired to expose a larger portion of the air passage then'the sections 1t and 20 as a unit may-be folded about the hinge against the lower sectionv 16 of the curtain and may be secured in this folded osition by the snap fasteners 25.

Fe observedthat each section of the curtain is detachably secured to the radiator so that a section may be unfastened therefrom and foldeddown as described above. For example, the section 14k may be detached from the radiator by Vunfasteuing thefasteners 23 and when folded down the remaining sections of the curtain are Supported in their ori 'nal positions so that they continue to 'c ose the corresponding vertical line, and

to be positioned at the edge of the shell bounding the air passage opening. This frame is held in position by being clamped between the shell and the core and preferably the fastening is made more secure by providing a groove on one part to receive the adjacent edge of the other. Thus as clearly shown in Figure 3, the frame 27 is formed with a groove 28 to receive the adjacent edge 29 of the shell. The frame, carries the portions of the fasteners which cooperate with lthe similarly positioned'y fasteners on the curtain. It will be seen that the frame 27 may be removed from the radiator merely by taking off the shell 11.

Although an embodiment ofthe invention l has been described in detail, it is to be un-Y derstood that the invention is not thus limited but includes modifications and changes which come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to besecured by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a motor vehicle radiator comprising a core and removable shell formed with an air opening at the front thereof; of a frame disposed `between the edges of the shell bounding said opening and the core, a curtain adapted to close said opening, and means to detachably secure the curtain to said frame.

2. The combination with a motor vehicle radiator havinga shell formed with anair opening in the front thereof; of a frame removably disposed at the edge of the shell bounding said opening, a curtain adapted to close said opening, and Ineans to vdetachably secure the curtain to said fra-me.

3. TheA combination with a motor vehicle radiator comprising 4a core and removable shell formed with an air opening in the front thereof; of a curtain supporting frame clamped between the core and the edges of the shell bounding said opening. -v

4. `The combination with a motor vehicle radiator comprising a core and a removable shell formed with an air opening in the front thereof; of a curtain supporting frame ,disposed at the edge of the shell bounding` said opening, one of the two last mentione parts formed with a groove to receive the adjacent edge of the other part.

5. The combination with a motor vehicle radiator comprising a core and a removable shell formed with an air opening in the front thereof; of a curtain supporting frame disposed at the edge of the shell bounding said opening, and formed with a groove to receive the said edge of the shell.

6. A curtain for closing the air opening in motor vehicle radiators compri-sing relatively thick sections connected by relatively thin portions whereby one section may be folded about a thin portion to lie fiat against an adjacent section.

7. A curtain for closing the air opening in motor vehicle radiators provided with spaced parallel weakened portions, thereby dividing the curtain into sections, one of which may be folded about a weakened portion to lie fiat against an adjacent section.

8. A curtain for closing the air opening Ain motor vvehicle radiators comprising sections connected by a horizontally disposed weakened portion whereby the upper section may be folded about said weakened portion to lie flat against the lower section, and means to fasten the sections in folded position.

9. The combination with amotor vehicle radiator, of a curtain to close the air open- -ing in the front thereof, and fasteners to secure the edges of the curtain to the radiator disposed symmetrically about a vertical center line through the curtain whereby a portion of the curtain may be folded over against the remaining portion and the latter will be supported by the fastenings not de.n tached and means to detachably secure said foldedh over portion tothe portion below the same.

10. The combination with a motor vehicle radiator, of a curtain to close the air open-