US1472757A

US1472757A - Heating system

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Publication number: US1472757A
Application number: US609679A
Authority: US
Inventors: Theodore A Holmberg
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-12-29
Filing date: 1922-12-29
Publication date: 1923-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 1940-10-30

Description

Oct. 30, 1923. 1,472,757

T. A. HOLMBERG HEATING SYSTEM Filed Dec. 29, 1922 Patented Get. 30, 1923 THEODORE A. HOLMBERG, F STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

- HEATING SYSTEM.

Application filed December 29, 1922. Serial No. 609,679.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEODORE A. HOLM' BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stamford, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heating Systems, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in heatlng systems, and more particularly to that class or type in which the hot air is positively circulated or forced from the source of heat or combustion chamber into the heat distributing pipes or laterals through the medium of suitable branch pipes or conduits communicating with an air receiving and distributing manifold, the

latter being provided with a main or feed pipe communicating with a suitable fan or air circulating device adapted to circulate the air into the manifold and through the branch pipes into the main heat distributing pipes or conduits leading to the respective rooms or parts of the building structure to be heated.

The invention further relates to an improved heat generating unit or casing provided with a suitable combustion or heat generating chamber, together so with an improved air receiving and distributing unit or manifold arranged within said heat generating casing or unit, said air receiving and distributing manifold being adapted to provide for a forced circulation of hot air through the branch or heat distributing pipes and to the respective rooms or parts of the building to be heated.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved heating system adapted to to positively force or circulate'the heated air through the medium of improved heat generating and air receiving and distributing units arranged and cooperating with each other in an improved manner.

There are other features of the invention residing in elemental combinations and particular construction of parts, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in some of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out inithe appended claims.

prises a suitable heat generating unit or Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this s ecification, Figure 1 is a side elevatlon o' a heating system constructed in accordance with this invention, the heat generating and air receiving and distributing units being shown in central vertical section, and the circulation of the heat or products of combustion and of the heated air being shown by full and dotted line arrows, respectively. V p

Flg. 2, a top plan view, partly in horizontal section, of the units, detached, certain parts being broken away forfthe purpose of clearer illustration of the baflie elements.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all thefigures of the drawings.

The improved apparatus for carrying my lmproved heating system into eifect comflame enclosing casing 1, the latter being of any suitable and convenient form and, in the present instance, comprising a main casing 1 and a removable bottom section 1 the

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1 and 1 being preferably provided wlth flanges adapted torbe detachablyconnectecl by means of bolts 1", and nuts 1.

As a convenient means of suspending the heat generator or flame enclosing casing 1 from the-first floor 2, of the building or structure to beheated, suitable hanger rods 3, may be provided, said hanger rods 3 being connected to suitable parts of the structure and connected to lugs 1 of the main section 1.

As a means of supporting combustion within the generator casing 1 where a gas burner 4 is provided, the bottom section 1 is provided With suitable air inlet openings 1".

As a means of more effectively heating, distributing and circulating the air, the generator casing or unit 1 is provided with an internally arranged air receiving and dis tributing unit in the specific form of a mani fold embodying a main head or body portion 5, communicating with branch pipes 5 above and a main air feed or supply pipe 5" below. The branch manifold pipes '5 extend through suitably spaced openings in the top of the enerato-r unit or casing l and the main supp y pipe 5 extends through a centrally located opening in the bottom of p the casing 1. The branch pipes 5 are adapted ,to be connected to a suitable number of heat distributing pipes or conduits 6, the V119 latter being adapted to lead to suitable register casings or boxes 6", provided with suitable floor or wall registers as may be required.

As a means of effectively diverting and distributing the air as received from the main or supply pipe 5 the manifold head is provided with a conical shaped spreader head 5, and as a means of providing for the escape of the products of combustion where a burner is used (Or the heat where some other heating medium is used) the top of the generator unit or casing 1 is provided with a central opening 1, leading to a suitable discharge pipe or flue 1 As a means of diverting the products of combustion or heat over and between the v branch pipes 55 for more effectively heating the latter, upper and lower baffle plates 7 and 8, respectively, are provided, together With an intermediate baffle plate 9. In the present instance, the upper baiiie plate 7 is suspended by means of arms 7 extending from the upper wall of'the casing 1 and the lower bafiie plate 8 is supported-by means of supporting legs 8 resting on the spreader head 5 of the manifold. If desired, the intermediate bafiie plate 9 may be formed as a part of the generator casing or unit 1, as shown, and it will be seen that the intermediate baffle plate 9 is provided with a central opening 9 The outer periphery of the intermediate baffle plate 9 is provided with suitably spaced openings adapted to removably receive and contain the branch manifold pipes 5 and the upper baffle plate 7 is providedwith suitable curved or semi-circular shaped openings to receive the upper ends of the branch pipes while the lower bai'lie plate 8 is provided. with suitably spaced openings 8*, to receive and take over thes'aid pipes 5 If desired, the interior portions of the branch pipes 5 may be provided with oppositely arranged and extending semi-circular shaped baffles 5 the latter serving to retard and more effectively heat the heated air as it passes upwardly through the manifold pipes.

The main air supply or feed pipe 5 may communicate with a suitable air conduit pipe leading to a suitable source of air pressure or air circulating means, such for example,as a fan, or the like, and operated in a suitable manner, said air conduit pipe being preferably supplied with air from the exterior of the building to be heated.

As a means of lighting the gas burner 4, a separate nozzle 10 may be provided, said nozzle communicating with a small gas pipe 11, and being provided with a valve 10 the nozzle 10 being adapted when lighted to direct a gas jet into the opening 1 in'the casing and which nozzle 10 may also be used, if desired, as a pilot light.

Having thus described one of the embodi mcnts of my invention, without having attempted to set forth all the forms in which it may be made, or all the modes of its use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, i

1. A heating apparatus, comprising a flame enclosing generator casing, an air re ceiving and distributing manifold therein including branch pipes, means in said generator casing for heating said manifold, and means for diverting the products of combustion over and between said branch pipes.

2. In a heating system, a heating casing, an air receiving and distributing manifold including branch pipes and a main inlet pipe, means'within said casing for heating said manifold, and horizontal baffle plates in said casing diverting the heat transversely in said casing and between said branch pipes.

3. In a heating system, a heat generating casing and an air receiving and distributin manifold therein including branch pipes an a main inlet pipe, means for heating said manifold, and bafiie plates in said casing adapted to divert the heat from said heat generating means over and between said branch pipes.

4. In a heating system, an air receiving and distributing unit comprising a main head including a main supply pipe and a spreader head and a plurality of spaced manifold pipes, a casing surrounding said head and intersected by said branch and main supply pipes at the top and bottom portions thereof, andmeans in said casing for heating said main head.

5, V A heating apparatus, comprising a generator casing provided with a combustion chamber, an air receiving and distributing manifold therein including branch and supply pipes extending through said casing, meansin said casing for-[heating said mani fold, and upper and lower and intermediate baffle plates for diver-ting the products of combustion between said branch pipes.

6. A heating apparatus, comprising a generating casing, an air, receiving and distributing manifold therein including branch pipes extending through the top and a main inlet pipe extending through the bottom portion thereof, heat generating means in said casing below said manifold, and baths elements in said casing adapted to divert the heat over and between said branch pipes.

7 In a hot air heating system, a heat enclosing generator casing including a'central flue opening at the top and heat generating means in the bottom thereof, and an air receiving and distributing manifold comprisinga main head or body portion arranged above said heat generating means and provided with a plurality of circularly arranged branch pipes extending above said casing outside of said flue opening and having a main inlet pipe in the bottom of said casing communicating with a source of air supply. I v

8. In a heating system, a flame enclosing casing having a source of heatand combustion supporting openings in its bottom portion and a centrally located flue for the products of combustion at its top, anv air receiving and discharging head in said casing 10 adapted to receive heat from said source of heat and provided with hot air distributing pipes, a series of conduits connected to said pipes, and a plurality of disc-shaped baflies in said generator casing extending transversely of said discharge pipes to divert the products of combustion between the latter to said flue. V

In testimony whereof I hereby afiix my signature.

THEODORE A; HOLMBERG.