US1624997A

US1624997A - Radiator wall shield

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Publication number: US1624997A
Application number: US712779A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry G Sweitzer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-05-12
Filing date: 1924-05-12
Publication date: 1927-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 1944-04-19

Description

H. G. SVVETZEE?? RADIATOR WALL SHIELD Filed May l2, 1924 VVV/VwW/W/ x) W@ mi; f'

Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES HENRY G. SWEITZEB, 01? DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RADIATOR WALL SHIELD.

Application led Hay 12,

This invention relates to radiator' wall shields and the invention consists in the structural features and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the drawing.

Figure 1 is proved shield.

Figure 2 is a view of same in end elevation when it is in a position to use.

Figure 3 is a rearpview of the invention.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Figure 3.

I In these views the reference character' A designates an ordinary hot water or steam radiator and A' a wall to which said radiator is adjacent.

The improved shield comprises a top portion formed by overlapping sheet metal lates B and C and a rear portion formed y overlapping sheet metal plates B and v C'. Said top portion is adapted to be superposed on a radiator, as seen in Figure 2, and the rear portion is adapted to project downwardly between the radiator and the adjacent wall. The lower marginal portions of the rear sheets B and C are preferably bent at an obtuse angle ,to the main rtions of said sheets and bear upon the w A.

The plates B and B are preferably parts of the same sheet of material, as are likewise the plates C and C. The units B B and C G are connected and reinforced pieterably by rolling to a tubular form the integrally joined edge portions of the plates B and B together with the similarly joined edge portions of the plates Gand C',

and by further rolling together, as at. F,

the front edges of the plates B and C. The telescoping tubular portions of the twol units 40 thus formed engage each other loosely enough to permit a relative sliding adjustment of sai units to vary the length of the shield. Y

Integral with opposite ends of the sheets,y B and C are end pieces va perspective view of the im- H, formed by bending said sheets downwardly so as to cover to some extent, the`radiator Y extremities. The rear edges of the walls H of the shield bear against the remote ends ofi-the sheets 5 B and C and are formed with flanges 'H, bent at a right angle to said end walls to overlap the 'sheets B and C. Preferably the flanges H2 are permanently secured to the sheets B and C by extending tongues J on said sheets through apertures in the anges.

1924. serial no. 712,779.

Preferably a rod or wire K extends downwardly at a rearward inclination in a plane intermediate the length of the radiator from the top plate B to the rear plate B', this connection serving to hold the connected parts firmly in engagement with the radiator.

It will be evident that the described' shield is adapted by the sliding engagement of its parts or use on radiators of different longitudinal dimensions. By varying theextent to which the two units B B" and C C' overlap the length ofthe shield may be increased or diminished, the telescopically engaged tubular portions E and F permitting relative `sliding adjustment of said units, and maintaining them properly aligned.

What I claim as my invention is v 1. A radiator wall shield formed by two overlapping sheet metal units, each comprisingv a top member and a rear member depending therefrom, said units having folded extensions from the angles of intersection of their members, said extensions being rolled into sliding engagement, and the front edges of said -units also being rolled into sliding engagement.

2. A radiator wall shield formed of sheetmetal and comprising a top member having an integral downwardly bent end rtion, forming an end wall of said shield), and further comprising a. rear member depending from and carried b said top member, the rear edge portion o said end wall having interlocking engagement with said rear member. V 3. A radiator wall shield formed of sheet material and comprising two slidably engaged units, each unit consisting ofa top plate and a rear plate depending therefrom, and each unit having the upper portion of 'its rear plate and therear portion of its top late folded one upon the other in an overapping relation, said folded portions of the two units being slidably-interlocked lengthwise of the units to provide for longitudinal extensibility of the shield.

4. A radiator wall shield formed of sheet metal, and eomprisng two slidably enga ed units, each unit consisting of a top member and a rear member formed in one piece with and depending from said top member, said units being 'interlocked in sliding engagement, one with the other, substantially at the intersections of their top and rear mem-- bers.

5. A radiator Wall shield formed by tivo overlapping units, each comprising a top member and e rear member depending from the top member and cooperating therewith 5 to form tubular portions, said tubular portions telescopically engaging each other permitting a r'elative sliding adjustment of said units, and an end Wall depending from the top member of each of said units having flanges overlapping and secured to the rear 10 member of ezich unit.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.,

HENRY G. SEITZER.