US1646837A - Hot-air moistener and deflector - Google Patents

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25 19 Oct 27 c. w. ROEDER nor AIR HOISTZNER AND DEFLECTOR Filed Sept. 17, 1926 Patented Get. 25 1927.

UNITED STATES enemas w. nonnnn, or isnooivimeron, rumors.

HOT-AIR MOISTENER AND DEFLEGTOR.

Application filed September 17, 1926. Serial No. 136,061.

My invention is concerned with hot air moisteners and deflectors of the type shown in the Roeder (Patent No. 928,703, dated July20, 1909, and is designed to produce a structure that jean be manufactured somewhat more cheaply; is of a more durable 1 construction, and which can be filled some what more easily. To these ends it consists of the structure shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings in which the same reference characters .areused to designate identical parts in all the figures, in which,

' Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hot air moistener and deflector embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section as seen on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.

In the prior Rocder Patent No. 928,703,

the front wall of the reservoir formed a deflector, but in my present construction, I

physically separate the deflector and the reservoir so that the latter can be removed,

taken to the faucet, and refilled without the necessity of moving the deflector proper, which is ordinarily held in place by the cover of the hot air register, and can only be removed with some diiiiculty.

The deflector preferably consists of two end pieces 10, which are preferably in the form of light n'ietallic castings, and may be of the general design shown with the base portion of sufficient width to give stability, and the top portion likewise of suflicient width to produce the necessary overhanging top which shall deflect the heated air from the wall to prevent discoloration thereof. These end castings are preferably provided with the flanges 11 extending around the periphery thereof, and serving in the rear and top portion; to form an offset with which the sheet metal deflecting plate proper cooperates. This deflecting plate consists of the vertical back portion 12 and the forwardly and somewhat upwardly extending top portion 13, the two portions being preferably formed integrally, and the top portion preferably terminating in the wall 14, giving additional rigidity to the frame and serving to cover the tie bolt 15 passed therethrough and through the necessary apertures in the end pieces 10. The bottom of the back 12 preferably has the inwardly extending short flange portion 16 on which the adjacent portion of the bottom of the reservoir 17 rests. The end pieces 10 may or may not beprovided with the inwardly projecting horizontal flanges 18, which, when they are used, serve to fit under the edges of the hot air register plate 19 in the manner more clearly shown in the aforesaid Patent No.

928,703. The end pieces are preferably an. 1

For additional capacity without having the bottom overlap the hot air register too much, 1 preferably form the reservoir 17 of a shape that causesits top portion to overhang'the bottom portion, as best seen in cross-section in Fig. 2, and as this would cause it to be somewhat unstable in its equilibrium, especially when filled with water, 1 preferably employ the spring catch 23 to hold its upper end in place, the spring 23 being, as best seen in Fig. 2, a leaf spring secured at its lower end to the rear wall of the reservoir, while its upper end is provided with an aperture 24 cooperating with the lug 25 projecting downwardly from the under side of the top 13 in position so that the spring can be readily snapped over the lug 25, and as easily pulled oil of it when it is desired to remove the reservoir for refilling. The tie rod 21 is so located relative to the bottom of the side pieces and the rear wall 12 of the deflector plate that when the reservoir 17 is put in place, said tie rod serves to hold the lower end securely in place against the rear wall 12 of the deflector proper.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and while I have shown my invention as embodied in the form which I. at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will be understood that it is capable of some modification, and that I do not desire to be limited in'the interpretation of the following claims except as may be necessitated by the state of the prior art.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a deflecting member having rear and side walls and an overhanging top, and a plurality of horizontal rods connecting the end walls and holding them in proper relationship to the rear wall. and.

overhanging top, of a separate reservoir.

having an open top and adapted to fit in be tween said walls beneath the top, one of said rods connecting said ends toward the bot- 'tom and spacedaway from the rear wall so that the reservoir will be held in place thereby when placed beneath the top and againstthe rear Wall. 2. In a deviceof the class described, the combination with a deflecting member having rear and side wallsandan overhanging top, of a separate reservoirsupportedby and resting on its bottom and having an open top and adaptedto fit in between said walls beneath the top, the bottom portionofthe reservoir being narrowed so that it is in substantially unstable equilibrium when 7 filled with water, and detachable means to prevent said reservoir from tipping over when it 1s filled and 1n place. v

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a deflecting member-having rear and side walls and an overhanging a to cooperate with a lug projecting downwardly from the top.

4. In a device of theclass described, the

means to prevent said reservoir from tipping over when it is filled and in place. 1

5.111 a device of the class described, the combination with a deflecting member having rear and side walls and an overhanging top, of a separate reservoir having an open topand adapted to fit in between said walls beneath said top, the bottom portion of the reservoir being narrowed so that it is in substantially unstable equilibrium when filled with water, a rod connecting said ends toward the bottom and spaced away from the rear wall so that the reservoir will be held in place thereby when placed beneath the top and against the rear wall, and detachable means to prevent said reservoir from'tipping over when it is filled and in place, said means consisting of a leaf spring attached at its lower end to the reservoir and its recessed upper end being curved over and adapted to cooperate with a lug projecting downwardly from the topl- In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand'this 7 day of Sept, 1926.

CHAS. wM. RoEnER;

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