US1660671A - Radiator support - Google Patents

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Feb. '28, 192s. maman v E. R. GURNEY RADIATOR SUPPORT Filed Sept. 17, 1925 S1/wanton ERVI NG R. GURNEY Patented Feb. 28T, 1928.

UNITED STATES ERVING R. GURNEY, OF BEECHHURST, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL vPari-:ur OFFICE.

MOTOR COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

RADIATOR SUPPORT.

Application med September 17 1925' Serial No' 5GMLHElSSl-l This invention relates to a radiator support and more particularly to a connection and support between the upper part of a radiator adapted to have a steadying eiect thereon. The connection is adapted to eX- tend between the upper part of the radiator and abase of some sort from which' the radiator is to be connected, supported o1' steadied. One object of the invention is to provide a connection of this character which shall Ibe capable of adjustment whereby slight ineXactness in the' manufacture of the co-operating elements may be compensated for. A further object 'of the invention .involves the provision of a connection of the character described` with yielding non-metallic material serving as a cushioning connection and support between the radiator and the part to which it is connected. Specically a bracket carried with a radiator is provided with an apertured flange and a simi-- lar bracket is carried by the part from which the radiator is supportedas, for instance, the jacket of an internal combustion engine with which the radiator is associated. Through the apertures in the flanges may passa telescoping rod which may be insulated from the respective flanges by blocks of yielding nonmetallic material which, if desired, may be retained under internal static pressure whereby their strength, resiliency and wearing qualities are increased'. These and other objects of the invention and the means for their attainment will be more apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: i

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing an internal combustion engine and a radiator supported respectively from the chassis frame'of a vehicle and involving an adjustable brace or connection between the upper parts olf4 the respective radiator and engine. Figure 2 is an enlarged view showing the adjustable cushioning brace, partly in section.

An internal combustion engine is indicated at a andv is supported in any convenient manner from a frame b. Also supported from the frame b as by yielding connections at the lowermost part thereof is a radiator c. A

f brace or cushioning connection between the top of the engine a and the upper part of the 'threaded male member f2.

radiator c is indicated as a whole at m in F1gure 1 and on an enlarged scale 1n Figure 2.

' Referring now to FigureQ a bracket d is Y yshown as secured by a bolt ato a portion 'of the engine block a. Brackets d are pro,

vided with flanges cl suitably braced, if desired, from the bracket as by the webs d2.

In the ian'ge d maybe formed an aperture gli and passing loosely through lthe apertures 1s an adjustable rod formed of the sections e and f, respectively. Upon either side of the flanges d .there are carried on the rod discs g maintained in position upon one side by shoulders e', f., respectively, and upon the extremities by nuts c2, f, respectively. The flanges d are formed with seat portions d* upon opposite faces thereof equal to the `seat members g and ada ted to co-operate therewith and blocks of yielding non-metal- .lic material t are adapted to be disposed between each {iange and -the respective discs g. Suitable compression may be exerted upon the blocks h through the instrumentality of the nuts c2, f2", respectively, as will be understood, engaging the threaded ends of the sections e, f, respectively; c

Adjustable devices are provided between the rod sections e and f. In the illustrated embodiment the rod sections e and 4f are caused to telescope. Section e' is formed with a female portion e2 interiorly threaded as at e3 and .section f is formed with a Thus in order to vary the effective length of the connection e, f, and thereby vary the distance between the radiator and supporting element a the sections e and f may be turned relative to one another by suitably engaging the shoulders e', which are shown asw'ench 95 It will thus be seen that an adjustable con- 100 nection or brace has been aiforded between a rad1ator and a base whlch lnay also, if def slred, include cushionmg elements serving to absorb in whole or in part shocks and stresses impressed upon one of the portions 1`05 to prevent theirjtransmission in whole or in part to the other portion. The invention will be found particularly advantageous with respect to bracing means for the upl per portion of a yieldingly supported radia- 110 tor used on 'motor vehicles lbut is not to be deemed limitedthereto since it is equally applicable in any situation in which a radiator is used.

Various modifications may be made in the component elements forming the brace as a whole and various forms may be taken by the adjusting device without departing from the spirit 'andfscope of the invention.

l. A connection and support between a radiator and the top lof an engine comprising, in combination, a bracketl carried with the radiator, a bracket carried with the en.

gine top, seats formed on the brackets, respectively, and apertures formed in the seat portions, a telescoping element passing through' the apertures in the respective brackets, blocks of yielding non-metallic ma- 20 terial interposed operatively between the adjustable elements and the seat portions,

meansto retain said yielding non-metallic material under compression, and means to vary the.. effective length of the connecting elements..

2.`A connection and support between a radiator and the top of an engine comprising, in combination, a bracket carried with the radiator, a bracket carried with the engine top, seats formed on the brackets, respectively, and apertures formed in the seat portions, an adjustable connecting element passing through the apertures in the respective brackets, blocks of yielding non-metallic material interposed operatively between the connecting element and the seat portions, and means to vary the effective length of the connecting element.

This specification signed this 4th day of Sept. A. D. 1925.

. ERVING R. GURNEY.

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