US1699826A - Radiator support - Google Patents

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jaw. 22, 1929. 1,699,826

M. WITTE RADIATOR SUPPORT Filed June 18, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 22, 1929. 1,699,826

M. WITTE RADIATOR SUPPORT Filed June 18, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 172M190 Mei/160m WIT/b tomary arrangement, radiator have had outwardly proyectmg sup- Patented Jan. 22, 1929,.

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MEINHABIJ WITTE, F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESQTA.

' RADIATOR liaUIE'PORT.

Application filed June 18, 1924. Serial No. 720,?32.

My invention relates to automobile radia tors and is particularly directed to improved all as will means for supporting the same, I

The invenhereinafter more fully appear.

lion maybe appliedto automobiles and to radiators of various different designs, but, as

illustrated in the drawings, it is-especially porting lugs with bolt holes through which and bolt holes in the side frames, anchoring bolts have been applied. In said old or cuetomary arrangement, if the front cross member should become brokenor spread, as frequently happens, the side frames will spread and this spreadin strain will draw outward on the radiator side platesand distort or tear the same loose, thus very greatly damaging the radiator and, in any event, putting the same outcf action. I have provided an extremely simple and efficient way of preventing the radiator from "being damaged by brealking or spreading of the front cross member or side frames, and this feature is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: I

Fig. l is a front elevation showing a radiator connected to the side frames of a Ford car, in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the parts shown in Fig. 1, but with some parts sectioned and with some parts removed; y

3 is a side elevation of the radiator shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but with the side frames, front cross member and front spring removed t taken on is a fragmentary, vertical section the line ie-4- of Fig. 2, some parts being shown in full;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing one of the side plates of the radiator;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing one of the radiator-anchoring brackets removed from the cooperating side plate shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing the lower portion of the radiator side plate and the anchoring bracket applied thereto;

indicated by dotted lines only.

the ordinary Ford car. die-ates theside frames, which, asshowmare choring devices for my improved supportmg and attaching means,

Fig. 8 is an enlarged horizontalsectionon the nne 8-8 ,of F g. 7 and Fig.2 1s a view correspondmgto l 'ig. TI, but in which the radiatoranchoring bracket is The numeral 10 indicates the front cross member, which, by mit-ecplipped U-bolts ii, is rigidly secured to-.the trontspring12, as in The numeral 13 inchanne-l bars, the front ends of which are rigidly secured to the upturned ends of the cross member 10 by rivets and riveted gusset plates l t, in the customary way. l llestructure just described is that of an ordinary Ford car. Also in the ordinary Ford car,

the outstanding brackets from the radiator side plates of the side frames through perforations in the flanges of said i are anchored to theupperflanges 13 by bolts 15 passed side frames and equipped above and below thesaid flange with springs 16, springcaps "l7, and nuts 18. Anchoring bolts equipped as just described and which are found in the Ford car, may be conveniently used as an radiator but, of course, anchoring bolts or (devices of various different types may :be employed. The :radiator comprises a core structure 19, a lower tank 20, an upper tank 21, and radiator side plates 22. So far as this invention is concerned, the core 19 and tanks 20 and 21 may be of any suitable arrangement. The radiator side plates 22, however, involve certain novel features which will now be noted.

The upper tank 21, longitudinally of the car, is much wider than the lower tank 20 and, hence, to form the best kind of connection and brace between the ends of the tanks, said side plates 22 are made wider at their upper than at their lower ends, or, otherwise stated, are downwardly tapered so that, at their lower ends, they are approximately the width of the lower tank 20, but at their upper ends are much wider than said lower tank, though preferably more narrow than the said upper tank. The plates 22 have in turned flanges that overlap the side edges of the radiator core and, at their lower and upper ends, they are provided respectively with extended ends or ancl'ioring flanges 23 and 24.. The anchoring flanges 23 are bent to fit the inclined ends of the lower tank 20 and are rigidly secured to the ends of said lower tank ion . be broken or bent or if the preferably by a so-called sweating process; and to facilitate this sweating connection, said flanges 23 are formed with sweat holes 23 and 23" to receive solder, (see particularly Figs. 5, 7 and 9). The upper anchoring flange 24 is bent to flt the rounded beveled ends of the upper tank 21 and is secured thereto preferably by the sweating process; and to facilitate this process, said flange 24 is provided with sweat holes 24? to receive solder, (see particularly Fig.

The anchoring lugs used in my improved radiator-supporting means are preferably short angle iron sections 25, the vertical flanges of which are rigidly secured to the lower end portions of the radiator side plates 22, preferably by spot welding at various different points, such as indicated by the dotted circles marked 26 on Fig. 9. Also, to take the shear between these brackets and the radiator side plates, the vertical flanges of the brackets are preferably provided with laterally pressed dowel-acting bosses 27 that fit through perforations 28 in the side plates, (see particularly Figs. and 8). The outstanding horizontal flanges of the angular lugs 25 are, as a salient feature of the invention, provided with open seats or with notches 29 that open at the outer edge of the said flanges. In this arrangement, the notched horizontal flanges of the anchoring lugs 25 are placed on the upper flanges of the side frames 13, the bolts 15 are passed through the notches 29, and the upper springs 16 press the said notched flanges tightly upon the upper flanges of the side frames, as best shown in Fig. 4. With this arrangement, as is evident, if the front cross member should side frames or either thereof should become loose from the ends of the said front cross member so as to permit spreading of the side frames, the bolts would simply move outward in or out of the notches 29 and the radiator side plates would thereby be relieved from such strains as would tend to break or bend the same or to tear the same loose from the radiator tanks.

This construction, in actual practice, has been found highly important for reasons already clearly indicated.

To reinforce and stiffen the radiator side plates 22, they are provided with long vertical laterally pressed reinforcing ribs 30 that extend from the upper portion nearly or quite down to the anchoring lugs 25. For the same reason, the lower ends of the side plates are further provided between the reinforcing ribs with relatively short laterally pressed reinforcing-ribs 31 that extend from points below the tops of the lugs 25 to points considerably above the lower extren'iities of the ribs 30. These ribs 31 give a good stiffening reinforcement imn'lediately above the lugs lVidening of the side plates toward their upper ends very greatly increases the forward and rearward reinforcement between the lower and upper tanks 20 and 21.

hat I claim is:

A radiator side plate that is channelshaped in cross section and having on its web dowel-acting bosses, and an angle anchoring lug having perforations in one of its flanges into which said bosses extend for positioning said angle on the side plate, said lug being rigidly secured to the side plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ME INHARD WVITTF.

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