US1729831A - Gas radiator - Google Patents

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Patented Oct. 1, 1929 CIEIARILIES W. IRISH, OF KANSAS CITY,` MISSOURI ICE.

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My invention relates toradiators of the class employed for heating dwellings and other structures, and one object is to provide a new and usefulradiator which, while of compact form has the component'parts so arranged as to .mum expenditure of fuel.

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A. further object is to `provide a radiator of symmetrical form and in which the different, parts are so, arranged that they can be manufactured and assembled at moderate cost., f. j

Another object is 'to providea lradiator havinga central combustion chamber to the opposite sides of which radiator columns are connectedin such manner as to insure a rapid circulation ofthe products of combustion and heated air throughout the length of the combustion chamber and said columns, to the end that great efficiency may be had at a mini- Ad further object is to provide aradiator whichcan be readily` enlarged at will to any desired-` capacity by the addition ofradiator columns oflike sizefand construction, so that 1t will not benecessary to incur the expense of manufacturing the radiators ina large Other objects ywill hereinafter appear and in order that the invention may befullyunderstood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings, in which: l

Fig, 1 is a vertical section ofthe radiator on line 1-41 of Fig. 2,.

, F'g. 2 is a vertical 'section on. line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. Sis a horizontal cross section on line 3-3 vof Fig. 1.KV

Fig. 4'is` a vertical section of one cfa plurality `of radiator sections. Fig. 5i isA adetail perspective view of a back plate witha transverse channel and an outlet leading, from said channel.

Fig. 6 isa detail perspective view of vone of a pair of plates for closing one side of a pair ofchannels associated .with the 'combustion chamber. y

.Referring in detail to the diffe-rent parts, 2 designates la combustion chamber which is approximately of rectangular cross.. section `ofthe radiator 1928. Serial No. 280,844.

and extends, substantially, the entire length of the radiator. The bottom of the combusf tion chamber 2 has a large opening 4 for the admission of air, while the upper portion of said combustion chamber 2 has two oppositely disposed openings 6 surrounded by Til flanges 8. l

10 designates apair of channels located at opposite sides of the vcombustion chamber 2 and extending longitudinally thereof. In

order that said channels may be readily fformed I provide a pair of plates 12 having flanges 14 at their forward and upper portions which'bear against the two adjacent side walls 11 of the combustion chamber 2 and coact with said sidewalls in forming the channels 10. The rear margins of theplates 12 bear against the rear wall 13 of thecombus'- tion chamber 2. The plates l2 are provided f with upper and lower, studs 16 which coactwith the flanges 14 in holding said plates 12j spaced from thesidewalls 11. Bolts 18extending through registering holesin the side walls 11 and the plates, 12 are providedfor firmly holding said plates 12 in place. The 4 side walls 11 have offsets 15 for increasing" the width of the channels 10.

2O designates a pair of tubular columns arranged adjacent to the side walls 11 of the combustion chamber A2 and communicating at their upper portionswith openings 6 and' at their lower portions with openings 22 lead-` ing to the lower portionsof the channels 10. The columns 20 are provided at their upper portions with flanges 24 which overlap the flanges 8,r and at their lower portions with flanges 26 which overlap flanges 28 projecting from the side walls .11 and surrounding the'openi'ngs 22. Upper and lower bolts 80 and 32, respectively, are employed for securing the combustion chamber 2 and the columns 2O together. i

Each column 2O is divided throughout the major portion of its length into a pair of ducts 84 which communicate at their upper and lower portions with each other and the openings 6 and 22. Legs 36 are provided for supporting the columns 20,whichinturn support the combustion chamber 2. The upper portions of the columns 20 are provided with safety valves consisting of plugs -88 which normally close ports 40 in the outer sides of the columns. The plugs 38 are sufficiently loose to be blown from the ports 40 and thus relieve the pressure in the event the fuel in the combustion chamber 2 should explode from being ignited too late.

42 designates a plate for normally closing a large opening 44 in the rear wall 13 of the combustion chamber 2, said plate 42 being held in closed position by suitable means such as bolts 46. The upper portion of the plate 42 has a transverse channel 48 which communicates with the channels l0 and an outlet 50, which latter is formed in the upper portion of the plate 42 and is surrounded by a nipple 52 to which a stove pipe (not shown) may be connected for carrying cfr" the products of combustion to a chimney. The channel 48 is formed by the plate 42 and a shaped wall 54, the upper and lower portions of which latter are formed integral with said plate 42. The edges of the C-shaped wall 54 fit into correspondingly shaped flanges 56 formed integral with the adjacentsides of the plates 12, which latter have recesses 58 communicating with the upper portions of the channels 10 and the transverse channel 48.

Any suitable fuel may be used for heating the `cc'rmlnistion chamber 2, but in the present instance I have shown a burner 59 which is arranged for the consumption of natural or artificial gas. The burner 59 is of hollow oblong formation and provided at its upper portion with perforations 60and at its lower portion with an air and gas mixer 62 terminating at its lower end in a downwardly flaring skirt 64. Gas from a suitable source of supply is led through a valve-controlled pipe 66 .having a jet 68 for discharging the gas into the mixing chamber 62, the discharged gas creating a suction which draws in Yair through the skirt 64. The air and gas become intimately intermixed in the mixer 62. from which the mixture is discharged against a spreader 70 arranged within the burner 59 for distributing the mixture in an approximately uniform manner to the perforations 6() where the mixture is ignited. The burner 59 is installed in the lower portion of the combustion chamber 2 through the opening 44 in the rear wall 13 and support- 'ed at one end by the lower margin of said opening 44 and at its opposite end by an integral lug 72 which rests in the bottom of' a recess 74 in a lug 7 6 formed upon the interior of the front wall 78 'of the combustion chamber. The burner 59 is reliably held in place by the plate 42, th-e lower portion of which is recessed as indicated at 77 vto tit over the outwardly projecting end of said burner 59 as shown by Fig. 2. A small opening 80 is provided in the front wall 7 8 of the combustion chamber to admita lighted match or wax taper for the purpose of igniting the gaseous mixture when burner 59 is turned on.

With the parts arranged as shown and described it is apparent that when the mixture is ignited at the perforations 60 of the burner 59 the highly heated products of combustion will circulate upwardly through the combustion chamber 2, pass through the openings 6 and down through the ducts 84, thence through the openings 22 into the channels 10, through which they flow upwardly and enter the transverse channel 48 from which they escape through the outlet 50, thereby heating all parts of the radiator. The upwardly circulating products of combustion draw in a large volume of fresh air through the opening 4, said air becoming highly heated by the products of combustion and coacting with the latter in filling all port-ions of the radiator so that the latter will have no cold spots but on the contrary its entire surface will be heated and in turn heat the surrounding air by radiation. If through carelessness the gase' opening 80, the resultant pressure will blow out the plugs 38 of the safety valves and thus be relieved to such an extent as to avoid damaging the radiator.V

For the purpose of enlarging the radiator whenever desired I provide a number of intermediate columns which are identical to the columns 20, with the exception that the legs 36 and the plugs 38 are omitted and additional openings are formed opposite the openings 22. Any desired number of said intermediate columns can bev interposed between the combustion chamber 2 and a pair of the columns 20.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that I have provided a radiator-embodying the advantages above pointed out, and while I have shown and described one form of the invention I reserve all rights to such other forms and modications thereof as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A radiator consisting of a combustion chamber having openings in its upper and lower portions and outwardly projecting olfsets in the upper portions of its two side walls, vertically disposed plates removably arranged within the combustion chamber and having marginal lianges registering with said olfsets and spacing said plates from the side walls of the combustion chamber to leave vertical channels which communicate at their lower portions with openings in said side walls, means on said plates for cooperating with the marginal flanges in spacing the plates from the side walls, means for removably securing said plates to the two side walls, a back plate having an outlet and removably secured to the rear wall of the combustion chamber to close an opening in said rear wall, an approximately C-shaped wall projecting inwardly from said back plate for forming a transverse channel which communicates with the vertical channels and said outlet, the ends lo of said C-shaped walls fitting into correspondingly shaped supports on the vertically disposed plates, and tubular columns communieating at their upper and lower portions with the openings in the upper and lower portions of the two side walls so that the products of combustion may flow from the combustion chamber down through said tubular columns, up through the vertical channels to the transverse channel and thence escape through the o outlet.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES W. IRISH.

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