US1770070A - Radiator - Google Patents

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July 8, 1930.

L. coURTo'r 1,770,070

RADIATOR j Filed May ze, 1923 2 shams-sheet i m 4 rra/Wmv Patented July 8, 1930 'Louis coUR'roT, or PARIS,

. or 'NEW YORK, N.

RADIATOR FRANCE., ASSGNOR TO AMERICAN-RADIATOR COMPANY,

Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY Application led May 26, 1923, Serial No. 641,702, and in France May 30, 1922.

My invention relates to a radiator adapted for hot water or steam heating of rooms, and so arranged as to be constructed with the minimum size and Weight while possessing a sufficient strength to support shocks as well as an attractive appearance, it being analogous to a piece of furniture.

In order to comply with these various conditions in a simple and economical manner, the invention consists in the construction of a radiator body having thin walls and wherein the strength and appearance are made subsidiary to the question vof light weight and the relation between general size and radiating surface, combined with an outer envelope of a more or less decorative character which serves as a protection against damage as well as to conceal said radiator body, and whereof certain parts, and especially the lateral portions, are constituted by radiator elements having sufficiently thick walls and constructed chiefly with a view of obtaining a suitable strength and an attractive appearance.

lVith this combination it becomes an easy matter to provide a heating device of greater output and less expensive construction for a given size, than in a device wherein a thinwalled radiator body is covered with a simple envelope or casing whose walls do not produce heat, and in which the construction is always expensive should the device be required to have an ornamental or esthetic character.

The accompanying drawings show by way of example two forms of construction of a radiator according to the invention.

Fig. 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a radiator adapted for mounting in the middle of a room, and,

Fig. 2 is a side view of the saine in section.

Fig. 3 is a plan View ofthe same radiator partly in section.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of a modified form of radiator with the front plate omitted,

Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same; and

Fig. 6 is a plan thereof with the top omitted, parts being in section.

In Figs. l to 3, 1 indicates a radiator body vwhich is shown in a diagrammatic manner and which iii principle requires to be protected and concealed. Adjacent the said body l are disposed two cast iron radiator elements 2 which are connected with the ends of the body by suitable means and are also cross-connected by rods or braces 3. The two vmain sides of the body l are protected by sheet or cast metal plates ll-, 5 secured to corresponding ribs of the elements 2, preferably in a removable manner ing the said main to provide for cleanbody. rI he said plates may be plain or apertured, or if required, embossed or stamped or provided with separately attached mouldings or ornaments. rlhe main body is covered by a top cover 6 which is preferably apertured for the outlet of hot air and may be made in one or more pieces.

The inlet and outlet pipes for the heating Huid 7 and 8, are secured to one of the elements 2 or to both these elements as desired, either at the side as represented, or at the back of the radiator so as to conceal the piping and valves as elements may be section and may manner provided much as possible. The said given any suitable crossbe constructed in any desired the outer faces have suflicient strength and an appearance such as will be in harmony with the it is placed.

room wherein The form of construction shown in Figs. 4-

to 6 is adapted wall; the plate to be mounted against the 5 adjacent the wall is provided with an insulating covering 9 and may be polished at with a facing w lwards the interio the outer part or provided forms a reflector tothe room whereby rahich r of diation towards the wall shall be reduced `as much as possible.

of the wall above To obviate the blackening the radiator, it is preferable to mount the apertured part of the top cover 6 at some to dispose above fleeting member 10 direct the current top The main body distance from the wall and or below said cover a d-ewhich is so inclined as to of hot air issuing from the openings towards the centre of the room.

of the radiator l is shown in this case as composed of a set of tubular cast iron elements having a small thickness and large radiating surface and secured togo ai gether as in known cast iron radiators, or by like means. The elements 2 which are secured tothe end elements of said main body will have thicker walls, if required, and their external faces may be plain or provided with mouldings or like ornamental parts obtained'by casting,'or maybe coinposed of separate tubes.

The plate 4 is secured tothe ribs 1l of the elements 2 by Ysuitable locks la4 or by like means providingfor the readyV removal of .said plate for cleaning purposes, and in this event the elements 2 will extend forwardly of the plated by a certainfamount so as to afford the appearance of the uprights of a piece of furniture.. The opposite. plate may be seeuredand. disposed in the same manner as the; preceding, or otherwise.

4The top cover 6v is securedV by screws l2 the lugs 13 of the elements 2, and to provide `tor yany slightly variable distance between the latter it is advisable in order to facilitate the mounting to render at least one of said lugs adjustable, it being for example.` constituted by into the element 2,the head being provided with a screwthreaded hole adapted to .receive the sore-w12'r Aso 16 so inclined asV to direct arranged Vor grouped In order to increase the output of the apparatus it may be advisable Vto dispose at the interior and between said tube elements aset of sheet metalplates 14, fiat or corrugated, which areA attached for example to the plate 5fand: become heated byY ing the air by convection.

`In the example shown in Figs. 4 to 6, an opening l5 is. made atA the bottom of the wall for the inlet of `cold air, and the lower part `ofthe radiator is provided with a deflector air to the centre ofthe room. Obviously, the

use of this latter arrangement is optional.

The body of said radiator which it is desired t conceal" and protect may of course be made of any suitable types of elements such as flat plates, tubeswith or without radiating iianges, worm. tubes, and-the like, which are in any desired manner. lfaims: Y l. A radiator comprising in combination `main radiator/body having thin walls, a

`protecting envelope comprising two radiator elements havingstrong wallsand secured to the ends ofthe said main body, vertical metal plates; extending between the two latter elements, ,and a metal plate serving as a top cover; one ofthe said vertical plates being insulated at the outer side and adapted to rel'fleet the heat towards the interior of the radiator', substantially as specified.v Y

2. A radiator comprising in combination a main radiator body having thin walls, a

protecting envelope comprising two-radiator elements having strong walls and secured to the end'sof the lsaid main body, vertical metal a screw which isscrewed radiation, then heatthe said incoming v plates extending between the two latter elements, and a metal plate serving as a top cover; said top cover being provided with apertures, and a deiiectng device whereby the hot air` rising from the radiator is deflected inaninclined direction through the saidv apertures, for the purpose set forth.

3. A radiator comprising in combination a main radiator body having thin walls, Aa protecting envelope comprising two radiator elements having strong walls and secured to the ends of the saidA main body, vertical metal plates extending between the two latter elements, and ametal plate serving as a top cover; the said radiator elements having strong walls extending forwardly of one of the said vertical plates to a slight degree, for the purpose set forth.

A radiator comprising in combination a main radiator body having thin'walls, a protecting envelope comprising two radiator elements having strong walls and secured to the ends of the saidV main body, vertical metal plates extending between the two latter elements, a metal plate serving as a top cover, and means for securing the said top cover to the said elements; said means consisting of horizontal screws engaging said elements and having therein a transverse screwthreaded hole, and vertical screws traversing said top cover plate and engaging the screwthreaded holes in said horizontal screws, substantially asy specified.

5. A radiator coniprisinghol'low end wall members adapted to receive a circulating heating fluid, intermediate wall members of iixedwidth engaging said end wall members and serving tomaintain said end wall members spacedI apart in fixed relation and forming therewith a casing open at its top and bottom, and means disposed within said casing 0between and communicatively connecting said end wall members; said last mentioned means serving as additional heating' surface, vsubstantially as specified.

p 6. Aradiator comprising hollow end wall `membersl vadapted to receive a circulating heating fluid, and side wall members composed of vertical plates of iixed width interposed betweenI and engaging said end wall membersand serving to maintain, said end 'wall members spaced apart in fixed relation 'to form therewith a vertical enclosure open upon the upper portion of said enclosure, substantially as specified.

` A radiator comprising closed, hollow end wall members adapted to receive a circulating'heating'iiuid, intermediate side wall members of fixed width disposed between and engaging said end wall members inwardly of the edges thereof and serving to maintain said end wall members spaced apart in fixed relation and forming therewith a casing constituting a radiator of minimum capacity; said end sections being adapted to receive therebetween additional heating elements, and means for communicatively connecting said additional heating elements with said end wall members and cooperating therewith to form a radiator of greater capacity, substantially as specified.

8. A radiator comprising hollow end Awall members adapted to receive a circulating heating fluid, vertical plates disposed between and engaging said end wall members inwardly of the edges thereof and serving to maintain said end wall members spaced apart in fixed relation, and forming therewith an enclosure open at its top and bottom, means communicatively connecting said end wall members and serving as additional heating surface, and a cover member with an outlet therein having a flange extending over said end wall members and said plates, substantially as specified.

9. A radiator comprising hollow end wall members arranged in fixed spaced relation and adapted to receive a circulating fluid, solid side wall members intermediate said end wall members and forming therewith a casing of fixed geometrical outline; said casing constituting a radiator of fixed minimum capacity adapted to receive therein additional heat emitting elements, and means communicatively connecting said end wall members and serving as additional heating surface, whereby to increase the capacity of the radiator to the maximum limit thereof as determined by said fixed geometrical outline, and a cover plate providing air outlet means, said cover plate serving to enclose the upper portons of said casing, substantially as speci- In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name.

LOUIS COURTOT.

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