US1821282A - Windguard for automobiles - Google Patents

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Sept. 1, 1931.

R. C. WALL WINDGUARD FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed April l2, 1950 /Pobeff c. wa//f 0Min/v1 ey.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT c. WALL, oE 1 HIr. DELrHiA, PENNSYLVANIA WINDGUAED EOE AUTOMOBILES I kApplication led April 12, 1930. Serial No. 443,656.

The object of my inventionris to provide the flexible connecting device after being an automobile having side glass wind deapplied to the windguard. Y lectors hinged to the wind shield frame, The body 2 ofthe car is the open or with special means yieldingly connecting the phaeton type 'having low side vdoors 3,

5 said deflectors with the side doors in such a hinged' at their forward ends as at 4, 4. As 50 manner that the deflectois swing with the lHpFOVGIHQIlS tre the Sallie On each Side of respective doors, so that they are automatithe car,it will suflice to describe those at one cally moved out of the way of side door enside only. trances whenever the doors are opened, and Above the door 3 and of a width substan- 10 swing into shielding position when the doors tlally'that 0f the do-or is a glass windguard are Closed having a surrounding metal frame 6 which More specifically, my invention embodies 1S hinged al? TES, OlYI'd Portion to the side special improvements in the connecting pOStSOf the Windshield 5 as indicated at 8, means between the side wind deflectors and the hinge being preferably of the character .'i the respective side doors, the same comprislIlOWh as a plano hinge. however, do 60 ing flexible connecting devices adapted to be 11915 llmlt 111ySe-lf 'C0 any .Pil-Ftlclllll typ@ 0iE bent upon and over the upper side portions hinge. The. axis of the hinge 8 is in general of the side doors whereby the same are Vhgned pOSltlOn Wlth the vhinges 4,4, of the steadied and all loose rattling avoided. Sld@ dOOI 32 but morespecilically the wind- Lfi In the preferred form of my invention, shield post is slightly inclined backward and 65 the axes of the hinges on the side door and the guard hinge 8 is likewise arranged 0n of the side deiiector are out of alignment Sad lIIChIIQ. This Causes the axis of the and hence the side door and deflector shift guard 11mg@ 8 'C0 1i@ at 2111 angle 'GO'.lShe XS their relative movement and the connection 0f '611% dQOI hinges 4, 4, and consequently 25 between them is removed from the hinges to lleCeSSltalSlIlg the Sld@ Windgllalds t0 SWHg TO the free ends of both the side doors and deilbOll Sad IlCllIled hinges and Cause the genlectors, said connecting means comprising a eral P13118 Ojf the guard to' assume an inyielding device which presses down upon the Creaslng H1C1111a-t1011 21S the d'OQ and guqld upper portion of the side door and holds the SWmg 1D ,Olelmg about than TQSPQCW@ 30 side shield tightly down upon the upper rim hmges. n 1 -r thereof and iny that manner steadies the de- It Wm b? further Seen fOmFlgS- Qimd 3 flector during the running of the machine. 'thai the Wmdguards .flared downwardly at My invention also comprehends Certain thelr rea? ends and du? Cause? the lower edge improvements in the connecting Ymeans, of the Wmdgmd to HS@ durmg the Opemng which together with the association of parts movenent on ,lle "licor guafrd and re" S0 enumerated, are'moie `fully described here- Verse y @ausw e Owel e ge o the Wma' m. guard to descend as the door and guard are mole' pmtlculally pomted out m being closed so that when fully closed, the

guard has drawn the flexible connecting de- Regelung to th? drawlngs? F 1g. l 1S a Std@ vice 9 downward and with a downward aresse eievation of a motor car embodying my in- Sme directly pon the upper Surface of the veiitioii; Fig. 2 is a plan View of a portion door 3 as Shown in Figs. 3 and 4 This Opera- Of the Same 'Baken On 1in@ 3*?) 0f Fg- 2; tionv provides a construction which holds the Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of the windguard irmly and at the same time prossaineg Fig. 4 is a side view of one form of vides a yielding union which prevents any 00 undue vibration or rattling of the windguard when the door is closed and the automobile in motion.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the flexible connecting device 9 comprises an inner helical spring 13 surrounded with a rubber sheath 14 and with the spring connected to a flange head 10 provided with a shank 1Q fitting into the coil spring, said head having an angular socket portion which is shaped to receive the lower frame 6 of the windguard. rIhe other end o1' the flexible device 9 is connected to a bracket 15 having a socket portion into which the spring and rubber covering is received and also provided with a flange 17 at right angles to said socket portion for attachment to the inside of the door by means of a screw or bolt as shown at 18 in Fig. 3. The socket portion 15 is preferably provided with a coarse screwlike device 16 which extends through the socket portion and up into the coil spring, the interior of the latter constituting in effect an internal screw thread into which the screw-like device 16 enters for gripping and holding the flexible device firmly to the bracket. This de vice when unattached would preferably be straight in form but when attached to the windshield and door, it will assume a curved condition as more fully indicated in Fig. 3 and will at all `times tend to hold the windguard in proper relation to the side door of the vehicle.

Vhile I have shown in Fig. 4 the flexible connecting device as having a coil spring core, it will be understood that this coil spring may be omitted and the rubber casing made either solid or with very thick walls as indicated in Fig. 3*. I prefer5 however, that the connection between thebracket 15 and the head 10 shall be of a metallic nature to prevent actual severance at any time.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the feature of advantage enumerated 'as desirable, and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the details as the same are susceptible of modification in various particulars, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

lhat I claim is:

1. The combination in an automobile of a side door thereof with a windguard hinged to the automobile in general alignment with the position of the hinge of the door andv normally positioned above the door on an independent hinge having an axis at an angle to the axis ofthe door so that the windguard and door may be simultaneously swung into open and closed positions and a mechanical connection between the windguard and the side door arranged at a distance from the hinge points thereof, said connection comprising a flexible link connected to the door on the inside and extending upwardly and over the upper partof the door to a point outside thereof and mechanically connected thereat to the lower part of the windguard so as to hold it spaced from the door, said link providing a universally flexible attachment between the door and windguard whereby they both may be opened and closed while connected.

2. The invention according to claim 1, wherein further, the flexible link connection between the door and the windshield is formed of a flexible body7 part positively connected at its opposite ends with the door and windguard, said flexible body part constituting a spring flexibly and yieldingly curved outwardly overl the upper portion of the door upon which it frictiorially presses.

8. The invention according to claim 1, wherein further, the flexible link connection has its body part formed of a helically coiled spri g having its lower part attached to the door and its upper part extended laterally over the door and connected to the lower part of the windguard, the spring action of the fiexible link acting to bend over and frictionally bind upon the door by the action of the windguard.

4L. The invention according to claim 1, wherein further, the flexible link connection has its body part formed of a helically coiled spring surrounded by a rubber tube and having its lower part attached to the door and its upper part extended laterally over the upper edge of the door and rigidly connected to the lower part of the windguard whereby the' latter in swinging about its own axis causes the flexible link to be pressed downward and bent over the upper edge of the door.

5. r'he invention according to claim 1, wherein further, the flexible link connection includes a heavy tubular rubberbody extending vertically and laterally from the inside of the door and forcibly bent over the top.y of the same and attached to the bottom of the windguard.

6. The invention `according to claim 1, wherein further, the hinge of the windguard is hinged in general alignment with the forward hinged end of the door but has its axis at an angle witl the hinge axis of the door so that the windguard swings outward and upward while the hinged door swings horizontally in substantially the same plane and the fiexible link connection between the said guard and door embodies elasticity sutlicient to maintain an operative connection between the two parts to at all times control the windguard by the opening and closing ofv the hinged door. V

7. The invention according to claim l,

wherein further, the windguard is arranged outside of a vertical plane coincident with the plane of the door and wherein also the flexible link connection between the inside of the door and the bottom of the Windguard is pressed downward over and upon the upper edge of the door adjacent to its connection with the windguard to perform the dual function of moving the windguard When necessary and also acting as a buer to support the windguard against objectionable Vibrations during the running of the automobile.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

ROBERT C. WALL.

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