US1974855A - Radiator bracket - Google Patents

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RADIATOR BRACKET Sept. 25, 1934.

Filed June 7, 1933 2 Shee ts-Shee't l INVENTORY I flovnmilnefir ATTORNE v Sept. 25, 1934.

H. s. SLAGHT RADIATOR BRACKET 2 Shieets-Sheet 2 Filed June '7', 1953 ATTORNE Patented Sept. 25, 1934 STATES RADIATOR BRACKET Howard Stanley Slaght, Rochester, N. Y., as-

signor, by mesne assignments, to Theo H. .Smoot, Baltimore, Md.

' Application June 7, 1933, Serial Nb. 674,718

3 Claims.

This invention relates to radiator brackets for supporting radiators from the wall and has for one of its objects to provide a simple and inexpensive construction for such a bracket.

Another object of this invention is to provide the bracket with improved adjusting means with which it may be quickly and easily adjusted to support they radiator at the desired elevation.

A further object of this invention is to so construct the bracket that it automatically adapts itself to radiators of varying widths.

All these andotherobjects and attendant advantages will become more apparent from the detailed description of the invention which fol.- lows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of my improved radiator bracket.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

FigureB is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the rocker plate of the radiator bracket.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of my radiator bracket.

Figure 6 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure '7 is a detail perspective View of a portion of the adjustable hanger of the modified form of the bracket.

In the several figures of the drawings like reference numerals indicate like parts.

The radiator bracket, forming the subject matter of this invention, comprises the wall bracket 1 which is provided near the upper end with the horizontally elongated hole 1A which is adapted to have the fastening bolt (not shown) pass therethru to fasten the wall bracket to the wall. At a point below the hole 1A the wall bracket has a pair of vertical flanges 2 and 3 struck out therefrom. These flanges project forwardly from the wall bracket and are bent outwardly at the ends to provide a pair of bearing plates 4 and 5 against which the upper portion of the radiator (not shown) is clamped as will hereinafter be described.

t the lower end the wall bracket is provided with the horizontal bifurcated flange 6 which projects to space an intermediate portion of the radiator the same distance from the wall as the bearing plates 4 and 5 space the upper portion thereof.

In the vertical flanges 2 and 3 are provided the vertical slots 7 and 8 which are located in their respective flanges in line with each other. The lower end of these slots, which are rounded, provide trunnion bearings for the trunnions 9 and 10 of the rocker plate 11 to rock therein. I

The rockerplate is thus mounted to rock between the vertical flanges 2 and 3. I i i In the center of the rocking plate is provided the hole 12 which is adapted vto have the threaded shank of the suspension. bolt 13 pass therethru so as to support the head 14 thereof on top of the rocker plate. The shank of the suspension .bolt is threaded .into the threaded sleeve 15 formed between the upper ends of the pair of links 16 and 17 which'are held. together by the locking sleeve 18. Into the threaded sleeve 19, formed by the lower ends of the links 16.and l7 which are held together by the locking sleeve 20, is threaded the shank of the suspension hook 21'.

The suspension hood is thus suspended from the rocker plate 11 to permit it to swing in and out of the bifurcated flange 6 toward and away from the wall bracket 1. After the wall bracket 1 has been anchored to the wall in the desired vposition, the suspension hook 21 is adjusted vertically by threading it in or out ffthe sleeve 19 until the radiator to be suspended by the bracket will be held by the suspension hook at the proper elevation on the wall or nearly so. The suspension hook is then hooked to the radiator to support the lower portion of it while the upper portion of the radiator is drawn against the bearing plates 4 and 5 by the clamping member 22.

This member is provided with the clamping screw 23 which is threaded into the yoke 24. The ends of this yoke are bent outwardly to engage into a pair of slots 25 and 26 provided in the vertical flanges 2 and 3 behind the bearing plates 4 and 5 thereof. The yoke 24 is thus fixedly anchored to the vertical flanges of the wall bracket and permits the clamping screw 23 to tightly draw the clamping member 22 against the radiator and clamp the upper v end thereof against the bearing and spacing members 4- and 5.

A small final vertical adjustment of the radiator, after it is suspended from the suspension hook 21, is made possible by the suspension bolt 13 which may be turned from above by means of its slotted head 14 so as to thread this bolt into or out of the sleeve 15 in order to lengthen or shorten the distance between the rocker plate 11 and the links 16 and 17 from which the suspension hook is in turn suspended.

The modified form of my radiator bracket illustrated in Figures 5 to 7 inclusive employs a wall bracket and a rocker plate carried thereby, both of which are constructed in the same manner as described in connection with Figures 1 to 4 inclusive. In the rocker plate is mounted the short suspension bolt 30, the shank of which passes thru a hole in the end of the loo-p 31 formed in the top of the link 32. Within the loop 31 is located the nut 33 and the suspension bolt makes threaded engagement therewith to suspend the link 32 from the rocker plate.

The link 32 is formed up of flat metal stock and the rear edge thereof is provided with a series of notches 34:, 34. At the lower end of the link 32 has a short parallel flange 35 bent up thereon to form a channel 36 between it and the link for the suspension hook 3'? to rest therein. This hook is also formed up of flat metal stock and at the back of its upper end are provided a series of laterally projecting teeth 38, 38 which are adapted to engage into the notches in the link 32. The suspension hook 37 may thus be up and down alongside the link 32 so as to have the teeth 33 thereof engage the notches 34 in the link 32 to connect them so as to have the length of the combined link and suspension hook suspend the radiator at the desired elevation with relation to the wall bracket 1.

The channel 36 at the end of the link 32 supports the suspension hook 37 parallel to the link but the hook is free to rock in the channel so as to have the upper end thereof swing toward or away from the rear of the link in order that the teeth 38 at the back of the suspension hook can move into or out of the notches in the link. After the suspension hook is adjusted on the link, a sleeve 39, mounted to slide on the link, is telescoped over the upper end of the suspension hook to lock the teeth 38 thereof into the notches 34 of the link. An inwardly projecting flange 40 engages the upper end of the suspension hook and keeps it in locking engagement therewith.

After the suspension hook is adjusted to the correct length for the suspension of the radiator, it is hooked to the radiator to support its lower portion while the upper portion is clamped to the wall bracket by the same form of clamping means as that described in connection with the radiator bracket illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive.

I claim:

1. A radiator bracket comprising a wall bracket, a pair of vertical supporting flanges struck up from said wall member intermediate the end thereof, trunnion bearings formed in the sides of said vertical flanges, a rocker plate mounted to rock in said trunnion bearings between said vertical flanges, a suspension hook suspended from said rocker plate, a yoke removably held between said vertical flanges and clamping means threaded into said yoke.

2. A radiator bracket comprising a wall member, a pair of vertical supporting flanges struck up from said wall member with a pair of vertical slots in each of said flanges, a rocker plate mounted to rock between said flanges in .two of said slots, and an anchoring yoke held between said flanges in the other two of said slots, a suspension hook suspended from said rocker plate and clamping -;means carried by said anchoring yoke.

3. A suspension hook for brackets having pivotal suspending means comprising a link having notches provided therein, a hook, teeth provided in said hook and adapted to engage said notches of said link, guiding and holding means carried by said link to hold said hook adjacent to said link and a locking sleeve mounted to slide on said link to telescope over the end of said hook to lock said teeth in engagement with said notches, a loop formed at the upper end of said link, a suspension bolt adapted to be threaded into and out of said loop and suspended from said pivotal suspending means of said bracket.

HOWARD STANLEY SLAGHT.

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