US1996927A - Heater - Google Patents

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D. W. LAKE April 9, 1935.

HEATER.

Filed oct. 10, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 wm f WA-rwf uApril 9, 1935. D. w. LAK;

HEATER Filed oct. 1o, 1930v 2 sheets-shet 2,

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Patented Apr.` 9,' 1935y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,996,927 l HEATER Donald W. Lake, Chicago, Ill. Application October 10, 1930, Serial No. 487,722

This invention relates to heating devices.

One of the objects of the invention lies in the provision of a heating structure which comprises a radiator surrounded by a housing having a forced draft means therein for projecting a blast of air through the radiator portion into the room or dwelling to be heated, the casing being formed, however, to also absorb the heat developed from the radiator, and by means of conduits to conduct same to other portionsof the dwelling.

Another object lies in the provision of a heater member comprising a tubular radiator adapted to be heated by any character of heating element, the radiator being surrounded by a housing having a forced draft mechanism therein for inducing a flow of air through the radiator into a room or dwelling to be heated, .the air being heated during its passage through the radiator.

Still another object lies in the provision of a heater mechanism comprising a tubular radiator portion, heating mechanism of any kind therefor, a housing for the radiator having a forced draft means therein, said housing being so constructed and arranged as to` induce a flow of air thereinto in a manner to initially preheat same and then by means of the forced draft arrangement to project said initially preheated air about the tubes of the radiator directly into a room or dwelling to be heated and finally there being provided in connection with the housing member a means forabsorbing and conducting.

the remaining heat from the radiator to vother parts of the dwelling.

A further object lies in the provision of a heating member which comprises a housing capable of operative arrangement with any character fof heating mechanism, said housing having a forced, draft member in connection therewith and so arranged as to induce a ow of air intothe housing andto permit projection of said air through the heating member, thus raising the temperature of the air prior to its projection into the room or dwelling to be heated.

A'still further object lies in the provision of a housing member having a forced draft member.

therein, said housing member being adapted to be operatively associated with any character of heating element in a manner to project air about the heating device, thus raising the temperature thereof prior to its projection into the room or dwelling to be heated, there alsov being associated with said housing member a means for absorbing additional .heat from the heating mechanism and conducting same to other portions of the dwelling.

Yet a further object lies in the provision of a y 1 claim. (ci. 257-137) v portable heating device comprising a housing member including a forced draft arrangement therein, same being adapted to be associated with any character of heating element in such manner y as to induce a fiow of air into said heater and to 5 project said air upon being heated by the heating mechanism from said structure directly into a' room or dwelling desired to be heated. y

An additional object lies in the construction of a portable heating unit comprising a housing member having a forced draft member therein, said forced draftmember operating to induce aH flow of cool air into the heater, to initially preheat same and finally to project said initially preheated air through or about the heating mech- 15.

anism to which it is attachedl in such manner as to heat in a forced manner a room or dwelling to be heated, said housing also being provided with means for absorbing any remaining heat from the heating mechanism and conducting same to other portions of the room or dwelling to be heated.

Other objects will appear in the following speciiication taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which.-

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of myheating device;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof Fig. 3 is a view showing a modification of the housing member; and

Fig. 4 is another v iew showing a modication of my heating device as a portable unit and in connection with a conventional radiator.

Before referring specifically to the drawings, it might be stated that the present application is directed to a type of heating device which is adapted -to be used either in connection with a conventional radiator of hot water or hot air design, or with any character of heating mechanism, whether it be of the tubular radiator type heated 4 0 by gas, electricity or the like, or Whether it be associated with heating devices of otherthan the tubular radiator type.

For simplicity, in the drawings the heating device has been shown at first in connection with a simple tubular radiator heated bythe conventional gas jets. However, it is emphatically stated at this time that the character of radiator and the heating element therefor need not be necessarily gas but might as well be electricity, oil, coal or the like.

Referringto the drawings, a housing member is shown comprising an upper cover portion I2,

a lower base member I3, a front portion I4 partially closing the forward portion of the heater,

said member being supported, as clearly shownin Flgs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, in an upper and elevated position rearwardly of the upper section of a tubular hot air radiator portion I9.

The radiator I9, as disclosed, is divided into two sections by means of the wall I1. Beneath the radiator I9 are disposed a gas heating arrangement .20 of conventional construction.

Adjustable louver construction 2I is provided for controlling the amount of air at atmospheric pressure which is delivered to the conventional gas jet mechanism, the same obviouslybeing necessary for combustion purposes.--

In Fig. 2 it will be noticed that upon operation of the electric fan the air is drawn into the heater in the direction of the arrows, the same passing about the lower radiator portion and therefore being initially heatedpriorto its exit from the heater through the upper portion of the radiator, as again shown by the direction of the arrow.

In all of the figures with the exception of Fig. 3 it will be found that forming a Part of the housing is a heat collecting chamber 22, which has connected therewith a conductor pipe or ue 23 having disposed therein a draft regulator 24. Such structure is used in connection with the housing member, and in order to absorb the remaining heat from the radiator and to` conduct same either to a different part of the room to be heated or to another room of the dwelling to be heated.

, As respects Fig. 3 of the drawings, the fashioning of the gas heater is substantially the same, and for this reason it is not thought necessary to describe same, other than to say that in this instance the rear wall I 5 as well as the lower portion of the radiator and housing thereof has been removed, and the fan is disposed in the rear of the casing in such manneras to force air at atmospheric pressure directly through the radiator portion in the direction of the arrows. In this instance, also, the front cover 24a merely encloses radiator I9 inasmuch as the lower portion has been removed. Further, the electrically driven fan member 25,15 supported as at 26 in the rear of the casing in such manner as to vin the direction of the arrows, as shown in said figure.

As far as the structural arrangement and disposition of the conventionalgas jet mechanism is concerned, same is shown at 28 and is exactly the same as in the other figures.

As respects the operation, as is apparent from the drawings, the only difference lies in the fact that the'air forced about the radiator is not initially heated. For certain types of dwellings, such a gas heater may be operated just as efficiently as in the first described construction.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, a housing member 29 is found corresponding exactly to the housing mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings and'bearing the same numerals, with the exception that in this instance the housing is formed as a -portable unit and is placed about a conventional radiator which may be either of the hot air or hot water type.

Inasmuch as the operation of such unit is exactly the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the operation of the units shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and that shown in Fig. 4 will be described as one.

Whether the heating unit be formed as a stationarymember in connection with a fixed radiator portion, or whether it is formed as a portable unit and associated with any character of radiator or any other kind of heating device, as far as theoperation thereof is concerned. the cool air, bymeans of the forced draft member, namely, the fan, is induced into the housing at the lower portion, said air being initially preheated and finally forced by means of the fan `ro0m or to other rooms in the dwelling. It might' be stated at this time that it` is immaterial whether the fan or forced draft member is disposed in the upper or lower part of the radiator or whether the air initially induced into the housving is taken in at the lower part or at the upper part, this being merely a matter of construction.

Similarly., with respect to the operation of the device when formed as a portable unit, the only difference is that the structure itself is either placed about a conventional radiator or is placed over and in connection with some heating unit, either electric, gas, oil or coal, in which instance likewise the fan induces a iiow of air into the unit, finally projecting the heated air directly into the room to be heated, the remaining heat being absorbed and re-conducted by the upper portion of the housing as heretofore described.

Further, as respects the operation of applicants heating structure, it may be stated that adjustment of the amount of heat given off therefrom may be controlled either by varying the opening j through which the heat is projected by means of louver mechanism or the like, or varying the opening in the rear ofthe forced draft member in any well known manner. As far as the amount of heat delivered to the radiator, or as a matter of fact, any heating unit desired is concerned,

this of course is so conventional as to require no f description, but it is apparent that the degree of heat delivered to the radiator may be mainf tained in a uniform manner as well as being adjustable by well known means.

What I claim is:

A heater comprising a portable housing member entirely closed upon three sides, mechanism for with which the portable housing is associated and means to conduct the same to any desired point.

` DONALD W. LAKE.

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