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US2463557A
US2463557A US592185A US59218545A US2463557A US 2463557 A US2463557 A US 2463557A US 592185 A US592185 A US 592185A US 59218545 A US59218545 A US 59218545A US 2463557 A US2463557 A US 2463557A
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  • This invention relates to rectifier mounting assemblies and in particular to an improved chimney arrangement for producing an induced cooling draft for a rectifier.
  • Still another object of my invention is to utilize the heat produced by transformers and other apparatus connected with the rectifier for producing a cooling draft for the rectifier.
  • An additional object of my invention is to mount a rectifier in the lower portion of a chimney and to increase the draft through the chimney by heating the upper portion of a chimney wall.
  • a still further object is to mount a rectifier in the lower portion of a chimney and to mount associated apparatus in the upper portion of the chimney to utilize the heat from the associated apparatus for producing a cooling draft for the rectifier.
  • the drawing shows a sectional view of one embodiment of my invention in which a chimneylike enclosure is provided with an air inlet grating l5 at the bottom and an air outlet grating 16 at the top.
  • a rectifier stack II is mounted in the lower portion of the enclosure, which is preferably proportioned so that most of the air entering the inlet passes directly over or near to the recti-
  • the container I2 located above the rectifier stack holds the transformer, filter choke, voltage regulator or whatever apparatus may be associated with the rectifier in the particular circuit employed.
  • the auxiliary electrical apparatus such for example as the transformer, is indicatedv generally by the dotted block l8 which is surrounded by heat-conducting compound I9 which is shown in section.
  • the container i2 is preferably filled with this heat-conducting compound so that the heat produced by the auxiliary apparatus reaches the one wall, l3, of the upper portion of the chimney,
  • the chimney wall I3 may be provided with corrugations or radiating fins (not shown), projecting into the chimney to increase the heat conducting area.
  • the heat from the apparatus in the container l2 serves to heat the 2 air which is in the upper portion of the chimney adjacent the wall l3.
  • metal disc rectifiers it is preferable to keep the operating temperature of metal disc rectifiers relatively low, preferably at a temperature well below the normal operating temperatures of electrical transformers and resistors.
  • the air in the chimney is heated to some extent by the rectifier stack H, but the additional heat provided by the auxiliary apparatus raises the air temperature still further and consequently increases the speed of the convection current through the enclosure.
  • the increased rate of air fiow draws more cool air in through the bottom grating l5 and thereby keeps the rectifier stack 1 1 cool.
  • the lower portion of the chimney may be provided with a baflie plate M to direct the air flow into the somewhat narrower upper portion of the chimney as shown.
  • the auxiliary apparatus may also include one or more resistors which would preferably be mounted outside the container l2.
  • resistors which would preferably be mounted outside the container l2.
  • One suitable arrangement is shown in the drawing where the resistor I l is mounted on the baflie l4 above the rectifier stack.
  • the resistor or resistors might be mounted on an upper portion of one of the chimney walls, but in either location, the heat given off by the resistor tends to increase the air fiow and enchance the cooling action f the enclosure.
  • auxiliary transformer or other apparatus may be mounted directly in the upper portion of the chimney, eliminating the container 12 and causing the air through the chimney to flow directly past the apparatus.
  • rectifier stacks mounted in the chimney and various mounting arrangements may be employed. It is preferable in any case to have the rectifiers fill a considerable portion of the air passage so the cooling draft must pass in close contact with the rectifier elements.
  • the assembly shown may be a sub-assembly which is enclosed in a suitable housing.
  • the enclosure l2 might not have free access to cooling air on all sides and an even greater portion of its heat would be conducted through the chimney wall l3 to heat the air in the chimney.
  • a rectifier mounting assembly comprising a chimney structure having at least two sides, a rectifier mounted in the lower portion of the chimney structure, said chimney structure having air inlet aperture means in the lower portion thereof and below the rectifier and having air outlet aperture means in the upper portion thereof to provide for circulation of air through said chimney structure, said rectifier occupying a ma- Jor part of the space between said two sides whereby the circulated air is directed to pass over the rectifier for cooling same, a transformer mounted in and supported by said chimney structure above said rectifier and below said air outlet aperture means, said transformer and at least one oi said sides providing a restricted passageway in which the air is heated by saidtransformer to produce a convection air flow through said chimney.
  • a rectifier mounting assembly comprising a chimney structure having at least-two sides, a rectifier mounted in the lower portion of the chimney structure, said chimney structure having air inlet aperture means in the lower portion thereof and below the rectifier and having air outlet aperture means in the upper portion there- 4 of to provide for circulation of air through said chimney structure, said rectifier occupying a major part of the space between said two sides whereby the circulated air is directed to pass over the rectifier for cooling same, a transformer mounted in and supported by said chimney structure above said rectifier and below said air outlet aperture means, said transformer and at least one of said sides providing a restricted passageway in which the air is heated by said transformer to produce a convection air flow through said chimney, said transformer having at least a long dimension and a. short dimension, said transformer being mounted in said chimney structure with its long dimension extending in the same general direction as said sides and with its short dimension extending laterally of said sides.

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RECTIFIER MOUNTING ASSEMBLY Filed May 5, 1945 INVENILOR. 66014 66 H. POHM Y W Mai NEYS.
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Patented Mar. 8, 1949 RECTIFIER MOUNTING ASSEMBLY George H. Pohm, Lorain, Ohio, assignor, by mesne V assignments, to Lorain Products Corporation, Lorain, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application May 5, 1945, Serial No. 592,185
2 Claims.
This invention relates to rectifier mounting assemblies and in particular to an improved chimney arrangement for producing an induced cooling draft for a rectifier.
It is an object of this invention to cool a rectifier by mounting it in a chimney to induce a draft past the rectifier.
It is another object of this invention to increase the draft in a rectifier cooling chimney by heating the upper portion of the chimney.
Still another object of my invention is to utilize the heat produced by transformers and other apparatus connected with the rectifier for producing a cooling draft for the rectifier.
An additional object of my invention is to mount a rectifier in the lower portion of a chimney and to increase the draft through the chimney by heating the upper portion of a chimney wall.
A still further object is to mount a rectifier in the lower portion of a chimney and to mount associated apparatus in the upper portion of the chimney to utilize the heat from the associated apparatus for producing a cooling draft for the rectifier.
Other objects and a better understanding of my invention may be obtained from the following specification and claims in connection with the accompanying drawing.
The drawing shows a sectional view of one embodiment of my invention in which a chimneylike enclosure is provided with an air inlet grating l5 at the bottom and an air outlet grating 16 at the top. A rectifier stack II is mounted in the lower portion of the enclosure, which is preferably proportioned so that most of the air entering the inlet passes directly over or near to the recti- The container I2 located above the rectifier stack holds the transformer, filter choke, voltage regulator or whatever apparatus may be associated with the rectifier in the particular circuit employed. The auxiliary electrical apparatus, such for example as the transformer, is indicatedv generally by the dotted block l8 which is surrounded by heat-conducting compound I9 which is shown in section. The container i2 is preferably filled with this heat-conducting compound so that the heat produced by the auxiliary apparatus reaches the one wall, l3, of the upper portion of the chimney,
The chimney wall I3 may be provided with corrugations or radiating fins (not shown), projecting into the chimney to increase the heat conducting area. In any case, the heat from the apparatus in the container l2 serves to heat the 2 air which is in the upper portion of the chimney adjacent the wall l3. It is well known that it is preferable to keep the operating temperature of metal disc rectifiers relatively low, preferably at a temperature well below the normal operating temperatures of electrical transformers and resistors. Thus the air in the chimney is heated to some extent by the rectifier stack H, but the additional heat provided by the auxiliary apparatus raises the air temperature still further and consequently increases the speed of the convection current through the enclosure. The increased rate of air fiow draws more cool air in through the bottom grating l5 and thereby keeps the rectifier stack 1 1 cool.
The lower portion of the chimney may be provided with a baflie plate M to direct the air flow into the somewhat narrower upper portion of the chimney as shown.
The auxiliary apparatus may also include one or more resistors which would preferably be mounted outside the container l2. One suitable arrangement is shown in the drawing where the resistor I l is mounted on the baflie l4 above the rectifier stack. Alternatively, the resistor or resistors might be mounted on an upper portion of one of the chimney walls, but in either location, the heat given off by the resistor tends to increase the air fiow and enchance the cooling action f the enclosure.
Numerous modifications of the arrangement shown may be employed without departing from the scope of my invention. For example, the auxiliary transformer or other apparatus may be mounted directly in the upper portion of the chimney, eliminating the container 12 and causing the air through the chimney to flow directly past the apparatus.
There may be several rectifier stacks mounted in the chimney and various mounting arrangements may be employed. It is preferable in any case to have the rectifiers fill a considerable portion of the air passage so the cooling draft must pass in close contact with the rectifier elements.
The assembly shown may be a sub-assembly which is enclosed in a suitable housing. In this case, the enclosure l2 might not have free access to cooling air on all sides and an even greater portion of its heat would be conducted through the chimney wall l3 to heat the air in the chimney. I
Although I have described my invention with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure has been made only by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction and the combination and arrangement of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
I claim as my invention:
1. A rectifier mounting assembly comprising a chimney structure having at least two sides, a rectifier mounted in the lower portion of the chimney structure, said chimney structure having air inlet aperture means in the lower portion thereof and below the rectifier and having air outlet aperture means in the upper portion thereof to provide for circulation of air through said chimney structure, said rectifier occupying a ma- Jor part of the space between said two sides whereby the circulated air is directed to pass over the rectifier for cooling same, a transformer mounted in and supported by said chimney structure above said rectifier and below said air outlet aperture means, said transformer and at least one oi said sides providing a restricted passageway in which the air is heated by saidtransformer to produce a convection air flow through said chimney.
2. A rectifier mounting assembly comprising a chimney structure having at least-two sides, a rectifier mounted in the lower portion of the chimney structure, said chimney structure having air inlet aperture means in the lower portion thereof and below the rectifier and having air outlet aperture means in the upper portion there- 4 of to provide for circulation of air through said chimney structure, said rectifier occupying a major part of the space between said two sides whereby the circulated air is directed to pass over the rectifier for cooling same, a transformer mounted in and supported by said chimney structure above said rectifier and below said air outlet aperture means, said transformer and at least one of said sides providing a restricted passageway in which the air is heated by said transformer to produce a convection air flow through said chimney, said transformer having at least a long dimension and a. short dimension, said transformer being mounted in said chimney structure with its long dimension extending in the same general direction as said sides and with its short dimension extending laterally of said sides.
GEORGE H. POHM'.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,019,729 Rhodes Nov. 5, 1935 2,023,226 Harty Dec. 3, 1935 2,119,381 Cheeseman May 31, 1938 2,158,868 Stac May 16, 1939 2,171,643 Brenkert Sept. 5, 1939 2,336,889 Richards et al Dec. 14, 1943
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US3273021A (en) * 1963-08-19 1966-09-13 Rca Corp Enclosure for high voltage apparatus
US3317796A (en) * 1964-10-27 1967-05-02 Gen Electric Cooling arrangement for electrical apparatus
US3407869A (en) * 1967-01-16 1968-10-29 Perkin Elmer Corp Instrument cooling system

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US2023226A (en) * 1934-11-09 1935-12-03 Gen Electric Rectifier unit for electrolysis control
US2119381A (en) * 1936-09-19 1938-05-31 Gen Electric High power dry disk rectifier
US2158868A (en) * 1936-10-17 1939-05-16 Gen Electric Electric equipment
US2171643A (en) * 1938-07-25 1939-09-05 Brenkert Light Projection Comp Transformer-rectifier assembly
US2336889A (en) * 1940-08-31 1943-12-14 Int Standard Electric Corp Metal rectifier assembly

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US2019729A (en) * 1934-04-04 1935-11-05 George I Rhodes Electric rectifier
US2023226A (en) * 1934-11-09 1935-12-03 Gen Electric Rectifier unit for electrolysis control
US2119381A (en) * 1936-09-19 1938-05-31 Gen Electric High power dry disk rectifier
US2158868A (en) * 1936-10-17 1939-05-16 Gen Electric Electric equipment
US2171643A (en) * 1938-07-25 1939-09-05 Brenkert Light Projection Comp Transformer-rectifier assembly
US2336889A (en) * 1940-08-31 1943-12-14 Int Standard Electric Corp Metal rectifier assembly

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US3273021A (en) * 1963-08-19 1966-09-13 Rca Corp Enclosure for high voltage apparatus
US3317796A (en) * 1964-10-27 1967-05-02 Gen Electric Cooling arrangement for electrical apparatus
US3407869A (en) * 1967-01-16 1968-10-29 Perkin Elmer Corp Instrument cooling system

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