US471866A - jones - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

-A. E. JONES. VEHICLE HB-ATER..

Patented Mar. 29, 1892.

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ANDREW E. JONES, or RIOHMMONEINDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW E. JONES & 00., or SAME PLACE.

VEHlC LE-HEATERL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,866, dated March 29, 1892.

, Application filed November 26, 1890. Serial No. 372,689. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW E. JONES, of Richmond,in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicle-Heaters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-- tion.

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To these ends my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which are hereinafter described, and indicated in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

. in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a vehicle-body and a dash-board, broken, showing the heating devices in position thereon, one heater being in vertical section taken on the line 1 1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a vehicle-body'front portion, broken, a dash-board thereon, and two similar heating devices in connection with a heatdistributer and a register, also shown, the draft-flue of the smoke-chamber being represented broken, and the top of one heater. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal elevation in section of one heater, the attachments therefor, and a vehicle-body, broken, taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of an arrow; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged broken view in section of a-portion of the wick-adjusting gear for the heaters.

The heating device, briefly considered, 1s comprised of a pair of removable shells or heater-casings,which are suspended from the bottom of a vehicle forward of the seat, or, if a two-seated conveyance, in front of the front seat. Lamps are inserted in the casings, which are adapted to throw light in front of the vehicle and also to transfer radiant heat low foot-board and through a register in said foot-board to warm the vehicle occupants, a separate compartment being provided for the reception of the products of. combustion evolved from the lamps and an escape-flue therefrom.

It is intended to employ the improved heater in combination with different styles of wheeled vehicles drawn by horses, and will be described'in connection with a front portion of such a conveyance.

Upon the front edge portion of the bottom boards A and sides B of a vehicle-body of an approved form of construction a dash-board O is secured in an erectposition. Said dashboard is made' of any suitable preferred material, either wood, metal, leather, or a combination of either. Within the vehicle-body at a proper point removed from the dashboard 0 a composite metal foot-board D is located, it being preferably madeiof sheet metal of a proper size proportionate to that of the vehicle-body and may be extended to afford a heat-radiator for carriages having two or more seats orbe placed in front of a single seat. For illustration the latter form is shown.

The foot-board D consists of three rectan. gular metallic plates 0 0' 0 that are held spaced apart by the'side walls and end walls of the foot-board and properly secured thereto, so as to provide two parallel horizontal compartments, which extend a proper width and are of such a proportionate length that the end Walls will be adjacent to the sides B of the vehicle-body Near each end of the foot-board D circular apertures are formed, one above the other, in the walls 0 c c of this structure, which orifices at each end are above a concentric circular hole made in the bottom board of the vehicle-body, whereby provision is made for the insertion through the several orifices mentioned of a cylindrical casing E at each side of the body, which casings hang pendent by their radial top rims d, by which they are attached to the lower plate 0 of the foot-board, Whereon they are imposed.

The casings E are of equal dimensions, and 5 each have an air-hole 01' cut through their bottom wall, and, as shown in Fig. 1, there is a glazeddoor e placed over aside aperture cut in the front of each of the casings to provide for access to their interiors from the 1o:

butside, said doors being mounted in slideways for convenience in manipulation when they are to be moved. The vertically-ranging apertures in the plates or walls c c are guarded by a three-plate cover F for each set of holes, and, as represented at the left side of Fig. 1, said covers each consist of plate metal disks g g g having such relative diameters to the sizes of the holes they cover that each plate will overlap the edge of the respective aperture which it covers and rest upon the marginal portion of the respective walls a 0' 0 The upper plates 9 of the covers F and the intermediate plates g of the same are spaced apart by studs h, so as to re tain them separated a proper distance and adapt them to fit upon the orifices they are designed to close. A row of circularly-arranged thimbles '11, inserted in aligning holes in the intermediate cover-plates g and the lower cover-plate 9 forms a series of communicating passages from the interior of each pendent casing E to the upper compartment G of the foot-board.

A suitable lamp H, of any preferred style that is adapted for the service, is provided for each casing E, wherein they are retained removably by rigid suspension from the compound covers F of the casings they occupy,

said pendent connection of each lamp being effected by the hanger-bars l6, that'are attached by their upper ends to the bottom coverplates and by their lower ends to the oilported in orifices made for their depending hubs-m in the support m and have axial square apertures formed in each for the easy in oduction and remova of an upright rod 12, that extends vertically and passes through a thimble 'i' and an aligning perforation in the top cover-plate 0 Each rod 7% has. a convenient' handle n on its upper end to, facilitate i s int du t an re oval a d a s provide means for the revoluble movement of thesame when needed. Theshaftswhereon the wick-adjusting wheels of each burner are placed project sufficiently to receive, on the end of each shaft; a bevel pinion m, which is r with a pinion m whereby means are afforded for the convenient adjustment of the lamp Wi S e he heater i i service- The lower compartment I of the foot-b d ing of the oil-lamp will enter the lower compartment I, where the large area afiorded will permit the major portion of the heat to be absorbed by the intermediate wall 0', which in turn will transmit it by radiation to the upper compartment G, the smoke passing through the flue K, that extends rearward.

- All'the radiant heat from the large chimneys J is thrown oif in the casings Eand mingles with air that enters the apertures in the lower walls of the casings, which openings may be made adjustable for size by any preferred means in common use. (Notshown.) There are one or more heat-controlling registers M placed near the center of the footboard D, which by adjustment will graduate the exit of heat-currents from the foot-board to warm the lower extremities of occupants of the vehicle by its direct contact therewith; but it will be evident that the heat within the compartment G will be so didused therein that contact of the feet of the persons in the vehicle withthe top plate 0 will warm them if the lamps within the casings E are prop.- erly regulated by the means provided.

When the lamps are burning, the light emitted will shine through the doors e by reason' of their transparency, so that ample illumination ofthe roadvbed ahead of the horse or team will be afforded.

enabled to inspect the condition of the lamps :the other, which openings are connected by tubes 10, thereby affording diagonal conduits for light from the lamps, which will be .reflected by the mirrors N, secured on the dash-board B adjustably in the guides N I opposite the conduits,which latter also serve to convey heat to the feet of the occupants of the seat adjacent thereto.

The bail-handles r are. provided to enable the removal of the lamps H from the casings E, and thus facilitate the replenishing of oil and trimming of the wicks, said bails being hinged to the top plates 0 of the covers F, so as to lie fiat when not in service.

I Said caslngs E may also be removed by the bails and It is not absolutely required that the casings. E, be hung from the lower wall; 0 ofthe foot-board D, as other means. of support may i be provided and as good results follow. Hence I'do. not wish, to restrict the construction of the device to. the; position of casings,

nor do I wish to be confined to the precise means shown for regulating the height of the wicks from the interiorof the vehicle, as

other well-known means.-such assprocket- Wheelsand chains therefor, or-frictional gearin gsmay be substituted therefor, the plan of the lamp therein be utilized as a lantern, if desired. so relatively located as to permit it to mesh construction herein shown being preferred as most convenient, reliable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A vehicle-heater comprised of a metallic footrboard that has two compartments, one above the otl1er,-and two similar heating devices that are pendent near the ends of the foot-board and adapted to transmit their radiant heat into the upper compartment and the products of combustion into the lower compartment, substantially as set forth.

- 2. The combination, with a hollow metallic foot-board divided into two compartments and a pendent casing adapted to receive a lamp, said foot-board having an opening through its top and bottom walls and its partition aligning with said casing, of a threeplate cover having thimbles connecting its bottom and intermediate plates and a cen tral aperture in its bottom plate, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination,- with a foot-board provided With a heat-escape register and whichis comprised of two elongated chambers, one

'lamp, substantially as set forth.

ANDREW E. JONES.

l/Vitnessesz WM. H. BRADBURY, J NO. F. KIBBEY.

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