US629336A - Register or ventilator. - Google Patents

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Patented vJulyY 25, |899.

B. R. BUEHLEB.

REGISTER on vENmATon.

(Application filed Hat. 18, 1899.)

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improvement is fully set forth in the follow ing specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to registers or ventilators; and it consists in ,an improved con-f struction of indicatorplate or Wheel therefor i whereby the opened or closed condition of the register'or yventila'mr may be readilyiasvy certained, said plate havingopenings .therein and being supported upon the centerof the face-plate, said center `being.stationary and slotted or provided with openings to conform to the slots or openingsv in said indicator-l center ,will readily indicate the opened or` closed condition of the register.

`Wheel, so that when' 'the slots register there is an indication of theopen oonditionof the register or ventilator and lwhen the Wheel closes the slots at the center of; said face-. Ql platethe closed condition of the apparatus. isindicated, the face otv said indicating-wheel being diiferent from `that ofthe stationary center either in shape, color, orcon figuration, l

sothat its exposure through the slots of the It further consists of novel details of con-l struction, all asvwill be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly.- pointed out in the claims. 1

Figure'l represents'a plan lView of an indicating plate or Wheel for a register or venti--` Fig. y2 repf later embodying my'invention'. resents a section on line fr, .Fig. l. Figs.,3 and 4 represent vplan views of the front and rear of the central portion of the register, showing the construction andimanner of supporting the indicating plate or wheel and also illustrating the open and closed condition, of

said register. /Fig y5 represents, on an enlarged scale, a perspective view of the spring seenin -Fig.-2. -Fig.6 represents, on a re-V duced scale, aperspective view of theinner j surfacev of the indicator-Wheel and the adjacent recess@v bar,'the`parts being. shown in detached position.

, spending parts inthe liigures.

Similar letters lof reference indicate y co'rre-k fataal 110.1709553." ,immagini f .faceplate of ajregis'teror ventilator, the ceu.-

openings D. Y

- E designates/1a stud or journal, to which is.

portions C D of the central'stationary portion ot -the face plate, said indicating plate or Wheel having knobs or iin-ger-pieces J projectniotion and unpleasant rattling ofthe parts are prevented, as .is evident.

Ldesignates lugs Yatt-ached to the rear por-v i'tion of'thefindicatingwheel or plate F, said lugs b'eingl'ada'pted to engage the arm M, 'which projects from a bar or frame N, as best -vided with the lugs P, AQ, and R, which are lrotatable shutters or d eectors S, T, and U,

ings V,FW, andjX inthe annular or other shapedv framel Y, to which the face-plate A Ais lsecured.A` p f .Y

The operation' is as follows: When the parts appear as seen in Figs. l cu2, it will be apparent that the register or ventilator is open, since the openings D and H in the center sta- Wheelorfplate behind it are inalinernent` If the linger-piece J be now manipulated in the assume the position seen in Fig. 4, from which of the rear WheelF will be directly behind-or rvill'beindicated at a glance that the register is closed.v f

secured the' indicating plate or Wheel F, which l g with solid and slotted portions G' and H, respectively, ot' the same shape and number as ,the solidY respcctiveand slotted ing therefrom through the faceplate, whereby.

yand K2 .in the face-plate VA and indicator-- 'plateF, respectively, said spring being cornpressed in said sockets, whereby all improper Whichlatterv arey mounted in suitablebear-v it will be apparent that the solid portions Gr Y Itwill vof coursehejunderstood that the Referringtorhefdrawi'ssldesignatesthe 'y vtraljportionthereof being'fs'tationary and Y provided with the solid portions C, interrne.l 55 v 'ldiateiof or alternating ivithwhich are the v seen in Fig 3, said bar or frame vbeing proadapted to engage suitable portions of the proper direction, the parts will be causedV to i alining with theopen portionsD of `the cuenav trai portion ofthe face-plate,.wherefrorn it 9o ltionary plate and the 'rotatable'indicating I l' solid portions G, which appear visible through the slots or openings D when the device is closed, as seen in Fig. 4, can be painted or otherwise colored or marked, so .that the opened or closed position of the device cany be readily perceived.

The engagement of the lugs L with the arm M will cause the frame or bar N to be reciprocated at the proper intervals, and by' reason of the intermediate connections the plates or blades S, T, and U are actuated at the proper intervals, as is evident.

A designates a recess in that porti-on of the bar N which is contiguous to the boss B on the inner Surface of the indicating-wheel F, said recess being guided by said boss, which latter serves to limit the movementof the bar N, as is evident.

It will be evident that slight changes may be made by those skilled in the artwhich will come within the scope of my invention, and I do not therefore desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction l -I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ism

l. The combination of a face-plate having a stationary slotted central portion, an indicating wheel or plate rotatably mounted adjacent to said face -plate, said indicatingplate being provided with solid and open portions respectively, which are adapted to be turned into and out of alinement withthe openings through said face-plate andto thus indicate the opened and closed condition of the register, a bar operated by said wheel and having a recess, a boss on said Wheel engaging said recess, and operating connections between the bar and the register-shutters.

2. In a register or ventilator,.a face-plate, an indicating Wheel or plate mounted thereupon and provided with openand solid portions respectively, conforming to the open` and solid portions in the stationary central portion of said face-plate, lugs on said indicating-Wheel, a bar suitably supported, a recess in said bar, ya boss on said Wheel engaging said recess an arm projecting from said bar and engaged by said lugs, and shutters or detlectors actuated by said bar.

3; In a register, a face-plate having a stationary central portion, andprovided with a series of slots, an indicating wheel orl plate rotatably supported adjacent thereto andvprovided with a series of slots, annular recesses in said face-plate and Wheel located in proximity to each other, a suitable spring seated in said recesses and adapted to prevent rattling and improper movement of the parts when operated, lugs on saidwheel, a bar having an arm engaging said lugs, a recess in said bar, a boss on said` Wheel engaging said recess, and shutters actuated by said bar.

4. In a register, a face-plate havinga stationary lcentral portion provided Witha series of slots, an indicating wheel or plate rotatably supported adjacent thereto and also provided with a series of slots, annular recesses in said face-plate and wheel located in proximity to each other, a suitable spring seated in said recesses and adapted to prevent rattling and improper movement of the parts, lugs on said Wheel, a bar having an arm engaging said lugs, a recess in saidfbar, a boss on said Wheel engaging said recess, the terminus of the latter contacting with said boss when said bar is in its extreme position, shutters rotatably supported and connections common to said shutters and to said bar.

. RUDOLPH R. BUEHLER.

Vitnesses:

WM. C. WIEDERSHEIM,

E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS.

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