US965189A

US965189A - Cooler for automobiles.

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Publication number: US965189A
Application number: US49478109A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur S Hyde; Charles Gordon
Original assignee: WHITLOCK COIL PIPE Co
Current assignee: WHITLOCK COIL PIPE Co
Priority date: 1909-05-08
Filing date: 1909-05-08
Publication date: 1910-07-26
Anticipated expiration: 1927-07-26

Description

ARTHUR S. HYDE AND CHARLES GORDON, T0 WIEIITLOCK. COIL PIPE COMPANY, CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICU 'T, ASSIGNORS OF WEST HARTFORD, CONNIEC'III'ICUT, A

COOLER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26, 1910.

Application filed May 8, 1909. Serial N 0. 494,781.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'we, ARTHUR S. HYDE and CHARLES GORDON, citizens of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Cooler for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings forming a part of the same, in whicha Figure l is a perspective view of an auto= mobilecooler, with a portion shown in sectional View in order to disclose the construction of the radiating section of the cooler.

' rangement of Fig. 2 is an end View of two of the vertical sections inclosing the air spaces of the rad-iating section and the means for providing a circulation of water through the radiating section. Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the shallow pans which are inserted into the upper and lower ends of the sections through which the air circulates, for the purpose of closing the upper and lower ends of the air spaces in the radiating section, and Fig. 4 represents a modified form of water channels.

Similar reference letters and figures-refer to similar parts in the different views.

The object of our present invention is to provide an efliciei t and inexpensive construction for the c cling device employed in motor vehicles for cooling the water which has been heated by contact with the cylinders of an explosion engine.

The present embodiment of our invention comprises an upper water chamber 1, a lower water chamber 2, and an intermediate radiating section 3 through which the water passes from the upper to the lower chamber by gravity. A circulation is maintained between the lower and upper water chambers by a pump or other suitable means similar to that now employed in devices of this class, and the circulatory water system comprises the engine cylinders by which the water becomes heated in its passage from the lower to the upper water chamber, and is cooled during its passage from the upper to the lower water chamber through the radiating section of the apparatus.

Our present invention refers particularly to the construction of the radiating section of a cooling apparatusof the class described, and it consists in the construction and arparts as hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the annexed claims.

The radiating section embodying our invention comprises a series of Vertical sections, such as are shown in end View in Fig. 2 at 4, 4", each of the sections 4., 45" consisting of two strips of sheet metal 5 and a 6' placed side by side and arranged preferably at right angles at 7, forming three sides of a rectangular section and the

flanges

8, 8, forming a part of the'fourth, The next adjacent section P is formed in the same manner and placed in contact with

theflanges

8, 8, completing the fourth side of the section 4. One or both of the sheet metal strips, preferably the outer strip 6, is arranged at intervals to form semi-circular grooves or channels 9 extending throughout the entire length of thevertical sections, and constituting water channels through which water may flow by gravity from the upper water chamber 1 into the lower water chamber 2. A sufficient number of sections 4:, P are arranged side by side to fill the space between the upper water chamber 1 and the lower water chamber 2.

In the ends of each of the rectangular sections 4, 4* are inserted shallow sheet metal pans 10 having their sides shapedto lit the sides of the rectangular sections, one side being curved as shown at 11, 11, and 12, 12, to fit the semi-circular water channels 9. Rectangular holes 13 are cut at regular intervals through the front and rear sides lt of the rectangular sections, forming in each of the rectangular sections a vertical row of rectangular holes in order to allow the free passage of airthrou-gh the spaces inclosed in the sections 4, 4. The holes 13 are of uniform size and are uniformly spaced in each of the vertical front and rear sides of the rectangular sections so that, when the sections are assembled to form the radiating section, the front and rear sides of the apparatus will present a latticed appearance. with the rectangular openings 13 arranged in parallel horizontal and parallel vertical rows.

When the several r'ectangular sections are assembled and the pans 10 inserted in their upper and lower ends the upper and lower ends and also the front and rear edges of the sections are dipped in melted solder,

causing the contacting surfaces between the sections and also between the sections and pans 10 to be securely attached and their joints closed to the admission of water. The radiating section 3, constructed substantially as described aboveand with its joints securely soldered together, is then placed between the upper and

lower water chambers

1 and 2 and the three sections of the apparatus soldered together. As water is forced into the upper chamberl, it passes in small streamsthrough the restricted semi-circular channels 9 into the lower chamber 2 from which it is passed around the cylinders of an explosion engine and returned to the upper water chamber 1. Air passes in the direction shown by the arrows, a, a, Fig. 1, through the interior of the rectangular sections, entering through the rectangular spaces upon the front side of the radiating section 3 and, passing in contact with the walls of the water channels 9, finds its exit through the rectangular openings at the rear of the radiating section, a current of air being maintainedin the direction of the arrows a, a, by the forward movement of the vehicle, aided in the usual manner in motor vehicles by means of a fan placed immediately behind the radiating section.

While the semi-circular form of the water channels 9 we consider preferable, as they are more easily formed and afford greater resistance to outside pressure, we do not confine ourselves to this form. If preferred, a single narrow space can be formed between the strips of metal 5 and 6, as shown at 15, Fig. 4:, and the sheet metal strips bent to form the

sides

16, 16, of adjacent sections.

We claim,

1. In a cooler for automobiles, of the class described, upper and lower water chambers, a radiating section between said chambers comprisi g a series of vertical rectangular sections having their front and rear sides provided with openings for the passage of air transversely through said sections, and

having vertical water channels communicat-' ing with the upper and lower water chambers.

2. In a cooler for automobiles, of the class described, the combination with upper and lower water chambers, of an interposed radiatlng section, comprising a series of rectangular vertical sections inclosmg air spaces and having openings in their front and rearwalls for the passage of air transversely through said air spaces, means for closing the upper and lower ends of said sections, and water channels in the transverse sides of said sections communicating with the upper and lower water chambers.

3. In a cooler for automobiles, of the class described, the combination with upper and lower water chambers, of an inter osed radiating section, comprising ve'rtica sections formed from two metal sheets placed together and bent vertically at ri ht angles to form three sides of a rectangu ar section, with interior flanges for the attachment of one side of similarly bent metal sheets form ing an adjacent section, said sections having openings for the movement of air horizontally therethrough and having water channels formed between the metal sheets.

4. In a cooler for automobiles, of the class described, a radiating section, comprising a series of vertical sections placed side by side and inclosing air spaces, with the front walls of said sections lying in the same vertical plane and having a. series of openings for the admission of air, and a series of vertical water channels formed in the walls separating said air spaces.

5. In a cooler for automobiles, of the class described, a radiating section, comprising a series of vertical sections each having one of its sides closed by the contiguous side of the next adjacent section, said sections inclosing air spaces communicating upon their front and rear sides with the outside air, and having vertical water channels in the sides of said tubes separating said air spaces.

6. An automobile cooler, having a radiating section comprising a series of parallel air spaces having double walls between them with water channels in said double walls, front and rear walls for said radiating section attached to said double walls, with a series of openings in said front and rear walls for the passage of air transversely through said air spaces.

7. A cooler for automobiles, having upper and lower water chambers, a radiating sec tion between said chambers comprising a series of parallel air spaces with double walls in contact between them, with .water channels formed in said double walls, and front and rear walls for said air spaces with a series of openings for the admission of air tosaid s aces.

8. cooler for automobiles, having upper and lower water chambers and a radiatlng section between said chambers comprising a series of parallel rectangular sections,'w1th the front and rear sides of said sections provided with openings for the passage of air transversely through said sections and having water channels in said sections communicating with said upper and lower water chambers.

9. A cooler for automobiles, having upper and lower water chambers and a radiating section between said chambers comprising a series of parallel sections in contact, with the front and rear sides of said sections rovided with openings for the passage 0 4 air transversely through said sections, and with water channels in said sections communicat IiOng with said upper and lower water cham ers.

; spaces, with the upper and lower ends of 10. An automobile cooler, having upper sections, and Water channels formed in the and lower water chambers and a radiating transverse contacting W lls of said sections. 10 section between them comprising a series of Dated this 5th day 0 lay 1909. parallel sections in contact and inclosing air ARTHUR S. HYDE.

CHARLES GORDON. said sections closed, and With openings in Witnesses: the frontand rear Walls of said sections for JOHN B. MURPHY, the passage of air transversely through said i I J. P. FITCH.