US989243A

US989243A - Radiator.

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Publication number: US989243A
Application number: US46476908A
Authority: US
Inventors: Francis P Galvin
Original assignee: WILLIAM L FOX
Current assignee: WILLIAM L FOX
Priority date: 1908-11-27
Filing date: 1908-11-27
Publication date: 1911-04-11
Anticipated expiration: 1928-04-11

Description

P. P. GALVIN.

RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 190:2v

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS LP. GALVIN, F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM L.

FOX, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

RADIATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 11 1911. Application filed November 2-7, 1908.

Serial No. 464,769.

To all whom it m c y concern:

Be'it known that l, FRANCIS 1. (human, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a..new and useful linprovemcnt iirfiadiators, of which the following is a specification.

" This invention relate to radiators for use in heating systems, and more particularly to steam radiators of that kind which are composed of a plurality of radiating sections having controlling means for the heating fluid which permit any one or more of said sections to be used iinlependently of the other section, or sections, for regulating the heat of the radiator as desired.

The objects of the invent-ion are to produce a practical. and desiable sectional radiator of this sort which is of simple construction, such that itcan be economically manufactured and installed; also to make a radiator of a plurality of independently controlled sections which are constructed and arranged longitudinally side by side in such manner that the radiator, as a whole, will resemble L the ordinary radiator built up of a series of transverse communicating loops or sections and will have a large radiating surface; also to improve sectional radiators of this type in the respects hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 isa side elevation of a radiator partly in section embodying the invention. .Fig. 2 is an elevation of one end thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the other end thereof. showing the airvalveand connections. Fig. 4- is a transverse sectional elevation thereof on line 4-4, Fig. 1.- Fig. 5 is an end view of the sections separated.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

The radiator illustrated in the drawings is provided withconnections for use in a single pipe steam heating system. The improvements are not, however, restricted in application to radiators for singlepipe steam systems, and the sectional construction hereinafter described isappli'cable to radiators for use in other kinds of steam and hot water heating systems.

- The. radiator is preferably composedof' three longitudinal sections; two outer tions A A, and an intermediate or middle section arranged between the outer scc-.

which approach each other 'ordinary radiator of like size.

with upright radiating loops. columns or 6 portions a which are separated by intervenmg a1r clrculating spaces and communicate at their upper and lower ends through hollow connecting portions 0. In the case of ng radiators it is desirable, from a manufacturing standpoint, to join a plurality of the short sections described to form each long section of the radiato instead of making each section in one piece from end to end of the radiator. also preferably. though not necessarily. formed like the outer sections, with spaced upright radiating loops-columns or portions communicating at their tops and bottoms.

The outer sections A A are provided with supporting feet or portions but the intermcdiate section is secured to and supported ontrrely by the outer sections above the floor and has no feet. Preferably the outer sections are taller than the intermediate section 30 B andhave top and bottom extensions a above and below the intermediate section so as to practically inclose the intermediate section except at its ends. with small'external lugs I), Fig. 5, adapted to bear against the inner sides of the outer sections, the adjoining faces of the sections can be held out of contact with each other when the sections are assembled, thus form 0 ing additional narrow air circulating spaces J) between the outer and intermediate sec tions The provision of the lugs also enables sections to be more readily fitted together,

as the lugs can be quickly cut down as may be required to allow for irregularities in the sections which would otherwise interfere with-the proper assembling of the sections. lVhen the three sections thus formed are assembled, the radiator as a whole is very similar in shape and general appearance to the ordinary radiator made up of transverse loops or sections, and it has a radiating surface of substantially the same area as the mediate section is thus confined and supported in place by the outer sections.

While three sections constructed and arranged as described are preferred, the radiator could conslst of onlv two or more 1 The intermediate section is 70 By making the intermediate section 35 The intertseetionab at, th ends as. oe ema than three sections, but whatever number of sections is employed the outer sections are preferably constructed sul'istantially as described so as to give the radiator substantially the same external appearance as the ordinary radiator with transverse loops.

C represents a steam supply pipe which is located at one end of the radiator and connects by branches (1 c r. with the upper portions of the several sections A A ll, and by branches (Z (Z (Z with the lower portions ot' the sections. The steam pipe is provided with the usual cut-ol't' valve c and each of the upper branch pipes c c is provided with a separate valve 1) whereby the steam can be admitted to any one or more of the sections independently of the other section, or sections. A check valve F is provided in each of the lower branch pipes (Z d G represents an ordinary automatic air valve located at the opposite end ot'ihe radiator and connected with the several sections by branch pipes-g controlled by hand valves A seliarate air valve 'lor each section could be used. it preferred. ll| -l0illi ol' the single valve having the separate connections to the several sections.

\V'hen any section is to be heated the valve E therefor-is opened to allow st'eai'n to enter the section, The check valves F for the other sect-ions prevent the steam from entering them at the bottom so long as the supply valves E for such sections are' closed, but the check valves permit-the condensation to flow from the sections back into the steam pipe, Thus any one or more of the sections may be heated so that the radiation is under control and capable of regulation.

The described steam connections are suchas would be usedin a single p'ipe heating system, but itshou'ld be understood that the radiator would be diti'erently piped for use in otl 'eiidieaiting systems, and the described p nstruction can be used with appropriate connections in diti'erent kinds of ste-a'n'i heating systems and also in'ltot water heatieg systems. 'lhc- Iectqons ot the radiator are independentof ea d1 other and diseoimected except by ons for the heating fluid and air f ;th rat-liator, and either section a'fntbe used alone, or the outer sections used witlioiit thb intermediate section or Hrt tioiis, asfa complete-radiator.

' I claim a myi natinn;

l A. 'dilatoriialinprising outeramtintermediate section-swhich' are arranged side by side. lengthwise otthe' radiator and are sestructure, the outer cured 'toget her' in one sections extending from end to end of said intermediate section and projecting toward each other above said intermediate section and having upright radiating portions which coi'ninunicate with each other but are separated by intervening air spaces, substantiallyas set forth.

2. A radiator comprising oute and intermediate sect ions arranged side by side lengthwise ot' the radiator and secured together in one structure. the 'outer sections extending from end to end of the radiator and having upright radiating portions which communicute with each other but are Separated by intervening air spaces, and said outer sections having bottom extensions which pro- 'ject towardeach other, substantially as set forth.

3. A radiator comprising outer and in termediate sections arranged side by side lengthwise of the radiator, the outer sections extending from end to end of the inter mediate section and having top and bottom extensions which projert toward each other above and below the intermediate section,

said lllltfl'ttlttlltllt section being supported by said outer sections, substantially asset fortlu 4. A radiator comprising outer and interi'nediate sections arranged side by side lengthwise of the radiator and each having to bear on a supj'itrt'ting surface and extend 'nre' below the intermediate section, and the intermediate section being secured to and (I'llll'tlytitqfillllfml'tctl by the (intersections i above the sum orture surface, and means for independently controlling the supply of "heating fluid to said sections, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand, this 20th day of No- VklllllXEl, 1908.

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