US1540851A - Radiator - Google Patents

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June 9, 1925. 1,540,851

DE WITT T.'- LYON RADIATOR Filed Oct. 24, 1921 mvgmon pay La; 2:2; 02?

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application filed ,Oe toher 2 1 1921. Serial Np. 509,825.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, DE W rr Tarpon Lyon. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of-Cook and State of Illinois,hav e invented a new and useful Impr-ovement in Radiators, of which the following is a full, clear, and t, t description.

my invention relates to improvements in radiators, and it consists in the combina 'tions, constructions, and arrangements herein de 'bed and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide an improvement over that form of the deyice shown in my prior application 'for patent, Serial No. 430,321, filed Deceniber ltl, 192d. In said application there was disclosed a radiator composed of a ph lity of sections, each se on comprising an upper and a lower header portion with pipes connecting said headers, the upper and lower headers being so formed as to interlock with adjacent headers, thereby forming a selfcentering construction which makes the units easy to assemble and also aids in preventing the units from getting out of alinement. In my present device the headers have oft set compartments communicating therewith, each of said compartments having an opening therein adapted to'receive an end of a connecting pipe. With this construction the connecting nipples can be readily turned by means of a wrench without the necessity of tipping or moving the sections.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is simple in construction, easy to assemble, and not likely to get out of order easily.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device,

Figure 2 is a section along the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section of a modified form of the device,

Figure 4: is a horizontal section of another inodified form of the device, and

Figureb is a horizontal section of still another modified form of the device.

In carrying out my invention, I provide headers 1 2 "connnunicating with each other by mens of pipes As. "clearly shown in Figures 1 and the headers I 2 have lateral extensions or 'conipar i in rows so that the compartments andh are adjacent one another. A pipe 0rco-u-.

pling ti haying a nlut' integral therewith is screwed into. the alined openings of the (5 1s partrnents adjacentone another; It w ll be seen that a series of headers canbe' plzice'd side byside and thus provide a aerator-"er any desired length. It yvill be understood that the compartments in thelovver-h eaders are joined together bytlrepipes 16' andthat the compartments in the upper headers are also joined together by other pipes 6. The headers at each end of the row are connected to a source of steam supply (not shown). The steam will thereupon flow in a circuitous path from header to header, thus effectually Warming the pipes 3. The headers can be easily and readily assembled or disassembled by merely screwing or unscrewing the pipes 6. The pipes 6, as will he noted, are disposed on the sides of the headers 1 and Q and can therefore be readily operated. This permits the different headers to be taken apart by a wrench (not shown) without the necessity of moving.

the headers at all.

In Figure 2, I show the headers as parallelogramic in shape and they therefore can be readily assembled, and when assembled, form a straight row or line. The pipes 3 are staggered with respect to each other, thus causing the air flowing therebetween totake a circuitous path and be readily warmed thereby. v

In Figures 3, 4, and 5, I show modified forms of the device. These forms are ident'ical with respect to the form. shown in Figures 1 and 2, and the same reference numerals describing the preferred form will be used in these forms. In the form shown in Figure 3, the headers are V-shaped and thus are prevented from lateral movement with each other when assembled.

In the form shown in Figure 4:, each of the headers resembles a triangle and also interlock with each other when assembled. The form shown in Figure 5 has its headwe '4 and owlnch have openings therein. The headers 1 and 2' arejadapted to be laced ers in the shape of a trapezoid and are prevented from lateral movement with each other in substantially the same manner as I the forms shown in Figures 3 and 4.

of the radiator and the latter can therefore be manipulated without moving the entire device.

I claim: I

1. A radiator comprising a plurality of sections, each of said sections having a lower and an upper header, the abutting sides 01 said headers being fashioned so as to prevent lateral movement of said headers with respect to each other when said headers are assembled, a plurality of pipes disposed between each upper and lower header, said pipes placing said headers in commun1cation with each other, laterally extending compartments carried by said headers, and connecting pipes adapted to secure the ad acent compartments together, whereby the various sections are held together as a unit.

2. A radiator comprising a plurality of sections, the abutting sides of said sections being fashioned so as to prevent lateral movement of said sections with respect to each other when said sections are assembled laterally extending compartments carried by said sections and communicating therewith, and pipes connecting said compartments, whereby the sections are prevented from longitudinal movement with respect to each other and are held together as a unit. I

3. A radiator comprising a plurality of sections, each section having an upper and a. lower header, pipes connecting said upper and lower headers together, the contiguous walls of the adjacent headers having obliqueangles, whereby one header has a portion fitting within the recess of the adjacent header, and means for connecting adjacent sections together.

DE WITT T. LYON.

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