US1981367A - Radiator - Google Patents

Description

Nov. 20, 1934.

J. MASON El AL RADIATOR Filed Dec. 6', 1932 i Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES RADIATOR Arthur J; Mason, West Hartford, and William L. Tancred, Hartford, Conn., assignors to The Bush Manufacturing Company, Conn, a corporation of Connecticut Hartford,

Application December 6, 1932, Serial No. 645,929

9 Claims.

Our invention relates to the class of devices that are employed for changing temperatures or fluids for various purposes, and an object of the invention, among others,' is to provide means for supporting the tubes which conduct the fluids, said supporting means being readily attached between the radiating fins with which the tubes are supplied.

One form of a structure embodying the inventlon and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained. is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an isometric view of a radiator unit cut apart and separated to show the means for attachment of our improved support.

Figure 2 is an edge view, scale enlarged, o a portion of a unit showing our improved support attached thereto.

Figure 3 is a view in cross section through said unit showing our improved support attached thereto.

Figure 4 is a detail view illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Structures of the type to which our improved support may be applied commonly consist of several lengths of tubing disposed in parallel relaticn and with radiating fins or plates spaced apart along said lengths of tubing, such arrangement being in the form of units, one or more of which may constitute a complete radiator structure. These units are of different lengths, depending upon the particular use to which they .are to be applied, and in many instances the lengths of units are such that the tubes fail to be self-supporting and therefore sag intermediate their ends, and our improved support illustrated and described herein is so arranged that it may be readily applied to the unit at any desired point where it shall be found that support is required.

in the accompanying drawing the numeral 5 denotes the branches of several lengths of tubing bent into U-shape, with the branches extending parallel and having fins or radiating plates 6 attached thereto in spaced relation in a manner common to structures of this sort.

Our improved support consists of a plate formed in sections so that they may-be readily appliedto the tubes between the fins and from opposite sides of the tubes. Such sections include edge members 7 located at opposite edges of the supporting plate and having notches 8 shaped to fit the sides of the tubes, as shown in Fig. 3. The center section 9 is formed with applied to secure the sections together.

notches 10 in opposite edges to fit the tubes 5, the sections being so formed 'as to preferably create slots between the sections. Openings 11 are also formed in the section 9-at equally spaced intervals.

Recesses 12 are formed in the several sections extending in a widthwise direction, these recesses being formed by making slits 13 in the metal forming the section and then indenting such metal on opposite sides of the slit so that the registering recesses will form openings extending widthwise across each of the sections. Screw bolts 14 are placed in said openings as a means for uniting the sections and also for imparting rigidity thereto, and as shown in Fig. 3, of the draw- In placing a support in position the center section 9 is inserted laterally through a space between the fins and also between the tubes, the metal being sufliciently resilient to permit its insertion to engage the notches in its edges with the tubes, and the outer sections or edge members 7 being placed in position, the bolts 14 are The supports may thus be applied at any positon lengthwise of the tube Where it may be found that such support is needed to prevent sagging of the tubes.

In the form of that structure shown in Fig. the support is much the same as hereinbefore described, the difference being that the center section of the support is formed in two pieces 15 joined by cross pieces 16 which may be secured in any desired manner to the pieces 15. Electric welding has been found to be a satisfactory means for securing the cross pieces. in place. W

With this form of construction the different sections are applied in position to opposite sides of the tubes 5, and while retained in such posi-. tions in any suitable manner the cross pieces are 9 secured in place. 5

We claim;

1. A radiating structure including tubes disposed in substantially parallel relation with radiating fins spaced apart along such tubes, a supporting plate comprising sections applied to the tubes to stiffen the structure, and means removably applied to the plates edgewise thereof to removably secure the sections together.

2. A radiating structure including tubes disposed in substantially parallel relation with radiating fins spaced apart along such tubes, a supporting plate comprising sections having notches formed in their adjacent edges to fit said tubes and applied thereto to stiffen the structure, and means removably applied to the plates edgewise 4. A radiating structure including tubes disf posed in substantially parallel relation with radiating fins spaced apart along such tubes, a supporting platecomprising sections applied to the tubes to stiffen the structure, loops formed in each of the sections, and a rod extended through said loops to fasten the sections together.

5. A radiating structure including tubes disposed in substantially parallel relation with radiating fins spaced apart along such tubes, asupporting plate comprising sections applied to the tubes to stifien the structure, openings formed widthwise through the sections by recessing the sections in opposite directions, and a rod extending through said openings and fastened to secure the sections together.

6. A radiating structure including tubes disposed in substantially parallel relation with radiating fins spaced apart along such tubes, a supporting plate comprising sections applied to the tubes to stiffen the structure, cross pieces secured to the sections spacing them apart to form openings, and means for securing the sections together.

'7. A supporting plate for the tubes of a radiat-' ing-unit, said plate comprising sections disposed edgewise in the same plane with notches in their adjacent edges to receive the tubes and with notches in the opposite edges of one section to receive tubes, and means for securing said sectlons in edgewise relation. 8. A supporting plate for the tubes of a radiating unit, said plate comprising sections disposed in the same plane with notches to receive the tubes of the radiating unit and with notches in the opposite edges of one section to-receive tubes, and a bolt extending widthwise across said sections and secured thereto to retain the sections in place.

9. A supporting plate for the tubes of a radiating unit, said plate comprising sections disposed edgewise in the same plane and having notches

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