US1598068A - Radiator protector - Google Patents

Description

Aug. 31 1926.

E. R. ERICKSON RADIATOR` PROTECTOR Filed April 14, 1926 Fatented Aug. 31, 1926.'

UNITED ERNEST R. ERICKSON, F DES IVIOINES, IOIVA. ASSIGNGR'TG C. EQEBICKSON CQJIIFANY,

. INC., OF DES lVIOIiIIi'ES,V IOWA. p VV v RADIATOR PROTECTOR.

The purpose of vmy invention is to provide a radiator protector of very simple and very inexpensive construction.

More particularly, it is fny object to pro.

vide a very inexpensive radiator structure having parts so constructed and arranged that it can readily and 'easily be adapted for mounting on radiators of a great variety of makes of cars.

invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my radiator protector.I whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims,`and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure lis a front elevation of a motor vehicle equipped with a radiator protector embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a detail, sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail, sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of the upper right-hand corner of the radiator protector, parts being broken away. y

Figure 5 is a similar view of the lower leftehand corner of the protector, parts'bcing broken away.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one o the adjustable fastening devices for supporting the protector on a radiator; and

Figure 7 is a perspective view of another of the fastening devices for supporting the protector on a radiator. i

In the drawings filed herewith, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a motor vehicle having' the fenders 11, front lamps 12 andthe radiator indi-V cated generally by the numeral l13. I have used the numeral 14 to indicate the side port-ions of the radiator frame or sli-ell and the numeral 15 to indicate the lower part of the frame or shell'.

My improved radiator protector comprises a sheet or the like 16 of heavy cardboard or beror other suitable material` The sheet 16 is preferably'longer than it is -wide 'and is designed to fit over and in front of the lower part of the radiator.

Serial No. 102,005.

The radiator protector sheet 16 is long` enough to cover the lower part of the radiator of almost any standard mak-e vof car.

The purpose is to make the sheet 16 of some inexpensive pasteboard or liber lInaterial. f f

In order to give this sheet proper strength, I reinforce itat the ends by means of a vchannel-shaped metal reinforcing strip 17. With these and other objectsin view, my

A similar channel-shaped reinforcing` strip 18 receives the bottom or lower edge Vof the sheet 16. I bind the topy edge of the sheet'16 with a binder .and'reinforcing' inember similar to the reinforcingbinder strips 17 and 18, except, however, that the upper channel-shaped binder .strip 19 is formed at its upper part with a bead orroll 20, as particularly illustrated in Figure 2.

The sheet '16.thus reinforced'is vintended to be adapted for use onv a great variety lof makes of cars. The sheet 16 may be used to carry advertising or the like. Y

In order that it maybe conveniently used on cars of different makes and for radiators of differentV sizes and shapes, I provide suitable meansa-djustably carried by and con'- neet-ed with the sheet 16 for mounting the sheet 16 on th-e radiator.V i

VIt may be mentioned that nearlyall ra-4 diators haveyshellsor frames including the upright side portions 14 and the bottom portions 15, which tend to overlie the front part of the radiator proper 13. I

I provide thereforefor the lower edgeof the sheet 16 a pair of supporting clamps. one of which is shown in Figure 7, indicated generally by the reference character A. The clip A. comprises anupwardlv opening' channel-shaped portion 21,which receives the lower edge of the sheet 16 having the binding strip 18, as shown for instance in Figure 2. At the rear part of the channel'- shaped member 21 of 'the clip A is a down-v wardly projecting' tab 22, shown clearly in Figure 5 and in Figure 2, which is slipped behind the radiator shell member 15 at the bottom and in front of the radiator 13, in the manner illustrated in Figure 2. y

The lower edge of the strip 16 is' firmly gripped by the walls of the channel-shaped portion 21 of the clip A:

The channel-shaped portion 23 is. of re-` silient material, so Vas to yieldingly grip the upper edge of the sheet 16.

Each clip B has at one end a tab 211"` projecting longitudinally of the sheet 16.

The clips A and B are slidable onthe sheet 16.

The clips B are slidl until the tabs 24h,

clear the upright radiator shell portions 14 l at the sides of the radiatorfand are'then slid longitudinally on the sheet 16 until the tabs 24h, which are inclined rearwardly away from the sh eet 16 as at Qa, rand then laterally in a plane parallel with thatof the sheet 16,

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as shown infFigure 3, have their latter. portions projected behind the uprightv shell members 14,` between the front portions thereof and the radiator proper 13.

The channel-shaped portion 23 of the clip B grips the roll 2O and the reinforcing and binding strip 19 resiliently so as to retain its position on vthe sheet 16 wherever it may be adjusted. Y Y

It will thus vbe seen-that on account of the adjustability Vof the clips A and B on the sheet 16, my radiator protector maybe mounted upon a great variety of radiators of varying width. The clips A are simply slid inwardly from the ends of the sheet 16 until they are properly spaced. Similarly the clips B are slid inwardly at the upper edge of the sheet 16. The radiator protector is then slipped into position with the tabs 22 between the front parts of the shell portion 15, and the radiator proper, and the clipsv B are then slid endwise on the Ysheet 16, until the tabs24b slide between the front portions of the radiator shell end members 14 andthe radiator The clips because of their resiliency will remain in any of their adjusted positions. I

` EvenL if the sheet 16. is a litle longer than the width of a radiator, the protector may still be readily and easily mounted on such a radiator. l

It is therefore obvious that I have provided a radiator protector rof very light weight and inexpensive material, properly reinforced at its ends and topand bottom edges. f y

For mounting this protector on a radiator, I have provided the sliding, resilient members A capable of being adjusted from end to end on the strip 16 and having a tab 22, which may be readily mounted on any ordi- 'is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of inechanical equivalents, whichmayhe inclu-ded within the scope of my invention and of my claims.v

C a I claim as my invention:

.1. In a radiator protector, a sheet having i at Vits top edge a thickened portion,v a fastening element for said topv portion, comprising a channel-shaped member having at its deepest part an enlarged portion to receive said thickened portion, said fastening'y element l having means for connecting it with a radiator.

2. In a radiator protector, a sheet yhaving at its top edge a thickened portion, avfastening element for said top portion, comprising a channel-shaped member having at its deepest part an enlarged portion Vto receive said thickened portion, said fastening` element having means for connecting it with aradiator, comprising a tab-"projecting rearwardly v* and then laterally, substantially as shown.

8. In a radiator protector, a sheet having at 'its top edge a thickened portion, fastening elements for said protector comprising inembers slidably mounted on said thickened portion and adapted to be connected with a radiator. i V 4. In a radiator protector, a sheet having at'its top edge a thickened portion, fastening elements for said protector comprising members slidably mounted on said thickened portion and adapted to be connected with a radiator, comprising channel-shaped resilient members with enlarged portions at their deepest parts to receive said thickened portions. j e "l 5. In, a radiator protector, a sheet having atrits top edge a thickened portion, fastening elements for said protector comprising members slidably mounted onsaid thickened portion and adapted to be connected with a radiator, 'comprising channel-shaped resilient members withr enlarged portions at ktheir deepest parts to receive said thickened portions, aii-d laterally projecting tabs, said fastening elements beingl slidable on 'said sheet.

6. In aradiator protector, a 'sheet having fastening devices slidably mounted on its lower edge and provided with downwardly projecting tabs, said sheet having fastening devices slidably mounted on its upper edge having laterally projecting tabs.

7. In a protector, a sheet having fastening devices slidahly mounted on its lower edge 5 and provided with downwardly projecting talos, said sheet having fastening devices sldably mounted on its upper edge having laterally projecting tabs, said upper fastening devices being mounted on said sheet for lateral `sliding movement and in such manner as to prevent vertical sliding movement thereon.

ERNEST R. ERICKSON.

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