US1519011A - Radiator shield - Google Patents

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Dec. 9, 1924- 1,519,011

' SQHWARTZ RADIATOR SHIELD Filed Oct. 2., 1922 Patented Dec. 9, lgiii.

llfiltttti OTTO. SCHWARTZ, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RADIATOR SHIELD.

Application filed October 2, 1922.

To all whom it may concern .1

Be itdniown that I, Orro SCHWARTZ, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and 1111 proved Radiator Shield, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means adapted to be placed back of and over steam and hot water radiators which are used for heating the rooms of dwellings, stores, and other ediflees, which means Wlll protect the walls, draperies and decorations immediately above or adjoining such radiators from the dust which normally rises with the heated currents of air from such radiator, and this invention consists in the novel details of const-ruction illustrated in the accompanying portion of the shield with the cover removed.

Fig. at is a perspective view of the securing device for this radiator shield.

Similar reference characters refer tov like parts throughout the several views.

The radiator shown in the drawing is of ordinary construction and consists of a series of connected sections 1 and 2, the latter being formed with supporting legs 3. The radiator shield consists of a back, two end brackets, a deflector, a dust trough, a cover and a pair of securing devices. The back of this shield consists of a sheet 4 having side flanges 5 which are of less height than the sheet 41-. Secured to the sheet t is a curved deflector 6 held in position by means of the double fold 13 in the sheet at between the layers of which the lower edge of this deflector maybe gripped Secured to the upper end of the back are the side brackets 8 which preferably have inwardly turned top flanges 10. Screws 1-1 and 12 secure these brackets to the sheett and side flanges 5 of the back.

The brackets '8 are formed with notches 14 at their front ends to'receivethe support.

ing lips 15 of a trough 16, preferably formed of an integral sheet of metal. The bottom of the trough and the endsl'i' are continuous Serial No. 591,813.

with the lips as shown in Fig. 3. This trough 16 is adapted to be lifted out of the notches 14: in the side brackets and emptied. As it is of sheet metal it may easily be disinfected, or it may be filled with a disinfecting solution, or it may contain spongy material which has absorbed at disinfecting. solution.

The top 19 has end'flauges 20 and longitudinal flanges 21 which extend down over the upper edge of the back plate 4c, over the side brackets 8 and down in front of the upper part or the trough 16, as indicated in Fig. 2. This top is preferably freely removable. side brackets 8 are securing devices, each consisting of a plate 24 adapted to be secured to a sidebracket byfmeans of screws 25 which pass through the slot 26 in this plate 24. The arms 27 extend inwardly from this plate 24: and their inner ends are connected by means of the cross bar 28. The arms 27 have depressed portions 29 which .are adapted to fit in between adjacent sections of the radiator and are slotted to re ceive the U-bolt 30 which extends around the bosses of adjacent radiator sections. lVhen the nuts 33 are screwed down, these U-bolts will secure the side brackets S firmly to the radiator and thus hold the shield in position.

The heated air which rises between and back of the radiator sections is confined by the back plate 4 and passes out tosoine ex tent diagonally forward between the verti cal portions of the sections. That portion ot the heated air which strikes the deflector 6 also passes forward. The dustwhich impinges on the deflector 6 slides along the lower side of the top until it reaches the front of the trough 16 where a cushion of heated air is produced, 'sufiicient to check the forward movement of the air and cause a large portion of the dust to settle in the trough 16.

The deflector 6 extending below the top 19 prevents this top from becoming overheated. If desired, the deflector 6 (Fig. may be made quite short to permit the heated air to flow along the lower surface of the top 19. This deflector, instead of being secured to the back sheet by the fold 18, may be sef cured to the back 4 by means of screws 7.

The other details and proportions of this" radiator shield may also be changed by those Attached to the inner sides of the llU skilled in the art to adapt this shield to radiators of different heights, Widths, and lengths, without departing from the spirit of m invention. as set forth in the following c aims.

1. A radiator shield comprising a back plate, side brackets attached to the upper end of the back plate, a curved deflector attached to the upper end of the back plate and curving forwardly, a dust trough mounted at the front ends of the brackets, a cover extending 'over the top of the dust trough and side brackets, and means to se- 1 cure the shield to a radiator comprising inbrackets whereby the brackets may be rigidly secured to the radiator.

2. A radiator shield embodying a back, a top and side plates, and means to attach the shield to aradiator comprising inwardly extending members attached to :the side plates and U-bolts engaging portions of the radiator and passing through said inwardly extending members.

OTTO SCHWARTZ;

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