US1645853A - Radiator hanger - Google Patents

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` l1 '853 oct, 18,1927f H. H. CRAWFORD RADIATOR HANGER Filed Feb. 1, 1926 Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

HARRY H. CRAWFORD,

or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RADIATOR HANGER.

Application led February This invention relates to improvements in radiator hangers and it `consists of the matters hereinafter described andA more par# ticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient hanger for supporting heating radiators upon building walls, which hanger may be readily produced from sheet metal whereby the cost of manufacture is greatly reduced.

A further ob'ect of the invention is tov provide a two piece hanger including a wall plate anda radiator hub receiving bracket which is capable of an adjustment with 16 reference to the ,wall plate, whereby the brackets may be so disposed lto support the radiator for the best drainage of the water of condensation therefrom when steam is the heating'- medium employed.

These objects lof the invention, as well as others together' with the,y many advantages thereof, will more fully appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a radiator supported in position upon a build= ing wall by mea-ns of a pair of my improved` hangers. p

Fig. 2 is a vertical section onl an enlarged scale as taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.

Fig. 3 is" another vertical section as taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a wall plate and associated bracket formingone of my improved hangers, showing the relative positions they occupy when in use.

Referring now in detail to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, l indicates as a whole one of my improved hangers which comprises but two parts, namely a wall engaging plate 2 and` a radiator supporting bracket 3, both preferably made of sheet metal of a suitable gauge. The Wall plate is preferably made of strip stock and is much longer than it is wide. Near its top end it is provided with a hole 4 and its bottom end is bent forwardly at a right angle to form a toe or flange 5. In said wall plate, below the hole 4 is provided a relatively narrow, longitudinally extending slot 6. n

The radiator supporting bracket includes a back flange 7 of a width approximating that of the wall plate and a three sided body 8 extending at a right angle to the flange along one edge thereof. Said body along its CII 1, 1926. Serial No. 85,109.

top edge is of width much greater than the flange but said body is cut away'from its outer top end corner to its inner lower end corner as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4. In the top edge of the body bracket, near its outer end is provided'an upwardlyy opening'l recess 9. In the back flange 7 near its top end is provided a longitudinal slot 10 of a diameter at least equal to that of the hole 4 in the wall plateand below said slot 10 Vis another longitudinal slot 11 Which'is of awidth equal to that of the slot 6 in the! wall i pla-te and with which it coacts as will later appear. f

In Figs. 1 land 2 lI havel shown two ofmy improved hangers yemployed to' supporta" radiator upon a furred brick Wall `12of a building. During the erection of'such a wall, hook bolts 13 are embedded between two courses of brick a predetermined dis?" tance apart and at the desired height therein, with the threaded end of the bolts pro? jecting far enough inwardly beyond the fur'- ring strips 14 and lath and plaster finish 15 thereon. `When used in connection With a furring strip, lI prefer to provide a spacing sleeve 16 on each bolt in the plane `of the furring strip, only one of which is shown in Fig.r2`,' said sleeve being placed on the bolt before the lath and plaster is applied to thev wall. A pair of wall plates is then placed in position with the threaded endof a bolt 13 extending, one through a hole 4 in each' wall plate. In public garages and similar buildings where plastered walls are necessary, I apply a plate to each bolt, with the plate directly engaging the inner Surface of the brick wall. In concrete buildings such hook bolts may or may not be employed and when not employed, I prefer to use expanf sion shells (not shown) embedded in the wall to receive such bolts.

A bracket 3 is then applied to each wall` plate with the threaded end of the bolt extending through the slot 10 therein after which a nut 17 is applied to the bolt end and drawn up tight. Vith the parts in this position, portions of the slots 11 in the bracket flanges 7 will overlap portions of the slots 6V in the wall plates Whereafter a spike 18 is driven through each set of said slots to ente-r the mortar between courses ofV brick, as best shown in Fig. 2. It is desirable to position one bracket on its wall plate, a short distance higher than the bracket on the other wall pla-te sothat when a steam radiator 19.w is hung thereon, itiwillbe tilted toward1itsf'inlet end-for betterdrainafge o the water of condensation therefrom.- Inhanging the radiator tliesame is lifted-up` wardly so that the brackets 3 will extend between two of the sections 20--20ofitl1e radiator where the hubs 21 of said sections will seat in the recesses 9vofl saidibraek'etslA and the ktoes .5 of said wall plates will engage with opposed sides of said sections so that the radiator cannot shift and, at the sametime actsto `holdjthe walltplate against' the wall as isapgparent. Shouldfit'be necessary ever to remove the radiator, the' steam pipes are removedv and the radiator litedoPthe brackets.

'My improvedihanger'possesses many advantages. It1nay,be made atta relatively lowcost-i and although itis light inweight it" isA strong and rigid' andwill easily'bear the Ystrain imposed; upgony it in use. The

hangers may be readily installedgandwlien i supporting a radiator are. not so. noticeable as to be objectionable on that account. In

' ther, use ,of}the spacers 16 -in a furred wall,

tlie'danger of cracking the plaster linishis eliminated by 4the impossibility of,V drawing up the nuts 17 'too tight.v

Whilefin describingmy invention, I have` referred' tofcertain details of mechanical construction asvwellias form and arrange-- mentot theparts` thereof, the same is` to be takenas by wayfof illustration.onlyl andf' notfby, way of limitation exccptlas may be pointedoutfin the appended claims.

I'` claim as m55-invention: 1L4A` radiator hanger embodying` therein,

a.. wall' pllate, and a hanger bracket extend-f ing at, a, right angltlierefrom and includ-A ing a ilangeforA adjustable engagement with said. wall plate, p a: bolt, adapted to, extend" oi said wall plate,Y therebeing-"aslot intlieV top' end,"oftfsaidbracket"flangel to receive a blolt. which passes throughv saidi wall plate hole'into a1; building'wall, said flange` and wall plates having cooperating s'lotsgbelow thev b'olt` and through which a `member may be positioned in said wall, said1 lian erk bracket having a' recess in its top edge to receive Ythe .blub portions between adj acent:

sections off the radiator supportedZ by" the` hanger;

In combination with a; urredi and;

plastered" buildingl wall having 'af' bolt 'posii tioned therein, aradia'torhanger compris*- ing, a wall plate adaptedtogengagefagainst' the plaster andfabra'cketplateincludingaf flange tot. engage the. wall plate, saidwall plate andfiange having-openings'therein toi recelve the bolt positionedf il I' said blrildingj wall, a spacing sleeve on theA bolt between thewall plate and wall,"means for operatively connectlngsaid wallplate Vand flange together ata point'helow the bolt, anda toc' on said" wall" plate to engagel opposedsur-- faces of adjacentradiator sections.Y

In testimony whereof, rIhave hereunto set myhand, this 28th dayjofJanuary, 1926',n

HARRYiH. CRAWFORD.v

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