US1302000A - Heat-distributing device. - Google Patents

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H. BOEHNKE. HEATmsmsunNG DEVICE.

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HENRY BEHN, 0F tr al R, NORTH BOTA.

HEAT-DIST it. il BUTING DEVICE.

Specilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

Application filed March Ei, 1918. Serial No. 220,613.

To all 'whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BOEHNKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kramer, in the county of Bottineau and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heat- Distributing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heating systems of that type which employ what is known as one-pipe heaters and the object of the invention is to provide means whereby the hot air rising from the furnace may be directed to either side when the force of strong winds tends to effect an unequal distribution of the heat. The object of the invention is attained in such a device as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the claims following the det-ail description.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a view partly in section and partly in elevation of a heating system having my improvement embodied therein.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the heat distributer.

Referring particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates the floor dividing the rst story of a building from the cellar and 2 indicates a wall or partition erected on said oor. The furnace 3 comprises a re pot -1 at the upper end of which is a radiator or drum 5 from which the smoke pipe 6 leads to the chimney or escape flue. The outer shell or casing of the furnace presents a cold air flue or passage 7 which extends down to a point near the base of the furnace where it communicates with a hot air chamber or Hue 8 surrounding the lire box and the drum 5 and extending up to the top of the casing or shell. It will be noted that the upper ends of both the cold air flue 7 and the hot air flue 8 are flush with the loor l and a register 9 is set in or on the floor over the said ues.

In the use of such a heater as has been briefly described, the hot air rises through the central portion of the register and escapes directly into the room from the furnace while the cold or chilled air is drawn from the room yinto the cold air Hue and again passes through the furnace to be heated, the circulation thus set up serving to carry the heated air through the entire. building. It has been found that more ecient results are attained by locating the register in the vertical plane of a wall or partition and forming an opening, indicated at 10, in the lower portion of the wall directly over the register so that the hot air may pass simultaneously into the rooms at opposite sides of the wall. Should a strong wind be blowing, however, the room exposed directly to the force of the wind will obviously need more heat than the room on the far side of the wall, inasmuch as the draft tends to carry all heat into the far room. To overcome this tendency, I provide a deflecting device which is located in the opening 10 and may be shifted to one or the other side as circumstances may require so that a greater proportion of the hot air may be directed into the room requiring greater heat. This heat distributer consists of Va plate 11 which may be faced with asbestos 12 and reinforced along its edges by a rim 13 crimped onto the plate and its asbestos facing. This detlecting plate is provided at its upper edge with suspending eyes 14 through which a hinge pin 15 is inserted,

said pin being held within the trough of a V-shaped plate or hanger 16 which is dis- `posed at the upper end of the opening 10 and has its edges secured in any convenient manner to the opposite faces of the wall 2 as shown. This plate 16 is provided with notches or openings 17 to receive the eyes l-t and may be lined with asbestos 18 so as to minimize the liability of damage to the wall, the asbestos or other heat-resisting lining preventing scorching of the woodwork of the partition and the ll-shaped structure of the hanger presenting diverging deflecting surfaces which will positively turn aside the rising heated currents so that they will not come into direct contact with the wood finish of the wall or partition. Near the upper end of the delecting plate, I pivotally attach thereto an adjusting lever 19 which extends through a loop or bracket 20 secured to the hanger 16, the lever being provided with a vseries of notches 2l adapted to engage the loop or bracket so as to hold the deiector in any position in which it may be set.

It is thought that the operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings. When the wind is quiet, the deflecting plate is disposed in a vertical position so that it will lie in the central plane of the furnace and will be midway the open'n 10, the heated currents being then directef equally into the rooms at the opposite side of the wall or partition.

en, however, a strong wind is blowing, the delector is shifted, as indicated by dotted linesin Fig. 2, so that a greater proportion of heat will be directed toward that side of the building against which the wind may be blowing. It has been found that by the use of the device in the stated manner .a very efficient and uniform distribution of the heat is effected.

Furthermore, fuel is saved as the use of the device avoids the necessity of forcing the fire in order to make the more exposed room comfortable.

Having thus described myv invention, what I claim as new is:

1. The combination with a iioor, and a partltlon erected on the floor and having an opening through its lower portion immedi' i partition erected on the floor and having an opening through its lower portion immediately at the floor, said opening being uncovered at both sides, of a register fitted in the ioor and extending through said opening in the partition, a bracket secured to the incanto partition at the top of and extending through the opening therein and having a heat-resisting linin a defiector ivotally hung on said brac et and depen ing centrally therefrom and terminating short of the register, and means carried by the bracket and the defiector for holding the deector in a set position.

3. rihe combination with a Hoor, and a partition erected on the Hoor and having an opening through its lower portion immediately at the floor, said opening being un covered at both sides, of a register fitted in the floor and extending through the opening in the partition, a il-shaped bracket secured to the partition at the top of and extending through the opening therein, a deilector having eyes at its upper end extending through said bracket, a pintle engaging said eyes and resting in the trough of the bracket, the detiector depending to but terminatin short of the register, and means for holding the deiiector in a set position.

4. The combination with a floor, and a partition erected on the floor and having an opening through its lower portion immediately at the Hoor, said opening being uncovered at both sides, of a register fitted in the door and extending through the opening in the partition and covering a central hot air iue and a cold air flue disposed con'- centrically about the hot air Hue, and a deflector pivotally hung at its upper edge upon the partition and depending to but terminating short of the register.

In testimony whereof I aiiix m signature.

`HENRY BEHNK v[1a. s.]

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