Improvements in Air Deflecting Plates for use in Heating Buildings.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1897--Accepted, 31st Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Air Deflecting Plates for use in Heating Buildings.
I, SARAR P. HANSON, of 208 South Front Street, Fremont, Ohio, U.S.A.,
Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and neat device whereby heat
is deflected from gratings usually fixed in the floor of a room heated by hot water
pipes.
The invention comprises a sheet of metal supported at each corner by a foot.
These feet are connected at their upper ends by the corners of the plate and also by
ornamental rods, and at their lower ends, by smaller rods.
The deflector is placed over a grating and retained in position by hooks in the
floor, which are capable of being turned over or off the lower rods of the deflector as
required.
Dated this 31st day of August 1908
PERCY R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Air Deflecting Plates for use in Heating Buildings.
1 SARAH P. HANSON of 208 South Front Street, Freemont, Ohio, U.S.A.,
Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to detachable head deflectors for hot air registers and is
adapted to be secured, detachably, over and upon the register opening for the purpose
of throwing or spreading the heat upon or near the floor of the room in which it is
used and also for directing the heat toward any particular point of the room in which
the register is located.
This invention consists essentially in a suitable hood or casing having an opening
or openings for the passage and delivery of the heated air, and means for detachably
securing the said hood or casing over and upon the register-opening.
The invention further consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the
several parts of the device hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and more
particularly pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my invention as applied to a register in a
floor, showing all the sides thereof open and means for holding the said device in
place. Fig. 2 is a view my invention, shewing but two sides thereof open for the

page_text: passage of heat. Fig. 3 is a modified form which can be applied to either a register
opening in the floor or to a vertical register-opening in the side of the wall and
having but one sido thereof open for the passage of heat.
In the drawings A indicatos a portion of the floor and B a suitable register or heat
opening therein.
C is a hood or casing consisting of the top or deflecting plate C', and the legs,
sides, or supports C. In Fig. 1 is shewn the deflecting plate supported upon legs
located at each corner and having their lower ends connected by stays or braces C³, as
shewn. Instead of having the legs or supports C on the corners of the plate they
may extend along either side, closing up the space between the corners and leaving
openings only in the ends between the corners, or they can extend nearly around the
plate, leaving a small opening for the passage of heat, in one end only as the
circumstances of the case may require.
The deflector plate C¹ may be of any form desired, for it is evident that in different
locations the form thereof will of necessity be different, such, for instance, as is shewn
in Fig. 3.
The shape of the hood or casing is not material as it is apparent that it can be
rounded (circular) semispherical, dome-shaped, scoop-shaped, square or oblong, or in
fact any shape that may be desired.
The casing or hood is secured over the register-opening by hinges, or movable
hooks c, suitably secured to the floor or wall, turned over or upon the stays or
braces C, as shewn, or when the sides or ends are closed, as shewn in Figs. 2 and 3,
the hooks c are turned into the holes c¹ as shown.
The manner of adjusting and detaching this device is apparent without further
description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination with a hot air register of a hood or casing C, consisting of a
deflector plate C, legs supports C³, stays or braces C³ connecting and bracing the
lower ends of said legs or supports C and suitable openings between said legs or
supports, and hooks c secured to the floor so that the hooked end thereof can be
turned over and upon the stays or braces C to securely hold the said hood in position
over the register and adapted to be turned away from and out of engagement with
the said stays or braces C³ for the purpose of detaching the said hood from the register
as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 31st day of May 1807