US1385255A - Cowl-ventilator for motor-vehicles - Google Patents

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F. L. LUNT AND P. F. HATCH. x cowL vENmAoR FUR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NGV. 26, 1920.

Patented July 19, 1921.

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FRED L. LUNT ANDPAUL F. HATCH, AOIF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS `'lO AMEBBURYQEAT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHU- sET'rs, A coraafrNEnsI-:ur ooMrosED or' PAUL F. HATCH.

W. E. BASSETT, FRED L. LUNT, AND

COWL-VENTILATOB FOR MOTORPVEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1921.

Application led November 26, 1920. Serial No. 426,431.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, FRED L. LUNT and PAUL F. HATCH, citizens of the United States, residents of Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have made a certain new and useful Invention -in Cowl-Ventilators for Motor-Vehicles; and we declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art, to which it appertains to make and use the invention,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention has relation to cowl ventilators for motor vehicles, having for an object to provide Aan adjustable ventilator which will be normally, or when closed, flush with the top of the cowl. Other objects and advantages will appear.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 1s a perspective view of the invention as applied, the cover ybeing shown as raised;

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section of the same, with parts broken away, the cover being shown as closed and a fragment thereof beinIg shown in open position in dotted lines; verse vertical section of the same, and Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the operating rod and associated parts, withparts broken away. The numeral 2 designates the cowl,

the top of which-is provided with an elongated opening 3, wherein is secured a metal linin 4, provided with rear perforated 1u 5 and in a trough 7. y

itting over the opening 3 is a cover 8, the top of which is normally flush with the top of the cowl, as shown in Fig. 2, the b0ttom of said cover having -a rubber insert 9, extending around it peripherally and nor- `mally resting upon said upturned flange, to

render the joint of cover and cowl tight against entrance of rain or water, any water accumulating in the trough 7 belng carried olf by a draln 140. i

' he cover is provided with hinge lugs 11,

ig. 3 is a central ltra'nsa lower reversely bent portion form-- extending first downwardly from the cover beneath the trough 7 and thence upwardly between the lugs 5, to which they are connected by hinge pins 12, the hinges being thereby concealed and protected from the weather.-

The cover is raised and lowered b suitable means, preferably consisting o a rotatable operating handle 13 having a threaded stem 14 ing pivot pins 16, engaging the perforations 17 of rear vbranches 18 of a rod 19, the forward end of said rod having pivotal connection 20, with a central depending lug 21 of the cover, said lug extending downwardly below the trough 7.

The stem of the operating handle has its threads steeply inclined so that a slight movement rotatably of the handle will raise or lower the cover, or whereby the necessary adjustment of the cover is efected with a minimum operation of the handle.

of a thickness less than that of the rubber insert resting thereon, to provide a tighter joint.

' In making the cover flush with the top of thecowl there will necessarily be some entrance of rain or Water at the flush joint or crack se arating cover and cowl, and applicant. as provided means to catch this water and carry it oil.

It is obvious that the invention is a cable also to the roof of a motor car wit departing from the spirit thereof.

pliout e claim: n a cowl Ventilator for motor vehicles, a cowl having a ventilator opening in the top thereof, a lining for said opening havin an inward trough extension provided witg a water outlet, a cover littin in said opening and having its top surface fish with the top surface o the cowl and provided with a rubber insert extending peripherall around its bottom `and resting upon the fiiee edge of said trough extension.

In testimony whereof we ailix our signa- 4 tures in presence of a witness.

Witness Ha'rrna:A L. CLARK.

engaging a nut 15, the latter hav- .The free edge 6 of the trough 7 is made'

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