US995887A - Heater for brooders. - Google Patents

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HEATER FOR BROODERS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED DEC. 24, 1910.

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CLARENCE MIEDEL, OF SHORT CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA.

HEATER FOR BBI OODERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntgd June 20, 1911 Application filed December 241, 1910.

Serial No. 599,102.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE Minoan, a citizen of the United States, residing at Short Creek, in the county of Brooke and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heaters for Brooders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to heaters for brooders and has for its object to provide a very simple and eflicient device whereby the interior of the brooder may be maintained at the proper temperature at all times.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for effecting a circulation of the heated air and distributing the same within the brooder before it passes out of the heater, and means for regulating the temperature of the brooder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a heater of the above described character consisting of a cement heat distributing drum whereby a maximum amount of heat is obtained from a minimum fuel consumption, the cement drum eliminating all liability of the heater becoming overheated and igniting the brooder.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved heater showing the same arranged within a brooder; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through the heater; Fig. 3 is a detail inverted perspective view of one of the heater sections; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the adjustable heat regulating cone.

Referring in detail to the drawings B designates the brooder, and H the hovering board which is arranged and supported. therein in any desired manner.

My improved heating device consists of the body section 5 which is formed upon its periphery with an annular flange 6. This body is also centrally provided with a cylindrical tubular extension 7 in which the heat conducting flue 8 is positioned. The upper end of this flue is slightly tapered as indicated at 8 and is disposed through an opening 9 formed in the bottom wall of the body section 5. This heat conducting flue 8 is rigidly secured in the opening 9 and the periphery thereof is spaced from the inner wall of the extension 7. The lower end of said flue is disposed in the same plane with the lower end of the extension. The bottom of the brooder B has an opening B therein which is of the same diameter as the internal diameter of the tubular extension 7, the extension wall resting at its lower end upon the bottom of the brooder. A lamp or other heat generating means L is positioned below the opening in the bottom of the brooder, and the heat and fumes which arise therefrom are carried through the flue 8 and into the interior of my improved heater which distributes the heat within the brooder.

A top section 10 is arranged upon the annular flange 6 of the body section 5 of the heater and is cemented or otherwise rigidly fixed thereon. The under side of this top section is spaced from the bottom of the body section 5 to provide an air space 11 which receives the heated air from the flue 8. Owing to the fact that there is no direct outlet for this heated air, it is caused to spread radially from the center of the heater as it strikes the bottom wall of the top section 10, and thus caused to contact with and heat all parts of the heater. The heated air and fumes are finally exhausted from the heater through the channels 12 which are formed in the top sectionlO and open adjacent to the outer edges thereof. These channels are inclined upwardly to the center of said top section and unite to form an opening 13 in which the tube 14 is secured. Upon this tube a regulating cone 15 is ad justably mounted, said cone carrying an arm 16 upon the end of which a sleeve 17 is formed. This sleeve has clamping engagement upon the tube 14 and is vertically movable thereon. By properly adjusting the cone 15, the entrance of air into the heater and through the flue 8 which would extinguish the lamp L, is prevented. By adjusting the cone 15 with relation'to the upper open end of the tube 14, the amount of heated air which is permitted to flow from the heater is regulated so that the proper draft may be obtained and the requisite amount of heat caused to circulate within the heating drum formed by the sections 5 and 10.

The sect-ions 5 and 10 of the heater are constructed of cement or other plastic material whereby a very large amount of heat is obtained from a minimum consumption of' fuel. The cement formation of the heater also obviates the danger of the same becoming so highly heated as to set fire to the brooder and destroy the same. The casing 7 which covers the flue 8 serves to prevent the chicks from coming in contact with the flue and at the same time provides additional heat for their bodies.

The hovering board H is provided on the under side of its top with a plurality of cement disks 18 which are properly spaced apart and rest upon the top section 10 of the heater. By this means the hovering board is held out of direct contact with the walls of the heater so that there will be no danger of igniting the same. This hovering board is also provided in its to 3 with an opening H through which the tu e 14 and cone 15 extend. This opening also provides an outlet for the foul air from the interior of the brooder.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and operation of my improved heater will be readily understood. The device is simple, may be readily constructed at a low cost and is very eflicient in practical use. The internal temperature of the brooder may be easily and quickly regulated by the adjustment of the cone valve member 15, in accordance with the atmospheric temperature so that the proper degree of warmth will be at all times provided and the chicks kept in a healthy condition.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the various parts, it will be understood that idly securedat its smaller end in said open-' ing, said tube being concentrically spaced from the inner wall of the body extension a separate top section adapted to be arranged upon the flange of said body section and rigidly secured thereto, a plurality of spacing disks arranged between said top section and the top of the receptacle, said top section having oppositely extending inclined ports opening at their lower ends upon the under side of said section at diametrically opposite points and adjacent to the annular flange of the body section, the other ends of said ports merging together at the center of the top section and extending vertically therethrough, and a heat outlet tube arranged centrally in the top section and extending intothe connected ends of said ports.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE MIEDEL.

Witnesses:

KARL N. HALL, J. T. DOUGLASS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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