Heater for Water Cooled Engines (Patent No: 441293)

Inventor: Gaschnitz, Joseph A.

Location: Munson

Comments: N/A

Description: Joseph A. Gaschnitz, Munson, Alberta, Canada. 13th May, 1947. Filed 26th May, 1942. Serial No. 492,862.

Claim.—1. An auto and truck engine circulating water heater comprising, in combination, a horizontal water tube boiler having a water inlet and a water return communicating with the jacket of -aid engine, a horizontal blow torch attached to said boiler and lying in the horizontal bounding planes of said boiler, and self-igniting mechanism integral with said blow torch.

3. An auto and truck engine circulating water heater comprising, in combination, a water tube boiler secured to the bulkhead of said auto or truck and upon the engine side of said bulkhead, a blow torch in communication with the fire tubes of said boiler, said blow torch being located upon the cab side of said bulkhead and self-igniting mechanism integral with said blow torch.

5. An auto and truck engine circulating water heater comprising, in combination, a horizontal water tube boiler having a water inlet and a water return communicating with the jacket of said engine or heater, said boiler being secured to the bulkhead of said auto or truck and around an aperture provided therein, a blow torch designed for connection to said boiler as a removable component of a unit comprising said boiler and said blow torch, said blow torch being positioned upon the cab side of said bulkhead and having a housing surrounding the fire nozzle thereof to isolate the flame therefrom and enclose it within the unit.

6. An auto and truck engine circulating water heater comprising, in combination, a horizontal water tube boiler having a water inlet and a water return communicating with the jacket of said engine or heater, said boiler being secured to the bulkhead of said auto or truck and around an aperture provided therein, a blow torch designed for connection to said boiler as a removable component of a unit comprising said boiler and said blow torch, said blow torch being positioned upon the cab side of said bulkhead and having a housing surrounding the fire nozzle thereof to isolate the flame therefrom and enclose it within the unit and self-igniting mechanism integral with said blow torch.

Claims allowed, 6.