Radiator assembly with booster control

Claim 1

A RADIATOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CASING PROVIDING A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED INTERNAL HEATING CHAMBER, A HEAT EXCHANGE UNIT OF THE FINNED TUBING TYPE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER EXTENDING FROM ONE END THEREOF TO THE OTHER, AND INCLUDING A LENGTH OF TUBING FROM WHICH THERE PROJECTS GENERALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM A SERIES OF CLOSELY SPACED HEAT-RADIATING FINS, SAID CHAMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH AN ELONGATED AIR INLET OPENING IN THE LOWER REGIONS THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE LENGTH OF THE CHAMBER AND A SIMILARLY ELONGATED AIR DISCHARGE OPENING IN THE UPPER REGIONS THEREOF, SAID AIR DISCHARGE OPENING BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENHIVE WITH THE LENGTH OF THE HEATING CHAMBER SO THAT WHEN A HEATING MEDIA IS SUPPLIED TO THE LENGTH OF TUBING, AIR WILL BE CONSTRAINED TO ENTER THE AIR INLET OPENING AND FLOW GENERALLY UPWARDLY AND INTO HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF SAID SERIES OF FINS AND FROM THENCE THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING OUTWARDLY OF THE CHAMBER, EACH OF SAID FINS INCLUDING A GENERALLY PLANAR HUB PORTION SECURED TO SAID LENGTH OF TUBING AND EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREOF, AND A SERIES OF PERIPHERAL HEAT-RADIATING FINGERS WHICH ARE TURNED OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE HUB AND EXTEND IN PARALLELISM LONGITUDINALLY OF THE LENGTH OF TUBING, A POWER-OPERATED FAN DISPOSED WITHIN THE CASING ADJACENT TO ONE END OF THE HEATING CHAMBER AND HAVING ITS INTAKE SIDE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIR EXTERIORLY OF THE CHAMBER AND HAVING ITS DISCHARGE SIDE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ADJACENT END OF SAID CHAMBER FOR DIRECTING A STREAM OF AIR LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CHAMBER AND BETWEEN ADJACENT PAIRS OF LATERALLY TURNED HEAT-RADIATING FINGERS, AN ELONGATED DAMPER SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH AND POSITIONED IN SAID INTAKE OPENING FOR SELECTIVELY CLOSING AND OPENING THE SAME, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING AND DEENERGIZING SAID FAN.