Radiator core guard

Claim 1

IN A COOLING SYSTEM COMPRISING RADIATOR STRUCTURE WITH SIDES MEMBERS AND A CORE THEREBETWEEN, SAID CORE HAVING HORIZONTAL FINS JOINED BY ROWS OF UNIFORMLY SPACED APART VERTICAL TUBES, OF WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL TUBES OF EACH ROW HAVE A SLIGHTLY STAGGERED POSITION RELATIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL TUBES OF THE NEXT ROW, AND A PUSHER FAN ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE RADIAL STRUCTURE, THE COMBINATION WITH SAID RADIATOR STRUCTURE: OF A SUPPORTED CORE GUARD FOR ATTACHMENT TO SAID RADIATOR STRUCTURE IN A SPACED-APART RELATION INWARDLY OFFSET FROM THE RADIATOR CORE AND PARALLEL TO THE PLANE THEREOF; SAID GUARD COMPRISING A ROW OF VERTICAL TUBES MADE OF FLAT TUBING AND HAVING THEIR MAJOR CROSS-SECTIONAL AXES PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF AIR FLOW; HORIZONTAL DISPOSED, VERTICAL SPACED-APART FINS HOLDING SAID TUBES IN THE ROW WITH SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME TUBE CENTER-TO-CENTER SPACING AS THE TUBES OF THE INNER ROW OF TUBES IN THE CORE; AND ATTACHMENT BRACKETS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE CORE GUARD AND THE SIDE MEMBERS WHEREBY THE CORE GUARD IS SUPPORTED IN THE RELATION DESCRIBED AND WITH EACH TUBE SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED IN THE VERTICAL PLANE TO A TUBE IN SAID INNER ROW OF TUBES IN THE CORE, SO AS TO BE INTERPOSED, AND TAKE THE IMPACT OF FAN-THROWN PARTICLES DIRECTLY UPON THE FINS AND TUBES OF THE GUARD.