GB569442A - Improvements in suspensible refrigerator cabinets - Google Patents

Abstract

569.442. Refrigerators. AKTIEBOLAGET ELEKTROLUX. Sept. 15, 1943, No. 15115. Convention date, Sept. 29, 1942. [Class 29] A domestic cabinet cooled by absorbtion apparatus and adapted to be suspended on a wall has a front member 31 of the base shaped so as to be curved about an axis parallel with the lower edge of the door with a radius of not less than 40 mm. and connected through a base plate 19 and the bottom flanges of the sides of the outer shell with rigid members 37,38 abutting against the wall, so that the sides of the shell are relieved from stress. The top 20 and sides 21 Fig. 3 of the outer shell are formed from a single steel plate with front flanges 25 cut and welded at the upper corners 24 and with rear flanges 28 and bottom flanges 27, The liner 10 has the usual" window" opening for the insertion of the evaporator and is formed with a profiled front flange 15 to engage over wood blocks 16, spaced apart around the door opening, which are engaged also by inturned ranges 18 of the outer shell and of the curved member 31. The engagement may be secured by covering strips 30. The curved member may be welded to the base plate 19 which is welded to the bottom flanges 27, and the rigid members 37, 38 are welded to the flanges of rear extensions of the outer shell. The cabinet may be suspended from a rear bar 39. The curved strip allows for deeper insulation at the bottom of the cabinet and.accommodation in the air flue at the back for leads 53 and other accessories, of the heat insulated generator 51. A roll 32 of corrugated cardboard may form insulation for the curved member 31.