US1052464A - Ice-receptacle for refrigerators. - Google Patents

Description

A. P. GRISWELL.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1911.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

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A. P. CRISWBLL.

ICE RECEPTAGLE FOR REPRIGBRATORS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7,'1911.

1,052,464. Patented Feb.11,1913.

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Be it known that l, ALEXANDER l). (Caiswsrr, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ot Cool: and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in lee-Receptacles for Ttetrigerators, of which the iollowing is a specilication.

lily invention relates to improvements in means for ascertaining the weight ot ice contained in ice receptacles or refrigerators.

@ne object of my invention is to malte an ice receptacle rectangular inshape and to indicatingly divide the walls thereoi3 into inch spaces by proper indications thereon, beginning at a given corner of the receitacle and extending in vertical and horizontal directions therefrom whereby the cubical contents or' a piece of ice, and the weight thereof, may oe conveniently estimated when placed in proximate relation with said data corner ot' the receptacle.

Another object of my invent-ion is to corrugate the walls of said receptacle to provide convenient, regularly disposed points at which to place the linear indications.

Other and further objects ci' my invention will become readily apparent to .per-l sons skilled in the art from a consideration of the description, taken in conjunction with the drawings wherein;

Figure 1 is a vertical, central section of a refrigerator with my ice receptacle shown in place therein; Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line QQ of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe ice receptacle.

In all of the views the same reference characters indicate similar parts.

A refrigerator of the usual construction 5 is provided with a top door 6 and a side door 7. It may have either door and be well adapted for use with my' invention. ln other respects vthe refrigerator is of the usual type.

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An ice receptacle 8, rectangular, in form, and preferably corrugated, as shown, may

be an inherent part of the refrigerator, or

removable therefrom.

Division is made in thewalls el' the receptacle into inch spaces, indicated by any suitable means and reading vertically from the bottoni tothe top and horizontally in both directions from a given corner, as shown, so that when a piece or ice 13 is placed within the receptacle and pushed over into the data corner thereof, as far as it can he so moved,

its dimensions may be readily determined by the space indications-on the walls ot the receptacle, whereby its length, breadth, and thickness may be directly read and from this its cubical dimensions estimated. Having ascertained its cubical dimensions its weight in pounds may be readily determined by dividingl the `dimensions in cubic inches by the constant 30. By this means the purchaser ot the commodity will be able to readily check the weight thereof with the weight given by the purveyor.

Having described my invention, claim is; y l. A rrectangular ice receptacle having three scales in linear measurements on the inner walls thereof, one proceeding vert-ically from a point on one of the lower edges and the other two being respectively on what l in horizontal directions from a common i vertical edge.

2. A receptacle having vertically extending corrugations and having indications of linear measurement on alternating wave surfaces extending horizontally, 'and similar indications extending vertically.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER P. CRlSWELL.

W. LINNALLEN,

MARY F.

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