US1058906A

US1058906A - Refrigerator.

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Publication number: US1058906A
Application number: US68215012A
Authority: US
Inventors: Albert T Schlichting
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-03-07
Filing date: 1912-03-07
Publication date: 1913-04-15
Anticipated expiration: 1930-04-15

Description

A. T. SCHLICHTING.

RBFRIGERATOR. APPLICATION FILED MAR?, 1912. 1,058,906, Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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REFBIGEBAT-OR;

Specification of Letters Batent.

Application led March 7, 1912. Serial No. 682,150.

To all whom t may concern.' f

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. SoHLIcH'r- ING, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inpRefrigerators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and u se the same,

This invention relates to improvements in buffet and backbar refrigerators. y

One object o f the invention is to provide a refrigerator of this character having an improved arrangement of ice compartment,l

drip pan and goods supporting-shelves and means for supporting the same whereby all of theA parts may be readily removed from the refrigerator when desired.

Another object is to provide a refrigerator of this character having an ice compartment or receptacle constructed in such manner as to permit the cold air to readily escape therefrom and circulate through the refrigerator and in which the ice may be placed at any point or throughout the entire length ofA the compartment.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buffet refrigerator constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional vievvl on -an 4enlarged scale of the refrigerator shown in Figs. l and 2; Fig. 4 is a crosssectional view, similar to Fig. 3, showing the construction of my improved refri erator as applied to a back bar; Fig. 5 is a etail perspective View of one of the supporting brackets or hangers for the supporting bars of the ice receptacle or compartment andv drip pan of the refrigerator; Fi 6 is ardetail perspective view of one of t e supporting bars for'the ice receptacle or comp'art` ment of the buffet form of the` refrigerator; and, Fig. is a similar view of one of the of the 'drawings whereby the entire top of the refrigerator may be opened or access may be had to the .topithereof at any ydesired point. In both sides of the upper portion of the refrigerator are arranged a series of doors 8 which yare preferably pro'- vided .with glass panels. In the ,oppositesides of the lower portion 'of` the refrigerator arealso arranged series of' doors 9, said doors bein also provided with glass panels through w ich the contents of the refrigerator may be readily seen.

In the upper portion of the refrigerator is arranged1 and` removably supported 'an ice compartment o'r tank 10l the upper portion of which is substantially the same width as the inner side of the refrigerator, while the lower portion of said compartment or tank is reduced or constructed considerably narrower 'than the other portion, thus forming between the sides of the compartment and the inner sides of the upper portion of the refrigerator goods recelvmg spaces 11 in.

whichl are arranged suitably supported shelves or bottoms 12 adapted to support bottles or any lother goods. The ice compartment or tank 10 has its sides and boti PatentedA'pr. 15,1913.

tom perforated as shown at 12 to permit the cold air Yradiating from the ice in the compartment to pass freely therefrom and to circulate through the other parts.v of the refrigerator. v i

The ice compartment or tank is removably supported in the upper port-ion of the re' frig'erator bya series of transversely disposed supporting bars 13, said bars having their ends bent upwardly to form rectangularoflsets Maat each side of the'compartment, said o'set ends of the bars having on their extremities right angular 'downwardly' projecting lugs 15 whichare adapted to be engaged with brackets 16 in the form 0f ,y I p rectangular sockets which are secured to the adjacent inner surface of the sides of therethe shelves or bottoms 12 of the spaces 11,

said bottoms or shelves being preferably in the'form of longitudinally disposed rods 19 which are connected by short cross bars as shown.

Arranged below and spaced a suitable distance from the ice compartment 10 is a drip pan or tra 21, the bottom of which inclines from its sides toward the center and to the center of the pan or tray is'connected the upper end of a drain pipe 22 which extends downwardly through the lower portion and bottom of the refrigeratorA and provides means for carrying off the water from the melted ice in the ice compartment which drains into the drip pan.` The drip pan 21 is formed of a double thickness of metal between which is arranged an asbestos packing 23 which prevents the moisture from accumulatlng on the outer side of and dripping from the pan into the lower portion of thev refrigerator. The pan 21is removably supported in position below the ice compartment 'by the hangers formed by the lugs 18 on the bar supporting brackets 16 as clearly lshown in Fig. 3V of the drawin'gs.

In the lower portion of the refrigerator below the ldrip pan is arranged a series of goods supporting shelves 24, said shelves being sp-aced suitable distances apart and supported on cleats or other supporting devices 25. The 'shelves are of open structure and preferably consist of a plurality of removably spaced rods 26 which are engaged with cross bars 27. By thus arranging the shelves or'bottoms 12 of the ycompartments 11 and the shelves-24 of the lower compartment of the refrigerator and arranging the

doors

8 and 9 in the sides of the refrigerator, it will be seen that access to the goods contained in the refrigerator may be had from either side thereof. y

vIn the ends of the refrigerator are compartments `5a the upper portion of which openthrough the top and one side ofthe refrigerator asshown. In the lower portion of thecompartments below the rear open upperv side thereof vare arranged doors 9a whereby the lower portions pf the compartydrained from the tanks.

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ments are closed. In the compartments 5 are arranged sinks or wash tanks 6a which may be of any suitable depth and which are surrounded and supported at their up 3er ends by a drain board 9b, said board being corrugated and inclining toward the tank as shown.

In the tanks are arranged overflow pipes 5b which extend upwardly sufiiciently to permit the tanks to hold a suitable quantity of water for rinsing glasses and other articles therein. In the bottom of the tanks are arranged suitable discharge openings 6b which are adapted to be closed by removable plugs or stoppers 6c whereby the water may be The discharge openings 6b and the lower ends of the overflow pipes 9c are connected with waste pipes 6d arranged in the compartments 5x1 below the tanks and which may be connected with the waste pipe of the building or with any The doors 9 are provided in the lower sides of the compartlments to permit access to the lower outer portion of the tanks for connecting the waste pipes with the overflow pipes and dischargeopenings in the bottom-of the tanks.

In the upper portion of one or both sides of the refrigerator above the doors 8 and communicating with the spaces 11 are ventilating apertures 28 which are adapted to be opened and closed by ventilators 29. The ventilators 29 preferably comprise base plates 30 having therein centrally disposed openings corresponding to the size of the apertures 28 and having on their outer sides annular outwardly projecting flanges 31.

Arranged across the 'openings in the base plates 30 is a cross bar 32 having therein a centrally disposed apertured passage into which is adapted to be screwed the threaded stem 33 of a disk or'plate 34 which is adapted to be engaged with and ldisengaged from the outer edge of the flange 31 by screwing the stem thereon inwardly and outwardly through the threaded opening in the cross bar 32 thereby closing `and opening the ventilators.

In Figs. 4`and 7 of the drawings my improved refrigerator is shown in the form of `a backbar 35, the construction and arrangement of which is practically the same as the construction and arrangement of the buffet4 refrigerator except that access to the goods compartment of the refrigerator can be had from but one side thereof as is clearly indicated in Fig. 4. y

In thefbackbar form of the refrigerator the ice compartment 36 is offset on one side only to form a goods receiving space 37 between the front side o'f the compartment and the upper lrow of doors 38 in the front side of the refrigerator. The compartment 36 is supported on supporting bars 39 one end izo 40l of which is'. offset in the same mannery as the offset end 14 of the buffet form of the refrigeratonwhile the opposite ends have a slightly different form of offset 41, said offset ends having a bracket engaging lug 42 which is adapted to be engaged with a supporting bracket 43 secured to the rear side of the refrigerator, while the offset end 40 has a bracket engaging lug 43a which is adapted to be engaged with a bracket 44 constructed in the same manner as the brackets 16 in the first forni of the invention. The offset ends 40 of the Vbars 39 provide rests for a goods receiving shelf 45 which forms the bottom of the compartment 37.

Arranged below the ice compartment 36 is a drip pan 46 which is of double form and is engaged at its outer edge with the lugs 47 of the brackets 44 and at its inner or rear edge is supported upon a drain trough 48 secured to the rear side of the refrigerator as shown. The drip pan when thus arranged is supported at a suitable inclination from its forward toward its rear edge whereby the water from the melted ice in the ice compartment which drips into the drip pan will be conducted thereby to the drainjtrough 48 from whence said water is carried off ythrough a drain pipe 49 connected with the `tion of the cold air from the ice compartment through the lower compartment of the refrigerator. Inthe upper portion of the front of the backbar refrigerator above the doors 38 and communicating with the space 37 are Ventilating openings 51 which are provided with ventilators 52-,constructed in the same manner as the ventilators 29 of the.

buffet form of the refrigerator. The

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28 and 51 in the upper portion of the sides of the buffet and backbar refrigerator` permit the warm air which is forced upwardly from the lower portion of the refrigerator by t-he heavier cold air settling therein to be discharged. from the upper portion of the refrigerator, thus providing a Ventilating system whereby the cold air generated by the melted ice in the'ice compartment may be utilized in its greatest degree for cooling the goods receiving 'com part-ments of the refrigerator. l

My improved refrigerator preferably has a casingconsisting of inner and outer walls 53 and 54 spaced a art to form an airspace 355. On the side o the inner wall adjacent to the air space 55 is arranged a coverlng of heat insulating material 56 while on the -op- 1 posite side of said inner wall is arranged a lmlng 57 of non-corrosive metal.

By constructing and arranging the various l parts of both the buffet' and backbar forms of the refrigerator as herein shown and described.it will be seen that all of these parts may bereadily removed through the top and side doors of the refrigerator to permit said .parts to be thoroughly cleaned, thus keeping y the refrigerators in a perfectly sanitary contion will be readily understood wit-hout requiring a more extended explanation.

' Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructlon may be resorted to wit-hout departing from the princip'le or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A refrigerator comprising a casing, an ice compartment therein having a reduced lower portion forminggoods-receiving compartments between it and the sides of the casing, bracket-s secured within the walls of the latter and having sockets,supporting` bars extending across'the casing with their bodies beneath said ice compartment and their ends bent downwardly into lugs engaging said sockets, and shelves on the bars next outside said ice compartment, all for the purpose set forth. i

2. A 'refrigerator of the character described comprising an ice compartment having a reduced lower portion provided with a series of perforations to permit the escape ,of t-he cold air therefrom, saidreduced lower portion of the v,ice compartment forming be- `tweenitself and the adjacent sides of the refrigerator goods receiving compartments, y,

supporting "brackets secured to the inner sides of the refrigerator, supporting bars having their ends offset and kbent to form lugs adapted 'to be engagedr with said brackets toremovably support said ice com ,partment, open shelves adapted to be engaged with the offset ends of said supporting bars to form bottoms for the sp-aces between 'the ice` compartmmt and the sides of the refrigerator, drip pan Isupp-orting lugs formed on said bar supportin brackets, and

aQdri-p an engaged with an Aadapted to be removably supported by said lugs.

3. A refrigerator of the class described "comprising a casing, anice compartment -'therein having a reduced lower port-ion formin a goods-receiv`ing compartment'between it yand the casing, brackets secured within' thefwalls ofthe latter and havin in-y turnedlugsat their ends formingusocets,

supporting bars extending across the casing with their bodies beneath said ice compartment and their ends bent upwardly around the corners of the same and then outwardly and downwardly into lugs engaging said sockets, and shelves on the bars next adjacent their lugs, all for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ALBERT T. SCHLICHTING.

Witnesses: l

CHARLES J BRENNER, W. A. KELLER.