US1143243A - Refrigerator. - Google Patents

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L. H. VOGEL & J. BURROWS.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20. 1910.

l,1%3,23 Patented June 15, 1915.

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L. H. VOGEL &J

REFRIGERATOR. APPLICATION FILED JAN- 20. 1910.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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Be it lmown that we, 'Lsororn ll. VOGE'L end JOHN llnraeows, citizens of the Uniteel States, both residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk enel 'Stete of Massachusetts, hs've inventeol new ehel useful lireproveinents in Refrigerators, Of which the fellewing is s, specifiestioh.

This invention relates to an improved refrigerator to he used in cennection with is her for serving liquors anti like.

he object of the inventien is to previrle e refrigerator in which losrrels, caslrs 0r ire-gs of beer, ale, porter or other liqiiils'rnsy he contained, with the heads 'ef the er ce lrs eXpesed t0 the VlE'W ef the cus- The ebject ot the invention is furtl'ler to previcle s refrigerator in which s large number of barrels or ceslrs of liquor has? he stereel and cooled, saicl refrigerator sein constructed with s storage eheniloer eclspterl to helel said barrels, this storage chamber losing inset/ed. above 21 serving chamber, en serving chamber, in large hers, being subdivided into e plurality of compartments, each is which is sclspted te-helrl one of serial hsrrels er 'esslrs', end eheve esch serving" chamber in the tlee r o'f'the storage ehe'i'nher is previclecl e door, and-else s snitshle meens is provicleel in the storage chem-inherfer hsnelling the losrrels and taking net the em -Jty he'rrels from the serving chamber and supplying" in their place i e-ll her-rels from the sters ge chamber, all of the "en-pare,- tns being so arranged that it is est sight :frem the entsicleefthe refri geretoren" essily henellerl te remeve he eiire-t rele e rl replace them by fell barrels with out the contents there'ei rations withent with the lonsi-ness m is, the changing the h l A i enti-relv within the refrieerster ees interfere with the her tenelers in in" services hehinel the serving leer.

inventien censists in the eomhinetien rengement 'ef perts i erth in the following specificetien snel .psrticiilerl y peintecl est in the claim thereof Referrine" to the drawings: Figure front elevation of s 'portien ef refrigerster ecnstriictefi in eecerclenee with our i wention. Fig. 2 is e trsnsverse seetio 9, a floor 10 slid a liner ll.

els ,vetien oi the same ts-hen en cell Fig, 1. Fig. 8 is s transverse sectional elevation talz'en on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings,

ln the drawings, 5 is the refrigerator, the sense being formed preferably of double wells with en air space or suitable packing interposed? hetween the walls, saicl wells consisting 0f a top 8, front 7, 2, front 8, a hzich The interior the refrigerator is (livirlecl into two chenihers, via, s storage chamber 12 and s serving" chamber 13. The serving c'hsn turn, is cliviclecl into it plura pertments 14-, i l by 'verticsl l5, 15, each of seicl eornpsrtn .t ersted' from the storage chamber 'Mi trep cloor 16 which is scleptecl o l' l 1 up and through w ich the csslrs or lwrrels of liquor and the like can he lowers the storage cha'rnher into the serving her. It will be seen by reference to that the storage chamber has e per the floor l? locstecl' at one side 0f floors l6, 16, forming a, convenient piece for the storage of the barrels 0r cs'sks l8, The trap steers l6, are normally left cleseei, as shown in ssitl Fig. 2, sntl these tren'eloors form a Wells er passsgrew a which the et-tenclent or iaorter of the refrigerstor esn well: while periern'iing his ole-ties.

i. referalilfv sleng the ten 6 oi the storage chemher extencl's twe tracks 20, the trse rs QOleeins; located shave the treelrs 19 steel hetwe'en these is e cer- 2i previelecl with wheels 22, seirl carriage h o the bottom therej. lS r, snml ssicl srni I eel. hereon 26, 26

i unrler :Esce e 23, is 'previole enel with suitable hoisting" sph re ties 2?, end irein t "rlS censtrtictien it will th-et the srn'i 2 icsn he swung ever 0f the barrels and the heels 98 e the heis chain e-tts'ehecl to en eye 29 instenecl te her 30, which her oletsehahly connected by ehsins '8, Si t0 the hsrrel 3.8. Then, h menigenles the hoisting apparatus herrel can he raised encl the arm 24: swung t0 hiring the loerr-el ever the ijTET-Jifl door which previensly has, hee'n opened. Again, by nienipuleting the hoisting apparatus, the

chamber 13. Each of the openings 33 is preferably provided with an annular 'flange 34 which is preferably formed of iron and is angular in cross section and has provided upon the inner face of the substantially vertical flange thereof a rubber gasket or packing ring 35 against which the end 36 of the barrel'18 rests when the said barrel is in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and thus it will be seen that the head of the barrel closes the opening 33, prevents the air from entering the refrigerator and is itself fully exposed to the view of the customer standing in front of the refrigerator and outside the serving bar 37.

The refrigerator, as a whole, may be cooled by any suitable means, either by pipes 38, 39 with ammonia or bv ice, if preferred. 1t is often desirable that beer or ale "should be cooled to diiferent'temperatures to suit different tastes or to -suit different manufactures and qualities ofliquor, and to accomplish this result, we provide ventilating pipes 40 and 41 entering the top and bottom, respectively, of each of the compartments 14, said. ventilating pipes being provided, respectively, with valves 42 and 43, whereby warm air from the exterior of the refrigerator may be admitted to any one of the compartments to modify the temperature therein, and by the use of a thermostat these valves 42 and 43 are automatically opened or closed as maybe required to keep the temperature of the chamber at the degree at which the thermostat is set within'each of the compartments, so as to suit varying tastes of customers or varying requirements of the liquors contained within said compartments.

In Fig. 2 the thermostat 44 is illustrated in one of the compartments, the same being located at the extreme right hand side of said compartment, as viewed from the front of the refrigerator, in order that the barrel may not strike the same when it is being lowered into the compartment. This thermostat is in electric circuit with a motor 45 which is provided with crank- arms 46, 46 and operated by a battery 47.- .The crankarms 46, 46 are connected to a cord 48 which, in turn, is connected to the valves or dampers 42, 43. The wires 49-of the electric circuit are shown in Fig. 2, outside of the re-.

frigerator, for the sake of clearness in illustration, but, of course, in practice these wires would be concealed within the walls of the refrigerator.

Any suitable form of thermostat and connections to the valves 42 and 43 may. be used, but in the form illustrated in Fig. 2 the thermostat closes the circuit when'the temperature rises above or falls below the desired degree and the operation of the motor opens or closes the valves 42 and 43, thus either admitting warm air to the'interior of thecompartment or shutting olf the admission of such warm air. Y

Having thus specifically and to some extent in general described the operation of our refrigerator, we will now proceed to describe the general operation of the same: Assuming the parts to be in the position illustrated in Fig. 2 and the barrel 18' to be empty while the barrel 18 is full, the refrigerator attendant lifts the trap door 16 to the position illustrated in dotted lines (Fig. 2) and attaches the hook 28 to the eye 29. He then manipulates the hoisting apparatus to lift the barrel 18 out of the serving chamber and into the storage chamber, it being understood that the spigot has first been removed from the head of the empty barrel. Having lifted the empty bar rel into the storage chamber, the attendant moves the hoisting apparatus, together with the empty barrel suspended thereon, lengthwise of the'refrigerator, over the trap doors, until he comes to that portion of the storage chamber at which he desires to deposit said empty package. He then swings the arm 24 over to the position illustrated in full lines (Fig. 2). He then lowers the barrel into position on that portion of the floor which extends longitudinally of the refrigerator and beside the trap doors and detaches the hoisting apparatus from the empty barrel. He then attaches the hoisting apparatus 27, by means of the hook 28,

eye 29, bar 30 and chains 31, 31 to the full barrel 18. He then carefully raises the full barrel 18 by the use of the hoisting apparatus, until said barrel swings free of its resting place in the storage chamber. He then swings the arm from its position as shown in full lines (Fig. 2) to such a position that the barrel will hang over the trap door and in dotted lines in one of the compartments of the serving chamber, and as the rear end of the barrel strikes the left hand portion of the cradle 32 (Fig. 2) a continued lowering of the front end of the barrel causes it to assume the inclined position shown in ldig. 2, the final positioning of the barrel and setting the'head of the same against the rubber gasket 35 being assisted by the bar tender, who also inserts the spigot in the barrel,

It will thus be seen that the barrels can be very gently, quickly and handily roanipulate'd to remove the empty barrels from the serving chamber and to supply their place with full barrels; that all of this work can be done by the attendant within the refrigerator and without causing inconvenience to the bar tenders during busy hours. lit will be seen that all of the opera tion hereinbefore described of changing the empty barrel for a full one has been accomplished without riling the contents of the barrel.

The present method of operating refrigerators of the class described is as follows: Two rows of barrels are required in most places to take care of the days business, one of these rows of barrels being in a convenient position to serve from. The other row of barrels is placed at rest in a position below the above mentioned row oi barrels, which makes it very inconvenient for the clerk, who is obliged to stoop each time he draws a glass of beer or ale, and being in an unnatural position at the time he is liable to cause more or less waste by spillage. These two rows of barrels, as aforesaid, are necessary for the reason that ales and beers (ale in particular) should be at rest at least twenty-four hours before the cask is served from to allow the hops to settle, so that a brilliant and proper glass of ale may be served from said package. Should this supply not be suihcient for the days business, it is necessary to either take from a separate chest or order from. the brewery a barrel or hogshead of ale sufficiently cold to be, served from. Said package must be placed in position from the dent of said refrigerator, causing great annoyance to the bar tenders and inconvenience to the customers while being placed in position. Said barrel being placed in position is ready to serve from, but a particularly brilliant'glass of ale cannot be served from the same, for the reason that the contents have not had time to settle. The great advantage derived from the apparatus shown, however, from a iinancialand business point of view is the fact that the beer or ale or other liquor can be drawn direct from the wood, with the head or" the barrel exposed to the view or the customer at the time when his beer or ale or other liquor is drawn from the barrel. lit will also be seen that our improved refrigerator will utilize space with the greatest economy.

It will be seen that by the construction of the arm 24- and its connection with the carriage 21, that the weight of the barrel upon the hoisting apparatus will be talren care of by the trucks 26, 26 and by the double tracks 19 and 20 in such a manner as to prevent said carriage from tilting or tipping and also to prevent undue transverse strain being brought upon the arm 2% and upon its pivotal stud 25.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

A refrigerator having a serving chamber subdivided into a plurality of compart ments, each compartment adapted to hold a cask or the like, there being an aperture in one of the walls of each of said compartments adapted to be closed by the end of a cask, said refrigerator also having a storage chamber located above said serving chamber and extending longitudinally of said chamber, a floor to said storage chamber, trap doors in said floor between each of said compartments and said storage chamber, a portion of said door at one side of said trap doors adapted to hold a plurality of casks or the like, and hoisting means adapted to select a cash from said plurality of casks and deposit the same into one of said compartments.

In testimony whereoi we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEUPQLD H. VQGEL. JOJHN BURRUWS. Witnesses:

Crraunns S. Goonnvo, Louis A. dorms.

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