US1328324A

US1328324A - Refrigerator construction

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Publication number: US1328324A
Application number: US303197A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert J Gwyer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-06-10
Filing date: 1919-06-10
Publication date: 1920-01-20
Anticipated expiration: 1937-01-20

Description

H. J. GWYER.

REFRIGERATOR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. m9.

Patented J an. 20, 1920.

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REFRIGERATOR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1919.

1,328,32, Patented J an. 20, 1920.

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ATTORNEY H. J. GWYER-.

REFRIGERATOR gdws'TRucnow. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10| 19I9.

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REFRIGERATOR CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATIdN FILED JUNE I0, 1919 Patented Jan. 20, 1920 5 SHEET$-SHEET 4.

INVENTOR I ATTORNE H. J. GWYER. REFS*'$.ERATOR CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1919.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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INVIERJTOR ATTORNEZ.

UNITED sTATEsrATnNr cr mes.

HERBERT J. GW YER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, HERBERT .l. Gwrnn,

a citizen of the United States of America,-

. tors, ice boxes and the like, and the objects 10 of the invention are to provide a practical,

serviceable cabinet construction of this character which can be made up in knockeddown form and of standardized parts,

which parts can be shipped or stored in compact form and can be when desired.

Another object is to so construct theparts readily assembled that in the act of assemblage, the parts will be automatically drawn together into close fitting engagement and thus form an efiicient tight box.

' These various objects I have accomplished by constructinga boX with'top and bottom panels or sections and interfitting corner v posts and side sections engaged between the top and bottom panels, said parts being so tionsare arranged also to be brought into close fitting engagement by the securing of the box sections. Other features of the invention and details of construction will appear .as the portions 26 receiving the ends of the corner specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings 1- have disclosed the invention embodied in one of its practical commercial forms, but would have it understood that modifications may be made without departure from the true spirit and scope of the invention.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator constructed in accordance with and embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same on a somewhat enlarged-scale. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on substantially the plane of the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detached deta l view of one of the supporting feet.

REFRIGERATOR CONSTRUCTION.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted Jan, 20 1920.

- Application filed June 10, 1919. Serial No. 303,197.

Figs. 5 and 6 are broken detail views of the front and back panels respectively.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of one of the side panels. I

Figs. 8 and 9 are plan and sectional views respectively of the bottom panel.

Figs. 10 and 11 are similar views of the tray or lining for the bottom section.

Fig. 12 is a broken detail View of one of the corner posts.

Fig. 13 is. a perspective view of the ice tray. 7.

Figs. 14, 15, 16 and 17 are broken detail views of modified features of construction.

Referring now to the drawings in detail;

' l7 designates the top, 18 the bottom and 19,

20, 21 and 22the four sides of the box. The

panel sections

20 and 22 constitute what'is ordinarily considered the front and the back of the box, but for the purposes of this disclosure the four sides will all be considered simply as side panels, as practically the only difference between these several panels is in the matter of size and provision of the front panel with suitable doors such as indicated at 23.

The corner posts are designated 24 and an interlocking or interfitting engagement is effected between these corner posts and the adjoining side panels by providing said. posts on the different angular sides thereof with groove-ways 25 to receive the edges of the side panels.

The top and bottom panels or framing -pieces fit over the ends of the corner posts and the side panels, being provided in the present disclosure with overfittmg grooved posts and the ends of the side panels. The engaging or meeting faces of the top and bottom panels and the corner posts are preferably beveled or inclined son'iewhat, sub stantially as indicated'at 27 in Fig. 14 so that as said top and bottom panels are drawn toward each other, the corner posts will be forced inwardly and compressed upon the side panels. Similarly, the meeting faces of the top and bottom panels and adjacent ends of the side panels may be inclined or beveled as indicatedat 28, so that in addition to the compression of the corner posts on the side panels. the side panels will actually also be compressed by the top and bottom panels.

The top and bottom are drawn together In the present illustration by means of tie bolts 7 29 extending preferably full length of the box between such panels. This tie bolt. is shown more in detail in Fig. 14, a nut 30 being shown engaged. on the lower threaded end thereof below the bottom panel. It will be evident that by means of these tie bolts the top and bottom panels are drawn together and astheso panels exert a compressing effect upon the corner po panels, tight 'oints will be effected and a closely sealed ox will be secured by simply tightening these tie bolts.

The several panel sections are suitably constructed for the purpose to which the box is to be put, being ordinarily provided with suitable heat insulating material.

A lining is usually provided for the box,

' the same being here shown as sectional in this construction,

to the sections of Thus, the side sections are shown as provided with a. facing 31 forming a lining section, and the corner strips are shown provided with a lining material-32 covering the inside corner portion thereof, this latter lining section being held in place for instance, by turning the edges thereof into the grooves 25 provided for the side panels. The edges of the corner post lining preferably abut or engage the side panel lining sections when the parts are assembled, substantially as indicated in character, corresponding The bottom lining section consists in the illustration of a pan or tray 33 supported on the bottom panel and provided in the present disclosure with upturned angular flanges or lugs 34 at the corners thereof fitting up in recesses 35'provided behind the corner post lining sections. The top lining section similarly consists of an inverted tray member 36 which likewise may have'angular flanges at the corners thereof to fit into recesses 37 provided at the back of the corner post lining sections (Fig. 12). The edges of these top and bottom lining trays may simply abut against the ends of the panel linings, as indicated at Fig. 2. By means of the trays are positively held in positio'nand close joints are effected with the side of the lining.

As a possible modification, the lining sections may have extensions bent into the grooves provided in the top and bottom panels and in the corner posts, substantially as indicated at 38 and 39, in Figs. 15 and 16 respectively.

The box shown is providedwith special supporting feet made in this case of sheet metal bent tov form the-angularly related side port-ions 40 connected at the top by a shelf portion i1, said shelf portion having upstanding positioning lugs 42 at the outer corners thereof beyond the edges of the ans and side edges panel and corner post sections gular sides 40 for engagement with the side i edges of the box. A further novel feature is the securing of these supporting feet in position by means of the same stay bolts which fasten the parts all together, said bolts extending through openings as provided in the shelf portions of these feet so that the act of securing the parts together also serves fastenings drawing the top and bottom panel together and which fastenings may, as described, be simply four tie bolts extending the full length of the box. These ti bolts are disposed in suitable grooves or ligles 46 formed in the corner posts behind the lining and so are not exposed or in the way, (see Fig. 3).

The various parts of the refrigerator may be made up in bulk and stored or shipped in the knocked-down form, and said parts can, by reason of the novel construction disclosed, be quickly assembled when required without the needof any special tools, into a practical and etlicient refrigerator.

The top and bottom lining sections may be provided with marginal flanges, as indicated at 47 in Fig. 1%, to slide in backof the. side and corner post lining sections to thus provide overlapping tight joints at these points.

In Fig. 17 I have illustrated how the cor ner post sections 48 may be made as a part of the side panel sections 49. This construction does away with the handling of the corner posts as separate units. In this I have illustrated how the corner post lining sections may be made as a part of the side lining sections, ner post lining section being indicated at 50, and being shown as provided with flanged 51 overlapping and standing back of the lining section 52 of the adjoining side panels 53.

I claim:

1. In a cabinet construction, the combination of corner posts, side panels having intel-locking engagement with said corner posts, top and bottom panels having connection with the corner posts to effect compression of the corner posts upon the side panels and tie bolts for drawing the top and bottom panels toward each other to thereby secure all of said parts in close fitting engagement.

2. In a cabinet construction, the combination of corner posts. side panels having interlocking engagement with said corner posts, top and bottom panels having conncction with the corner posts toefl'cct compression ,of the corner posts upon the side this combined side and corpanels, tie bolts for drawing the top and bottom panels toward each other to thereby secure all of said parts in close fitting en 10 terlocking engagement with said corner posts, topand bottom panels having connection with the corner posts to effect compression of the corner posts noon the side panels, tie bolts for drawinn the top and bot-v tom panels toward each other to thereby secure all of said parts in close fitting engagement, the means for effecting the compression of the corner posts upon the side panels comprising relatively inclined meeting faces on the ends of the corner posts and the top; and bottom panels respectively.

4. In a cabinet construction, the co1nbination of corner posts, side panels having interlocking en agement with said corner posts, top and bottom panels fitting over the ends of the corner posts and side panels,

, and arranged to'compress said parts in close fitting engagement and means for securing the top and bottom panels in place.

5. In a. cabinet construction, the combination of cornerposts, side panels having interl ockin' engagement with said corner posts, top and bottom panels having connection with the corner posts to effect coinpressiom of the corner posts upon the side panels, tie bolts for drawing the top and bottom panels toward each other to thereby secure all of said parts in close fitting ena ement linin s on theinner surfacesof the corner posts and side panels and top and bottom lining sections held in engagement with said side panel and corner post lining sections by the securing of said parts as aforesaid.

6. In a cabinet construction, the combination of corner posts, side panels having intel-fitting engagen'ient with said corner osts, a lining carried by said side panels an cor.- ner posts, a bottom panel engaged with the lower ends of the corner posts and side panels,.a bottom pan supported by said bottom panel and having flanged portions engaged behind the lining aforesaid, a top panel and a top lining section completing the lining within the cabinet.

' 7. In a cabinet construction, the combination of corner posts, side panels having intel-fitting engagement with said corner posts, a lining carried by said side panels and corner posts, and provided with recesses behind the same at said corner posts, a bottom panel, a lining pan supported by said bottom panel and having upturned flanges at the corners thereof engaged in said recesses at the corner posts, a top panel and a top lining section completing the lining within the cabinet.-

8. In a cabinet construction, the combination of corner posts, side panels having in terlocking engagement with said. corner posts, top and bottom framing pieces interengaged with} the ends of the corner posts and side panels and arranged to hold said parts in close fitting engagement and means for drawing the top and bottom framing pieces into place.

HERBERT J. Gl/VYER.