US1440304A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

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REFRIGERATOR FILED Aue.9, 1931.

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Dec., 26, 1922.,

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REFRlIGIEMTUR.

Application filed August 9, 11921. vSerial No. 490,910.

" T all whomlt may concern:

\ vented a new and lmproved Refrigerator, of

space is provided and which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rllhis invention relates to refrigerators, and has for an object the provision of means whereby the drippings from a refrigerator can be very simply and efficiently collected and removed and wherebyr the spilling of the drippings on the floor is avoided.

Another object resides in the provision of means whereby plenty of cracked ice and icewater can be had at. all times, this arrangement being formed in the structure of the refrigerator itself.

A further object resides in the provision of means whereby a maximum of storage whereby an exceptionally large ice capac1ty is provided when' desired.

A still further object resides in the provision of means whereby the entire structure of the ice box can be very readilycleaned to keep the contents in an entirely sanitary condition at all times. l v

Another object resides in the provision of means whereby all the moisture and water formed within, the box is collected in one receptacle. y

A furtherobject resides in the provision of means whereby in removing the drippings from the ice box the splashing thereof from the receptacle in which they are contained is eliminated.

A still further object resides in the particular-'construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

'lhe invention is illust-rated in the drawings. of which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the box;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line. 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure. 3 is a `horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of F/igure, 1;

Figure t is a. horizontal section taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 1;V and Figure 6 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 6-.6 of Figure 2.

As shown in the drawing, the preferred form of my invention comprises an ice box formed with a body portion 1 having inner and outer walls 2 and 3 separated by any suitable insulating material 4f, such as cork. The front of t-he ice box is provided with doors 5 and 6 leading tothe ice chamber, with doors l' and 8 leading to storage cha-mbers, and with a drawer or cabinet 9 adapted to receive the drippings aswell as to receive articles to be stored. Tit-hin the ice box is a metallic lining, such as 10, lining the wall throughout. l his lining may, preterably, be of white enamel or some other suitable metal easily kept clean 'and sanitary.

ln the upper portion of t-he box l provideI brackets. such as 11. on which a dat shelf is adapted to rest. 'lhis shelf is formed of two sections 12 and 13 pivoted at their abutting edges. rlhis shelf or plate is disposed to form a .chamber thereabove which may receive. articles to be stored; and below this shelf, preferably, ice is placed. lin inserting the ice within the box, the front portion 13 of the shelf can be raised to permit of a ready insertion of the ice. Furthermore, if ldesired, the front section 13 may be raised and laid dat against the section 12, and then both sections may be raised flat against the back of the boxif it is desired to till this entire space with ice. rllhe ice chamber and the upper storage chamber are disposed substantially opposite the doors 5 and 6.

Slightly below the level of the doors 5 and 6 there is disposed a. partition, such as 1d, which extends completely across the box. '.lhis partition is provided, as shown at Fig. 6, with transversely extending da-nge portions 15 and 16 between which the cake of ice is adapted to be disposed. 0n the outside of each partition a storage place is formed. linthe. central portion of the partition, between-the ange plates 15 and 16, a chamber 17 is formed. 'lhis chamber extends downwardly a considera-ble distance and is of a width extending approximately two-thirds across the depth of the ice box from the rear to the front. 'llhis chamber 17 is adapted to receive cracked ice. The bottom of this chamber is provided with a dfaucet or outlet 18 which when open permits the water formed in this chamber to pa out. The water formed in this chamber is not only fromthe cracked ice but from the cake of ice resting on the shelf 1d. lln

front of the chamber 17 containing thev cracked ipe is disposed a removable receplll@ tacle '18 fitting in lthe space left between the chamber 17 and the front wall of the ice box.

` This receptacle is adapted to contain water, which becomes very cold by reason of the' contact of one of its walls with the cracked ice chamber 17 as well as because of its )proximity to the cake of ice on the shelf 14.

This receptacle is also provided with a faucet 19 extending through the front wall of the ice box between the doors 7 and 8. The receptacle 18 and the chamber 17 are not very wide, so that they lie back of the partition between doors 7 and 8 and permitstorage y f spaces 20 and 21 and 22 and 23 shelves 24 space, such as 20 and 21, and 22 and 23,.to be formed on each side thereof. Between the and 25 are provided. Toward the bottom of the ice box a shelf or partition 26 is pro-,-

vided. On this partition 26a perforated tray 27 rests. The central portion of the partition 26 is provided with apertures, such as 28, lthrough which anymoisture or water formed on the outside of the cracked-ice receptacle and the ice-water receptacle may pass into a drip pan 29 disposed on the bottom of the refrigerator'. The faucet 18 extends through the partition 26 in the tray 27 into close proximity tothe drip pan 29. This l dripfpan 29 is disposed within a portion of a drawer 30 which is provided with storage receptacles 31 and 32 on either side of the space containing the drip pan 29. This drawer may be pulled out at will to empty the drippings. From the upper rear edge of the drip pan 29 a baiiie late 33 extends forwardly and downwardl slightly to prevent which ice water and cracked ice are available at all times land in ample quantity; in which an increased amount of ice may be stored in .the refrigeraton'as desired; in which all the moisture or water formed Vwithin the refrigerator is efficiently collected in a single pan the size of which is sufficient to receive all the waterbthat possiblycould form from the maximum amount of lice placed within the refrigerator; and in which, in removing the drippings from the refrigerator, they do not get on the vfloor and can be very readily removed. ,f

What I claim is l 1. A refrigerator, av drip pan disposed therebeneath, and a partition extending entirely acrossv the bottom of the refrigerator above the drip pan, a perforated tray supported abovesaid partition, said partition having va plurality of perforations therein over the drip pan and adapted to collectany moisture falling thereon and permit it to drain into the drip pan,

2. A refrigerator comprising a.casing including upper and lower chambers anda sectional folding partition removably mounted in the upper chamber between the lower chambers and the topof the casing,- whereby an upper provision chamber may be provided above the i'ce chamber, or the ice capacity of the refrigerator be increased 3. A refrigerator comprising an ice chamber, a storage chamber. above the same, said chambers extending the fentire width and'depth of the refrigerator, and a secn tional shelf disposed and supported between j said chambers and forming a partition wall therebetween, said sections lhingedly con- ,nected, and adapted to be folded on each other and against a wall of the upper storage chamber whereby the storage chamber and ice chamber may be combined as one to increase -the ice capacity ofthe refrigerator.

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