US1448331A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

Mar. 13, 1923.

F. E. CALKINS.

I REFRIGERATOR.

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I I r n Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

UNKTE FRAN E. cAL INsor ewsma YORK.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed September 29, 1922,? Serial No. 591,332

To all whomz't may concern: v 7

Be it known that'I, FRANK EKCALKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, (R. F. D. No. 2,) in the-county of Oswego and State of New York,jhave invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of lowing is aspecification. v

This invention relates to improvements in refrigerators and has for its object to provide a novel construction and arrangement 1 of ice-houses, wherein independent cooling chambers may be permanently built, and in which milk, butter, and other perishable articles'inay be stored and kept cool, without requiring any handling of the ice, after the ice-houses are filled with the seasons supply. A further object is to provide a refrigeratingchamber of the class, which is disposed adjacent one of the outer walls of the icehouse, and may beclosely' surrounded on three sides and on its top by the ice and wherein the top of the chamber is so constructed that the drip resulting from them'elting of the ice filters through and falls upon the milk-cans and other articles which may be disposed in the chamber, for heightening or intensifying the refrigeration. And a further object is to provide a door for affording access to the chamber, the said door having a window for lighting which the folv the interior of the chamber.

l *attain these objects-by the means set forth in the detailed description whichfollows, and as illustrated by "the accompanyingdrawing. in which- 1 Figure 1 is an end elevation of. an icehouse,with parts broken away for showing.

the disposition and arrangement of my improvement. Fig. 2 s a broken side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section, taken on line 33 of Fig. 4. Fig;

l is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. And Fig. 5 is atop-plan view of the drip collector.

In the drawing, 2 represents generally the ice-house superstructure, 2, represents one end of said structure, and 2 is one of the sides, which is broken away, in Fig. 2, for' showing the floor 2". The foregoing may follow any of the usual constructions.

My improved refrigerating apparatus preferably comprises a substantiallyclosed oblong chamber 3, which is disposed entirely within the house 2,0ne end 3 thereof preferably being closed by the adjacent end in the same the chamber,

wall, as 2f, ofthe house, the rsaid wall being formed with a rectangular. pening 2, which is closed by'a door 4,'the latter being hinged at l. The walls of i the ice-house 2 are usually constructed hollow and then filled with heat-insulating substance, such as saw- The opening 2 as well as the door etare dust 2 The door 4 is preferably constructed manner, as best seen in Fig. 4E.

correspondii'igly mitred, in the usual manner,

for suitably sealing the opening, and the door is preferably provided with a'window- -9 for lighting 'the interior of' the box 3, and for preventing the breeding of certain germs The chamber '3 preferably rests upon the floor 2*,- which forms its bottom, and'consists of similar. uprights 3 which are sheathed on the three sides that are exposed to. the ice a, by matched :material 3",, and horizontal top-beams 3 ably covered by the latter being which are preferloosely fitted, for allowing the waterfromthe melted. ice to drip into underside of the beams 3, as shown in Fig.

where a longitudinal gap The part.

ice supp0rting"planks 3 as shown in Fig. 4. 5 represents a ceiling, which is supported by the facing rib 6, which loosely projects through I the gap 5, and servesto shed, and to direct the drippings towards the-opposite sides of the chamber, where they are collected by similar longitudinal troughs or valleys .6'f

which are provided at frequent intervals withperforations 6", by means of which the i drippings are distributed upon andover the milk-cans as best seen iii Figs. 3-:fand4, The colleotor'G may be rigidly secured to the underside ofthe fasteners 6 The bottom. portion of the chamber is preferably provided with baseboards 8*, which; are 1 securedytoi 'the inner faces of the uprights 3 the said, base-boards extending around three sides, asshown in ceiling. 5. by any kindof Figs. 3 and 4:, andforming with the sheath ing 3 shallow .ojoen-top compartmexits 9.

with sawduster like absorbent material 9,

r These compartments are preferably filled v the said absorbent having for its object the collection and retention of more or less of the ice-drippings, and thereby servingto intensify the rei rigeration. Inside the baseboards 8 isarranged a concrete floor 10, which directly supports the milk-cans 7, and nearthe door 4 is disposed a drain-pipe 11, for carrying-oil the accumulated drippings, the said pipe being normally closed by a stopper 11. When the house ice, the cakes or blocks in are preferably placed in close contact with the three exposed vertical walls or the chamber 3, and the-ice is also piled upon the top 3 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 'llhe chamber 3 is preferably made of relatively heavy and stout material ror withstanding the great weight of the ice which is placed upon the top 3 By the foregoing construction and arr angement oi or labor,

the refrigerating chamber 3, dairy products, vegetables and fruits may be kept "at the proper temperature, for indefinite periods, without perceptible variation, and without requi ring any handling of the ice. The provision of the chamber 3 furthermore obviates the necessity of opening the ice-house 2', especially duringhot weather, for obtaining the usual daily supply of the ice for cooling the milk and other articles, as heretofore practiced. The value of the latter feature will be appreciated when it is understood that the stock of ice melts and wastes away very rapidly during the summer months, when the ice-houses are open daily, asexplained. By combining my refrigerating chamber with the ice-house, not only eiiects a great economy, but a refrigerating temperature between 50 and or even lower, may be maintained in the chamber. 3 during the entire summer season, without the expenditure ot any time after the refrigerating means is once installed. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, isp l'. The combination with an ice-house, of a refrigerating chamber comprising a hollow structure disposed entirely within the ice-house adapted to be partially surrounded by and covered with ice, the water resulting from the melting of the ice on top of the structure adapted to filter through said top,

a split ceiling adapted to carrythe water towards the middle of the structure, and a drip-collector carried by the ceiling having a rib disposed between the sections oi the ceiling for shedding the water away from the middle of the structure and having perforated valleys for collecting and dischargting a wall of the ice-house,

disposed ing the water upon receptacles disposed within said structure.

it. The combination with an ice-house. of reirigerating chamber disposed entirely within the ice-house adapted to be partially surrounded by and covered with ice and having one end that abuts one wall of the ice-house, the top of said chamber being formed with loosely arranged planks between which the drippings from, the melted ice gravitate into the chamber, a splitceiling in said chamber, the halves of said ceiling declining towards the middle of the chamber, and a drip-collector supported by the underside of the ceiling having a watershedding rib projecting upwardly between thehalves oi the ceiling and havingspaced perforated valleys for collecting and distributing the (lrippings over various. receptacles disposed in said chamber. I i

The combination with an ice-house of a refrigerating chamber comprising an oblong box adapted to be partially surrounded and covered by ice, one end of said box abuta door containing a windowdisposed in said wall, the top of said box being provided with crevices for the dripping oi water resulting from the melting of the ice into the box, a ceiling beneath said top arranged in spaced sections, a; drip-collector comprisingv a horizontally disposed plate having a centralrib which is between saidsections and having troughs disposed at the opposite sides of said rib for collecting the melted ice, the said troughs having pertorations for the escape of the drippings, and a series of base-boards forming compartments near the bottom of the hex-adapted to collect portions otsaid drippings.

4. The combination with an. ice-,househaving a door opening'in one walhla refrigeratthe drippings from ing chamber comprisinga. hollow; structure adapted to be part1allysurrounded by ice and having ne end facing said wall, of a cover for said chamber comprising spaced members through which the ice water drips into the chamber, a drip-collector disposed beneath and parallel to said cover, adapted to shed the water towards the opposite sides of the chamber and having a plurality of perforated valleys which collect and discharge the drippings of. the chamber, and a door for closingthe opening in, said wall, saiddoor having a window tor lighting the interior of the chamber and "for destroying certain germs.

in testimony whereof I affix my si nature.

FRANK n, cALfiINs.

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