US1502096A - Tourist's kitchenette or cabinet - Google Patents

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july 22, 1924.

L.. S. GILMORE TOURISTS KITCHENETTE OR CABINET Filed SepL. 3.6, 1922 #NVENTOR BKH@ SHFLS GILMORE, 0F `EL RENO, OKLAHMA.

TQURISTS KITCHENETTE OR CABNET.

,application filed eptember 1c, 1922. Serial No. 588,596.

economical construction, and the parts being compactly and accessibly arranged for the carrying of a large assortment of food stuffs, id "ier refrigeration for them and for M niing water, and are so arranged that the door or lid of the member mounted on hinges in connection with detachable legs, canwbe formed into a cooking table or eat- @ther o'oyects in view will hereinafter appear. invention is a tourists kitchenette or cabinet that embodies the peculiarv construction and novel arrangement of parts stated in the following description, specilicaiiy pointed out in the appended claims, and iiiustrated in the accompanying drawlin order to accomplish the desired results use is made of a casing of metal, or other suitable material, a front door, a lifting or tiiting top, an insulated ice-boX, orholder /intiietop oft-'the casing, a drinking-water tank, uninsuiated division between them, drawers, hinged iids or doors, a drippingwater tank 'with over-iiow outlet, and other compartments in the casini?.

t practical embodiment of my invention showing tiie'peculiar construction and novel arrangements ot' the parjtzsis represented in accompanying drawings forming a part oi this specification, and stated in the foliowing description, in which characters of rence indicate like, or corresponding s in the views.

re i is a side view of a motor vehicle device applied.

." c aperspective view of the dederged seais, showing the saine ctional detail et the drinkhouse-keeping, but are portable' @board or" an automobile, but are de chabie therefrom, and being of simple and.

ing4 water compartment, with portions broken away.

Figure l shows the tourists kitchenette or cabinet mounted on the running-board of van automobile, with the canopy 1 down over `the kitchenette with corner rolled back,

showing, the faucet 2 opening out of the drinking-water compartment 28, and adrainage* l to the drinking-water compartment,'.a handle 4:, a canvas strap 5 -with Awhich to fasten the kitchenette to the auto lmobile, and a bolted combined horizontal and vertical cleat or bracket 6 to further securely fasten the kitchenette or cabinet to the running-board of the automobile. The canopy l while the kitchenette or cabinet is in camp is suspended above the kitchenette or cabinet and table for protection from the; un, rain and elements.

ifinre 2 shows the kitchenette or cabinet with the top or upper lid 27 elevated, and the door orlower lid 7 lowered and resting on the detachable legs 9 and 9^, inserted into the cleats 8 and 8^ on the outer` and 80 when opened on the under part of the lower lid or door, the door or lower lid when opened forming a 'worletable and also an eating-tablel0 shows the rectangular v,

shaped dish-pan with round corners, whiclixf/SS whennot in use and when on trips, occupies'l with che other cooking utensils', compartnient 1'55; in compartment 15 is also found a` substantial rod or rack 17 near the top and front ot said compartment and securely fastened' at each end, and in-set slightly. from the front, on which to han damp or used towels, dish-towels andcibt is; also a looped strap or strip l16 ini'wliich to insert pieces of cutlery, cooking utensils, etc.; suitable wires may be arranged to receive electric current from the automobile for an electric bulb' to throw` the light down on the work-table or eating-table. Other compartments and parts, are: plates, and pans 19; 100

bread 20, with a lid or door for both 19and 20, showing perforation of the door in front of the bread compartment 2O for air; face and bath towels 22, and tea-towels 23; an

insulated lid for the ice-box 24; an insulated 105 lid 25 for the drinking water compartment; a section of the front of the kitchenette removed showing the inside of the ice-chest 24A with three ormore pins 26 in the bottoni of the ice-chest to assist in holding the M0,

` and drinking-water tank, and the top lid 27 and the lower lid or door 7; a drawer 29 for the silver-wage; a drawer 30 for bacon; a compartment' 3l Jfor eggs7 and a paste-board egg carton or container, with a hinged lid to said compartment opening downward and outward; an open space without cover or lid 32 for papers, books, magazines, and other like articles; a drawer l1 fitting into llA being subdivided vertically into a larger division for flour and two smaller divisions lor sugar and meal; fruits 33 with a hinged lid or door opening downward and outward; 34 for coffee, butter, crisco and milk, with hinged lid or door opening downward and outward', a compartment 35 for catching the drippings for use in camp' from the melted ice through a hole in the bottom of said icechest over the said dripping-tank and holding the said drippings until it becomes sulficiently lull to reach near the top of said dripping-tank where it overflows through an open tube 37 which is open at both ends, the upper end to allow the dripping-tank to over-flow and the lower end to allow it to escape at the bottom of the kitchenette or cabinet, and at or near the front thereof; in numbers l1, 12, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 33 and 34, each and all have rings in the front to Vfurther assist in the easy opening thereof.

Figure 3 shows the drinking-water compartment 28 and the inside of the ice-chest 24A, with a hole or drip int'o the drippingwater compartment 35; the insulation 40 on the outside of and under drinking-water compartment 28 and the icechest 24% and the uninsulated division il between the drinking-water compartment'28 and the icechest 24A, and the drinking-water compartment 28and the dripping-water compartment 35.

From the above description taken in connection with the drawings, the complete construction, and advantages oit my invention will be apparent.

The detailed arrangement of parts shown and described discloses a perfect construction, yet it is understood variousrnodifications and changes of details ci structure may be made without departing from my invention as expressed in the following claim.

What is claimed is:

A device of the character stated comprising a easing, a closure at the iront, a multiplicity oi compartments accessible when said closure is open, a hinged top and compartments accessible when said top is opened, said. compartments including an ice receptacle and a juxtaposed drinking-water container, a series of compartments intermediate the front/and top compartments, an independent closure therefor, said lastnamed closure being. in position to be concealed by the irst-named closure when closed.

Witness my hand this 7th day of September, 1922,- at Oklahoma city, Uklahoma County, and State of Oklahoma. v LOU SHFEUDS GlLMRE.

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