US1543913A - Means for showing wall fillings - Google Patents

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June 3o, 1925.

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UNITED STATES Parser .JAMES LEONARD GIL'LARD, OF MUSKEGON,`1VICGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, OF MUSKEGON, MICHGAN, .A CORPORATION OF MCH- IGAN.

MEANS FOR SHOWING WALL FILLINGS.

Application filed December 24, 1923.

To cZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JAMEsL. GILLARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at lifuskegon, Michigan, have invented a Means for Showing Wall F illings, of which the following is a specification.

The subject-matter of this invention is designed primarily for showing, indicating or displaying the filling material of refrigerator walls, but it is conceivable that it may be used for other like purposes and it is, therefore, desired not to limit it to the specific use illustrated in the annexed drawing in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary, broken,lperspective of a portion of a refrigerator; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the'displaying means; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner 4end of the displaying means showing the use of a transparent plate of such material as glass or oelluloid, or the like; and Figs. 4 and 5 show similar views in which other closure plates are used for this end of the display device.

Referring more in detail to the annexed drawing, numeral 1 denotes a side wall and 2 a front wall of a refrigerator R within the walls of which is a filling material 3, the purpose of which is to serve as a heat insulator. I prefer to use fragments of cork for this filling material, though the precise substances for this purpose is immaterial so far as this invention is concerned.

Through a wall, such as the wall 2, of the refrigerator there is formed an opening for the reception of a tubular member 4 which is fastened in place by any suitable means. In the present instance this means comprises the refrigerator name plate 5 which isperforated to display an end of the tubular member.

At its ends, the tubular body is provided with inwardly and outwardly extending flanges 6 and 7, though other means may be provided for supporting the end closure members 8 andV 9. A transparent closure plate 10 of wire netting or similar material may, if desired, be substituted for the plate 8, or other material such as a metal plate 11 may be used at this end 0f the tubular member, though Celluloid or mica is preferred. For' the outer end, material of the general Serial No. 682,594.

nature of thin sheet celluloid is considered preferable.

With this construction the filling material of the refrigerator walls may be displayed to a prospective purchaser without in any way injuring the original finish of the refrigerator wall. Furthermore, if the covering plate 9 is broken, accidentally or otherwise, the plate 8 will prevent the content-s of the refrigerator wall from sifting out through the cartridge, thus leaving the refrigerator improperly insulated. That is, the plate 8 will keep the refrigerator properly insulated even though the plate 9 should be broken. Also, use of a transparent plate 8 avoids the necessity of removing the cartridge to show that the packing material in the wall is the same as that in thc cartridgein event some purchaser should be skeptical concerning this point. Also, the flange 7 serves not only as means for supporting the plate S but also as a means for holding the same in place and preventing it from being easily slipped off from the end of the tube. rlhis is due to the fact that the plate 9 has projections or tongues 12 which extend around the flange 7 and are secured in place by any desired means 13.

It is, of course, understoodthat the specific description of the structure set forth above may be departed from without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the specification and the appended claims.

Having now described my invention,

I claim 1. In combination with a wall having vfilling material therein, a display means comprising a capsule having a transparent portion for viewing purposes.

2. The combination of a wall and a display means, the wall having filling means therein and the display means having a substantially rigid hollow body provided with a transparent end.

3. The combination of a filled wall and means for indicating the filling material of the wall, said means comprising a tubular member extending from thesurface of the wall into the interior thereof and containing a portion ofthe filling material of the wall,

the outer end of the tubular member having a transparent covering member.

4. The combination of a filled Wall and means for showing the illing material of 5 the wall, said` means comprising ai tubular member extending from the surface of the Wall into the interior thereof and con-V taining a portion of the filling materialk of the Wall, the Yends of the tube having elosure members connected therewith and the closure member at the outer endV of the tube 'being transparent.

. In Witness whereof,Y l `hereunto subscribe my name to this specification.

JAMES LEONARD GILLARD. I

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certiecl that in .Letters Patent No. 1,543,913, granted June 30, 1925, upon the application of James Leonard Gllarcl, of Muskegon, Michigan, for an improvement in Means for Showing la-ll Fillings, an error appears in the printed specifieation requiring correction as follows: Page 2, after line 12 insert the following as claim 5:

5. [n a refrigerator, a wall haring a heat insulating filling material in the interior thereof, in combination with. a display cleoioe @attending from. the exterior to the interior of the wall, said terioe comprising a tabular member having a transparent closure at eaelt enel anal a portion of the wall #lling material in the interior thereof.; and that the said Letters Patent should be'read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Slgned and sealed this 18th day of August, A. D. 1925.

[SEAL] KARL FENNING, y A Acting Commissioner of Patents,

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