US1614507A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

Jan. 18, 1927.

B. F. VOGT REFRIGERATOR Filed sept. 4, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 UIIIIIIIIHIIH B. F. VOGT REFRIGERATOR Jan. 18,1927.

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Snowdon Paten dem 1ra, 1927,

BENEDICT r. voer, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

REFRIGERATOR.

applicati@ mea september 4,'1924. serial No. 735,799.

This invention relates to refrigerators and other'like devices wherein cabinets are employed having sliding drawers.

It" quite common in certain devices, such as filing cabinets and the like, toprovide sliding drawers which run on -an extension track. Tn such filing cabinets'no necessity H exists for removing thetracks although it is very ordinary to provide for lifting the drawers .of the tracks. In refrigerators, 'l1owever, it 1s essentlal, for sanitary causes,

that not only should one be able to remove the drawers themselves but the tracks .on

which these drawers run should alsofbe removableso that the entire inside of the rerefrigerator can, from time to time, be

Ithoroughly scalded out and cleansed. In the modern type of refrigerator provision for this purpose is frequently made by forming unitary structure.A t One important object of the present lnvention is to provide a form of refrigerator hav-` ranged in a novely manner having detachabl the interior of the-food compartments as a ing extensible vdrawer supporting slides arpositions within the refrigerator.

{A- second important object of the present -invention is to provide an improved form of extensible slides peculiarly adapted for use with refrigerators of this class although it is also capable -of use in filin cabinets and other placesv wherever extensi le slides may be employed.`

A third important object of Ythe invention is to provide an improved form of slides l of the above character and a drawer or other receptacle having elements cooperating with the slides so that the drawer may be pulled fully out withoutdanger of dropping.

With th'e above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustratedr in the yaccompanying drawings and specilically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

, connection therewith.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 3 -3 of Figure 2 but showing only the forward part of said figure.

Figure 4 is a section on the line lf-l of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is asection to -an enlarged scale ofone side of the rack and showing the same in perspective, the-sections being also taken on said line 4-44.

igure 6 is aperspective View showing the manner of supporting the rack at the front thereof.

Figure 7 is an enlarged section on the line 7-7 of Figure 2, the view showing the slides in their fully extended position.

Figure 8 is a View similar to Figure 7 but showing the slides in fully collapsed position.

slide being shown in dotted lines in disconnected position.

Figure 10 is a section on the line 10-10 of Figure 9.y

Figure 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of .Figure 8.

Figure 12 is a section on the line 12-12 of Figure 9. v.

Figure 13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Figure 7.

ln the construction of this refrigeratorvarious types may be employed but, as an example there has been`shown what is known asaV front icer, that is to Say a refrigerator where the ice is placed 'in the refrigerator from its front side. The device as shown comprises acasing 10 supported on suitable castors 11 and this casing is of the usual heat insulating constructionv not deemed Knecessary to be here shown or described in detail. The case is divided into an ice compartment 12 below which is a food compartment 13 and at one side of the two compartments just mentioned is a second food compartment '14, thus being three compartments in the case, two on one side of the case and one on-the other side. Each of these corr-partments is closed by a.' suitable door 15 havingr the usual refrigerator door latch 16 and keeper 17. So far the construction is that quite common in any refrigerator. In the lll) present case, however, a drawer 18 slides in and `out of the compartment 13, the drawer having its forward end of proper size to close "the opening to the lcompartment 13 when pushed in and alsov having a backend e 19 of such size as to fill the opening to the compartment when theA drawer 4is drawn fully out and to engagev the slides or supports, which will presently be described at .the front. vSimilarly the compartment 14 is provided` with drawers 18 arranged one;l

above the other and these'drawers, when all are pushed in completely close the entrance or opening of the compartment 14. Each `drawer in this compartment has a back 19 whichcloses, when the Adrawer is pulled v fully out, that portion to the. compartment 14 formerly occupied by the front of said. drawer. These' drawers slide on' certain extension racks which will now be described in detail.

Each of the extension racks consists of what may be termed a fixed member and sliding or telescopic member. Each fixed member comprises a rear transverse member d20 preferably in the form of an angle iron r and having one leg vertical and provided adjacent each end with an opening 21, best seen in Figure 13. These openings receive pins 22 which proect from the back wall'of a compartment Ain which the rack is located;

-rearwardly and terminating at about the middle of the channel. Each of the sliding racks has a rear angle iron portion 28, one leg of' wliiclris horizontal and ext`endstoward the frontwhile the other leg extends vertically upwardly from the rear edge of the first leg. Also there is provided a front tie member 29 parallel to the member 28 ano. these are connected on each side by a channel having a relative wide bottom flange 3() and a relative narrow top Hange 31 which extends forwardlyfro-m the rear and to a point about lhalf-way the length of said channel. The flanges'31 and 30 are spaced vertically so as to 'lie between the ` flanges 27 and 26 and each fla-nge 30 `has its edge portion elevated so that the end of the tie bar 29 may `be`received beneath the channel without lifting the front end of the telescopic slide. For purpose of strengthening and stifening the tie bar -29 a suitable rib mieter 32 is Stamped therein. on the from @ma or the web of each telescopic channel is fixed a lug 33.

yNow it willl be seen that so longl as the telescopic channel is not moved back to such 'position as to clear the flanges 27 it nwill be guided between these flanges and the flanges 26 and cannot tilt. It is to be noted that the vertical legof the angle 28 is sufficiently leigh that it engages, when the telescopic slide isl drawn fully forward, with the inner ends of the flanges 27. Each ldrawer has on each side at its lower rear corners a projecting lug 34; whlch engages between the flanges lar lug 35 carried about the middle of its lower edge, the spacing of the lugs 34 and' 35 being such that` when the drawer is drawn j31 .and 30 and each drawer also has a simi- 80 out the lugs 35 will engage the lugs 33 beflanges 31. When the drawer is pushed L fore the lugs 34 clear the front ends of the 85.

fully 4into the slides and lin the position shown in Figure 8, the back of the drawer fis against the vertical leg of the angle iron 28. As the drawer is pulled outthe lugs 35 engage the lugs 33 and then theV telescopic slide also moves out. This movement con- Y tinues until the angle 28 engages the.y inner endsy of the flanges 27 in which position the part at the'rear end v19 of thedrawer will l33 and the drawer may then be pulled fur# ther forward until the 1ugs`34 clear'the frontend of the channels 31 whereupon the draw er maybe fully ,lifted out." Tov movethe slides the front end of theA same is lifted up to free the member 23 from the pins 25 vand then the slides maybe pulled forward so that the openings 21 move od of the pins 22.'l

Then by twisting the slide at an angle it vmay be withdrawnl from lthe' compartment. To separate the tlwo members of the slide after the same is withdrawn it is merel. necessary to pull the telescopic slidesuiliciently far to the rear of the fixed slidefor the side channels of the telescopic channels'to close the rear ends of the flanges 27. a Y

There has thus been, provided a simplev and efficient device of the kind 'described and" for the purpose specified.

Itis obvious that minor vchanges may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to' confine the invention to the'` exact form herein shown and described, but it is within the scope claimed.

desired to include all such as properly come ne n Having thus described the invent-ion, what )Y is claimed as new, is: v

y 1. The combination with a cabinet having t tachably supported on the front and rear walls of said compartment, and a drawer slidably and removably mounted on said rack and having a front wall provided with depending lower edge engaging the transvl0 verse bar upon the drawer being moved to closed position.

2. The combination with a cabinet having a compartment provided with an opening in its front, a telescopic rack including a pair 5:5 of members connected by a depending front transverse bar and detachably. supported on the front and rear walls of said compartment, a drawer slidably and removably mounted on said rack and having a front wall provided with a :depending lower edge engaging the transverse bar upon the drawer belng moved to closed position, a lsecond similar rack above said drawer for supporting a second drawer, the first mentioned drawer having the upper edge portion of its front wall engaging the transverse bar of the second rack when closed and also having its rear wall projecting upwardly upon being moved'to fully openl'position to also 'engage the said transversefbar of the said second rack.

Y BENEDICT F. VOGrT.

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