US1662587A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

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March 13, 1928.

F. T. RODG ERS REFRIGERATOR Filed July 24. 1 926 mm a Vf r/w E a, w WI H @www Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

NUNITED STATES FAY T. RODGERS, F MEMPHISLTENNESSEE.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application led July 24, 1926. Serial No. 124,648.

This invention has general reference to refrigerators that have ice containers placed in either or both ends thereof, but relates more particularly to a special construction and arrangement of the drip pan or pans disposed beneath such containers. Also, it has reference to the drain pipe leading from aplurality of ice containers arranged one above another, such as are shown in the United States Letters Patent heretofore issued to me, No. 1,567,082, dated December 29, 1925.

In refrigerators, it is extremely importantthat advantage be taken of as much as possible of the cooling action of tbe cooling medium employed, which usually is ice, and that, in furtherance of this purpose, as much as possible of the cooling value of the Water formed from the melted ice be conserved and taken advantage of. Heretofore, in an effort to accomplish this desirable object, use has been made of a. complicated system of pipes and pans, Whereas, by the present invention, the desired result is secured by simple and inexpensive means, and with a maximum of efficiency.

The principal objects of this invention are First, to provide means whereby a large 30 surface area of the drip Water is exposed to the air in the refrigerator;

Second, to provide means for retarding the run-off or Waste flow of the drip Water, in order to take the greatest possible adr vantage of the cooling value thereof;

Third, to obviate storage of the drip water in what may be termed the food section of the refrigerator; and

Fourth, to simplify and im rove the construction and arrangement ofP the drip pan or pans.

The means by which I accomplish the foregoing and other objects of my invention, and the manner of their accomplishment, readily Will be understood from the following description on reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Fig. 1 is a pers ective vieW, in sectional elevation, of a re .rigerator embodying my improvements, the front part of the case being cut away substantially along the line 1--1 of Fig. 2, and a lurality of containers and their supports being shown in place in one end of the case, while only the drip pan is shown in the other` end.

`18 is formed, preferably Fig. 2 is a` sectional plan of the inner lining of the refrigerator, taken substantially on line lI--II of Fig. 3, showing the drip pans and the drains therefrom.

Fig. 3 is afragmcntary sectional elevation, taken subst-antiallyv on the line III- III ofFig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 10 is the exterior case of the refrigerator; 11 is a Water-tight lining, of metal or other suitable material, forming the interior of the case; the numerals 12 refer to refrigerant containers, one or more of Which`may be used at either end of the case; the parts indicated by 13 are drip valves, each of which discharges into a joint drip pipe 14, said pipe preferably being removably 'supported by a hook l5, from which it may be disconnected to permit unitary removal of thc refrigerant containers. One such drip pipe is used for each bank of containers, and said pipe or pipes discharge into a. drip pan below the containers, said pan being formed by partitioning off a portion of the bottom of the inner lining of the case, b means of a cross member or plate 16, Whic extends from the front of the lining to its back, and is connected by a Water-tight joint, as by soldering, With the bottom, front and back of said lining. A depression 17 is formed in the cross member 16, and from said depression a channel-Way 1 8 constitutes a drain to a drip pipe 19, Which may be provided with a cup-shaped cover 20, having notches 21 in thelower edge thereof, to permit water to pass to the drip pipe.

The piece from which the channel-Way constitutes only one side and the bottom thereof, said bottom being joined to the back Wall of the lining of the case, as by solder, and one end of the channel side and bottom being similarly connected with the cross member 16, at the point Where the depression 17 occurs. A Wedge-shaped member 22, placed beneath the channel-Way 18, gives the latter the proper inclination for drainage.

i Should it be desired to increase the length of flow of the Water in the drip ans, a division plate or partition 23 may e disposed diagonally across one or more of the pans, being secured in place in the same manner as the member 16 It will of course be understood that the drawings herein are for purposes of illustration only, and that I do not Wish to be limited to he {censtnncti'i shown, except :as it may "be specified hereinafter Zin the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a refrigerator, a plurality of individual refrigerant containers, a .cammen drip pipe therefrom, means connecting each of said containers With said d1iip'pi1pe,said pipe being removable independently of .said `containers and said containers being indi- TV-idu'ailly Kren'iovable irem vthe refrigerator, ,and n. drip v-pa'n into IWillich said pipe discharges.

"Q In la refrigerator, a :phn'ality off refrigerant containers, au -i'ndependently-removable drip pipe into which each oii said containers discharges, and a non-removable drip gpan.,permanent@T secured tot'he refrigerator, into nihidh the drip v`from said pipe is deyliver-ed.

:lin sa refrigerator, a plurality of refrigerant containers, and an independently renioaiuble drip pipe into which each 0i said containers discharges.

2l. Ina refrigerator, a plurality of refrigerant containers, each independently remov- :aible "i10in`-said rediriger-alor. and an independently removalile dri-p pipe inio which 4each of 4said containers discharges.

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