US1665456A - Ice tray - Google Patents

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Patented Apr. 10, 1928.

ANDREW HANSSON, OF BROOKLYN; NEW YORK.

ICE TRAY.

. Application filed April 19, 1927. Serial No. 184,910.

This invention relates to trays, and par ticularly to that classwhich adapted for use in carrying blocks of ice or similar objects andis provided with'a sunken bottom having runner ribs thereon to prevent contact of such objects with thebotton' and which is further,pro'ifided with handles for holdingsame.

The main object of my invention is to provide a tray for carrying ice which will hold all drippings and is especially adapted'to allow easy placement and removal of the ice on and ofi" the tray.

Another object is to provide an ice tray which is very sturdy and reinforced to with stand rough usage and wear, and give long service.

Further objects and advantages of my nvention will appear as the specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 1s a view of a tray made according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view of the bottom of the tray.

In the views, the same reference numbers indicate the same parts.

l Vhen ice is delivered to a house, it is usual to have the same carried by means of a pair of tongs up the stairs or into the rooms, with attendant dripping of water all the way. Also, the ice may be placed on a dumb waiter wetting the same, and necessitating lifting off the ice with l'iands. Both cases involve a mess, inconvenience and trouble.

In order to avoid the mentioned inconvenience, the present invention is proposed, being a special tray OlllvlllCll a piece of .106 may be placed. In the practice of my 1nvention, a tray is made with a flat bottom 3, a back 12 and sides 1 and 2 tightly secured thereto. Upon the forward extremity of the tray, the bottom is raised at an angle at 10 and terminated as a lip 11 which is supported and reinforced by a strip of metal 16 extending from side to side on the tray.

On the back a handle 13 is secured by which to push or pull the tray, while upon side 1 a handle 14 is affixed and a similar handle 15 is attached to the side 2.

However, on the bottom a pair of metal strips 6 and 7 are laid and bent upward against back 12 at 8 and 9 respectively,

contact with the metal.

and are there secured to the back, the forward extremities being riveted or otherwise secured to the front lip 11.. The strips are covered by a pair of Wooden or non-metal strips 4t and 5 whichare screwed to the metal strips to provide insulation for the ice from Of course, the non-. metal strips may be cemented on without screws or fastened in any known manner.

It is readily seen that it is easy to carry a piece of ice on the tray by holding the side handles and to locate and remove the same from a dumb-waiter by means of the rear handle 13. And the ice is readily slid off the wooden strips or runners into an ice boX by merely raising the rear ver s ightly and withdrawing the tray by handle 13, after which the tray may be drained of drip water on the bottom. The wooden runners being heat insulators do not melt the ice and produce depressions therein as metal would rapidly do, hence the ice is readily moved on or off the tray. It is manifest that I may omit the side handles if I so desire.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim 1. A tray comprising a bottom member having a pair of sides and a back secured thereto, a raised lip upon the edge of said bottom, secured thereto by an intermediate inclined portion, and a. handle upon said back.

2. A tray comprising a bottom member having a back and side connected thereto leaving one free edge upon said bottom and a raised step on fluid battle and retainer, and, interior rein fol-cements Within said tray, there being handles upon said tray.

3. A tray comprising a bottom member havin sides and a back secured thereto, a ham: le on the back and interiorly disposed runners on said bottom between the sides and parallel therewith.

4:. A tray comprising a bottom member having a back and parallel runners overlying the inner face of said bottom member and secured at their extremities to said back and to the forward edge of said bottom member.

5. A tray comprising a bottom member provided with a back and a free opposite edge, a plurality of metal runners overlying the inner face of said bottom meinber,and secured at their extremities to said free edge said free edge providinga and said back, and an insulatingstrip lying on each runner and secured thereto. a

6. A tray comprising a bottom member having a free edge at one extremity and a back secured to the other-extremity, runners overlying the inner face of said bottom member and secured at their extremities to said back and said edge andylim'itqmembersz upon the side edges of said bottom member, there belng ahandle on said back member.

7. A carrying tray including a relatively fiat bottom having a back and sides conneoted thereto, an incline upon the forward edge of saidbottom terminating in a level step and means upon the inner face of-s aid bottom between said sides for spacing an object carried upon saidtray mfromi said ,ward edge upon said bottom and a plurality of runners disposed upon the inner surface of said bottom and connected to said raised.

forward edge in, such manner as to form guides for an object over said: edge and to thereafter support said object in spaced 1'67.

lation to said bottom.

Signed at. 132 ijNassauStreet, in the of Manhattan, city and State of borough New York this 18thda-y of-Apri1-1927. a ANDREVV. HANSSON;

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