US1695956A

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Publication number: US1695956A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1928-12-18
Anticipated expiration: 1945-12-18

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER A. ERICK, 0F MUNCIE, INDIANA, ASSIGN OR TO GLASCOCK BROTHERS MFG. COMPANY, OF MUNCIE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

BOTTLE-DISPEN SING REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed August 18, 1924. Serial No. 732,641.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle dispensing refrigerators and has for one of its objects the provision of a bottle storing refrigerator which will maintaln the contents of the bottles cooled and from which the bottles maybe easily and rapidly removed.

Another object of my invention is to provide a bottle dispensing refrigerator into which the bottles for cooling purposes may be easily inserted and from which all the bottles may be removed without the necessity' of the operator fishing around in the cooling medium for obtaining access to the bottles.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear hereinafter in the accompanying specification. and appended claims.

For the purpose of disclosing my inven-- tion I have illustrated one embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a refrigerator embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, parts of the same being broken away to disclose more fully the interior construction;

Fig. 3 is a plan View thereof partly in' section;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the bottle chute; I

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a part of the bottle pump; 1

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a modification of the structures shown in Figs. 1 to 6;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of the p ump7 and pump casing of the structure of Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 1010 of Fig. 7, and

Fig. 11 is a detail perspective of In the embodiment illustrated I provide a refrigerating container having a water-tight sheet metal lining comprising the sides 1, ends 2 and bottom 3. This lining is surrounded by suitable insulating material 4, such as cork or the like which is covered on the exterior by preferably sheet metal panels 5. The top of the container is closed by a suitable top 6 which is formed in' a manner the triging upon the post 16.

somewhat similar. to the container proper, suitable icing doors 7 being provided to permitof the insertion of ice to the interior of the casing.

Arranged within the casing are a plurality of bottle dispensing devices, each one comprising in itself a separate unit and arranged side by side throughout the length of the container. The dispensing units are each adapted, if desired, to contain and dispense 'difierent flavors of bottled goods so that the operator may readily remove the desired flavored desired.

As each dispensing mechanism is exactly alike, a description of one will suflice.

Each of the dispensing containers comprises an arcuate chute having a curved bottom 9 and sides 10. This chute extends from the top rear of the container to the bottom front thereof and is adapted to form a bottle chute adapted to contain a plurality 'of bottles 11. The chute-at its bottom forpop or other material as.

ward end communicates with a well extendin yertically of the front portion of the re rigerating container and this well is preferably formed of the front member 12 and the two side members 13, to which side members, at their bottoms, the sides 10 of the chute are suitablysecured byhracing inserts 14. The bottom portion 15 of the well is provided with a stub post 16 on which a bottle when delivered from the chute isadapted to rest. This post is slightly small er than the diameter of the bottle, for a purpose more fully hereinafter disclosed.

Vertically reciprocating in the well is a bottle pump 17, the front wall 18 of which, at its top, is provided with an opening 18 to permit the removal of the bottles therefrom when the pump is raised. This front wall 18 is sufficiently long so that when the top cover 19 carrying the handle 20 is flush with the top 6 of the casing, its bottom end will be below the bottom of the bottle rest- The side walls 21 of the pump are slightly shorter than the front wall and carry spring fingers 22 adapted to snap under the bottle resting upon the post 16 when the pump is moved to its lowermost position. The rear wall 23 of the pump is still shorter than the side walls and when the pump is in its lowermost position, extends only about half way down the bottle resting upon the post 16,

but sufficiently far down to form a stop for the lowermost bottle in the chute.

For feeding the bottles into the pump well, I provide a trigger mechanism at the forward. end of the bottle chute which comprises a pivoted stop 24 forming a part of the bottom 9 of the chute and having its pivot oifsetfrom the center so that the forward end 25 will tend to drop by ravity, thereby raising the rear end 26 into the path of the bottles in the chute. The stop end 26 of the trigger is lowered out of the path of the bottles to permit the same to feed downwardly in the chute by the raising of the opposite end 25 by means of a bell crank lever 27 pivoted at 28 and having its forward portion 29 lying in the path of the bottom of the rear Wall 23 of the pump whereby, when the pump is lowered to its lowermost position, the bottom edge of the wall 23 will engage the portion 29 thereby kicking the lever 27 up to cause the trigger- 24 to rock and release the bottles in the chute to permit them to slide forward against the rear wall 23 of the well.

In addition to the opening 18 at the top of the well, I provide a second opening 30 which will. permit, when the pump is raised to its greatest height, the removal of the bottom bottle from the pump.

For supplying bottles to the chute, I provide on the top of the container, a supplementary container 31 having a series of compartments 32 which communicate with the respective chutes in the casing. This top or container is closed at its upper end by a suitable cover 33 held in position by a latch 34.

The icing container preferably has an arcuate-bottom-35 shaped to conform with the bottle chutes andthis containerextends the full lengh of the refrigerator, having its front wall 36 resting against a cross member 37 secured against the rear of the side member. 13. This cross member prevents the lee in the container from so denting the front wall 36 of the container to cause it to interfere with the action of the pump, and also serves to tie the various dispensing mechanisms together to give rigidity to the same. a I

While the ice container extends substantially the full length of the refrigerator container, there is a sufficient space left between the ends of the ice container and the end walls of the refrigerator container to permit a certain amount of circulation of the cooling water. The ice container is also pro- V1 ed with openings to permit of the escape of the water from the melting ice into the compartment.

In 0 eration each chute is filled with bottles. he ice container is filled with ice which maintains the interior of the refrig- Leas es amount of salt may be added to the ice to cause a brine solution which extends to about the point indicated in the refrigerator container. The bottles, therefore, in the various chutes are all submerged in the cooling medium. In order to pump the bottles upwardly by means of the pump, the pump member is raised vertically, this allows the lowermost bottle in the chute to drop into the pump well resting upon the stub post. At the same time the trigger mechanism raises to prevent the remaining bottles in the chute from sliding down. The pump is then lowered and the spring fingers engaging under the bottom of the bottle in the well will cause said bottle to raise with the pump the next time it is raised. At the same already in the pump, will move the first bot- I tle upwardly. This process is repeated until the pump isfilled. When theoperator desires a bottle, he merely raises the pump, removes the top bottle through the openmg 18 and the act of lowering the pump into the well will feed a bottle up the pump to the position occupied by the removed bottle.

It is obvious that, by manipulating the pump, all of the bottles contained in the chute may eventually be removedand after the last bottle from the chute enters the well the pump may be bodily raised to permit the removal of all the bottles from the pump, the last-bottle being removed through the bottom opening in the front wall. I In Figs. 7 to 11 I have illustrated a modified construction of my apparatus. As

shown in these figures the pump 17 is cut ofi".

considerably shorter as at 38 and the spring engaging fingers 22 extend below the bottom line of the pump.

The front wall of the pump well is provided with a spring finger 39 against which the bottles strike when they are delivered from the chute into the bottom of the well and this spring finger .is slightly inclined forwardly so that there will be a tendency to cause the bottles to assume a vertical position. The trigger in the structure'dllustrated in Figs. 7 to 11 preferably consist of a U-shaped member 40 the two legs of which at their rear ends 41 are inclined at an anoted as at 42 in such manner that the weight of the trigger at its forward end is greater than at its rear end. The trigger is mountedon the top side of the chute and the rear ends 41 of the legs straddle the apron 44 of the pump. When the pump is in its low zgle of about 45 degrees. This trigger is piv I ermost position the legs are engaged by the cut away edges 43 of the side walls of the pump so that when the pump is in its lowermost position with the apron .44 projecting down beyond the bottom of the chute these edges 43 engaging the rear ends 41 of the legs of the trigger will raise the front end of the trigger permitting the bottles to slide downwardly in the chute until they are stopped by the apron .44. As the pump is raised the edges 43 becoming disengaged from the trigger permit the front end of the trigger to drop down into the path of the second bottle from the bottom of the chute and hold the bottles against sliding down-in the chute when the apron 44 is i-emoved from-the path of the first bottle which drops out of the chute and into the 1 bottom of the Well in a position to be engaged by the fingers 22.

In order to provide a'chute bottom to conform more or less to the shape of the bottles thechute is provided at its bottom corners with filler members-45 and the corners of the pumpare likewise provided with filler members 46 which not only brace the pump but also cause the same to assume a more or less rounded'contour on its inside.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a bottle dispens ng refrigerator, the

combination with a refrigerating container,

of a bottle lifting means reciprocally mounted to discharge the top-most of a stack of bottles vertically disposed in said P container one on top of the other, said means having means for engaging the bottom bottle in said stack to lift the stack vertically, and means for delivering a bottle in a vertical position beneath the lifted stack. v

2. In a bottle dispensing refrigerator, the combination with a refrigerating container,

of bottle lifting means reciprocally mounted in said container to discharge the topmost bottle of a stack of bottles vertically disposed in said container one on top of the other and having means for enga ing the bottombottle of said stack and li ting the stack axially, and a chute arranged at its lower end to deliver a bottle in a vertical position beneath the lifted stack for engagement by said engaging means.

3.- In a bottle dispensing refrigerator, the combination with a refrigeratlng container,

' of bottle lifting means reciprocally mounted in said container to' discharge the top most of a series of bottles vertically disposed in said container one on top of the other and having means for engaging the bottom bottle of the stack for li ting the stack, a chute arranged to deliver a bottle in a vertical position beneath. said stack when it is raised by said lifting means, and

means for preventing the movement of bottles in said chute during the'lowering movement of said lifting means. a

4. In a bottle dispensing refrigerator, the combination with a refrigerating container, of a bottle lift-ing meansreciprocally mounted in said container to discharge the top-most of a stack of bottles vertically disposed in said container oneon top of the other and having means for engaging the;

' combination with a refrigerating container,

of a bottle lifting means reci rocally mounted to discharge the top-most o a stack of bottles vertically disposed in said container one on top of the other and having means for engaging the bottom bottle of the stack for lifting the stack, a chute arranged to deliver a bottle in a vertical position beneath the stack when it is raised by said lifting means, and means operated by the lifter for preventing movement of the bottles in said chute when the stack is in its lifted position and permitting movement of the bottles in said chute when the stack is in its lowered osition.

.6. In a bottle dispensing refrigerator the combination with a refrigerating container,

of bottle lifting means reciprocally mounted in said container to discharge the top-most of a series of bottles vertically disposed in said container one on top of. the other and having means for engaging the bottom bottle of the stack for lifting the stack, a chute for supporting a series of bottles in stacked relation and terminating at the bottom of the axially stacked bottlesand arranged to deliver the bottles by gravity in a vertical position beneath the lifted stack of bottles.

7 In a bottle dispensing refrigerator, the

combination with a refrigerating container,

of bottle lifting means reciprocally mounted in said container to discharge the top-most of a series of bottles vertically disposed in said container one on top of the other and I having means for engaging the bottom bottle of the stack for lifting the-stack, a i

chute arranged to receive a series of bottles in stacked relation and terminating at the bottom of the axially stacked bottles and arranged to deliver the bottles under the influence of gravity one at a time beneath said lifting means.

8. In a cooler, an insulated receptacle, 'a

plurality of guides therein, a refrigerant supporting member, said guides having end portions extending above said refrigerant supporting member and end portions terminating below said refrigerant supporting member, and bottle-elevating means atsaid last-mentioned ends of said guides, said means comprisinga vertically reciproeable member having an opening in the side wall thereof. I

v9. In acooler, an insulated receptacle, a plurality of guides therein, a refrigerant supporting member, said guides having end portions extending above said refrigerant supporting member and end portions termie nating below said refrigerant supporting member, and bottle-elevating means at said last mentioned ends of said guides, comprising a tubular guide member associated with each of said guides and a tubular member reeiprooable therein, said last-mentioned member having an opening in the Wall thereof. p

In Witness whereof, I, CHESTER A. FRICK, have hereunto set my hand at Muncie, Indiana, this 6th day of August, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

CHESTER A. FRICK.