US1827856A

US1827856A - Alternating refrigeration bottled drink cooler

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Publication number: US1827856A
Application number: US310781A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lee S Pope
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-10-06
Filing date: 1928-10-06
Publication date: 1931-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1948-10-20

Description

L. S. POPE Get. 20, 1931.

ALTERNATING REFRIGERATION BOTTLED DRINK COOLER Filed Oct. 6, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l NVEN TOR.

BY L 55 .5 POPE- jwg QW ATTORNEY.

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 R N m J IN VEN TOR..

LEE 5. POPE- Oct. 20,1931. L. s. POPE ALTERNATING REFRIGERATION BOTTLED DRINK COOLER Filed Oct. 6, 1928 1.. s. POPE 1 Filed Oct. 6, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 l lilul illl llll. ylll I E nuEi-EQEHEIEI INVENTOR. 1 EE' 6- POPE ATTORNEY.

Oct. 20, 1931.

ALTERNATING REFRIGERATION BOTTLED, DRINK COOLER Patented Oct. 20, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFrcB LEEs. row, or GREENSBORO, non'rn omomim v ALTERNATING REFRIGERATION BOTTLED DRINK COOLER Application filed October 6, 1928. Serial No. 310,781.

This invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to devices of this character that are especially adapted to be used for the purpose of chilling bottled goods such as soft drinks. I

The invention has for one ofits objects to provide a device of the character stated whlch shall be adapted toeflect the rapid chilling.

shall embody tanks surrounded by a refrig-J erating brine and a motor operated refrigerating unit having an expansion coil arranged in the brine. v

A further obj ect of the invention isto pro-' vide a device of the character stated wherein I the tanks shall be provided with compartments adapted for dry chilling and theremainder for wet chilling, whereby to permit the chilling-of goods of that kind not adapted for immersion and that kind adapted for immersion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated which shall embody means through the medium of which one of the tanks may be flooded with water, whereby to adapt one tank for dry chilling and the other for wet chilling.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated which shall embody means through the medium of which one tank may be flooded with water and the water, after being chilled and chilling the bottled goods immersed therein, withdrawn from the tank and forced into the other tank, whereby to permit the rapid' chilling of the bottled goods in a manner to permit them to be withdrawn from the device in a dry state w A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated which shall be simple, durable and capableof being manufactured and sold and operated at a low cost.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the nature of which'will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists 56 in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view partly in top plan and 60 partly in horizontal section of a refrigerator constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the vertical planes indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the vertical planes indicated by the line 3+3 of Figure 1; I v

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the refrigerator v Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 55 of Figure 2; Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on thev vertical plane indicated by the line 6-6 of Figure 2, and c Figure 7 is sectional view taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the line 77 of Figure a I The refrigerator comprises a box or body 1' which may be square or oblong in plan and of any desired or required size. The box 1 which may be made from wood or metal or any other suitable material, embodies bottom, side, end and top walls, and is supported by feet 2. The box 1, isprovided on the interior thereof with a thick layer 3 of cork board to insulate the interior from. the surrounding atmosphere, and it is provided with a metal lining 4 to adapt it for the reception of a refrigerating brine.

Tanks 5 having a plan contour similar to that of the box and made from metal are 7 arranged within the box and rest upon the bottom wall thereof. The tanks 5 are fully open at their upper sides, and'their upper 5 portions are arranged in openings 6 formed in the top wall of the box 1. The upper ortions of the sides and ends of the tan s 5 contact with the walls of the openings 6 to closing of the box 1 about the opensary to describe or illustrate the other parts of the unit.

The tanks 5 are separated into compartments by metal partitions which extend rom the bottom to the top and from one side to the other of the tanks. One or more of'the com partments of each tank are dry and the remainder are wet, the dry compartments being designated 8 and the wet compartments 9. The partitions 10 which provide the dry comartments 8 are imperforate. The remainmg partitions 11 are perforated to permit water supplied to one of the compartments 9 to flow into the remaining of these compartments, and to permit the water to be drained from all of these compartments by wayof one of them. The

compartments

8 and 9 are provided with insulated covers 12 which rest upon flanges 13 within the upper sidesof the compartments and which are provided with handles 14. p f

Pipes 15 are arranged below and extend longitudinally of the box 1, each of which communicates at its inner end with one of the compartments 9 of each tank 5, as shown at 16. The outer ends of the pipes 15' are connected by a pipe 17 and are rovided inwardly of the connecting pipe with cut-01f valves 18 and 19. A pipe 20 provided with a cutoff valve 21 and extending from a source of water supply, communicates with one of the pipes 15 and with the connectlng pipe 17. The connecting ipe 17 is provided with a drain cock 22. i cs 23 are also arranged below and extend ongitudinally of the box 1, each of which communicates at its inner end with one of the compartments 9 of eachtank 5, as shown at 24. The pipes 23 are connected at their outer ends by a pipe 25, and are provided inwardly of the connectlng pipe with cut-off

valves

26 and 27. One of the pipes 23 is connected by a pipe 28 with the intake port of a rotary ump 29, the discharge port of the pump elng connected by a pipe 30 to the pipe 17 An electric motor 31 is provided for operating the pump 29.

These pipes and pump constitute means through the medium of which the compartments 9 of one of the tanks 5 may be flooded with water, through the medium of which the chilled water in the compartments 9 of one tank may be drawn therefrom and forced into the corresponding compartments of the other tank, and through the mediumof which the The tanks 5 are spaced from each other water may be drawn from the flooded compartments. To provide the compartments 9 of one of the tanks 5 with water it is only necessary to open the valve 21 and one of the valves 18 and 19. After the compartments drawn from the flooded compartments 9 of one tank and forced into the compartments '9 of the other tank. While bottled goods are being chilled in the flooded compartments 9 of one tank, bottled goods are being chilled in the now dry compartments 9 of the other tank. After the withdrawal of the water from said first compartments and its discharge to said second compartments, and during the chilling of the bottled goods by the water in said second compartments, the bottlesin said first compartments are subj ected to a drying action. This method permits the bottled goods to be quickly chilled and delivered to the purchaser with bottles in a d state.

This method of chilling goods is used during those days when business is good. When business is slack, the bottled goods may be cooled without using water in the compartments 9. The bottles are arranged in the compartments with their bottoms in contact with the sides of the tanks 5, as illustrated, and due thereto their contents will be chilled to the desired degree slower than when water is employed but rapidly enough to serve the trade during dull days.

After the bottled goods have been chilled by the water and the water withdrawn, they will maintain their chilled tem erature for an indefinite period due tothe Fact that the tanks are surrounded by the chilled brine which is maintained at freezing temperature by the refrigerating unit.

A pipe 32 provides means for supplying the box 1 with brine, and a cock 33 permits the brine to be drawn off from the box.

In the event that the refrigerating unit should failto operate, the bottled goods will be maintained at a chilled temperature for a considerable period of time due to the low temperature of the brine and to the insulation of the brine and tanks from the surrounding atmosphere.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and y the method of operation will bereadily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains. While I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the invention and claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A refrigerator comprising a box adapted to contain brine, a refrigerating unit expansion coil in the box, tanks arranged in the box dipping into the brine, means for supplying the tanks with water and means for withdrawing the water from one tank and forcing it into the other.

2. A refrigerator comprising a box adapted to contain brine, a refrigerating unit expansion coil in the box, tanks arranged in the box and dipping into the brine, each of said tanks embodying a dry refrigerating compartment and a moist refrigerating compartment, means for supplying water to the moist refrigerating compartment of one tank and thereafter removing it from said compartinent and dischargin it into the corresponding compartment 0 the other tank.

3. A refrigerator comprising t'a-nks, refrigerating units for said tanks, and means for supplying one of the tanks with water and thereafter simultaneously Withdrawing the water from said tank and discharging it into the other tank, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LEE S. POPE.