US2189389A

US2189389A - Refrigerator top

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Publication number: US2189389A
Application number: US61853A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert E Baker
Original assignee: GLASCOCK BROTHERS Manufacturing CO
Current assignee: GLASCOCK BROTHERS Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1936-02-01
Filing date: 1936-02-01
Publication date: 1940-02-06
Anticipated expiration: 1957-02-06

Description

R. E. BAKER 2,189,389

REFRIGERATOR TOP Filed Feb. 1, 1936 INVENTOR.

flier! Baker. BY

ATTORN E Y5 Patented Feb. 6, 1940 i REFRIGERATOR 'ror Robert E. Baker, Muncie, Ind., assignor-- to Glascock Brothers'Mfg. 00., Muncie, Ind., a

corporation of Indiana Application 7 February 1,

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in 010- sures for refrigerators or. like containers.

One of the objects of my invention is to' provide a closure, primarily for refrigerators, of the 5. horizontally disposed sliding type wherein there are provided a plurality of closure members, one adapted to slide on the top of the other toexpose-the contents of the container, which, when closed, shall effectively seal the top of the container against the ingress of warm air. Another object of my invention is to provide a slidingpanel closure top wherein the difierent panels are adapted all to lie in substantially the same plane and which are so arranged that when one panel is slid to open position, itwill not disturb the position of the other panel, either in its opening movement or in its closing movement.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear more fully in the appending specification and claim.

' For the purpose of disclosing myinvention, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawing an embodiment thereof. In said drawing;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the top of a refrigerator embodyingmy invention;

Fig. 2 is a partial plan-view; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal'view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. I In the embodiment illustrated, the refrigerator I .is provided with a top frame 2 substantially rectangular in shape and having an internal flange 3. Theinner edge of this internal inwardly extending flange is slightly depressed as at 8 whereby a slightly depressed flange surrounds the opening in the top of the container. Intermediate of the ends of the opening in the container, I provide a cross bar 5 which extends between the two side edges of the frame 3 and preferably takes the shape of a sheet metal tube 6 filled with insulating material 1. The top surface of this cross bar lies in thesame plane as the top surface of the recessed edge l and the two side walls of the cross barare inclined or cammed as at 3. This cross bar, in effect, divides the top opening into two portions or provides two openings in the top. Each of these openings is closed by a cover member 8--| 3 preferably formed of sheet metal and having a thickened portion 9 adapted to be filled with insulating material. Surrounding the thickened portion, however, is a flange portion in adapted to rest on the recessed edge 4 and-that flange portion H adjacent the cross bar 5 is adapted to rest on the cross bar, thereby effectually sealing the opening when the cover member is in position. The end 1936, Serial No. 61,853,"

of the cover member adjacent the cross bar is inclined as at l2 to coincide with the inclined portion 6. of the cross bar. It will be noted that when the cover members are in closed position, they lie in substantially thesaine horizontal plane 5 and effectually seal the opening or openings in the top of the refrigerator against the ingress of air. Each of the cover members is of substantially the'same construction so that it is hardly necessary to specifically describe the opposite cover member I3.

For guiding each cover member, when it is slid laterally to open position, up and over the adjacent cover member, I provide on each side of the frame I a longitudinally extending track 14. Each of these tracks is the same so that a description of one will be sufficient for both. Each of the tracks I4 is provided with a pairof cammed or inclined portions I5 and H5 inclined in one direction and a second pair of inclined portions i1 and I8 inclined in the opposite direction. The cammed portions 5 and i 8 are preferably formed by cutting inclined slots downwardly through the track, thereby leaving a center triangular portion l9 between the two end sections of the track.

At the apex of the triangular section, I provide a. pivotedswitch member 20, pivoted to swing to a position to close either of the slots or rather to bridge-either of the slots, depending upon which of the cover panels or cover members is moved. 30 Each of the cover members or panels is provided with transversely extending rods 2!, the ends 22 of which are adaptedto project over the track sections so that the ends will ride on the track sections when the cover member is slid transversely. f

The operation of the device is obvious. When cheer the cover-members, as member 53, is slid laterally in an open direction, the projecting ends 22 of the rods will ride up respectively on the cam or inclined track surfaces l5 and it. If the switch member 20 is in a position to close the gap in the track above the track surface 16, the projection 22 on one of the rodswill, as the rod rides up the incline, eventually strike this pivoted switch. member and cause it to swing to the position illustrated in Fig. 1 forming a complete track so that the projections 22 can ride on the topof the track member. above the adjacent cover or panel member 8 and sufliciently clear the same to prevent frictional engagement of the underside of the cover member it with the top face of the cover member 8. The handle 23, of which there is one provided for each cover member, of the cover member 8, will act as a stop wardly along the side of the track members and projecting somewhat above the upper edges of the track members.

I claim as my invention:

A container, having a plurality of dispensing openings therein, a sliding closure member for each of said openings, having a portion engaging the edges of said openings on all sides, said closure members lying in the same horizontal plane, a track disposed on either side of said closure members and projecting above the top surface thereof, means on said closure members riding on said track, said track having upwardly inclined portions adjacent at least the leading edges of said closure members and having a pair of gaps therein, a swingable member moved into 0105-- ing position by the movement of a sliding member for closing one of said gaps to permit a continued movement of the track engaging members.

' ROBERT E. BAKER.