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US2449709A
US2449709A US2776A US277648A US2449709A US 2449709 A US2449709 A US 2449709A US 2776 A US2776 A US 2776A US 277648 A US277648 A US 277648A US 2449709 A US2449709 A US 2449709A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D21/00—Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water
    • F25D21/14—Collecting or removing condensed and defrost water; Drip trays
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2321/00—Details or arrangements for defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2321/14—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water
    • F25D2321/142—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water characterised by droplet guides
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2321/00—Details or arrangements for defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2321/14—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water
    • F25D2321/143—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water characterised by means to fix, clamp, or connect water pipes or evaporation trays
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2321/00—Details or arrangements for defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2321/14—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water
    • F25D2321/144—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water characterised by the construction of drip water collection pans
    • F25D2321/1441—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water characterised by the construction of drip water collection pans inside a refrigerator

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  • This invention relates to a device for use in domestic refrigerators to prevent water and ice from dripping into the food compartment. It
  • the external surfaces of the evaporator or cooling unit of a refrigerator are subject to the deposit thereon of ice, and unless the refrigerator is defrosted quite frequently, this ice attains a considerable depth and often overhangs the drip tray; When the refrigerator is defrosted. the ice melts and frequently drops water in the Also, pieces of ice become detached from the evaporator in large pieces which either fall outwardly away from the evaporator so as to miss the drip tray entirely, or if large pieces fall to the drip tray they sometimes tumble out. This falling of water and ice into the food compartment. is not only a matter of inconvenience, but is also a source of damage to food stuffs stored in the refrigerator.
  • Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a household refrigerator embodying the principles of my invention
  • Figure 2 is a side view of my device attached to a drip tray
  • Figure 3 is a vertical end view of my device.
  • I have shown a household refrigerator, I, having a food storage compartment, 2, provided with an opening 3, in the front wall thereof and having a door, 4. Inside the refrigerator there is the usual evaporator, 6, provided with ice tray shelves, 6, and drip tray, 1. The remaining portions of the refrigerator are not shown, but any suitable arrangement may be used.
  • a shelf, 8, is supported in the refrigerator in the customary manner and provides a support for the drip tray, I. In order to prevent a disproportionate depletion of the food storage space on the shelf, 8, the drip tray, 1, is customarily supplied so as to have a vertical projected area equal to that of the evaporator or a little larger.
  • I provide the detachable deflector elements, 9 and ill, having clips ii near the lower edge thereof for attach- 10 ment to the side walls of the drip tray.
  • deflector elements are preferably attached only during defrost periods so that interference with air circulation during cooling periods is avoided.
  • the deflector element is shown as having a length substantially equal to that of the drip tray bottom which is slightly i longer than the evaporator.
  • the deflectors may have any convenient height, although I prefer a height of about three-fourths that of the evaporator.
  • each of the deflectors On the front end of each of the deflectors, that is to say, that end which is to be gripped in placing each deflector in position and removing the same, I provide a handle portion i2.
  • the clips II have a base portion iii, an upstruck spacing portion it, and a drip tray engaglng flange l5.
  • the upstruckportion it is made sufficiently long so that a channel space is provided between the flange l5 and. the deflector surface to accommodate a side wall of a drip tray.
  • the clip element Il may be of any suitable material though I prefer that it be somewhat resilient in order that I may upset the end of the flange portion it toward the deflector surface so that it will firmly engage the side wall of a 40 ably fastened to the deflector portion 9.
  • a household refrigerator having a plurality of walls for enclosing a food storage space therein, an evaporator supported thereon from a top wall thereof; a shelf supported from the lateral walls thereof; a drip tray having a bottom and side walls supported on said shelf beneath the evaporator; a pair of shield elements 5 one for each lateral surface of the evaporator,
  • a drip tray therein having a bottom and side walls; a first and a second shield element each having a length substantially equal to the length of the bottom of the drip tray and having a height substantially three-fourths the height of the evaporator and adapted to be supported so that the lower portions thereof extend into the drip tray; the first shield element being supported on the right side of the evaporator and having clip elements attached proximate the lower edge thereof to the right lateral surface thereof for attaching the shield to the right lateral wall of the drip tray, and the second shield element being supported on the left side of the evaporator and having clip elements secured to the left lateral surface proximate the low edge thereof for attaching the shield to the left lateral wall of the drip tray.
  • a drip tray therein having a bottom and side walls; a first and a second shield element each having a length substantially equal to the length of the bottom of the drip tray and having a height substantially threefourths the height of the evaporator and adapted to be supported so that the lower portions thereof extend into the drip tray; the first shield element being supported on the right side of the evaporator and having clip elements attached proximate the lower edge thereof to the right lateral surface thereof for attaching the shield to the right lateral wall of the drip tray, and the second shield element being supported on the left side of the evaporator and having clip elements secured to the left lateral surface proximate the lower edge thereof for attaching the shield to the left lateral wall of the drip tray.
  • said right shield member having a finger grip portion on the front vertical edge thereof projecting normal thereto toward the right and the second shield element having a finger grip portion secured to the front vertical edge thereof projecting normal thereto toward the left.
  • a right hand and a left hand shield element adapted to be supported adjacent the right side and the left side respectively of the evaporator to deflect water and ice into the drip tray;
  • the shield elements each being a substantially planar sheet of substantially rigid material and having a length substantially equal to the evaporator and having a height not exceeding the height of the evaporator and having attached to the lower outside surface thereof clip elements to provide attaching means adapted to secure said shield elements to the lateral side walls of the drip tray to thereby effectively deflect ice and water into the drip tray.

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se t. 21, 1948.
J. v. MErfE REFRIGERATOR DEI' 'ROS'IING DEFLECTOR Filed Jan. 16, 1948 INVENTOR. JAMES V. MESITE,
h|s torney.
' food storage compartment.
Patented Sept. 21,1948
1:: s'rA'rss OFFICE Elias. (t l 621) H This invention relates to a device for use in domestic refrigerators to prevent water and ice from dripping into the food compartment. It
especially relates to a pair of deflector plates or baffles arranged to be removabiy supported on the customary drip tray;
The external surfaces of the evaporator or cooling unit of a refrigerator are subject to the deposit thereon of ice, and unless the refrigerator is defrosted quite frequently, this ice attains a considerable depth and often overhangs the drip tray; When the refrigerator is defrosted. the ice melts and frequently drops water in the Also, pieces of ice become detached from the evaporator in large pieces which either fall outwardly away from the evaporator so as to miss the drip tray entirely, or if large pieces fall to the drip tray they sometimes tumble out. This falling of water and ice into the food compartment. is not only a matter of inconvenience, but is also a source of damage to food stuffs stored in the refrigerator.
It is the purpose of my device to completely prevent the uncontrolled falling of either water or ice into the food storage compartment.
Further objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent as the following description proceeds and the features of novelty which characterize my invention will be pointed out with particularity in the claims.
For further explanation of my invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a household refrigerator embodying the principles of my invention; Figure 2 is a side view of my device attached to a drip tray; and Figure 3 is a vertical end view of my device.
I have shown a household refrigerator, I, having a food storage compartment, 2, provided with an opening 3, in the front wall thereof and having a door, 4. Inside the refrigerator there is the usual evaporator, 6, provided with ice tray shelves, 6, and drip tray, 1. The remaining portions of the refrigerator are not shown, but any suitable arrangement may be used. A shelf, 8, is supported in the refrigerator in the customary manner and provides a support for the drip tray, I. In order to prevent a disproportionate depletion of the food storage space on the shelf, 8, the drip tray, 1, is customarily supplied so as to have a vertical projected area equal to that of the evaporator or a little larger. It is well-known that ice may accumulate on the exterior side walls of the evaporator .to a considerable depth so that it overhangs the side walls of the drip tray. It is 5 apparent, therefore, that when the refrigerator is defrosted. that is to say, when the cooling medium is no longer applied to the evaporator, the accumulated ice melts and the drops of water '5 and pieces of ice will fall downwardly and frequently miss the drip tray.
To prevent this occurrence, I provide the detachable deflector elements, 9 and ill, having clips ii near the lower edge thereof for attach- 10 ment to the side walls of the drip tray. The
deflector elements are preferably attached only during defrost periods so that interference with air circulation during cooling periods is avoided.
Referring to Figure 2, the deflector element is shown as having a length substantially equal to that of the drip tray bottom which is slightly i longer than the evaporator. The deflectors may have any convenient height, although I prefer a height of about three-fourths that of the evaporator.
On the front end of each of the deflectors, that is to say, that end which is to be gripped in placing each deflector in position and removing the same, I provide a handle portion i2.
The clips II have a base portion iii, an upstruck spacing portion it, and a drip tray engaglng flange l5. The upstruckportion it is made sufficiently long so that a channel space is provided between the flange l5 and. the deflector surface to accommodate a side wall of a drip tray.
The clip element Il may be of any suitable material though I prefer that it be somewhat resilient in order that I may upset the end of the flange portion it toward the deflector surface so that it will firmly engage the side wall of a 40 ably fastened to the deflector portion 9.
It is accordingly seen that I have eliminated an inconvenience incidental to the usual household refrigerator in a very simple and efllcacious manner.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:
1. In a household refrigerator having a plurality of walls for enclosing a food storage space therein, an evaporator supported thereon from a top wall thereof; a shelf supported from the lateral walls thereof; a drip tray having a bottom and side walls supported on said shelf beneath the evaporator; a pair of shield elements 5 one for each lateral surface of the evaporator,
each comprising a substantially planar sheet havfirst planar member having clip elements attached to the right lateral surface proximate the lower edge thereof for attachment to the right side wall of the drip tray, and a second shield member having clip elements attached to the left lateral surface proximate the lower edge thereof for attachment to the left side wall of the drip tray whereby said shield members are adapted to be supported by the drip tray and "to deflect water and ice falling from said evaporator into the drip tray.
'3. In a refrigeratorhaving a food compartment and a cooling unit, a drip tray therein having a bottom and side walls; a first and a second shield element each having a length substantially equal to the length of the bottom of the drip tray and having a height substantially three-fourths the height of the evaporator and adapted to be supported so that the lower portions thereof extend into the drip tray; the first shield element being supported on the right side of the evaporator and having clip elements attached proximate the lower edge thereof to the right lateral surface thereof for attaching the shield to the right lateral wall of the drip tray, and the second shield element being supported on the left side of the evaporator and having clip elements secured to the left lateral surface proximate the low edge thereof for attaching the shield to the left lateral wall of the drip tray.
4. In a refrigerator having a food compartment and a cooling unit, a drip tray therein having a bottom and side walls; a first and a second shield element each having a length substantially equal to the length of the bottom of the drip tray and having a height substantially threefourths the height of the evaporator and adapted to be supported so that the lower portions thereof extend into the drip tray; the first shield element being supported on the right side of the evaporator and having clip elements attached proximate the lower edge thereof to the right lateral surface thereof for attaching the shield to the right lateral wall of the drip tray, and the second shield element being supported on the left side of the evaporator and having clip elements secured to the left lateral surface proximate the lower edge thereof for attaching the shield to the left lateral wall of the drip tray. said right shield member having a finger grip portion on the front vertical edge thereof proiecting normal thereto toward the right and the second shield element having a finger grip portion secured to the front vertical edge thereof projecting normal thereto toward the left.
5. In combination with a refrigerator evaporator and a drip tray, a right hand and a left hand shield element adapted to be supported adjacent the right side and the left side respectively of the evaporator to deflect water and ice into the drip tray; the shield elements each being a substantially planar sheet of substantially rigid material and having a length substantially equal to the evaporator and having a height not exceeding the height of the evaporator and having attached to the lower outside surface thereof clip elements to provide attaching means adapted to secure said shield elements to the lateral side walls of the drip tray to thereby effectively deflect ice and water into the drip tray.
JAMES v. MESITE.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
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US2657544A (en) * 1950-03-07 1953-11-03 Admiral Corp Refrigerator tray
US2728204A (en) * 1952-08-08 1955-12-27 William J Harbers Coil pan construction
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US1060353A (en) * 1912-04-25 1913-04-29 Martin L Moreland Extension side-board for vehicles.
US2104845A (en) * 1936-10-02 1938-01-11 Edwin J Anderson Refrigerator

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US2657544A (en) * 1950-03-07 1953-11-03 Admiral Corp Refrigerator tray
US2555968A (en) * 1950-03-30 1951-06-05 Gen Electric Drip collecting arrangement for refrigerators
US2728204A (en) * 1952-08-08 1955-12-27 William J Harbers Coil pan construction
US20140331698A1 (en) * 2013-05-08 2014-11-13 Everett Kesna Daley Air conditioner condensate collector
US9958182B1 (en) 2016-10-27 2018-05-01 Alan C. Rimmer Humidifier auxiliary drain pan
US11692735B2 (en) 2021-10-08 2023-07-04 Alan C. Rimmer Humidifier auxiliary drain pan
US20230375245A1 (en) * 2022-05-19 2023-11-23 Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc. Ice maker appliance leak detection

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