US251902A

US251902A - Bottle-cooler

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Publication number: US251902A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 1899-01-03

Description

(No Model.) C. H.I LAUFKOTTER.,

BOTTLE cooLER. No. 251;902. Patented Jan. 3,1882.4

Firms mmumognp r am" c" n c WITNESSES ATo all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. LAUFKO'IIER, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

BoTTLECooLE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,902, dated January 3,'1882.

application ined August 31. lest (No model.)

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LAUEKor- TER., a citizen ofthe United States, resident at Sacramento, in the county otttSacramento and State of California, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Bottle-Coolers; and I do hereby declare that` the following is a t'ull, olear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked' thereon.

r Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a representation of a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, and Fig. 4 is a plan view.

This invention has relationtobottle-coolers; and it consist-s' in the novel construction and arrangement of the icereceptaele, waterchamber, bOttIetnbes, and a cooling storagechnmber or refrigerator, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

.Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the ease of the cool-v er, which has double walls B and C, the inter-V vening space between said inner and outer walls being packed with anyjsuitable non-con ducting material, except at a point immediately in the rear of the icechamber D, where a ue, E, connecting the ice-chamber D and th coolingchamber F, which comprises the lower half ot' the case A, is located, to convey cold air from the ice-chamber to the coolingchamber. i

rThe ice-chamber D has a drip-pipe, G, leading from its bottom down through the cooling-chamber, to convey the waste water as the ice melts to a suitable receptacle beneath the case A.

In front of the ice-receptacle is located the water-chamber H, having a faucet, I, through which drinking-water may be drawn. In restaurants this is au advantage, as it dispenses with the use of the customary pitcher and at'-` fords a great saving of ice.

Both the ice-chamber and the water-cham- Vber have covers provided with double walls may not interfere with each other in displacing or replacing either of them.

At each end of the ice and water chambers, and a short distance therefrom, are arranged a series of bottle-tubes, J, of different sizes to suit the bottle to be placed therein for cooling. These bottle-tubes are secured in the top of `the ease A, their upper edges protruding slightly through top ot the ease.

y The lower ends of the tubes J terminate some distance above the top of the coolingchamber.

The walls G of the case are lined with zinc, as are alsothe bottoms and sides ot' the cooling and the tube-holding chambers. The top wall of the case A is of sheet metal.

The cooling-chamber is intended for the reception ot' reserve bottles, meats, cheese, and the like.

The bottle-tubes are [illed andthe bottles kept cool. As soon as they have been emp# tied of their contents the. reserve bottles in the cooling-chamber are resortel to, to keep the bottle-tubes filled.

When ice is need for making mixed beverages the lid of the ice-chamber may be removed'andethe ice obtained therefrom, the waterrequired for mixing said beverages being drawn through the faucet from the Waterchamberin acold condition. The cold air descending from the ice-chamberto the coolingchamber will of itself reduce the contents of the cooling-chamber to a low degree ot' temperature. The temperature is also'quite uniform, especially it' the ice-chamber be kept filled to an evendegree.

This makes a very convenient bottle-holder for restaurants and saloons, but is equally susceptible of household use.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by `Letters Patent, is-f i In a bottle-cooler, the combination, with the ice-chamber D, waterfchamber H, and coolingc'hamber F, of the bottle-tubes J, secured in the top of the case A, and having their lower ends terminating above the top of the cooling-A chamber, substantially as specified. In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed myname in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: CHARLES H. LAUFKOTTER.

ALBERT C. TUF'rs, FRED. L. GEORGE.

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