US2745710A

US2745710A - Center guide support for refrigerator vegetable pan

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Publication number: US2745710A
Application number: US387440A
Authority: US
Inventors: Richard J Carbary
Original assignee: General Electric Co
Current assignee: General Electric Co
Priority date: 1953-10-21
Filing date: 1953-10-21
Publication date: 1956-05-15
Anticipated expiration: 1973-05-15

Description

May 15, 1956 R. J. CARBARY 2,745,710

CENTER GUIDE SUPPORT FOR REFRIGERATOR VEGETABLE PAN Filed Oct. 2l, 1953 "-3 ff yl1 22 J 23 i L\#2l IM ENTOR.

RICHARD J. CARBARY BY HIS ATTORNEY United States Patent CENTER GUTDE SUPPGRT FR REFRGERATGR VEQETABLE PAN Richard 5. Carbary, Findley Lake, N. Y., assigner to General Electric Company, a corporation of New York Application October 21, 1953, Serial No. 387,440

9 Claims. (Cl. S12- 332) This invention relates to refrigerator cabinets and, more particularly, to a resiliently mounted support means for the vegetable pans of a refrigerator cabinet.

Vegetable pans are normally disposed in the lower portion of the cabinet of a refrigerator in order to reduce the amount of moisture that has collected therein. This positioning, however, results in making it more diicult to dispose the vegetable pans in their supports in the lower portion of the refrigerator since it is not as easy to align the vegetable pan with the support means as it would be if the pan were on a level with the users eyes. This invention satisfactorily solves this problem by resiliently mounting the support means disposed between the two vetetable pans. The resilient mounting of this support means permits one of the guides to be movable so that the vegetable pan may be easily inserted into its support means.

T he chief object of this invention is to provide a resilient support for the guides of a vegetable pan of a refrigerator cabinet.

Another object of this invention is to provide a support that will permit vegetable pans to be easily disposed in their guides. Other objects of my invention will be readily perceived from the following description.

This invention relates to a refrigerator cabinet including an inner liner having side walls and a bottom. Means is disposed on each of the side walls to provide guides. A resiliently mounted member extends upwardly from the bottom of the inner liner and means is connected to the member to provide a second set of guides. Containers are disposed in the guides. Specifically, the resiliently mounted member includes two rods connected together by a resilient sleeve. The lower rod extends through the bottom of the inner liner. The containers have flanges that slide into the guides.

The attached drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, in which Fig. l is a fragmentary sectional view of the lower portion of the food storage compartment of a refrigerator cabinet embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view partly in section and partly in elevation of the present invention; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged View partly in section and partly in elevation illustrating two positions of the present invention.

Referring to the drawing and more particularly to Fig. l, there is shown the inner liner 2 of a refrigerator having a food storage compartment 3. Suitable insulation 4 is provided to insulate the inner liner from the outer case (not shown). The inner liner 2 has a bottom S and parallel side walls 6 and 7.

A stud member or bracket 8 is suitably mounted on the lower portion of each of the side walls 6 and 7 of the inner liner 2. Supported from each of the stud members and connected thereto are angle members 9. Connected to each of the angle members 9 by welding or brazing or other suitable means is the guide member 1G. This guide "ice member 10 is provided with an upper guide 11 and a lower guide 12.

A resilient support means 20 is disposed in the food storage compartment 3 adjacent its access opening. The resilient support means 20 includes a stud fastener 21 that is secured to the bottom 5 of an inner liner 2. The preferred manner of attaching the stud fastener 21 to the bottom 5 is by passing the stud fastener through an opening 22 in the bottom 5. The stud fastener is preferably of the type that has a U-shaped wire 23 connected thereto that will spring out after it has passed through the opening 22 in the bottom 5 to secure the stud fastener to the bottom S. A washer 24 surrounds the stud fastener 21 adjacent the bottom 5 to prevent leakage of moisture beyond the bottom 5 of the inner liner 2. A flange member 25 surrounds the stud fastener 21 and is disposed above the Washer 24. This ange member is supported by the bottom 5 of the inner liner 2.

A resilient sleeve 26, preferably made of rubber, is supported by the ange member 25 and surrounds the stud fastener. This sleeve 26 extends for a distance above the stud fastener 21, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The rod 27 fits inside the upper portion of the sleeve 26 and is clamped thereto by the resilience of the sleeve 26. This rod 27 is supported on the top of the stud fastener 21. The top of the rod 27 has a horizontal member 2S secured thereto.

The horizontal member 28 supports two angle members 29 that are similar to angle members 9. Guide members 3i), similar to guide members 10, are secured by welding or brazing or other suitable means to the two angle members 29 that are carried by the horizontal member 28. Each of the guide members 30 has an upper guide 31 and a lower guide 32.

One of the lower guides 32 of one of the guide members 3d is adapted to be aligned with one of the lower guides 12 of the guide member 10 to receive a vegetable pan or container titl. This pan or container has anges 41 that are inserted in the lower guide 12 of guide member 10 and the lower guide 32 of guide member 3i). T he cover 42 for the container 40 is preferably made of glass to permit inspection of the contents of lthe container and is disposed in the upper guide 31 of guide member 36 and the upper guide 11 of guide member 10. A similar vegetable pan 4) and cover 42 are disposed in the other guide members 16 and 3d. This relationship is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

By resiliently mounting the rod 27, it may be easily moved to a position such as shown in the dotted lines of Figs. 3. This resilient mounting of the rod 27 permits the

guides

31 and 32 of a guide member 30 to be moved with respect to the

xed guides

11 and 12 of fixed guide member 19. Thus, it will be readily understood that the anges 41 of the container or pan l0 may be easily inserted in the

guides

12 and 32 since the guide 32 may be moved to provide the desired alignment. Similariy, the cover 42 may be more easily inserted in the

guides

11 and 31.

This invention has the particular advantage of preventing chipping of the enamel of the inner liner 2 by insuring lthat the container may be easily inserted in its guides. It will also be noted that this particular anangement prevents the accidental removal of the pan from its guides. A further advantage of this invention is that the guides are readily self aligning.

While the present invention has been described by reference to a particular embodiment thereof, it will be understood that modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without actually departing from the invention. l, therefore, aim in the appended claims to cover all such variations as come within the true spirit and scope of the foregoing disclosure.

I claim:

l. In a refrigerated cabinet including an inner liner, said inner liner including side walls and a bottom, means disposed on each of the side walls to provide guides, a resiliently mounted member extending upwardly from the bottom of said inner liner, means connected to said member to provide guides, and containers adapted to be disposed in said guides.

2. in a refrigerated cabinet including an inner liner, said inner liner including side walls and a bottom, means disposed on each of the side walls to provide guides, a resiliently mounted member extending upwardly from the bottom of said inner liner, means connected to said mernber to provide guides, and containers adapted to be disposed in said guides, one of said containers being disposed between one of said guides connected to one of said side walls and one of said guides connected to said resilient member, the other of said containers being disposed between thc guide connected to the other side Wall and the other of said guides connected to said resilient member.

3. In a refrigerated cabinet including an inner liner, said inner liner including side walls and a bottom, means providing a guide disposed on each of the side walls, resiliently mounted support means extending upwardly from tho bottom of the inner liner, said support means having guides connected thereto, a pair of containers having fianges, said containers being disposed in said cabinet by positioning said franges in said guides.

in a refrigerated cabinet including an inner liner, said inner liner including side walls and a bottom, support means extending upwardly from said bottom, said support means including a rod resiliently mounted and a horizontal member connected to the top of the rod, said horizontal member being formed to receive two support members, each of said support members having a guide connected thereto, and a guide supported from each of the side wails, one of the guides supported from one of the side walls cooperating with one of the guides of the rod to receive a container, the other of the guides supported from the other of the side walls cooperating with the second of the guides of the rod to receive a second container.

5. in a refrigerated cabinet including an inner liner, said inner liner including side walls and a bottom, resilient support means extending upwardly from said bottom, support members connected to said support means, each of said support members having a guide, and a guide supported from each of the side walls, one of the guides supported from one of the side walls cooperating with one of the guides of the horizontal support members to receive a container, the second of the guides supported from the other of the side walls cooperating with the second of the guides of the horizontal support members to receive a second container.

6. In a refrigerated cabinet including an inner liner, said inner liner including side walls and a bottom, a stud fastener secured to said bottom and extending upwardly therefrom, a resilient sleeve disposed about the fastener and extending thereabove, a rod positioned on said fastener and surrounded for a portion of its length by the portion of the sleeve that extends above the fastener, a horizontal member connected to the top of said rod, said horizontal member being formed to receive two support members, each of said support members having a guide connected thereto, and a guide supported from each of the side walls, one of the guides supported from one of the sid-e walls cooperating with one of the guides of the rod to receive a container, the second of the guides supported from the other of the side walls cooperating with the second of the guides of the rod to receive a second container.

7. A refrigerated cabinet according to claim 6 in which the resilient sleeve is made of rubber.

8. In a refrigerated cabinet, including an inner liner, said inner liner including side walls and a bottom, a stud fastener secured to said bottom and extending upwardly therefrom, a resilient sleeve disposed about the fastener and extending thcreabove, a rod positioned on said fastener and surrounded for a portion of its length by the portion of the sleeve that extends above the fastener, means connected to the top of the rod to provide a pair of guides, a guide suppported from each of the side walls, one of the guides supported from one of the side walls cooperating with one of the guides of the means connected to the top of the rod to receive a container, the second of the guides supported from the other of the side walls cooperating with the second of the guides of the means connected to the top of the rod to receive a second container.

9. in a refrigerated cabinet including an inner liner, Asaid inner liner including side walls and a bottom, a stud fastener secured to said bottom and extending upwardly therefrom, a rod resiliently supported by said stud fastener, means connected to the top of the rod to provide a pair of guides, and a guide supported from each of the side walls, one of the guides supported from one of the side walls cooperating with one of the guides of the means connected to the top of the rod to receive a container, the second of the guides supported from the other of the side walls cooperating with the second of the guides of the means connected to the top of the rod to receive a second container.

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