US396341A

US396341A - Ice-box for holding beer-kegs

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Publication number: US396341A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-01-15
Anticipated expiration: 1906-01-15

Description

(No Model.) Y

` C. C. RUMPF.

ICE BOX POR HOLDING BEER KBGS.

Patented Jan. l5, 1889.

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ATnNT CHARLES O. RUMPF, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,341, datedJanuary 15, 1889. l

Application filed July 2, 1838. Serial No. 278,821. (No model.)

T all wwnt it Worry concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES C. RUMPF, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Ice- Boxes for Beer-Kegs, of which the following is a specification.

The first part of this invention relates to a peculiar construction of the front of the icebox, whereby the portion of the front between the upper andthe lower door may be fixed instead of removable, to admit of the removal of the beer-keg while the same is provided with the faucet.

rlhe second part of the said invention relates to an improved carriage, upon which the keg is placed, in order that the keg may be easily withdrawn from the ice -box when empty, and another, a filled one, inserted in its place, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows, reference'is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure I is a section of the improved icebox, taken about centrally thereof, and showing the keg on its carriage. Fig. II is a section of Fig. I, taken on the dotted line Fig. III is a front end view of the carriage.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures.

A is a portion of the side of the ice-box, and B the rear or back of the same.

O is the front of the box between the upper and the lower door, which doors are respectively denoted by D and E.

F F are stringers to support the carriage, hereinafter described, and which also serve as rails upon which the carriage Vmoves in the insertion to and the removal from the icebox of the keg.

G is the carriage, consisting of the longitudinal side pieces or frames, a CL., the transverse keg-holder b, and the rear connectingpiece, c.

The keg-holder b is preferably formed of a piece of iron of angular cross-section, with a iiange, CZ, at each end bolted to the side frames. (See particularly Fig. Il.) This construction of the keg-holder enables the same to withstand the rough usage to which it is. necessarily subjected in changing the kegs. w1he center of the keg-holder is curved to fit the keg and prevent its rolling, and in view of its angular shape of cross-section the keg is prevented from moving forward of the carriage after it is in place. The rear end of the keg is supported in an elevated position by means of the hollow-faced stand H, which consists merely of a piece of wood fastened on the side pieces of the carriage.

J J are arms bolted to the inner faces of the sideframes of the carriage and running down to some distance below the stringers F, where they are provided with feet e, which, as the rear end of the carriage is elevated, come in contact with the under side of the Stringer-s.

L L are stops secured to the inner faces ofthe stringers, against which the arms J strike as the carriage is driven forward. The rear end of the carriage is fitted with rollers f, which rest on the stringers F, and the inner surface of the fixed front of the box is furnished with similar rollers, g, which are in alignment with the bottom of the door D. The lower side of the front end of the carriage is curved, as shown in Fig. I, which admits of the carriage being easily withdrawn from the ice-box, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The beer-keg is represented by M. The faucet N passes through a hole, h, situate centrally of the joint between the door D and the fixed part of the front of the box; consequently the faucet does not interfere with the opening of the said door.

Supposing that the keg M is empty and it is desired to withdraw it from the ice-box, so that a filled one may be substituted for it, the door D is opened and the keg drawn forward. The keg coming in contact with the upper edge of the kegsupporter, the carriage is moved also, and the front end elevated by the rollers g. As the front end of the c arriage becomes the heavier one, the rear end rises until the feet e come in contact with the under face of the stringers, and the whole is pitched forward until the carriage is stopped by the arms J striking the stops L. The empty keg is now taken off and a iilled one put in its place. The loaded carriage is now pushed back until the rear end becomes the heavier one, when no further effort is necessary, as Jche carriage naturally moves to its IOC Original position, in View of its inclined posiand the said carriage having the keg-supports tion on the stringere. b and H, and its lower front ends curved, sub- 1o I claim as my inventionstantielly as and for the purpose specified. In an ice-b0x for holding kegs of beer the Y 1 5 combination of the swingers F in the saidbox, v CHARLEb C' RUMPB' the carriage G, sind the rollers f and g, the Vitnesses: Same being placed, respectively, 0n the front WM. T. HOWARD, of the box and the rem" of the said carriage, DANL. FISHER.