US468523A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

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O. W. PARKS.

- REFRIGERATOR.

No. 468,523. r 6kg? Pagent ed Feb. 9, 1892.

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No. 468,523. Patented Feb. 9,1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE W. PARKS, OF LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,523, dated February 9, 1892.

Application filed March 30, 1891. Serial No. 386,899- (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. PARKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lowell, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Im. movements in Refrigerators; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a combined refrigerator and creamer; and itconsists in a certain construction and arrangement of parts, as fully hereinafter set forth, the essential features of which being pointed out particularly in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator and creamer of such construction as to alford a perfect circulation of air around the articles to be cooled, that is provided with means for ventilating and regulating the circulation of air, thereby economizing in the use of ice, and in which all the interior parts are removable, enabling them to be readily cleaned and kept free from dirt and mold. This object is attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whicl1- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved refrigerator, the drop-doorbeing down, showing the ice within the ice-box. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through Fig. 1

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective of one of the sliding shelve-sections and its creamer-can. Fig. 5 is an e11- larged perspective of the ice-box and its associated parts detached.

Referring to the letters of reference, A indicates the case of the refrigerator, which is constructed in the ordinary manner and is provided with the doors B, affording access to its interior, and with the drop-door C, that communicates with the ice-box.

D indicates a removable partition, which is located within and at one end of the refrigerator and forms a cold-air flue E between its outer face and the adjacent inner face of the end of the refrigerator-case. (Clearly shown in Fig.2.) The inner face of the parti'tionD is provided with a series of horizontal cleats a, that support one end of the sliding shelves F G, the opposite ends of said shelves being supported on the horizontal cleats c, secured to the end of the refrigerator case, said shelves being provided w th the openings 6 for the circulation of air therethrough.

H indicates the ice-box, one end of which is supported on the cleat a, secured to the inner face of the partition D, the opposite end of said box resting upon the support 0. The bottom of the ice-box declines toward the center, from which point the drip-pipel leads, through which the water formed by the melting ice is carried away.

J indicates aperforated rack that is located in the bottom of the ice-box H and on which the ice is supported above the drip-bottom of the ice-box.

K indicates a detachable top to the ice-chamber, one end of which is supported on the upper end of the partition D, which slides in a groove d in the under face thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The opposite end of said top is supported on the upper end of the short partition or riser L, that is received in a like groove d in the under face of said top. The

bottom of said partition L rests within theice box H and is secured in place by a cleat or button i. (See Fig. 2.) By this arrangement a flue P is formed between the partition L and the end of the refrigeratoncase, and a fine R between the upper face of the supplementary top K and the top of the case, said flues P and R communicating through the opening f at the end of the top K, and the flue R in turn communicating with the ventilating-flue Q in the top of the refrigerator. Said ventilator is provided with a cap Q having the holes r therein that register with the holes 0" in the ventilator, whereby by turning said cap the ventilator may be opened or closed, when desired.

0 indicates aseries of openings through the IOO through said openings may be regulated,

said damper being actuated by a pull-knob S that is detachably coupled thereto and projects through the wall of the case, enabling the damper to be operated without opening the door of the ice-chamber. dicates a like series of openings through the partition D, that form an air-passage from the ice-chamber to the flue E, said openings being guarded with a deflector 1), whereby the dripping from the melting ice, or from the condensation of the moisture in the ice-chamber, is prevented from passing through said openings and into said flue. In the lower end of the partition D is an opening on, forming an air-passage from the flue E into the interior of the refrigerator at the bottom. It will now be evident that when the ice-box is filled with ice, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the air made cold by contact with the ice, will pass through the openings n in the partition D, and by its densityfall to the base of the flue E, and pass through the opening on into the bottom of the refrigerator, thence upward through the openings in the shelves, and as it becomes slightly warmed by contact with the articles 'iwithin the refrigerator it passes up the flue P and through the openings 0 in the partition L into the ice-chamber, where it is recooled and again discharged into the cold-air flue E, thus keeping up a perfect circulation of cold air through the body of the refrigerator, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 2; and by means of the damper S any undue circulation may be avoided, thus obviating a rapid consumption of the ice.

V indicates a sheet-iron door that is hinged to the front edge of the ice-box and is adapted to swing outward with the drop-door O and lie upon the upper face thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the door 0 being supported in its horizontal position by the chains w, and forms a shelf on which to rest the ice when placing it in'the ice-box. The inner door V bridges over the jam of the outer door 0 when said doors are open, forming a way on which the icemay be easily slid into the icebox, and when said doors are closed the inner door V prevents the chips of broken ice from falling into the jam of the outer door 0 and obstructing its closing.

On looking at Fig. 2 it will be seen that one of the shelves G is provided with a sliding section Z, said section having an oblong central opening e, as shown in Fig. 4. Upon said sliding section is placed a can T, having a central flue T, that registers with the opening e in said section. In said can T the milk is placed, the can being drawn outward on its slides for that purpose. By this arrangem cut the cold air is caused to circulate through the flue T, thus cooling the milk from the center as well as from the outside, whereby it is rapidly cooled until the desired temperature is reached.

When it is desired to ventilate the milk or deodorize other articles in the refrigerator before cooling, the ventilating fiue Q is opened, when the circulation will be through the body of the refrigerator and out said ventilating-flue. When the articles have been thoroughly ventilated, said ventilating-flue is closed, the circulation of air then being through the ice-chamber and the body of the refrigerator, whereby the cooling is accomplished as before described. It will also be seen that by the construction and arrangement of the interior parts, as shown, all of said parts are removable, enabling them to be easily cleaned and kept from mold and impurities.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a refrigerator, thefollowing combined elements: the main case having a closed top,

to said section,said door hinged to and forming a part of the front of the main case and adapted to swing outward from a vertical to a horizontal position, chains for supporting the door in said position, an ice-box in said chamber, and a door hinged to said ice-box and having contact with the inner face of the door of the ice-chamber and adapted to swing therewith, substantially as set forth.

3. In a refrigerator, the main inclosing case having a chamber for ice in its top section and a vertical door to said ice-chamber, said door being hinged to and forming a part of the front of the main case and adapted to swing outward to a horizontal position, combined with an ice-box in said chamber, the detachable top to said ice-box, and ametal door hinged to the front face thereof, said door having contact with the inner face of the door opening into the ice-chamber and swinging therewith.

4. In a device of the nature set forth, the combination of the main inclosing case having a chamber for ice in its upper section, an ice-box in'said chamber, the door in the ver tical front thereof, said door opening into chamber through the outer or inclosing case, and a door opening into the lower chamber.

5. In combination with the main case having a closed top, a chamber for the ice in the upper portion and a cooling-chamber below, and a door to each chamber, said doors forming a part of the front of the main case, the detachable ice-box, the detachable perforated bottom therein, the detachable partition D, having openings communicating with the icechamber and with the cooling-chamber, as n and m, the detachable partition L, fittinginto the ice-box at one end,its upper end standing on a horizontal plane With the upper end of the opposite partition,and the detachable top mounted on the upper ends of said partitions at a point below the wall of the outer case, said partitions standing some distance from the inner face of the end walls of the main case.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE V. PARKS. Vitnesses:

S. P. HICKS, ELLA B. WILEY.

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