US552908A - Ice-cream freezer - Google Patents

Description

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c L. JORDAN & H. B. PHILLIPS. 1GB GREAM FREEZER.

No. 552,908. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

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Nd. 552,908. Patent ed Jan. 14, 1896.

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PATENT CHARLES I.. JORDAN AND IIUGII l3. PHILLIPS, OF PELAIIATCHEE, MISSISSIPPI.

ICE-CREAM FREEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,908, dated January 14, 1896.

Application filed April 8, 18215.

Serial No. 544,899. (No model.)

To a-ZZ whom it may concern:

lie it known that we, CHARLES L. JORDAN and HUGH B. PHILLIPS, citizens of the United States, residing at Pelahatchee, in the county of Rankin and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Freezers, of which the following is a speciiication.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in freezers for ice-cream and the like, and especially to that class of such freezers in which stationary cells are used, and has for its object to produce a simple and economical device of this description, which will greatly facilitate the process of freezing; and with these ends in view our invention consists in certain details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter explained, and then specifically designated by the claims.

To enable those skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to understand its construction and operation we will describe the same in detail, referring by figure to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective of the complete apparatus, the several parts being in their operative position. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section showing the freezing compound in its relative position within the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a cross-section at the line a; a; of Fig. 2, and Fig. l is a detailed perspective of an extract-or.

Similar numbers denote like parts in the several views of the drawings.

I is a box, preferably constructed of wood and adapted to receive the other parts of the apparatus.

2 is a freezer-case of rectangular shape and whose sides are slightly flared downward, and is open at the bottom for the purpose presently explained.

3 are cells,rectangular in cross-section which project through corresponding openings in the top of the case 2, and extend within a short distance of the bottom thereof, and are secured at their upper edge to said top, so that it will be seen that ice and salt or other freezing compound, packed within the case, will completely surround these cells, except cess is readily accomplished by removing the case from the box, inverting it upon its top and placing the ice within the case around and over the cells, when it is only necessary to place the box in an inverted position over the case in the form of a lid or cover, and as the sides of the case are flared, as before de scribed, they will readily permit said box to be placed in such a position and fit snugly to the sides thereof at the bottom without cramping at other points. The apparatus in this relative position is then returned to its normal position, so that the box will rest upon its bottom. Thus it will be seen that the freezing compound will completely fill the case and be caused to surround the cells throughout their entire length, and this is very advantageous, as it enables the process of freezing to be carried on uniformly.

4 is a plug adaped to close a suitable opening in the bottom of the box, by the removal of which the water caused by the melting ice may be drawn off. In order to facilitate the removal of the frozen cream, we provide an extractor 5, of the shape shown in Fig. l, which is adapted to fit within cells 3, and the rounded portion (3 projects above the edge of said cells as a handle. In use this extractor is placed within a cell, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the mixture to be frozen is afterward poured therein, and when it has been sufficiently congealed it is readily removed by withdrawing the extractor, when the operation may be repeated by the introduction of a new supply.

In some cases it is desirable to freeze cream and the like in a mold, so as to facilitate its delivery in small quantities in neat and compact cases. For this purpose our device is especially adapted, and we carry out the same by introducing within the stationary cells removable cells or molds 7 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and by the use of these removable cells we are enabled to freeze a given amount of cream in a comparatively short time, since the molds are removed when the temperature of their contents has been sufficiently lowered and the other cells put in their place, without disturbing the freezing compound or altering the temperature. Another advantage gained by our construction at their open mouths, and this packing prois that of cleanliness, for since the freezing compound is completely incased and never comes in contact with the upper surface of the case it follows that no salt, water or other parts of said compound can possibly contamimate the cream Within the cells, and by the use of a cover 8 the open portions of the cells are closed during the operation of freezing. This will also expedite said freezing, as it excludes the air and heat that would otherwise come in. contact with the cells and their contents.

If it is found desirable, a cover may also be provided for the wooden box 1, so as to still further preclude the absorption of heat by the operating parts of the apparatus.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful is 1. In a freezing apparatus, the combination of a case having downwardly flared sides and an open bottom, cells secured at the top to said case, a box to receive the case, and suitable extractors for the purpose described.

2. In a freezing apparatus, the combination of an open bottomed case with flared walls, a box adapted to receive said case, cells secured to and projecting within said case, a cover adapted to close the mouth of said cell and extractors as described for removing the freezer contents without disturbing the freezing compound as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto af fixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. JORDAN. HUGH B. PHILLIPS. \Vitnesses:

H. L. ORooK, XV. IV. JORDAN.

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