US617144A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

No. 6l7,l44. Patented Jan. 3, I899. P. L. CRON. REFRIGERATOR (Application filed Sept. 2, 1897.]

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INVEN TOR WITNESSES.

THE ucnms Perms co. Puotuuma, WASHINOYONY n c.

P. L. (IRON.

REFRIGERATOR.

(Application filed Sept. 2, 1897.)

' No. e|7,|44. Patented Jan. 3, I899. I (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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INVEN TOR TNE NORRIS PETERS co, mom-urns WASHINGTON. n. c,

PETER L. ORON, OF ELIZABETH, NEIV JERSEY.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,144, dated January 3, 1899.

Application fi September 2, 1897. Serial No. 650,322 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER L. CRON, a citizen of the United States,residin g at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to a class thereof which is adapted for general use, as in private houses.

The object of my invention is to provide a refrigerator that will reduce to a minimum the amount of ice required in maintaining a low temperature therein without diminishing the shelf-room and one which will be so arranged as to have every part thereof conveniently situated.

A further object is to provide a refrigerator which will be simple in construction, efficient in practice, and inexpensive to manufacture.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and described,and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved refrigerator, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the inner chamber with covers removed, and Fig. 5 is a top view of said inner chamber.

In the practice of my invention I provide a refrigerator which comprises an outer casing a, which is preferably cylindrical in form and which is preferably provided with a packing, as in ordinary refrigerators, and which is divided into an upper chamber a and a lower chamber a the latter being designed to re ceive the water from the melting ice. The upper and lower chambers are separated by transverse partitions a,in the center of which is formed a cup-shaped receptacle a and the casing a is provided at one side with a door I), which is preferably supplied with a window b in order to render the interior of the refrigerator visible without the necessity of opening said door, and a suitable cover cl is also provided for said casing, the connection between which and the casing is preferably air-tight. Mounted in the cup-shaped receptacle a is a conical support j, which is provided in its upper side with an annular groove in which are placed ball-bearings, and in the upper chamber a is mounted a rotary frame or casing f the central portion of which serves as an ice-receiver and the bottom of which is provided with a hearing which rests on said ball-bearings. The said casingf is provided with a series of radial vertical partitions forming separate compartments around the central ice-receiver g, 9 and 9 &c., and said partitions are provided with flanges h, 71 and h &c. which are adapted to support shelves 10 10 &;c., and in order to prevent these shelves from sliding outwardly and interfering with the rotation of the frame f I provide a series of hooks m, attached, respectively, to each shelf and adapted to connect the same with any suitable support connected with or formed on said frame f The central ice-receiver of the rotary frame is also provided with a suitable air-tight cover f and in order to prevent the entrance of warm air into all of the compartments of said frame simultaneously when the door is open the outer edge of the walls of each of the compartments g g 9 &c., is provided with a strip of leather or other suitable packing.

The conical support fis provided with a downwardly-directed tubular axle f which is open at its lower end and through which passes a waste-pipe n,which passes upwardly through the bottom of the rotary frame f so as to forma communication between the compartments in said frame and the bottom compartment aithrough which the water from the melting ice runs, and rigidly connected with the lower end of the axle f is a ratchet-wheel 0, provided with a pawl 0 and actuated by means of a lever provided with a pawl adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 0, and said lever is connected with the axle f by means of a collar of, which is adapted to turn on said axle. The axle f is preferably connected with the rotary frame f by means of a series of cavities formed in the cupshaped support f,witl1 which said axle is connected and a pin secured to the bottom of the rotary frame adapted to. enter any of said cavities. (See Fig. 4:.)

The lower chamber 0, is preferably supplied with a faucet p, by means of which the water may be drawn therefrom, and I also preferably provide the rotary frame f with suitable handles s, by means of which it may be entirely withdrawn from the chamber (L The exposed surface of the shelves 7.". 70 70 &c., is preferably made of tubing so split at the ends as to permit of the insertion therein of the ends of the flanges h 71 71. &c., and the operation of my improved refrigerator will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof.

The articles may be placed in the compartments 9 g g &c., by simply removing the lids cl and f or by opening the door in the casing a, and the water is carried into the bottom chamber a through the pipe 71., as will be readily understood.

When it is desired to remove anything from the refrigerator, the rotary frame is turned so as to bring the compartments containing the article to be removed in line with the door I), this operation being accomplished by means of the ratchet-wheel 0 and the lever 0 and when the door is opened the packing at the edges of the compartments in line therewith will prevent the air from passing into the other compartments.

It will thus be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention by means of a device which is simple in construction and operation, and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A refrigerator, comprising a cylindrical casing divided near its lower end by a transverse partition into upper and lower compart-. ments, said casing being also provided in one side with a door, a conical support mounted centrally of said partition and provided with a downwardly-directed tubular axle which passes therethrough, a rotary frame mounted on said support and provided with a central vertical ice-receiver, a tube passing vertically through said support, the axle thereof, and the bottom of the said rotary frame, and means for rotating said frame,substantially as shown and described.

2. A refrigerator, comprising a main outer casing having a door at one side thereof, a rotatable frame mounted therein and provided centrally with a vertical ice-receiver, and having vertical radial partitions around the ice-receiver whereby separate vertical compartments are formed, said compartments being provided with shelves, and said vertical radial partitions also carrying on their outer edges packing-strips fitting against the inner wall of the casing, whereby the compartment opposite the door will be the only one exposed to the outer air when the door is open, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 31st day of August, 1897.

PETER L. (IRON.

Witnesses:

WALTER M. FRoLUvEIR, J AMES A. LAURIE.

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