US643013A

US643013A - Refrigerator-box.

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Publication number: US643013A
Application number: US72888399A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles J Stuart
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-08-29
Filing date: 1899-08-29
Publication date: 1900-02-06
Anticipated expiration: 1917-02-06

Description

Patented Feb. 6, |900.

No. 643,0l3.

C. J. STUART.

REFHIGERATR BOX.

(Application led Aug. 29, 1899.

(N0 Model.)

- sity may require it while in transit without NTTnn STATES PATENT Tric-a,

REFRIGERATOR-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent N o. 643,013, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed August 29, 1 8 99.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. STUART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Puyallup, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator-Boxes; and I do declare the following to be a full, 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. i The invention relates to refrigerator-boxes for the transportation for long distances of perishable goods-such, for instance, as berries and other fruits.

The object of the invention is to so construct a refrigerator-box that the ice may be easily and expeditiously replenished as neceshandling the box or disturbing the fruit when the boxes are placed one upon the other.

To this end the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view with the lid of the box swung open and the hinged front section swung down. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 8 is a view of one of the side pieces of the box, showing its slatted construction.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

l denotes the box, which may be of any desired shape, and 2 denotes its cover, which is preferably hinged thereto. The sides, bottom, and cover of the box are each preferably composed of two pieces a l), with an interposed lining or sheet of asbestos c. The inner sides of the box are provided with vertical slats 3 to form air-channels. The front of the box, near its top, hasa hinged section 4, which when folded up is flush with the upper edge of the box and is adapted to be secured to the cover by a fastening 5.

6 denotes an ice pan or receptacle which is itted in the top of the box and supported upon ledges '7.l

8 denotes a short drip-tube, whichis secured to the bottom of the pan 6 and leads into the funnel end of a drip-tube 9, secured to one o'f the sides of the box and leading out of the Serial No. 728,883. (No model.)

bottom thereof. It will thus be seen that when the pan is inserted in position its short d ripltube, which is preferably flexible, will fall into and communicate with the drip-tube of the box and conduct the water in the pan out through the bottom of the box.

In shipping goods the boxes are usually placed one on top of the other, and heretofore great difficulty has been experienced in replenishing the boxes with ice, as it became necessary to remove the boxes one from over the other in order to raise the lids to supply -the interior with ice.

My invention provides for the refilling of the ice-pans without disturbing or handling the boxes, as all that is necessary is to unfasten the hinged section 4 from the cover, swing it down, remove the pan, lill it with ice, and then put it back in place in the box, after which the hinged section is raised and secured in position.

It will be noticed that the hinged section, like the sides of the box, is provided with slats lO to form ducts that communicate with the air-ducts in the front side of the box, so as to furnish the goods Within the box with a free circulation of cold air. f

It will of course be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrilicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

A box of the character described composed of the end pieces, the side pieces and the base, fixed together, and provided with a cover, one of the side pieces being of less height than the other side piece and the end pieces, a strip having its lower edge hinged to the upper edge of the shorter side piece, and when folded up in place has its upper edge flush with. the upper edges of the ends and the other side piece, the interior walls of the box being provided with vertical cleats to form air-ducts, and theinterior wall of the hinged strip being provided with cleats to form air-ducts and continuations of the cleats on the shorter side of the box, an ice pan or receptacle arranged and supported immediately beneath the cover IOO of the box and capable of being Withdrawn my hand in presence of two subscribing Witthrough the opening in the front; of the box messes. formed by swnnno the hinfred strip down- ,1 Wardly, and L dail-pipe forcsaid pan or re- CHARLES J' STUARI 5 ceptaole, substantially as and for the purpose Witnesses:

G. E. KEPHART, B. KOHNER.

Set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set