US767232A - Window-refrigerator. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904.

H. G. MOCLUNG.

WINDOW REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 9, 1903.

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HO MODEL.

No. 767,232 PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904. H. G. MOGLUNG.

WINDOW REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. 1903. NO MODEL.

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Patented August 9, 1904.

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HUGH C. MOOLUNG, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,232, dated August 9, 1904.

A li ation fil d December 9,1903. Serial No. 184,408. (No model.)

1'0 all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH C. MoCLUNe, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved WVindow-Refrigerator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to a refrigerator such as is suitable for attachment at a point adjacent to a window, the arrangement being such that the refrigerator may be drawn into the window for purposes of accessibility and may be thrown outwardly, so as not to impair the light coming in at the window.

My invention further relates to certain details of construction for the purpose of carrying out the idea above stated and hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my refrigerator upon the outside of the window. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the refrigerator as drawn into the window. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through the same, showing a part of the means whereby the refrigerator is suspended and strengthened; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the suspension-bracketsand also of the mechanism for holding the refrigerator in certain predetermined positions.

The wall 1 is provided with a window 2, the exterior of the wall and window being shown in Fig. 1. The window-frame is shown at 3, and upon it are mounted brackets 4L, 5, and 6, provided with plates 7, 8, and 9, these plates being held rigid by means of braces 10, 11, and 12, the plates being provided with pivots 7, 13, 14, and 15.

The receptacle or refrigerator proper is in roof 17, a )erforated partition 18, and an inner receptacle 19, the latter having a series of holes 21 to allow of ventilation. The bottilation.

The door of the receptacle is shown at 23 and is provided with a button 2 1 to provide for effectively closing the door.

Mounted upon the roof 17 is an eye 25, provided with a stem 26, which rigidly engages braces 27, these braces beingfirmly connected with the receptacle 16. By this arrangement the eye 25 cannot readily be detached from the receptacle, the strength of the device being thereby greatly increased.- A number of hinges 29 are mounted upon the back of the receptacle and extend, preferably, across the same, being of considerable length for this purpose, as indicated in Fig. a, and being provided with rivet-holes 30, whereby the connection between the hinges and the receptacle may be made secure by rivets 30.

Upon the bracket 5 is mounted a pivotal support 31, and upon this pivotal support is mounted a rod 32,.provided with a book 33, as shown more particularly in Fig. 4:, and this hook may be slipped from one side of the pivotal support 31 to the other and may be brought into engagement with one of the hinges 29, so as to hold the same in two different positions. (Shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and i.) When the rod 32 and book 33 occupy the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 1, the receptacle 16 is in its outward position that is, swung back. out of the way of the window, so as not to obscure the light. If, however, access to the receptacle is necessary, the rod 32 is moved upward, thereby disengaging the hook 33, and the receptacle is then swung around into the position indicated in Fig. 2, so as to face the aperture of the window, the hook 33 being then brought again into engagement with the hinge 29, so as to hold the receptacle firmly in position.

A brace-rod 28 is provided with a hook 28 and an eye 28 and extends from the pivot 7 upon the bracket 4 to the eye 25 above the receptacle. This brace-rod serves to support part of the weight of the refrigerator-receptacle regardless of the position which may be occupied by the same- Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the bracerod 28 performs its function equally as well whether the receptacle be thrown outward, as indicated in Fig. 1, or whether it be caused to face into the window, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A window refrigerator, comprising a plurality of brackets mounted upon a wall adjacent to a window and disposed one above the other, a receptacle pivotally mounted upon divers of said brackets and provided with a compartment and with a roof surmounting said compartment, an eye mounted centrally upon said roof, and a supporting member engaging said eye and pivotally connected with one of said brackets.

2. in a window-refrigerator. the combinabeing disposed in vertical alinement with each other, a receptacle of substantially cubical form, provided with a compartment and a roof surmounting the same, said receptacle being further provided at one of its longitudinal corners with hinge members loosely engaging said brackets, whereby said receptacle is free to swing in a horizontal plane relatively to said window. a fastening mounted upon the wall some distance above said receptacle, and a single rod connected with said fastening and centrally engaging the top of said roof.

4:. A window -refrigerator. comprising a plurality of brackets, a hollow receptacle journaled thereupon and provided with sides and a top, braces mounted within said hollow receptacle and connected with said sides and said top, a fastening member mounted upon said top at a point adjacent to said braces, a bracket mounted above said hollow receptacle. and a rod connected with said. bracket and with said fastening member.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGH C. MCCLUNG.

I itnesses:

WALTON HARRISON, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

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