US934274A - Storehouse for vegetables. - Google Patents

Description

QM. E. BRADLEY. STORBHOUSE FOR VEGETABLBS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1908.

'Patented Sept. 14, 1,909.

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APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1908.

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Specic'ation of Letters Patent.

lAapiicatimi area september 19, 190s. serial No. 453,754.

for vegetables, and has for an object to pro-- vide a house of this character especially adapted for storing otatoes and to provide effective means to e ect an artificial circulation of air to absorb the moisture "from the potatoes or vegetables. j A further object of this invention is to' provide simple forms of bins for retaining the potatoes at convenient points lin the- ,house, and to provide novel forms of ventilators. y

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of the invention isbetter disclosed, and it will be understood thatv changes within the scope of the claim may be resorted. to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specication, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the house, Fig. 2 is a view taken on the line 2-'2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, Fi 4 is a top plan View.

Re erring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown a store house 1 which preferably consists of a front wall 2, a rear wall3, and side walls 4. The said walls are Yeach formed from anv outer secftion 5 and an inner section 6, and as clearly.

shown upon reference to the drawings, saw-v dust or .other .insulating material is .placed between the sections forming the said walls. The walls' 4 are each provided with a door opening 7 and a door 8, the doors being constructed inthe manner identical to the construction of the walls of the house. A top or floor 9 is provided and consists oi vspaced members 10 and 11 between which is shown sawdust or -'the like 12. The top or ioor 9 is provided with a centrally located lue 13 which opens into the house as clearlyshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the said top or' loo'r is provided with 'a plurality of ventilators-14 which are preferably of rectangular form and are each provided with a top 15, foraminous walls 16, and a hinged door 17. The doors 17 have connected thereto ends of cords or similar flexible elements 18 which are passed over pulleys 19, and the free ends of the said cords or elements are provided with weights 20 adapted to hold the said door 17in closed position. Suitable operatinggcords or the like 21 are connected to the doors 17 and their free ends are connected in a suitable manner to cleats or the like which may be arranged or located at suitable points in the house. It will be seen that upon operating the cords 21 the doors -17 of the ventilators may be conveniently opened to allow the desired quantity of air to enter the house as is obvious.- 'Ihe lower ends of the walls are prei erably mounted upon a concrete or stone foundation as indicated :1t-22.

Spaced beams 23 are located adjacentto the top or Hoor 9 and these beams are connected at their ends to the walls 2.and 3.- Siinilar beams 24fare located at the lower end of the house and are connected at their ends to the walls 2 and 3, and the said beams 23 are connected by vertical uprights 25. Theconstruction is such that the space between the beams forms an aisle, and at each end of the said aisle a door 26 is provided lwhich'may be used as entrance and exitdoors clearlyv shown-in Fig. 2 of the drawings.y

The construction ofthe slats'27 and 28 is such that air chambers 29 are formed-between the walls of the house and the said slats 28 and thus elfects a thorough ventilation. A. series of cleats 30 are secured to the walls 2 and 3, upon their inner faces, and similar cleats-31 are secured to the uprights 25 and to the walls 4 of the house as will be seen upon reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and these cleats are thus 'adapted to support a plurality 'of slatted platforms 32. It will be seen that by provlding the slatted platforms 32 and arranging the same Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

d and disposed between the uprights is of the fan blades 38 upon the shaft, air curbins from falling into the aisle I provideqa plurality of elements 33 adapted to receive sla-ts or the like as will be clearly ,understood.

Beneath the top or floor 9 of the house,

shown a horizontal shaft 34 having one of its ends journaled in a bearing 35 upon the wall 2, and the other end of the said shaft is extended through a bushing 36 carried by the wall 3, and carries a driven pulley 37 which may receive its power by means of any suitable motor. The shaft is provided with a plurality of fan blades 38 arranged or disposed ina manner to deliver air current into the bins or compartments previously described.

In operation, potatoes or vegetables to be treated are placed in the bins, and the doors 17 of the ventilators are opened to the desired extent to permit a freshsupply of air. After the doors of the house have beenv securely closed, the shaft 34 is driven in the manner previously described, and by means rents will be effectively discharged throughout the interior of the house and moisture from the potatoes will be effectively evaporated.

A gable roof 19a is provided and is located directly above the ventilators 14 to protect the same and which has its outer i edges extending beyond the upper ends of I the vertical walls forming the house but in spaced relation thereto so that the proper amount of natural air can be conveyed to the ventilators.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a preserving house of the class specilied, an inclosure having a plurality of bins disposed therein and arranged with respect to each other to form a centrally located aisle, said inclosure having doors at the ends of the aisle, said inclosure having a top por-l tionprovided with a series of ventilators formed of foraminous material and having their upper portions extended above the top of the housing, doors adapted to normally close the lower ends of the ventilators, operatin cords connected with the doors and eX- tendlng into 4the said aisle, a gable roof carried by the inclosure and having portions adj acent to its outer edges disposed in spaced relation to the top of the inclosure, a centrally located flue extending from the roof into the inclosure, and a longitudinally eX- tending fan shaft revolubly connected at its ends with the wall-s of the inclosure at the

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