US980397A - Window-refrigerator. - Google Patents

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T. W. BARRY. WINDOW REFRIGERATOR. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 21, 1909.

Patented Jan. 3 1911.

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THOMAS W. BALE/k1, OF CHICAGO, ILLIN S- WINDOW-REFRIGERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed May 21, 1909. Serial H0. 497,486.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. BARRY, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in \Vindow-Refrigerators, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and economically constructed window refrigerator, that can be easily adjusted and secured in the frame of the window of a pantry or other room in such manner as to keep out flies and other insects; which can be opened only by raising the lower sash, and yet does not interfere with the movements of the same, and which is practically dust proof and rain proof while permitting the free circulation of air therethrough. This I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described, andas particularly pointed out in the claims. I

In the drawings :jF igure 1 is a perspec tive View of my invention showing the door open. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof taken on line 22, Fig. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section.

My invention consists of a rectangular or the front or inner vertical side of this casing, A, are headed by rolling said edges out Ward around a heavy wire, and the endwalls are connected by cross-strips or rails b, 0," about an inch, say, back from the vertical plane of said beaded edges (1. The lower rail 6, is, preferably, made by taking a strip of sheet metal of sufficient width; seaming one edge of it around the heavy Wire used as a filler for the lower edge a of the casing; then bending it back upon the bottom of the casing a short distance, and then bending it vertically a short distance and seaming'its upper edge. The upper rail, 0, consists of a transverse strip or bar of metal that connects the sides of the casing at points back from the forward beaded edges thereof, in the same vertical plane as the vertical portion of the lower rail. The interior of this casing is divided into an upper and lower compartment by a floor B, consisting, preferably, of

a sheet metal plate, whose flanged edges are soldered or otherwise suitably fastened to the vertical walls of thetogthe inner surface of the upper raihfnear the lower edge thereof. I The lowercompartment is 01 38861 in front'b a door C, the lower .edge

of which is hinge to theupper, edge of the lower rail, Z), and which is 'heldlfclosed bya spring bolt (Z, secured to theouter'surface of the center of lengthof theup ipriedgeof said door, and en aging asl'iita mee m anmn socket e suita 1y secured to thejup er rail.

The upper compartment'is likewise'fc osedjby a door D, the lower edge of which .is hinged to the upper edge of the upper raihfand this upper door also has a spring-bolt, secured to the center of length of its upper portion,

which is adapted to engage an opening or'recess f in the overhanging upperffro'nt ed'ge of the casing. As seen in thediawil gsjthese upper and lower doors preferably'ha ii dftt edges X of sufficient width to' nug1y against the portions of the sidefan'dftop walls of the casing that extend-"beyond; the

vertical plane of the front-man heretofore described. This is done by bending the edges of the doors laterally at right anglesto'themi selves and then outwardly again irrlafplane parallel to the main portion'of the' door, so

as to form a substantially'L-shaped' seat;

The portion of the outer fiange'ne'arest the pivotal hinge for the door is cut away at each end of the door, so as to form shoulders 00, which latter, when the door is opened, are adapted to abut against the projecting edges of the side-walls, as will be readily understood..

In order to provide for the ventilation of my improved refrigerator, I make a horizontal series of openings 9 in the upper por-. tion of the rear wall of the u-pper'chamber, and also a series of openings h, I, in the upper portion of each side-wall thereof, and I make a series of ventilation openings j, j, in each side wall of the lower chamberfsubstantially as shown in the drawings. These I ventilation openings are respectively closed by screens G and H and J, that, preferably,

consist of a strip of fine and a strip of coarse said" screens and in which said screens can v be slid in or out. The strips 70 for the rear openings 9 being, preferably, on the outside,

and the others on the inside of the Walls.

I prefer to make the roof of the refrigerator incline outward and have eaves that overhang the outer-wall of the casing, and

near the front or inner beaded edge, I'secure a transverse bar, K, of metal, the ends m of which extend beyond the sides of the casing slightly and are upturned as shown, and provi ed with screw openings. When the refrigerator is set in the window properly it will rest upon the sill of the window-frame,

and be secured thereto by screws inserted through openings I, I, in the lower inner projecting edge, and the ends of the bar K will be inserted in the lower portion of the runway for the upper sash of the window, and the bar lowered until it rests upon the roof of the casing, as shown, and then be secured thereto by one or more screws 12, and then'the ends of the bar K secured to the Window-frame by screws inserted through .its 'ends' extended beyond the end walls thereof and adapted to be secured to the frame of a window.

2. A window refrigerator comprising a rectangular casing divided into compartments, the front wall of said casing being partly cut-away and the forward. edges .Of the sidewalls projecting beyond the plane of said front-wall, and a door closing said cut-away portion and prm'ided with flared edges that engage the projecting edges of the side-walls, a portion of the flared edge on each side of said door nearest its hinge being dis-placed to form shoulders that abut against the adjacent projecting edges of the side-walls when said door is opened.

3. A window refrigerator comprising a rectangular casing divided into compart ments, the front wall of said casing being partly cut-away and the forward edges of the side-walls projecting beyond the plane of said front wall, a door closing said cutaway portions and provided with flared edges that engage the projecting edges of the side-walls, a portion of the flared edge on each side of said door nearest its hinge being displaced to form shoulders that abut against the adjacent projecting edges of the side-walls when said door is opened, and a longitudinalh disposed bar secured to the top of the casing and having a lateral projection at each end adapted to be secured to the frame of the window.

In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of May 1909.

THOMAS V. BARRY.

Witnesses:

M. E. MARTIN, E. LUNIJY.

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