US980697A - Refrigerator and water-cooler. - Google Patents

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W.' A. STEPHENSON. RBPRIGERATOB. AND WATER COOLER.

, APPLICATION FILED 11116.20, 1909.

Patented .121113, 1911.

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W. A. STEPHENSON. y) REFRIGERATOR AND WATER COOLER.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 20,1909.

989,697., Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

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WILLIAM A. STEPHENSN, OF MINDEN, LOUISIANA.

nnrnrennnron Ann WATER-COOLER.

specification of Letters'ratent. Application led August 20, 1909. Serial No. 513,812.

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` ot this class in which the ice shall be supe through which ported upon a coil of pi or the purpose of water may be conducted cooling the same.

Further objects' of the invention are to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of sim plicity, durability and general eiiiciency.

With these and other ends in View which Y will readily appear as the nature of the 1nfrigerator comprises the bottom vention is better understood, the Same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parte which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly po'nted out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawingshas been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; 1t being however understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise `structural details therein exhibited, but/that changes, alterations and modifications .within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a refrigerator and water cooler constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on a plane approximately at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a horizontal sectional view taken on Vthe plane indicated by the line 3-3 in Fig. 1. iig. 4 isa sectional detail view taken on the plane indicated by the line fe- 4in Fig. 1. lig. 5 is a detail view in elevationof the ventilator showing the same open and closed.

Correspondinfr arts in the several tigures are denoted by li re characters of reference.

The box or casing of the improved re- G, the front wall 7, the bac wall 8, the side walls 9-79 and the top 10 each of which is composed in thel usual manner of an inner sheathing and an outer sheathing B spaced apart by apertured cleats C to leave` an intermediate air space D which however may he filled with packing of any' suitable character that is4 a lpoor conductor of heat, a horizontal artition 10 divides the interior of the casf mg into a lower compartment or provision chamber 11 and an upper compartment or ice` chamber 12. The provision chamber is accessible through a door 13 in Jfront4 and the ice compartment is 'accessible throuvh an end door 14 upon one of1 the side wal s 9.

vThe back wall of the provision'chamber is formed by a partition 15 which is'separated from the back wall 8 of the casing by a space 16, open at both ends at its upper end with the ice compartment .12; secured upon the inner face of the back wall 8, below the partition 15 is a lgutter or. trough 17 dlscharging at, one end into the drip pipe 18 that extends through the bottom 6 of the casing.

The front Wall ot the ice compartment is formed byapartition 19 which is separated from the front wall of the casing by a space 20 communicating at its lower end with the provision chamber. The bottom of the ice compartment, which is formed by the partition 10 supports' a corrugated sheet metal plate 21 upon which is placed a crate-like structure F consisting of a continuous pipe' which is coiled or made up of a plurality of sections to form a lining for the bottom. the front and rear ice' compartment, l.the end registering with the door 14 being left open for the admission of ice. One end ot the coil or cratelike structure FeXtends through the top wall of the casing 4for the intake of water trom any suitable source, such as the city water supply or a suitably located' tank;

the o posite endof the coil extends through the rontwall of the casing; as shown at 22 and is provided with a discharge :taucet 23 adjacent to which a drinking cup 24 may 'be placed upon'a suitable support 25.

A vent tube` 26 extending through the 'front wall 7` of the casing connects the space? 20, which is anupward extension of the proand communicating walls and one end of the icc vision chamber, with the outer atmosphere for the esca e of stale odors, the front of said vent tuibe being provided with a cap 27 whereby said tube may bepartly or env tirely obstructed;` al smaller ing through the n 19A connects the partitib ice compartment with the vent tube 26, thus tube 28, extend- 'to "hrw/ent, mp0 frolu condensing; nte- :rivoliy upon. tho n lis of the refrgora tor.

From the :foregoingdescription tolzoio in commotion with tho drawings' hereto aunexe. the operation mtl advzmtagces of this nvontoh will he readily 'onoorrstoocl lo@ placed. upon the crate-like, coil or- Structure in tho loe compartment will serve to lower the temperatur@ in. the casing; of tho refrig- @rotor or l also to reduce the temperatur@ of waiter pasrzlnoj through theI coll by means of 'the fouet tlm urovdlnff :1t all timos puro and Cold water unooutaminoteffl vhy odors from 'tho provi ons within the refrigerator. lho or w' 1in the ylottr will he agtotofl ohc. kept ih motion hot only' hy the 'reduction o ten'lpornturo in tho upper'port of 'the stimo be hut, olro by ,the drippngs reoul'tng from 'the me ting of the ico which flrop through the space 1G into the guitar YIll" honig lrom thence dilsohargod through the wast@ pip@ lt?.

The gshorol cohstruchoh 1s Sm'aple 21ml inexpensive, :mtl thoroughly ollcleht .tor the purpose?, for which it l,- rortloal.

Having thus descrhul tho invention.y wlmi; claimed S=- ln L refrigerator, u Casing haring n hol-'r zontol 'partition dividing Suid Casing into o proy'slon chamber 21ml an ice Compartment,

`d "vertical partition colmootecl at its upper und with tho horizontal partition :md separated from the casing by :1 space o011'1mm1- eating withv the ice Compartmente menno-for collecting and dsol'mrgng'drippings from the ice compartment through said space, an upright partition connected at its lower owl with the horizontal partition and 'separated from the casing' by' a space oonumu'coting A with the provision chamber, fr vulvod vont tube connecting Said Spoof? with the outer atmosphere, and a Smaller tubo @xtonfling 'through the upright partition and Connecting" the ice compartment with 'the Vont tube.

lh testimony whereof l aflx my Signature in presence of' two witnesses.

y WILLIAM A. STEPHENSUN.

lVtnesses:

L. l?. WHEN, J, B. SAMU-mun.

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