USRE3252E - Building fob peeseeving feuits and othee substances - Google Patents

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'B. M. NYOE. BUILDING FOR PRESERVING FRUITS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES.

- Reissued Jan. 5, 1869 2 SheetsSheet 2.

- B. M. NYGE. BUILDING FOR PRESERVING FRUITS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES.

Reissued Jan. 5, 1869.

Wiinemw BENJAMIN MARKLEY 'NYCE, OF CLEVELAND, IOIHI'O. Letters Patent No. 31,734, dated March 19, 1861; reissue No. 3,252, dated January 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT Hf IjBUILDIIdGB FOR PRESERVIHG- FRUITS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES.

The Schedule referred to in those Latter! Potent and. making part of the same To allwho'm it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN MARKLEY Nrcn, of

. Cleveland, in the county of Onyahoga, State of Ohio,

formerly of Kingston, Indiana, having invented new and useful Improvements in Houses for Preserving Fruits, Meals, and other organic matter of a perishable nature, and peculiarly adapted to the successful brewing and keeping of lager-beer, do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in whichgm 1 is a perspective vertical section of my improved house.

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Figure 3, a longitudinal section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

This is an improvement in preserving and refrigerating-receptacles fof perishable substances; and The invention consists in- First, the mode of supporting and insulati the ice, to secure the most eo1np1ete,-equablc, and un orm chill to the receptacle.

Second, a peculiar ice-reservoir. v

Third, an entrance-chamber or vestibule.

Fourth, an arrangement of absorbent-vessels.

Filth, a provision to determine excess of moisture.

The ground-surface A, enclosed by walls B, should be coated with a durable and impervious substance, 0, like pitch or cement, to exclude moisture.

, Upon such coating should be spread about three and a half feet of chafi', D, upon which lay joists, E,

form of insulating-cover to the to support a vapor-proof floor, F, of wood, metal, or cement, which will exclude odor from beneath and moist ure from above. v i

The double enclosing -walls must. be practically air and heat-tight, and may be made as follows:

G and G are outer and inner frame-works of scantling, sheathed with sl 1eetmetal,I I','the joints secured by solder, overlapping and nailing, or otherwise.

Sheet-metal gas-tight partitions will subdivide the receptacle, so that different articles will be unaffected by the odor of other articles.

The annular space G and G is packed with chafi', or other non-conductor, and also the doors K K.

L L are supporting-beams of ice-reservoir N.

On these beams are laid joists, l, by bevelling or making pointed the upper edges of which, ice-floor M, resting thereon, will have increased surface-exposure, in proportion to the fineness of the bevel, and the chill therefrom will be equable at all poiuts-the more so if the edges are'metal-covered.

In this way uniformity of melting of ice is secured, and disproportionate pressure on any one part of floor M avoided.

Blocks, 0', of wood, metal, or other material, may

usedjn place of the joists-metalfor the higher pura of refrigeration; poorer conductors,as less refrigT y oration is desired.

. Ice-floor M is made of galvanized zincked iron, de-

scending slightly to vcntages, m, for the melted ice.

0 is a. board covering for the ice, supporting a tarpaulin diaphragmfl.

RAB. arecords, depending from roof Q, by whicn to lower the cover asthe ice melts.

'1 is an atmospheric agitator, operated by windmill W, to bring air in contact with the aqueous and .sep-

tic gases.

U U are shallow troughs, slightly inclined, to contain chloride of calcium, to absorb moisture, which is caught byvessel Q.

V are pans for charcoal, orother antiseptic substance. I

H'H are shelves. 4

W is a vestibule, containing coil X and tank 2, to receive the ice meltings. Its temperature may be varied by opening or closing faucet a.

'Y is a; double window, closed by a thick non-conducting shutter, Y.

To determine the exact hygrometric condition of the air, I employ a bent beam, 3, poised on fulcrum 4, and having at one end cup 5, containing a solution of chlo ride of calcium, and atits other end pointer 6, which, as the cup-rises or falls, indicates on scale! the slightest change of moisture.

A receptacle thus constructed and provided will maintain an even temperature throughout the year, as low as 34, with perfect freedom from dampness.

It is obvious that there are purposes to whichthese improvements are applicable that do not require cold as excessive, or atmosphere as dry, as to preserve fruit through successive seasons. For example, to preserve lager-beer, a temperature of 46 will answer, 43 being the best temperature to insure the slow and even chemical changes necessary during its two weeks of fermentation-a necessity which has heretofore closed almost all the breweries of the world from June to September.

For all such purposes the strict conditions herein stated may be modified, precisely as. greater or less cold or dryness is desired. If moisture is not detrimental, leave out the absorbents. If a uniform temperature of 40 will suffice, the walls may be less perfect, and the instructionsfor insulating the metal ice-floorlessrigidly adhered to.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An'insulated house, constructed substantially as and for the purposes described, having anice-reservoir above, and separated from it by an air-tight metallic oor.

2. The combination of vestibule W, furnished, as described, with a house so insulated and cooled.

3. The use, in such a house, of a hygrometer, constructed substantially as explained. v

BENJAMIN MABKLEY HYDE.

Witnesses:

S. J Gonnox, G10. H. Gonnnss.

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