US455891A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

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lNvENTon Patented July 14, 1891.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 455,891, dated July 14, 1891.

Application led September 23, 1890. Serial No. 365 ,895. (No model.)`

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN STANARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others 'skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in refrigeratorsgand it consists in certain novel arrangements and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, yand finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

In the accompanying two sheets of drawings, in which similar letters of reference are employedto indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure l is afront elevation of my refrigerator, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are cross-sections taken on lines y and fr, 'respectively, in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a top view of the same. y

In said views, aV indicates the body portion of the refrigerator, which, as will be seen from Figs. 2, 3, and 4l, is divided on one side into compartments or chambers a and CL2. The chamber a" is provided with any number of shelves of any desirable construction, and directly beneath this chamber is arranged the ice-chamber a2, while below the same is a smaller chamber or space a3 adapted to catch the drip from the ice, having an inclined bottom a4, provided with an outlet-pipe c5 in the bottom thereof. Said chambers are formed by partitions or dividing walls a and a?, having perforations 0,8 therein, one of said partitions, as a7, forming a passage or duct a, for the cold air from the ice-chamber. To the left of said chamber, as shown in Fig. 2, is a small chamber b, separated by a partition or wall b from a chamber c formed above cham;

duct communicates with chamber b by meansA of perforations b2 and with chamber c by means of perfor-ations c3, as shown.

Within the chamber c is arranged a waterreceptacle d, preferably of earthenware, having a faucet CZ', and a filter-cradle d2, provided with charcoal-dust and fine gravel or other filtering material. A door (Z3 is placed in the top of the body portion, which can be opened for pouring water in thereceptacle d and for ren-loving the latter from chamber c, if desirable.

As will be seen from Figs. 2 and 4, the icechamber (t2 has a hinged door am, andin front of the same in the front side of the refrigerator is a door all. Chamber a is provided with a suitable door (L12, and chamber?) with a door b3. The chamber cf is adapted for use for bottles-such as wine or liquor bottles-over which the drip passes, keeping them perfectly cool. It will be seen that the doorv @12 can be opened at any time to remove the bottles without necessitating the opening of the icechamber, and thereby losing the effect from the cold air. n

The'advantages of the cold-air ducts and perforations will be evident, as thereby a constant circulation of air is maintained through the several chambers, and the water for drinking purposes in the receptacle d is always kept cool.

The compartments a and b are intended more especially for the reception of articles of food.

As will be seen from Fig. 4, the lower side of the chamber d2 is provided with a grated bottom made up of peculiar-shaped bars e, which bars are narrower at the top than at the bottom. Consequently the space intervening between any two bars at the bottom is much smaller than the space between the same bars at the top. Hence when a large cake of ice is forcibly. placed upon the bars e forming the icegrate and pieces of ice suliiciently large to break the glass bottles placed beneath the grate should become detached, said pieces will be retained between the bars, and there is no danger of accidentally breaking any of the bottles.

Of course it will be understood that the arrangement ofthe chambers ct and a2 may be reversed, the ice-chamber being placed above and a drip-tube extending down through duct ce" leading out from the bottom of the refrig` TOO eratot. The other chambers may also be dit' rated therefrom by a partition 7J', and a'J wetterA ferentiy arranged, if desirable. cooler CZ in said chamber c', provided with a Having thus described my invention, whetI faucet d', as and for the purposes set forth. I claim is- In testimony that I claim the invention set 15 5 In a refrigerator, the combination, with the forth above I have hereunto set my hand this ice-chamber a2, provided with an ice-grate 20th day of September, 1890.

made up of bars e as set fortlnand a door for 1 Said chamber, pivoted at the bottom, of a JOHN SrlANARD' Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, WM. H. CAMFIELD, J r.

ohzunber b, separated from the ice-chamber by 1o a partition ab, having perforations a8, ai channber c, directly above said chamber b and sepa-

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