US995495A - Refrigerator. - Google Patents

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C. D. STOLL.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 001125, 1909.

Patented June 20, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I Patq gtefi J ng 2& 193.3,

I Application filed fictober 25, 1909. serial NcLBQQAEe.

To allwhom time concern;- j

Be it known that l, Genus D. S'roLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas Gity, in thecounty of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of which the tollowing'is a specification. v My invention relates to, improvements in refrigerators. The object of my invent-ion is toprovide a refrigerator which may be readily cleaned and in which the temperature maybe retained at a low degres'with the consumptionof a relatively small amount of ice.

Another object of my invention is to ,provide a water cooling arrangement in connection with the refrigerator, by which a plentitul supply or" cold drinking water may be provided.

Gther novel. features of my invention are,

hereinafter fully described and claimed. n

in the accompanying drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my invention-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the door of the refrigerator open and i the two drawers partly removed: Fig. 2 is acentralg, vertica sectional view of the retrigerator. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on thedot'ted line ab of Fig.

2. Fig. dis a horizontal sectional viewer; the dotted line c-rZ ot'l lg. 2.

Similar characters of reference denotesimilar views.

1 denotes the casing or body of the retively withtwo side openingsi-B and i. The

opening 3 is normally closed by means of a door 5. Tnthe opening 4 are two drawers 6 and 7, horizontally slidable one above the other, the forward ends of said drawers, when the drawers are in the closed position, closing the opening a. The drawer 6 is an ice receptacle, preferably provided with a perforate bottom, and having the side which is adjacent to the perforate partition 2, provided with aplurality of perforations 8' for the passage of air. The ice receptacle 6 is disposedso that water produced by melting ice will be discharged into the lower drawer or water receptacle 7. The water receptacle 7 is provided in one side with two openings 9 and 10, disposed one above the other. By placing a coil? or similar closure 11, in the opening 9, the depth of water in the drawer 7 may be in- .creased, the overflow, when the closure 11 to is employed, passing through the perforation 10. In Fig. 2 the closure 11 is shown mounted in the perforation 9. In the drawer 7- is removably mounted a tray 12 having a perforated bottom disposed prefas erably above the perforation 9. The ice receptacle or drawer 6 is slidably supported upon guides 1,3,shown in Fig. 2, supported upon the inner vertical walls of the casing 1. Similar horizontal guides 14 may be Q provided on the bottom of the casing chamber for supporting and guiding the drawer 7. That portion of the bottom of the cas-- ing chamber which is below the drawer inclines, as shown in Fig. 4, from three verti 75 cal sides towardthe middle of the chamber. Said inclined portion is denoted by 15. The bottom of the casing chamber is provided at its center with an inverted cup-shaped portionilfi, one.. vertical gwall of which, as 32 shown in Fig. 2 ,-'is' provided with a perforation 1?, adapted to receive therethrough. water which collects on the inclined portion 15. A discharge pipe 18, extends'vertically through the bottom of the casing 1 and has its upper end located in the cup-shaped portion 16 at a level higher than the perforation 17.' it. trap is thus. formed which permits, water to pass out but'prevents air from passing in through the pipe 18.

A water conductor 19 extends vertically "through the upper end of the casingi and outside of the casing is provided with a flaring mouth 20 adapted to receive therein the lower end of an inverted jug or bottle $5 21. The conductor 19 is provided preferably with asinuously formed portion comprising a horizontal coil 22, which is dis posed intermediate the drawers 6 and 7 and in position to have discharged thereon water 1 produced by ice meltingin the drawer 6.

The lower end of the-conductor 19 extends horizontally through the front wall of the casing 1 and is provided outside said casing with a suitable draw-0d cook 23. The con ductor 19 is made'preferably of soft metal,- like tin, and it may he supported by means of a perforate tray 2%, which is horizontally slidable in and out of the opening 4 and rests upon lugs 25 provided in the casing 1.

in the compartment provided with the opening 3, are a plurality of removable, per- .forate shelves 26 disposed one above the other andsupported upon suitable lugs 27 which are provided upon the inner walls of the casing 1.

By employing a perforate partition 2, perforate shelves 26, and the me receptacle 6 with a perforate side, the air in the chamber is free to circulate .in contact with the ice. I

The tray 12 may be employed to contain lettuce or other vegetables upon which ice water will constantly drip. In the water contained in the drawer 7 may placed bottles or si'milararticles.

To place ice in the refrigerator it is but necessary topull out the drawer 6 and deposit the ice therein. With such an arrangement for containing the ice the ordinary hinged lid of the refrigerator is eliminated. It will be understood that the cork or closure 11 is ordinarily to be removed when the tray 12is employed for supporting vege,

tables. The use of such closure, however,

7 is optional.

To obtain a supply of cold water it is but necessary to invertan open jug or bottle 21, containing water, and place the lower end of said jug or bottle in the mouth 20 of the conductor 19. Upon opening the cock 23 water will flow from the bottle 21- into the conductor 19. The water in passing through the coil 22, will be cooled owing to the water produced by the meltingice dripping upon said coil.

When the refrigeratoris to be cleaned the partition-2, shelves 26 and 24, and drawers 6 and 7 may be removed, thereby iving free access to the interior of the refrigera- .tor chamber."

Modifications of my invention, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what ent is o i H 1. In a refrigerator, the combination with a casing having '-'a' compartment with an .I claim and desi' e to secure by Letters Patopening at one side, of two drawers horizontally slidable one above the other in said opening, the upper drawer havi a perforate bottom and adapted'to contain ice and disposed so that the melting ice will discharge intothe lower drawer, the lower drawer having in its upper part a tray with a perforate bottom, the lower drawer being adapted to'contain water and having means by which the level of lwater in the lower bottom disposed so that the water from melting ice will be discharged into said tray. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribingwitnesses; i

'CORUS D. STOLL. Witnesses:

E; B. Hoosn, J. C. Inwm. I

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