US1677454A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

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t In 2 m j a -L h my v q m Q V 4 1. L. JONES REFIAIIVGERA'IOR Filed Aug. 19, 1927 July 17, 1928.

July '17,- 1928. 1,677,454

- 1 J. L. JONES REFRIGERATOR Filed A 19, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTO R Patented July 17, 1928.

NITE STATE JOSIAH I1. ONES, OE'ST.

, W eA-TE f Q FNJE EETERSBU-RG; FLORIDA.

EBIGEMTOB.

Application file djnugfiust' 19,1327, 7 Serial No. 214,139.

This invention relates to improvements in refrigerators generally, and more particularly to. a'combined ater cooler and storage compartment type of such refrigerators. The principal object of the invention is to providefor a refrigerator ofthe type afore sa ,v ando o n xt mely mp e and comparatively inexpensive arrangement and is per me t empartmen s f, t e r r f Q GO v 7 A oth r bj ct of the. en n, s to P 7 vlde for a refrigerator as hereinbef-ore characteriz 'ed, and one wherein a central ice containing compartment isplfovided to completely house the icesupply, and is Without a, drain s0 thatthe ater from the melted i e is r i ed f ink n eurp es, W i e he s orage omp r me ts ar se d Stuffs and th,e;like are-disposed about the ice co partm n o be ep edi y; he r ircnlationwithin each storage compartment,

e airei g ec ed ee n lt t unieeket d, :Or u ula' e i Wa s-9 he l ce. Cont in or compartment. Y I f j A further object oi the, invention is to. P i et r. a re r ger or i h la e t-1t and J ne. here a means pr vid d in the ice container or compartment tofacilitatefthe lowering V of the ice supply, Within he sam in aeeasyf a gentl mann s h P nt n ury 0 demaea e th ide an bottom Walls of the container or compart meet such! s wo ild o herw se ke y: c'wr eh d h ireha leto be on i y-:m m dropped 11 msu oiitedposinm i l iQ h m jeQt o the-il ve on sfiqpr vid-e" for arefrigerator; wherein the several f ete egecomp rtm o ed ba e n-v div ual irs rc at g. cu ent Q'Ql d. by entae v h, adja n mann th i e @011- tamer Q par me t nd; i ewhie l i tnet, tua y c me n me with th 108. i A Withhe er goi eeml ther qua ly port ntl .bi s and a ree eg fi View, the invention resides. in,- the certain new and usef l cemb nat n, n titution, and. ar

rangernent of parts as will be hereinafter more fiully described, set forth in the ap pended claim,and'illustrated in. the accor npanying'drawingin which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 2 is a horizont lsection. takenon h line -2 Qf gure l. 1 v c Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line of Figure. 1,

"'F'gure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section ak n on he i 'e fE s.1 re 2 em Figure 5 is a similar section of aslightly modified forlnof the same.

Re e r ne: t he d awin her i l lar character-sot referencetdsignate correspend ng. parts throughout theseveral v ews trereof, and more particularly. to Flgul es 1 to: 45 inclusive; the preferred embodiment of the refrigerator as shown therein comprises a a Q net fo m d ffen. Que shell 0, andv an inner shell 11, having its several Walls spaced ,equidistantly from and. parallel to the opposed complemental wallsofthe outer shell 10 to provide a dead air space be e h v same nd, i des re th s dead air pa e mayb led w th a u ua i ea fm c ldi nsula i g nae-e 1 11 a min r wal of- 118 nn'e i h ll s ay beTQPPQ lit inclined; to provide the slopingiportionls v1 2 g ll (1 12 the downward slope.of each portion b ng-t e dfthe tr nsverse cent r f h eas 0rv cabinet, "f r purposes 01 wh n after. l o te ully xp ined Locatecl' centrall hleet on i he epppsi ely lopin wellse this; b'ot tom: 1 5 rest on the transverse center e o thebe tem W l Qt e. inner sh l. a

d finedby he eie t ne pa nt Of he webs t M -7 9PingP9 -UDD 12 and 2" i h a ter- Th a-piper open e of t f ce q le file t 1. ar me t- 1 exte dsmto an pening.

s rranged. o, Sung/ Y e t he ppe .ep el n bf the, ic e ntam r erqemp nept, 1,5,,s11l2 tantia y ssh nm, ormed-on ithin-the shell 1, and di inethesame into W oppo e yj dis ose e age mra tm nts whe "isr i er ee e ent iee or c r m n 15, whj'cl "t a l y IfQ 'iI- QdJiI fi iQ tQP f'th a ing 50 abine w th' ltopedgedisppsedlfiu h in h plan 'o i he 9p ur p f he P'PG i or, Wal .Qi'th ou e 51161110; n a r tight cl sur the vertical centers of the front and rear walls of the ice container-or compartment are outwardly disposed substantially V-- shaped ridges 17, which snugly contact the opposed surfaces of the front and rear walls of the inner shell 11,.whereby, with the ridge of the V-shaped bottom 15 contacting the N bottom wall of the latter,'a-ll communication between the two storagecompartments 13 and 14; at either side of the ice container or compartment 151s cut ea or otherwise prevented, and these storage compartments 13 and 14 are rendered substantially air-tight; An outlet 18 is provided at the lowermost part of theforward end of the V-shaped bottom of the ice container or compartment l3," and thisoutlet 18is extended through produced by themelting of ice contained in the front walls of the inner andouter shells and for the attachmentlto the same of a spigot 18 .forthe drawing off of the water,

1 E13 and 14.

'1, Suitable openings will provided in the front walls of the outer. and inner. shells 10 .agd lfl for each jofthe' 's'torage compartments and 1 4, and these openings will benorjmauy ie ed by hinged closures or doors 119 dpor l iltl, 20. will be providedwithiusual and.20,1:re5pectively. Also, each closure 'or j jogmsof clamping latch devicesfll, whereby thesame'will be sustained in substantially a rt t closing engageme t in {the Openings aforesaid. H

it Theinterior arrangementof each of. the

' storage'compartments 13and14willbfe the same, and each has disposed therein a ver-' tical air deflector wall aa xtending transversel'y ofthe-same in parallel relation to the opposed wall of the icev container or'compartment 15, and in a manner, to provide a I restricted air circulatingpassageway there'- between. ;The'1ower end of this wall 22;is

ffoffthe she'llgll, and itsjto terminated above the bottom wall portion 12 p p endjbelow the top wall ofthe, latter. a A orizontally disosed air deflector wall 23 is extended in ""ht'angular relation outward from the top ge. of the verticaldeflectorqwall 221m spaced.parallel relation to the top wall of t einner shell 11,.and has its outer or free end terminating in spaced relation from the op 'osed end fwall of thein'ner shell "11.

Su table shelves 24' 'will be removably supported one above the other on pairs of oppo sitely disposed members or brackets 25, which are attached to the vertical air def flector'wall22 and the-opposed end wall of the inner shell 11. These shelves 241: are preferably reticulated in a manner to facilitate the free circulation of air upwardly through the same. The members or brackets 25 are preferably formed from. suitable lengths. of angle iron; as shown.

In the use of this form of the invention,

the case or cabinet mayhave its bottom side provided with a supporting frame 26, which may be, n turn,' seated on a supporting stand or table 27, as shown in Figure 1, whereby ready access will be had to" the spigot 18'.

Ice will beplac'ed. withimthe container or central co1'npartment" 15 through the topopening by the removal of the-cover .16;fo1" thefpurpose, Inthe case of ablock of ice being employed,the same may be lowered in to-the eontai ner' or central compartment ,15

with the usual ice tongs (not shown) the engaged portions of the tongs having "free movement in the oppositely disposed channels formed at'thein'ner sides of the front and rear walls of the icecontainer or "compartment 15'by the vertical ridges 17 for the purpose, suflici'ent clearance being provided by the channels to ermit of the withdrawing oitli e. tongs a ter the icefhas come to rest on the-oppos tely sloping walls forming the bottom oif'thecont'ainer or. compartment.

As theoppositeside and bottom, walls of the icefcontainer or compartment 15'become cool,

warnia'ir at thebottom of each storage compartment13 and will risethrough the openingsfin 'thefseveral shelves Qt'to the.

upper part of the l a-tt'er, and will passaround Qthe free end; edge ofthe horizontal deflector walls 23, and enter the passagewaysfformed betweenthe same and the top wall'of the in- "ner shell 11, and'i'r'om thence will pass downwardly of the, passageways formed be-' tween the vertical deflectorwalls22 and the Opp "Walls of the ice" chanib'er 1.5.1" I passin {down the vertical passagewaygjth air will be cooled by contact with the unjacketed or unins'ulated sidewalls of the ice chamber l5, and will discharge into the lower side oftlie storage compartments and l l'aroundthe bottom edge of the vertical deflector wall '22. 'As the'iice melts within the n ehan' ber 15,; the water fromithe same will gather inthe botton1' of the latter, and 'may. be drawn ofi-asdesired from the 1-spigotf18' I Hill Liquids spilled in either of the storage com 1 partments 13am" 14, or moisture 'Iresulting j fromjeondensation willfgather. at the lower "ends'of the sloping bottom walls 12mm 12', of the compartments, and maybe drained oft at will throughtvalved outlets28.

, In the modified formfof the inventiomas shownlin jEigure 5',"the case' 'or cabinet is similarly fori'n'ed to give greater storagecw pacity to the storage compartments 13 and 14 and in this instance, the outer shell 10*" ing portions 12 and 12 The top edge of this partition wall 27 seats on the same, the lower connected ends of the oppositely sloping walls of the bottom 15 of the ice chamber 15", so that the partition wall 27 and the ice chamber 15 with the V-shaped bottom 15 of the latter, divide the interior of the inner shell 11 into the two oppositely disposed storage compartments 13 and 14". The ice chamber 15 has its upper open end normally closed by the cover 16*, and is formed with the outstanding V-shaped verti-- cal ridges 17 after the manner in the first instance of the invention. The air deflector walls 22 and 23* are arranged in the same manner to effect a circulation of the air in each compartment as hereinbefore explained. Additional shelves 24* are provided in the lower portion of. each compart moisture from the oppositely sloping portions 12 and 12 of the bottom wall of the inner shell 11*. The case or cabinet will be provided with a suitable supporting base 26 a,

Vithout further description, it is thought that the features and advantages of the in-' vention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention'or its scope as claimed.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what is claimed is:

A refrigerator comprising an outer'case of standard construction, an uninsulated ice chamber disposed centrally of said casing in such a manner that said ice chamber formsa practical airtight partition dividing said easing into two oppositely disposed storage compartments, said ice chamberinsertable inwardly of an opening in the top of said casing, fitted snugly and made fast thereto, a closure for said opening, a faucet attached to the lower part of said ice chamber and extending through the front walls of said casing, said ice chamber having along the vertical centers of its front and rear walls channels formed to extend outwardly of said ice chamber to provide a clearance for the passage of ice-hooks therein to facilitate the placing of ice within the container without injury to same.

JOSIAH L. JONES.

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