Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-11
iCELESS ICE BOX.
Refrigerator Operated BY Electric|
Is the Verv Newest Wrinkle.

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The electrical ice box is on its y
and the time is surely coming WI
the iceman will cease to CALM
the pressure of a finger will furf
low temperatures for the refrigertf
The new ice plant for the IN
looks akin to the ordinary refrige1F
being about the same size and s3s
But, instead of the iceman droHe
huge hunks of ice into its interiof
SO much hunk, a small electric h
tor will drive small ammoniaf
plant and circulate brine throua
series of refrigerator pipes.
IN the City of New York over 81
600 tons of ice are used every "A
and throughout the entire countrf'
has grown to be . daily necessity n
ing the hot months. 1t is estinfa
that it takes 35,0O0,000 tons of iJt
supply the people of the United S9a
during the year. Only a few NJ
in the Southern States. where ice r.
practically unknown. the crystals y
to be shipped in at a high cost. p
dav artificial ice can be made alp
as cheaply as natural ice. In the p
of Cincinnati 80 per cent. Of th4c
used today is manufactured.
Many of the large apartments II
hotels in this country maintain prate
ice plants, or refrigcrators, Wsl
amount to the same thing. A s4ll
motor circulates the brine and p
monia gas, and the temperatures
the refrigerator is controlled auteftr
ical!y.
The new refrigerator is operatcf
electricity In place of ice a COPS
LIQUID" is circulated by a small mq'
driven pump. The scheme for ~
ing the refrigerator cool is the n
as is used to make artificial ice. N
the motor-driven pump ammonia n
is compressed to the point at VIZ
the gas liquefies for pure amnYH
is a gas) and the heat gencrate4
this compression is extracted WIN r
ter jackets. This liqueiied gas is r
Quoted to the cooler through pipcE
allowed to expand in coil. OF coy
as the gas expands it absorbs Ju1N
much heat from its surroundings
was generated in COMPRISING Il.
lowers the temperature OF the my
nearly to the freezing point. FrohIr
expansion coil the gas is coiiaqF
back to tile compressor ready iOrE
other cycle.
The beauty OF the electric rcirF
ator is that it works absolutely
matically and with the perfecuo{u
economy. When the temperature
the ice box" rises above ceIn
point tiny electric device startsft
electric motor. which circuates y
cooling liquid. As soon as the n
peraturc drops to The desireu
the same device. called a therinoE
stops the motor. The automauc
vices control the apparatus inaen
ly. and there is no waste OF eIe1
power. So simple is the new relri
ator that it requires practically NJ
tention except an occasional Dump
the electric motor and the conlptf
in many cases the amount 1oih
spent for ice would pay for rue
refrigerator, and the amount saNe1
keeping vegetables. meat. mix
other things in the ice box VIII ~
than compensate for the cost OF
ing a private ice plant
The iceless ice box has been suco
fully used for some time IN ny
meat markets, fruitstores. creanie
ard in wholesale and retail vi
where perishable goods are han
Now it is to be made in sizes sun
for the home Electrical News.
a New England girl ears 9l
month growing popcorn. and Ma1