Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-03

Davis returned from Chicago and for
the first time since the spring Of 1913
ne invited ana welcomed companion
ship
Hui the Francis Marion Davis OF to-
day is far different from the Davis
VINO occupied a chair i'm the city cuun-
ell three Nears ago. His hair is wavy
ana is almost as white as snow. His
mustache is gray He is not SO active
as ne was two years hence. But the
biggest change is this r. NJ. Davis is
now a millionaire That is, he Is con
sidered to be worth over a million dol
lars by experts of the east who have
looked over his inventions
one of Davis inventions is re-
irigerator, ordinary i'm appearance but
extremely weird in operation The re.
rrigeratOr or "Freezeator,' as its in
Ventor has named it, has four COM
partments. In one OF the sections the
Ice IS put, twenty to sixty pounds In
another Of the compartments frozen
daintits and foods of that nature, are
kept for i'm this compartment "a tenn
pcraturc Of 10 degrees below zero is
constantly maintained I'm the next
compartment oysters, fish, all foods
which have come from cold storage,
and milk and butter are to be pat. The
in this section remains
constant at 80 degrees above zero. or
exactly at the freezing point. In the
remaining compartment a tcmpera-
ture constantly lower than 10 above
zero. In this invention calcium cnlor-
lde, The greatest absorbcr of heat and
metal, one Of the greatest conductors
of heat, plays an important part. Da-
Wis has invented cold strlge plant
for farms. 1t slightly resembles a
silo. No ice is used but with the aid
of water the patented walls Of the
plant create a temperature. of 3S de
grecs on the interior with the atmos-
pherc on the outside alta temperature
off SS. degrees
The Unifile Manufacturing company
of Chicago has contracted to manu-
fdcture the Davis Freezerators with
an output of 100 Freczerators per day
one hundred thousands square feet
of TIE large factories i'm Kankakee
ILL.,, is being equipped with machinery
for the manufacture Of rhe Musko-
gee mans invention According to
President O. A. English of the unifile
the entire factory will be
put over 10 the manufacture of the
new product within a yeay. The Uni
tlc company Is an extensive factory
for office and school furniture. AC.
cording to the contract the Inirile
is TO pay the Oklahoman q
large royalty, never alter the product
without the consent of 'he paGentee
and to keep up the daily output to 100
per day.
On one of The other inventions a
has hecn incorporated with
offices in New York and extending
over the entire country for the. pur-
pose of producing the product. Davis Is
President al this company. The rights
TO q MOVING picture invention and To-
one other .refrigerating invention has
been sold az high prices. Davis will
maintain offices in Chicago but viii
continue his residence in NUskogee.
where his wife and daughter live. Mrs.
+. NJ. Davis Is well known among club
women Of Tulsa
Davis explained his ""FrcezeratoT"
patent by stating that instead of let
ting the water from melting ice run
away at the temperature of 80 de-
srees, he runs it through water
Jacket surrounding the food compart-
ment and then through water chan
lels. When the water left the box II |
1ad picked up l,l6i British thermal !
units of heat instead of only IA. as
"A all other ice boxes.