Improvements in Refrigerators and Refrigerating Chambers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Refrigerators and Refrigerating Chambers.
I EDWARD WILLOWS of No. 18 Gray's Inn Road in the County of Middlesex
Refrigerator Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to refrigerators and refrigerating chambers in which the.
ice used for cooling the air within them is contained in a receptacle situated within,
the upper part of the interior thereof as described in the Specification of Letters
Patent No. 7481 granted to me and bearing date the 19th day of May 1888 for.
certain improvements in which refrigerators I obtained Letters Patent No. 23027.
dated the 14th day of December 1892 and my said invention consists of the
further improvements hereinafter described the object of which is to provide for
freer ventilation or freer ascent and descent of air within large refrigerators or
refrigerating chambers of the construction described in the Specifications of the
said Letters Patent.
According to my said improvements I dispense with the tray which is mounted
below the ice receptacle for the reception of water resulting from the melting of
the ice and I provide for reception of the said water and for passage thereof from
the upper part of the refrigerator or refrigerating chamber as hereinafter described.
Below the ice receptacle I mount a number of troughs at such distances apart that
air will pass freely between them which troughs I arrange at such angles that
water received hy them will collect therein or pass therefrom at one part or end
and I provide for passage of the said water from the refrigerator or chamber by
means of another trough or other troughs suitably connected to or arranged
relatively to the troughs first referred to and also connected with or arranged to
discharge into a pipe or other. suitable conduit by means. of which the said water is
conveyed to the outside of the chamber or otherwise as required.
Dated this Elavanth day of Lena 100
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Refrigerators and Refrigerating Chambers.
I EDWARD WILLOWS of No. 18 Gray's Inn Road in the County of Mildlesex
Refrigerator Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to refrigerators and refrigerating chambers in which the
ice used for cooling the air within them is contained in a receptacle situated within
the upper part of the interior thereof as described in the Specification of Letters
Patent No. 7481 granted to me and bearing date the 19th day of May 1888. for
certain improvements in which refrigerators I obtained Letters Patent No. 23027
dated the 14th day of December 1892 and my said invention consists of the further
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page_text: improvements hereinafter described the object of which is to provide for freer
ventilation or freer ascent and descent of air within large refrigerators or
refrigerating chambers of the construction described in the specifications of the
said Letters Patent.
According to my said improvements I dispense with the tray which is mounted
below the ice receptacle for the reception of water resulting from the melting of
the ice and I provide for reception of the said water and for passage thereof from
the upper part of the refrigerator or refrigerating chamber as hereinafter described.
Below the ice receptacle I mount a number of troughs at such distances apart that
air will pass freely between them which troughs I arrange at such angles that
water received by them will collect therein or pass therefrom at one part or end
and I provide for passage of the said water from the refrigerator or chamber by
means of another trough or other troughs suitably connected to or arranged
relatively to the troughs first referred to and also connected with or arranged to
discharge into a pipe or other suitable conduit by means of which the said water is.
conveyed to the outside of the chamber or otherwise as required.
A refrigerating chamber having a receptacle for ice arranged within the upper
part of its interior and having water receiving troughs arranged as hereinbefore
described below the said receptacle is illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the
accompanying drawings. Figures 1 and 2 being vertical sections of the said
chamber taken at right angles to each other on the lines marked respectively A A
and B B in the said figures and Figure 3 being a horizontal section taken on the
line C, C Figure 1. Figures 4 and 5 are details hereinafter referred to showing
the arrangements for supporting the water receiving troughs.
In the following description of the said drawings the parts thereof are referred
to by the letters marked thereon. The same letters of reference indicate the
same parts in all the figures of the drawings. a, b, c, d are the walls of the
chamber. e is the roof and f the floor thereof. g is the door giving access to
the storage space and h is a door which admits of access to the ice receptacle
from the exterior of the chamber. The said chamber is formed of matched board
secured to frames of wood as shown in the drawings and it is lined throughout with
sheet zinc. The bottom of the ice receptacle on which the ice rests consists of a
grid formed of bars of wood jj supported by angle iron bearers k k the ends of
which are engaged in brackets ll secured to the walls a b and the walls of the
said receptacle consist of uprights m m secured to bars n n connected to battens oo
affixed to the said walls a band of bars p p secured to uprights 9 g affixed to the
walls a and d.
Ts are the troughs for receiving the water resulting from the melting of the
ice in the receptacle above them. The positions of the said troughs relatively to
each other and to the ice receptacle will be best understood by reference to Figure 2
which shows that the said troughs are arranged in tiers and at a sufficient distance
apart to admit of free passage of air between them and so that water dropping
from the ice receptacle between the troughs of the upper tier and the droppings
from the sides of the troughs of that tier are received in the troughs of the lower
tier. As will be seen by reference to Figure 1 the said troughs are inclined
towards the wall d so that the water received by them runs off at their lower ends.
The water so passing from the said troughs passes into a trough d affixed to the
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said wall and is conveyed from the chamber by a discharge pipe d.
consequence of the low temperature of the troughs rss which is due to reception
by them of the droppings from the ice in the receptacle above them deposit of
moisture on their undersurfaces sometimes occurs when the door is opened the said
deposit being produced by condensation of vapour present in the air then entering
the chamber. In order to prevent drops of the said moisture from falling onto the
floor of the chamber troughs tt are arranged below the troughs which
troughs t t intercept the said drops and being of higher temperature than the
troughs rss do not cause condensation of the vapour referred to and are therefore
always dry on their undersides.

page_text: The means by which the said troughs are supported as required are hereinafter
described with reference to the aforesaid Figures 1, 2 and 3 and also with reference
to Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings which latter figures represent
portions of the said troughs and their supports drawn to a larger scale than the
said Figures 1, 2 and 3 the said Figure 4 being an elevation of the higher ends of
one of the pairs of troughs rt of the upper tier and one of the pairs of troughs st*
of the lower tier with portions of the supporting arrangements and the said
Figure 5 being a longitudinal section taken on the line D D Figure 4 showing
the end portions of the troughs illustrated in the said Figure 4 and their supports.
uu are bars supported by brackets affixed to the walls ab and having angle
plates w w secured to them on which the troughs t t rest. The troughs r r are
supported above the troughs tt by means of strips of sheet metal secured at
their ends to the said troughs rr and the troughs ss are supported above the
troughs by means of similar strips of metal secured to the said
troughs t t. The troughs t t are prevented from slipping end wise towards the
wall d by means of wires y y soldered to them and bearing against the angle
plates wow and the troughs rs are prevented from slipping endwise towards the
said wall by engagement of lips formed thereon with the strips x*.
To prevent moisture from the ice receptacle creeping to the outer faces of the
uprights m m qg thereof and to the walls a bd grooves are formed in the side
faces of the said uprights and the underface of the bar n is inclined towards the
ice receptacle and collars 2 z are secured to the bearers k k supporting the bottom
of the said receptacle.
a a are bars provided for suspension of meat within the chamber which bars
are supported by means of brackets secured to the walls of the chamber as shown
in Figure 1.
The provision for ventilation of the chamber may be similar to that described
in the Specification of my aforesaid Patent No. 7481 of 1888.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements herein before described in refrigerators and refrigerating
chambers in which the receptacle for ice is situated in the upper part thereof that
is to say the arrangement of troughs below the said receptacle substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings and for the
purpose described.
Dated this Twelfth der of October 1896
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.