Year: 1888

page_text: EDWARD WILLOWs 98 Shepherds Bush Road Hammersmith London W. Dairyman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The chief feature of this refrigerator is that it is also a show case so that goods
requiring a low temperature such as Butter Cream Fruit etc. can be exposed for sale
at all seasons.
As a Cabinet it can stand in the public rooms of Clubs Hotels & Restaurants for
iceing Champagne, aerated Waters cooling wines, and all kinds of Summer drinks.
Also for Private Houses, being divided in compartments with Plate Glass divisions
all kinds of food may be kept. Description:-The frame work can be made of wood
or metal.
The ice is contained in Galvanized net C. the water dripping from same is caught
in drip pan F. and carried by pipe G. through, filter bed E. into water tank D. to be
taken out as required at tap I. for drinking or other purposes.
The ice bag and drip Tank is supported by 3" galvanized rods H.
The panels marked B. in front elevation can be in fancy tiles the centre A. is plate
glass the side and doors are also glazed with plate glass either plain or silvered hung
with hinges or slide. K. is cover board 1" thick covered on cac hside with stout zinc
having perforated panel L. for Ventilation very narrow on the outside M. marble slab
on bearers. M brackets to support shelf for Hower pots etc. Above and below glass
level on the inside will be covered with Zinc-Brackets, Racks, Shelves etc. can be
fitted as is usual in Show Cases either in Glass or Marble, extra racks can also be
fixed on side of Ice net to fit bottles, Flagons &c.
The refrigerator can be made in any shape, square, hexagonal, Octagonal or circular
flat on top or formed as a roof.
The refrigerator can be made in any size or design.

page_text: I EDWARD WILLOWS of No. 98 Shepherd's Bush Road Hammersmith London W.
Dairyman 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 :-
Also
The objects of my invention are to provide for the convenient use of refrigerators
as show cases for the exhibition in shop windows and other places of goods which
require to be kept at a low temperature in order to retard their deterioration.
to provide for efficient ventilation of such refrigerators and for the filtration of the
water resulting from the melting of the ice required therein.
In constructing a refrigerator according to my invention I form the case of the
refrigerator principally of glass and I arrange the receptacle for the ice required and
that for water resulting from the melting of the ice so as to avoid obstruction of the
part of the refrigerator in which the goods to be exhibited are required to be placed
and so as to avoid unsightliness of the refrigerator having regard to its use as a show
case and I, arrange for ventilation of the refrigerator so that the currents of air
passing through it shall be acted on by the ice before entering that part in which the
said.goods are placed I also in some cases so combine a filter with the water receptacle
or so arrange a filter in connection therewith that the ice water is caused to pass
through the said filter before passing into the said receptacle.
.
A refrigerator, constructed, according to my said Invention is illustrated in
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying Drawings, Figure 1 being an elevation
Figure 2a plan Figure 3 a. vertical section taken on the line A A Figure 2
and Figures 4 and 5 horizontal sections taken respectively on the lines B B and C C
Figure 3. Figure 54 is a detail hereinafter referred to. In the following description
the parts of the said drawings.. are referred to by the letters and figures marked
thereon.
The same letters, and figures of, reference indicate the same parts in each of the
said Figures.
The case of the refrigerator consists of a frame a in, which sheets of glass bare
secured around the part of the refrigerator in which, the goods to be exhibited are
placed. ccare, earthenware tiles secured in the said frame above the said part which
tiles and the parts of the frame in which they are secured form screens which conceal
the fittings contained within the case. and hereinafter referred to from view. d is a
slab supported by bearers d' d' on which slab the articles to be exhibited are placed.
ee are doors hinged at e¹ e¹ to the frame a which doors admit of access to the interior
of the refrigerator. is the top or cover thereof. is the receptacle in which the ice is
placed which receptacle consists of a basket of galvanized iron wire and is supported by
galvanized iron rods flf" secured at their ends to the case of the refrigerator. glisa
pan or tray, supported in the same manner as and below the basket onto which tray
the water resulting from the melting of the ice in the said basket passes.
h is a box

page_text: or tank supported by a shelf i within the lower part of the case of the refrigerator
the interior of which box is divided by means of a partition into two compart-
ments which communicate with each other by means of apertures in the lower
part of the said partition one of which apertures is shown at in Figure 3. The
compartment 2 contains filtering material ³ see (Figure 3) and communicates with
a pipe which is connected with the tray g' and conveys the water collecting in the
latter to the compartment of the box h. h is a tap by which the water collecting
in the compartment h³ of the said box may be drawn off. The top or cover fis
encased with sheet zinc ff and in the said cover apertures ff are formed for the
admission of air to the refrigerator in the lower parts of which apertures panels of
perforated metal are secured as shown at 3 in Figure 3: ffare plates connected
to the cover by means of screws fof passing through slots fe fe in the said plates.
This arrangement admits of the said plates being slidden over or away from the
apertures in order to stop or regulate the passage of air through the said
apertures. Figure 5A is a section of a portion of the cover f corresponding to the
section Figure 3 but drawn to a larger scale in order more clearly to exhibit the parts
marked ffff³ ft. The inner side of the case of the refrigerator above and
below the glazed portion is lined with sheet zinc k. 11 are shelves supported by
brackets at the front and sides of the refrigerator..
When the refrigerator is required to be used the cover fis removed and ice is
placed in the basket 9 and the cover is replaced. The goods or articles to be kept
cool are placed within the part enclosed by the glazed portions of the frame access
thereto being obtained by means of the doors e e. The shelves 11 are intended for
the support of plants or ornamental articles or other articles or goods which will not
be injured by exposure, to the temperature of the external atmosphere. While the
basket g is charged with ice and when the sliding plates ** are in such positions
that the ventilating apertures ff are not totally obstructed thereby air enters the
refrigerator through the said apertures and descends in the case passing through the
spaces around the ice basket g and through the meshes of the said basket becoming
cooled by the ice therein and passes out of the said case by the crevices between the
doors and frame the downward current of air into and through the refrigerator being
caused by the arrangement of the ice receptacle in the upper part thereof. The
tap admits of the vessel ³ being emptied when necessary the water in which vessel
being filtered is fit for drinking purposes. The interior of the glazed portion of the
refrigerator may if desired be fitted with shelves and hooks or other appliances for
supporting goods or articles within it and charcoal may be placed in the spaces
between the sides of the box h and the inner sides of the case. The shelves which
as herein before stated are provided merely for the support of decorative articles or
articles not necessary to the refrigerator or its use may of course be dispensed with
and the tile panels cc at the upper and lower parts of the case of the refrigerator
which are merely for the purpose of producing an ornamental appearance may be
dispensed with and plain or other panels of any suitable material may be substituted.
The proportions and general configuration of the case and the fittings thereof may
also of course be varied if desired.
The frame of the refrigerator which in the accompanying Drawings is shown as
made of wood may be made of metal or other suitable material and the portions of
the case of the refrigerator which in the accompanying Drawings are shown as made.
of glass may be entirely of transparent glass or partly of transparent glass and partly
of silvered glass or partly of glass and partly of wood or other suitable material. The
doors of the case which in the accompanying Drawings are shown arranged at the
back may be arranged at the front or at one of the sides and the said doors instead of
being hinged may be mounted in grooves so as to admit of access to the interior of
the case being detained by sliding the said doors in the said grooves.
In some cases I arrange a box in the upper part of the refrigerator for the reception
of the ice in place of the wire basket g and connect the pipej to the said box and
dispense with the tray g¹ and in some cases I dispense with the filter and connect the
lower end of the said pipe j to a simple water receptacle.

page_text: Figure 6 of the accompanying Drawings is an elevation and Figure 7 is a central
vertical section of a refrigerator constructed according to my invention the internal
fittings of which are thus modified. Referring to the said Figures m is the box in
which the ice is placed and which is provided with a cover m'. m m² are slips of wood
placed in the said box for the ice to rest on and m³ m³ are depressions in the bottom of
the said box which form channels by which the water resulting from the melting
of the ice is conducted to the pipe j. n is the receptacle for the said water which
receptacle consists of a closed box connected to the said pipe. The other parts of the
refrigerator shown in the said Figures 6 and 7 are essentially the same as those already
described with reference to Figures 1 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-.
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that
I do not claim per se the construction of portions of the case of a refrigerator of
glass whether transparent or not and I also wish it to be understood that I do not
limit myself to the precise details herein before described as they may be varied
without departing from the nature of my invention but I declare that what I
claim is :-
First A refrigerator constructed substantially as herein before described that is to
say a refrigerator consisting of a case within which the receptacle for ice is arranged
above the space intended for the reception of the articles to be kept cool and below
which space a receptacle for water resulting from the melting of the said ice is arranged
and portions of which case surrounding the said space are formed of transparent
glass.
:-
Secondly The arrangement of a filter in combination with or in connection with
the water receptacle in a refrigerator constructed essentially as herein before described
the said filter being so arranged that the water resulting from the melting of the ice
placed in the refrigerator shall pass through the said filter on its way to the water
receptacle.
Thirdly —The arrangement herein before described for the ventilation of a show
case refrigerator constructed substantially as herein before described.
Fourthly A refrigerator the parts of which are constructed and arranged as
illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying Drawings.
FifthlyA refrigerator the parts of which are constructed and arranged as
illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 of the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 4th day of July 1888:
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.