AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN PROVISIONAL
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Morris and Thomas Newton, both of 200, Upper
Thames Street, and 8, Huggin Lane, in the City of London, Zinc
Workers, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Morris and Thomas
Newton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 5th March 1868.
We, JOHN MORRIS and THOMAS NEWTON, both of 200, Upper Thames
Street, and 8, Huggin Lane, in the City of London, Zinc Workers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVE-
MENTS IN REFRIGERATORS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," to be as follows:--
The top of this improved refrigerator is divided into three compartments,
that in the centre being intended for the ice well, and those at the sides to
contain wine, water, or other liquid to be cooled, to which coolers taps are
applied. The waste water from the said ice well is conveyed to a cistern
beneath another ice well at the bottom of the refrigerator by means of wide
flat or other suitably shaped channels formed in the back and sides of the
refrigerator. The top, sides, and back of the refrigerator are "packed" with
a "packing" consisting of burnt cork, charcoal dust, and doe-hair, or any other
suitable material. A lower ice well extends over the whole bottom of the
refrigerator from which the waste water is conveyed to the cistern placed
immediately beneath, from which it is withdrawn by means of a tap. By

page_text: forming the channels for conveying the waste water from the upper ice well
in the back and sides of the refrigerator, and having an ice well at the bottom
of the refrigerator, the usual central division is dispensed with, thereby
obtaining increased space in the interior thereof, and effecting a saving of at
least 100 pr. ct. in the consumption of ice. These refrigerators can be
made of any size, and can be portable or otherwise.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Morris and Thomas Newton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 5th September 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
MORRIS and THOMAS NEWTON, both of 200, Upper Thames Street, and
8, Huggin Lane, in the City of London, Zinc Workers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said John
Morris and Thomas Newton, Her special licence, that we, the said John
Morris and Thomas Newton, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as we, the said John Morris and Thomas Newton, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN REFRIGERATORS,
AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the
said John Morris and Thomas Newton, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, or one of our, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Newton, on behalf of myself
and the said John Morris, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-

page_text: The top of our improved refrigerator is divided into three compartments,
that in the centre being intended for the ice well, and those at the sides to
contain wine, water, or other liquid to be cooled, to which coolers taps are
applied. The waste water from the said ice well is conveyed to a cistern
beneath another ice well at the bottom of the refrigerator by means of wide,
flat, or other suitably shaped channels formed in the back and sides. The top,
sides, and back are "packed" with a packing consisting of burnt cork, charcoal
dust, and doe hair, or other like suitable material. The rim of the lid when
closed falls into a small channel filled with water, which keeps the ice air-tight.
A lower ice well extends over the whole bottom of the refrigerator, from which
the waste water is conveyed to the cistern placed immediately beneath, from
which it is withdrawn by means of a tap. By forming the channels for con-
veying the waste water from the upper ice well in the back and sides, and
having an ice well at the bottom, the usual central division is entirely dispensed
with, thereby obtaining increased space in the interior thereof, and effecting a
saving of at least 100 per cent. in the consumption of ice.
We make our ice chests, refrigerators, and other like articles portable, and
of any size or shape, and entirely of zinc, galvanized iron, or other suit-
able metals, thereby dispensing with the wooden casing as at present used,
and which is well known not only to attract the heat, but to retain it.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, we would observe in conclusion, that we do not
confine ourselves to the precise details or arrangements herein described, as
modifications may be made without departing from the principle of the
Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Newton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
THOMAS NEWTON. (L.S.)