AN IMPROVED COMBINATION OF COOLING AND FILTERING APPARATUS, FORMING A SAFE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SOLID AND LIQUID PROVISIONS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Marc Antoine François Mennons, of the British
and Foreign Patent Offices, 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in the
Empire of France, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED COMBINATION OF
COOLING AND FILTERING APPARATUS, FORMING A SAFE FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF SOLID AND LIQUID PROVISIONS." -A communication from Joseph
Weatherby Bartlett, residing at No. 419, Broadway, New York, in
the United States of America.
Sealed the 5th September 1862, and dated the 18th March 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Marc Antoine François
Mennons at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 18th March 1862.
I, MARC ANTOINE FRANÇOIS MENNONS, of the British and Foreign Patent
Offices, 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED COMBINATION OF
COOLING AND FILTERING APPARATUS, FORMING A SAFE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
SOLID AND LIQUID PROVISIONS," (a communication,) to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a portable, economical, and
effective apparatus adapted for cooling and preserving solid and liquid aliments
in general, while rendering a constant supply of cold filtered water or such
other beverage as may be required.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing is a front elevation of the apparatus,

page_text: the door being removed to shew a portion of the interior. Figure 2 is a
vertical section of the same. Figure 3 is, a plan through Z, Z, Figure 2.
A is a stand on which is mounted a lower table or shelf turning over on the
pivot E; F is a double walled ice and water case, covered in by the lid G; H
is a box for ice and water; O is a filter composed of any suitable material,
and connected with the ice box in such a manner as to be removed, cleaned,
and replaced at will; J, J, J, is a chamber for wines, jellies, meat, or other
provisions to be cooled or preserved; K, K, are moveable shelves set on the
projecting ribs P, PL is a double walled door'; .S, S; is a space for water or
other liquid surrounding the chamber J, J, J, and supplied with pieces of
broken ice to render the refrigeration more effective; M is a stop-cock of any
suitable description by which the liquid is drawn off at will; T, T, are handles
by which the cooler may be lifted from its support A. The form, dimensions,
and material of the apparatus-constructed-as-above may be varied according
to its intended application.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Marc Antoine François Mennons in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 8th September 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MARC
ANTOINE FRANÇOIS MENNONS, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Marc Antoine François Mennons, Her, special licence that I, the said Marc
Antoine François Mennons, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others, as I, the said Marc Antoine Francois Mennons, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 IMPROVED COMBINATION OF COOLING AND FILTERING
APPARATUS, FORMING A SAFE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SOLID AND LIQUID
PROVISIONS," a communication. from Joseph Weatherby Bartlett; a person
resident at No. 419, Broadway, New York, in the United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Marc Antoine François

page_text: Mennons; my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, 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 Marc Antoine François Mennons, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the figures of the accompanying
Drawing, and to the letters marked thereon, that is to say:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a portable, economical and
effective apparatus, adapted for cooling and preserving solid and liquid aliments
in general, while rendering a constant supply of cold filtered water, or such
other beverage as may be required.
Figure 1, of the accompanying Drawing is a front elevation of the apparatus,
the door being removed to shew a portion of the interior. Figure 2 is
a vertical section of the same. Figure 3 is a plan through Z, Z, Figure 2.
A is a stand on which is mounted a lower table or shelf turning over on
the pivot E; F is a double walled ice and water case covered in by the lid
G; H is a box for ice and water; O is a filter composed of any suitable
material, and connected with the ice box in such a manner as to be removed,
cleaned, and replaced at will; J, J, J, is a chamber for wines, jellies, meat,
or other provisions to be cooled or preserved; K, K, are moveable shelves,
set on the projecting ribs P, P; L, is a double walled door. S, S, is a space
for water or other liquid surrounding the chamber J, J, and supplied with pieces
of broken ice to render the refrigeration more effective; M is a stop-cock
of any suitable description, by which the liquid is drawn off at will; T, T, are
handles by which the cooler may be lifted from its support A. In order to
obtain a due equalization of air within the cooler, and prevent condensation in
the inner chamber, a tube V is set within the outer wall F, running down-
wards from near the cover G towards the base of the apparatus, and through
the space S into the chamber J, J, J. The tubes X, X, supporting the ice
box are pierced with apertures, so as to permit a free circulation of air from
the outer case through the chamber J and the tube V. The above apparatus
may be formed of galvanised or enamelled iron, tin, wood, and other materials,
its form and dimensions being varied according to circumstances.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner
of carrying it into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine

page_text: myself to the precise details of construction and arrangement above laid down,
as these may obviously be modified in many respects according to the intended
application of the apparatus; but what I claim and desire to protect by the
above in part recited Letters Patent is, the novel combination of cooling and
filtering apparatus, comprising an ice case, reservoir, central chamber, and
base, with moveable table and shelves, forming a safe for the preservation of
solid and liquid provisions, substantially as herein specified and shewn in the
Figures of the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Marc Antoine François Mennons, have
hereto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of September in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
ME MENNONS Gol
M MENNONS
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