Improved Means for Effecting the Close Covering of Refrigerators and other vessels.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Loft 21st July 1892-Accepted. 24th Sept.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Effecting the Close Covering of Refrigerators
and other vessels.
I SAMUEL BRIGGS of The Burton Copper Works, Burton on Trent, Brewers.
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to certain means for effecting the sealing of refrigerator
covers, or covers of vessels generally.
For the purpose of my invention I fit the outside of a vessel with a trough
shaped channel or guttering into which I place water or other liquid. The
flange or lip of the cover is dipped into this liquid for sealing same.
The trough shaped or gutter channel has its outer edge lower than the inner
edge, so that any overflow cannot enter the vessel.
The invention is chiefly intended for brewers for making the cover seams of
refrigerators and coolers air tight without the use of bolts or other mechanical
fasteners.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said S. Briggs.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Effecting the Close Covering of Refrigerators
and other vessels.
I, SAMUEL BRIGGS, of The Burton Copper Works, Burton on Trent, Brewers.
Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to certain means for effecting the sealing of refrigerator
covers, or covers of vessels generally.
The
For the purpose of my invention, I fit the outside of a vessel with a trough
shaped channel or guttering, into which I place water, or other liquid.
flange or lip of the cover is dipped into this liquid for sealing the same.
The trough shaped or gutter channel has its outer edge lower than the inner
edge, so that any overflow cannot enter the vessel.
The invention is chiefly intended for brewers for making the cover seams of
refrigerators and coolers air tight without the use of bolts or other mechanical
fasteners.
The invention is clearly shown in the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation of the pan to which the gutter-water seal
is affixed and into which the lower edge of the cover is inserted for the purpose
of being sealed and making a liquid tight joint.
Figure 2 front elevation of a refrigerator with my invention applied.
Figure 3 transverse sectional elevation of the same.
A is the pan.
B the cover which is in balance by the weight C for lifting it
and for lowering the cover into position guided by rods D, D.
E is a gutter shaped trough on upper edge of pan A with outer lip F of less
height than the inner lip G on pan edge, this trough is all round the pan of
whatever shape it may be and the lower edge of the cover sits in it in the liquid
seal.

page_text: The other parts of apparatus shown in the drawing form no part of my
invention, and do not require a description as they are well known by brewers
and others.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
Forming a gutter shaped trough at upper end of pan with one edge of less
height than the other edge for the reception of the lower edge of the cover and
a liquid for the purpose of forming a liquid seal between them as set forth and
shown.
The 21st day of July 1892.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Samuel Briggs.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Samuel Briggs.