Improvements in Apparatus applicable to Ice Cells of Freezing Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th Sept., 1893—Accepted, 28th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus applicable to Ice Cells of Freezing
Machines.
I JOSHUA SIDDELEY of West Kirby in the County of Chester, Brassfounder,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:—
In the manufacture of blocks or slabs of ice, the said blocks or slabs are now
usually formed on the surfaces of cells so divided and placed, as to produce blocks
or slabs of convenient size, or so made as to form excessively large blocks or slabs
which are afterwards divided into convenient sizes, and it is necessary in order to
produce clear ice to agitate the water and to carry on the freezing action until the
spaces enclosed by the cells are filled with ice, or until thick blocks or slabs are
formed, otherwise there is great difficulty in removing the blocks or slabs of ice
from the tanks.
Now the object of my invention is to enable straight, that is undivided-cells
to be used with advantage in the manufacture of blocks or slabs of ice of any
required thickness and length. For the above purpose I provide saddles or cages
which fit freely over the said cells, and have end and bottom pieces for dividing the
ice into lengths, and for lifting the lengths formed of whatever thickness, readily
out of the tanks, after such lengths have been thawed off in the usual way.
Sufficient water space being provided around the cells to render agitation generally
unnecessary.
Dated the 22nd day of December 1892.
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus applicable to Ice Cells of Freezing
Machines.
I JOSHUA SIDDELEY, of West Kirby in the County of Chester Brassfounder,
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 :-
In the manufacture of blocks or slabs of ice, the said blocks or slabs are now
usually formed on the surface of cells so divided and placed as to produce blocks or
slabs of convenient size, or so made as to form excessively large blocks or slabs
which are afterwards divided into convenient sizes, and it is necessary in order to
produce clear ice, to agitate the water and to carry on the freezing action until
the spaces enclosed by the cells are filled with ice, or until thick blocks or slabs are
formed otherwise there is great difficulty in removing the blocks or slabs of ice
from the tanks.
Now the object of my invention is to enable straight, that is, undivided cells
to be used with advantage in the manufacture of blocks or slabs of ice of any
required thickness and length. For the above purpose I provide saddles or cages
which fit freely over or between the said cells and have end and bottom pieces for
dividing the ice into lengths and for lifting the lengths formed, of whatever
thickness, readily out of the tanks, after such lengths have been thawed off in the
usual way. Sufficient water space being provided around the cells to render agitation
generally unnecessary

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1 and 2 are vertical sections at right angles to each other, and
Fig. 3 a plan of an ice tank and cells provided with my improved apparatus.
a is the tank having the usual water agitating ways and appliances b.
c are the
cells through which brine or refrigerating fluid flows. d, d', d, are saddles or cages
which fit freely over or between' the refrigerating surfaces of the cells. The saddles
or cages consist of end and bottom pieces connected together or formed of one piece
of metal, and fitted with handles or lifting bars e. The cage d is made more
especially for fitting against the cell at the side of a tank. The saddle ¹, is carried
by the cell and fits over .the surface on each side of the cell. The cage d' fits
between a pair of cells. When ice is formed to the required thickness, it is
thawed off the cells in the usual way and is lifted out of the tanks in the cages or
saddles.
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:
First. The combination of saddles or cages with refrigerating cells of ice tanks
substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
Second. Saddles or cages constructed substantially in the manner and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this zord day ΟΙ September 1035.
Per pro J. T. KING,
W. B. Johnson,
Agent.
Per pro J. T. KING,
W. B. Johnson,
Agent.