Year: 1896

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBINSON, of No. 158 Blackburn Road, Accrington, in the County
of Lancaster, Butcher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in safes or chests for keeping ment,
game, fish, or ice for a length of time, or in hot weather, and consists of a box
or chest of wood lined with zinc or tin, and inside the box there is a chamber for
ice surrounding an inner box for meat or game.
According to this invention I employ a box or chest lined with tin, zinc, or
galvanized iron, the bottom of such chest or box being sloped or inclined so that
water or condensation collects at one point and is carried away by a discharge
pipe. Inside the box or chest are supports or brackets which carry a second or
upper box or chest surrounded by a chamber in which is placed ice. At the bottom
of the upper box, and also the lower box or chamber is a grid or grate on which
the meat, game, or other article to be kept is placed. There is a lid to cover the
whole of the box or chest.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.
I, WILLIAM ROBINSON, of No. 158 Blackburn Road, Accrington, in the County
of Lancaster, Butcher, 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 improvements in safes or chests for keeping meat,
gaine, fish, or ice for a length of time, or in hot weather, and consists of a box
or chest of wood lined with zinc or tin, and' inside the box there is a chamber for
ice surrounding an inner box for meat or game.
According to this invention I employ a box or chest lined with tin, zinc, or
galvanized iron, the bottom of such chest or box being sloped or inclined so that
water of condensation collects at one point and is carried away by a discharge
pipe. Inside the box or chest are supports or brackets which carry a second ov
upper box or chest surrounded by a chamber in which is placed ice. At the bottom
of the upper box, and also the lower box or chamber is a grid or grate on which
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page_text: the meat, game, or other article to be kept is placed. The upper sides of the
lower chamber form guides or channels, which convey water of condensation to
the bottom of the chest or box.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a com-
plete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in
which:-
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improved safe.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved safe.
According to this invention I employ a box or chest 1 lined with tin, zinc, or
galvanized iron 2, the bottom or false bottom 3 of such box being sloped or in-
clined towards an outlet 4,1so that water of condensation and moisture collects and
runs to the outlet 4 whence it is carried away by the discharge pipe 5. Inside the
box or chest 1 are a series of supports or brackets 6-6 which carry a second or
upper box or chest 7 considerably less than the box 1 and surrounded by an outer
flange or projecting part 8, which projecting part 8 rests on the brackets 6-6
and fits close to the inside of the box 1. A chamber 9 is thus formed by and
between the box 7 and box 1', the flange 8 forming the bottom of such chamber.
At the bottom of the box 1 is a grate or grid 10 (proferably made in sections to
facilitate removal) and there is a similar grid or grate 11 resting on the
brackets 6-6 and forming the bottom of the box 7.
Thin sheets 12. of curved metal are placed down the sides and ends of the box 1,
the bottom edges of the sheets 12 resting on the bottom of the box 1, and the top
edges are received in slots or holding notches 13 in the brackets 66. Water
falling from the chamber 9 drops onto the curved sheets 12 and is thereby con-
ducted to the bottom of the box 1.
The box 1 is made of an inner and outer wooden shell or casing 14-14, and
between these shells is a packing of wool, sawdust, charcoal, or other non-con-
ducting material 15. At 16 is the lid or cover of the chest or safe.
Ice for cooling the safe or chest is placed in the chamber 9 and the fish, meat,
ice, or other article to be kept cool is placed in the upper or lower chamber on the
grids or grates 10-11; the grid or grate 11, or a portion of same, being removed
in order to admit of entrance to the lower chamber.
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:-
(1). The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts con-
stituting the improved meat or ice safe, as and for the purpose herein described,
and substantially as illustrated by the drawings hereto annexed.
(2) The outer box or chest 1 having an internal box or chest 7 surrounded by
a chamber 9, the bottoms of each chamber being of grid or grate like form, all
in combination as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illus-
trated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 90th dow of September 1897
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers Halifax.