US1160530A - Refrigerator-lining. - Google Patents

Description

E. RICHARDSON.

REFRIGERATOR LlNlNG.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1914.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

INVENTOR ERNEST monannson, or COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA;

REFRIGERATORLINING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed September. is, 1914. Serial No. 862,577.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST RICHARDSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at College, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new. and useful Improvements in Refrigerator-Linings, of which the following is a speclfication.

My invention relates to linings for refrigerators and its object is to provide a 11ning, preferably of the L-shaped type, composed of sections joined together in a novel manner whereby the process of manufacture is cheapened and the desired shape of the linings preserved. It is diflicult to make perfect enameled'L-shaped linings which are made integral or which have portions or compartments thereof rigidly secured together before the enamel is burned on, ow-' ing to the liability of the lining to warp or twist in the enameling furnace or during its cooling. I propose to make the horizontal projecting member of an L-shaped refrlgerator lining separate from the vertical member and then connect, the members together in a novel manner.

Referring to, the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a lining embodying my invention. together with the outline of an ice-box; Fig. 2, a front elevation of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective of one section of the lining; Fig. 4, a perspective of the other, section of the lining; and Fig. 5, a detailed perspective view.

I prefer to make my refrigerator lining in two sections, or compartments, marked A and B. The section A is substantially equal in height to the combined height of the section B and the ice-box C shown in dotted lines on Fig. 1 and in full lines on Fig. 2.

The section, or compartment, A has the vertical side walls 1 and 2, the vertical rear wall 3, the top 4, and the b0ttom 5, all preferably integral or rigidly secured together bottom 8 at the same level as the bottombottom 8 and the walls 9 and 10 are preferably integral or rigidly connected together and enameled. The edges of the bottom 8 and the rear wall 9 are provided at their edges nearest the section A with the inturned flanges 10 and 11 which. register with, and lie close to, the flanges 12 and 13, respectively, extending inwardly from the wall 3 and the b ottom 5. The top of. the wall 9 has the forwardly or inturned flange 1 1 at the same level as the flange 7. The top of the side 10 has the flange 15 at the same level as the flanges 7 and 14. The forward edges of the bottom 8 and side 10 have flanges similar to, those in "the forward edges of the section A. The section B has preferably no top, front, or side next to the section B. The flanges 7, 14, and 1-5 form horizontal supports for the bottom of the ice-box C and at the same time constitute effective means for stiffening thesections A and B.

16 is an opening in the upper portion of the wall 2 for air to pass from the section A to the ice-box C. Cold air from the ice-box passes through the'opening 6 to the bottom of the section A and thence up the latter to the opening 16.

The adj acent pairs of flanges 10 and.12, and 11 and 13 are covered by the L-shaped strip D of enameled metal having a U-shaped or channel-shaped cross-section, the edges of the flanges lying in the bottom of the U or channel, while the sides of the latter lie next to the outer faces of the flanges. The strip D is secured in place by the nails 17 driven through holes in the strip, between the flanges of the sections A and 'B, and into the substruction (not shown) on which the sections rest. The strip D improvesth'e appearance of the lining by giving a good .finish; it protects the edges of the flanges from blows and rust; and it aids in holding the sections immovably together.

I claim;

1. In a refrigerator a lining, having two sections, one having in one side an opening,

and an outwardly extending flange at the upper edge of the opening, the other section lying adjacent to the first section and-having its upper edges at the same level as the said flange, in combination with an ice-box resting on the said flange and on the top of the second section.

2. In a refrigerator a lining, having two sections, one section having in one side near the lower end thereof an opening bordered by flanges in the plane of the opening, the other section being adj acent' to the first section and having flanges registering with the first named flanges, and a U-shaped strip covering the edges and outer sides of the said flanges. I

3; In a refrigerator a'lining, having two sections, one section having in one side near the lower end thefeof an opening bordered by flanges in the plane of the opening, the other section being adjacent to the first section and having flanges registering with the first named flanges, a U-shaped strip covering the edges and outer sides of the said flanges, and fastenings for the strip extending through the angle of the strip and between the adjacent flanges.

4.1m a refrigerator a lining, having two sections, one section having in one side an opening with walls thereof in the plane of the opening, the other section being adjacent to the first section and having flanges registering with. such Walls and parallel therewith, and a U-shaped cover for the joint between the said flanges and the walls registering therewith, one of the sides of the U-shaped cover overlapping the flanges and walls and parallel with the same.

Signed at Beaver Falls this 16th day of September, 1914.

ROLAND GASKELL, A. R. LEYDA.

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