US2158217A - Carrier for milk products - Google Patents

Description

May 16, 1939.

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2' Claims.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a refrigerating container so mounted on a truck or vehicle or other portable device that it may be swung about a center or on a suitable pivot to enablethe driver to load or unload the container from a given or desired position.

A further object of my invention is to provide a refrigerating container having a plurality of compartments and so mounted on a support or carrier that it may be turned about its support to enable the delivery man to obtain access to the various compartments by rotating the container about its axis to bring the compartments to the desired position.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a refrigerating container having means normally arranged to form compartments and rotatably mounted upon a portable support, said compartments communicating with a common refrigerating chamber.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a refrigerating container having means normally arranged to form compartments and rotatably mounted upon a suitable carrier, said compartments having suitable doors to permit access to the compartments and said container having I also means for forming closures to prevent egress of cold air when the doors are opened for delivery purposes.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a side elevation of my device;

Fig. 2 is also a side elevation of my device viewed from the opposite side;

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view on line 4-- 4 of Fig. 2, looking in, the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of my device, partly in section;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partly in section of one of the compartments with a door open;

Fig. 7 is an end view of a compartment, partly in section.

The same reference characters denote like parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

In the drawings, A denotes a platform or bot- 50 tom of a suitable carrier such as a wheeled vehicle or the like, having the verticalsupports 2 for the roof or top 3. A refrigerating container B is mounted for rotation on the platform A. The mounting may be of any form but I prefer to employ a turntable 4 having the complementary parts 5 carried by theplatform and the bottom of the container B. I This turntable mounting will permit the refrigerating container 13 to be readily rotatedon the platform A. ""The refrigerating container 3 has suitable side and end walls which are provided with openings which may be closed by doors C. These openings provide access to various compartments y within the container B, which compartments all communicate with a chamber, preferably a central one, in which may be located a suitable ice or refrigerating container D provided with a suitable closure E The doors 0 may be hingedly supported by the container B by vertical or horizontal hinges as desired. Both forms are shown in the drawings. Where horizontal hinges 6 are employed, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the door C when opened lies substantially horizontal and it may be supported in such position by means of the slotted supporting links or arms F.

The walls 8 of the container B may be insulated in any suitable manner and within the container are arranged sets of suitable supporting rails 9.

On each set of supporting rails is slidably positioned a tray 0, preferably of thin sheet metal,

having upstanding front and rear flanges as' shown in Fig. 6. A crate or other receptacle E containing the commodity such as milk or the like in bottles, rests upon this tray 0 so that when the door 0 is opened to horizontal position and substantially flush with the rails 9, the crate E may be drawn or pulled from its compartment on and with the tray 0, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. At the rear of each tray is a closure 1 which slides with the tray 0 so that when the crate E and the tray 0 are pulled forwardly to rest upon the door C in its horizontal supporting position, the closure I will be pulled forward and close the opening and thereby prevent escape of cold air.

When the trays c all are positioned within the to bring the desired compartment in convenient position for him to obtain access thereto.

While I have shown the container B as being rectangular or square in shape it may be of any suitable contour; When it is rectangular, as shown in the drawings, the corners will describe the circle X, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and. for which I desire Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A refrigerator comprising a container; a sup port therefor and means rotatably mounting said container on said support; said container having a plurality of walls enclosing a space and each provided with a series of spaced openings; a set of supporting rails flush with the bottom of each opening and extending into said space; a door mounted to swing from a position closing each opening to a position in alinement with the upper surfaces of the associated rails; a tray slidably mounted on each set of rails and movable from a position within the container to an extended position partly overlying the associated door; a closure element movable with said tray and closing said opening when the tray is in said extended position; and refrigerating means within said container; said trays and closure elements normally cooperating to define a compartment for said refrigerating means, and a series of compartments communicating with the first mentioned compartment.

2. A refrigerator comprising a container having a plurality of walls enclosing a space and each provided with a series of spaced openings; a set of supporting rails flush with the bottom of each opening and extending into said space; a door mounted to swing from a position closing each opening to a position in alinement with the upper surfaces of the associated rails; a tray slidably mounted on each set of rails and movable from a position within the container to an extended position partly overlying the associated door; a closure element movable with said tray and closing said opening when the tray is in said extended position; and refrigerating means within said container; said trays and closure elements normally cooperating to define a compartment for said refrigerating means, and a series of compartments communicating with the first mentioned compartment.

ROBERT E. BRISBANE.

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