US1544388A - Refrigerator-lining construction - Google Patents

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a 4 I I 1 H. J. GWYER Y Y REFRIGERATOR LINING CONSTRUCTION Filed M y 25, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 hi-hem 1925. v I l,544,388

H..J. GWYER REFRIGERATOR LINING CONSTRUCTION I Filed ma 25,- 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 2 gwvewcoz ffdfiw e Patented June 30, 1925.

UNITED STATES I HERBERT J. GWYER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

BEFRIGERATOR-LINING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed May 25, 1921. Serial No. 472,537.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT J. Gwrnma citizen of the United States of America, residing at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, have invented a new and useful Refrigerator-Lining Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a refrigerator construction and particularly to a unitary lining for the same.

It is an object of the invention to provide a cheap, serviceable lining.

It'is a further object to so formthe unitary lining as to provide novel means for holding the same in a cabinet.

It is a further object to so form the lining as to provide very smooth joints which will be well suited to receive a porcelain covering.

Other objects and features of invention will be apparent as the specification pro- I ceeds.

In the preferred form of my invention a single sheet is formed to provide the back and two sides or ends, and separate sheets form the top and bottom. The front is preferably left open to provide access to the interior through the usual refrigerator. doors. The top and bottom lining sections are secured to theback and ends, preferably by providing flanges at the abutting portions, and then securing the flanges together to form a unitary lining. At the four front edges of the lining flanges are preferably provided and projecting-flanges are also preferably provided around the top and bottom edges of the unitary lining. A cabinet to receive my unitary lining is, so formed as to provide recesses to receive .the flanges above mentioned for securing the unitary lining in place.

In the drawings, which are merely for illustrative purposes, a preferred form is shown; 1 5

' Figure 1 isa partially diagrammatic, per spective view of a refrigerator construction embodying featuresof my invention, parts being broken away to expose interior construction Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of one corner post and a top or bottom frame;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is'a horizontal sectional view of the unitary lining, parts being broken out;

ner of the unitary lining; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail of one cor- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a shelf support.v I

In said illustrative drawings the cabinet is formed of sections. The two front corner posts 5, 6 are secured together at the top and bottom by means of to and bottom tie rails, such as 7, The rear corner posts, such as 8, may be similarly secured together, and panel boards are secured in place between the posts.

The top and bottom sections of the cabinet are preferably substantial duplicates of each other and include frames compos'edof end sections 9, 9 and front and back sections 10,

11. The corner posts and the framing'members of the top and bottom units are preferably of substantially the same cross section and sections are clearly shown out in Fig. 2.

prise frames composed of members, such as. 12, 12, and these'frames interfit with the top and bottom units and with the corner posts, as is clearly shown in Figsnl and 3. As shown particularly in Fig. 3, the outside panel board 13 is simply slid into place between the corner posts, and the top and bottom units serve to 'hold thefpanel board in place. 1

' The parts of the cabinet gether by any suitable means, but I prefer to use the rod holding construction such as shown in my co-pending. application, Serial No. 383,346, filed May 22, 1920, wherein rods pass longitudinally through the corner posts and anchor the topfand bottom units together for 'holding the cabinet; in assembled form. 1

The unitary lining for the cabinet comprises top and bottom, back'and side lining sections, the back lining section 15 being preferably formed integral with the end sections 16. At the front of the end lining sections there are preferably formed flanges The end panel members preferably com-r may 'be herd to- 4 17, which'fit between the corner posts and a the end panel members, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.' Around the top and bottom of the backand end lining sections flanges 18 In the specific form' flangesare secured together in anysuitable manner, as by indenting or spot welding the flanges together, as indicated at-2l. It is obvious that the flanges could be-other--- wise secured together, but it is preferable,

for the sake of cheapness, to secure it to.--,

gether only at spaced intervals. If desired, one of the flanges at the corners may be formed to engage the surface of the other lining ID6II1b81,aS shown at 22. The'flange would, of course, be removed at the corner, from the member which is engaged by the flange 22 -As is shown in Fig. 1, thetop and bottom lining sections are provided with flanges 23 fittin between the cabinet top and bottom and thetie rails. In the specific formshown the'top and bottom lining sections are dished or pan shaped and the flanges 23 aresubstantially parallel'to the mai' body or the top and bottom sections. Y

In assembling my u'nitaryj lining in a V cabinet of the special formshown, the'lining is first placed'on the bottom unit with the lower flanges in'the recesses in the bottom provided therefor. The bottom -of the dished lining preferably rests uponone of the panel boards in the cabinet bottom. The end units of the cabinet are next set in place on thebottom with the lower flanges on thelining in the recesses as shown'in Figs; -'1 and 3. The front andbackunits of-the Y cabinet are then set in place on the -bottom unit and serve to hold the front and rear flanges of the lining to the bottom of the cabinet, and the vertical flanges 17 are held between-the ends and the front of the cabi- -net.fi Thelcabinet top isthen'put in place andthe flanges at the upper end of the lining are held between the top and the abutting side-units as shown in'Figs. '-1 and 3. The'top and bottom cabinet members are then secured together to hold all theparts 'in assembled relation; It :will be seen that by'assemblingthe unitary lining as just described,'the latter will be securely held in place against movement in any direction.

An ice compartment 25 is provided in -the refrigerator and is preferably of theremov able type as described in jmy co-pending application, Serial No 474,373, filed J une 2,

: Inorder to support shelves in-the food compartment, I employ abar 26 having -a book 27 at the upper end which passes through an aperture in the lining, and the bottom of the bar 26 may likewise be provided with a projection 0r hook 28' passing through a correspondingly placed aperture inI the lining. The rod is bent at one or more places lntermediate its ends to pro'vide shelf supports 29z29.\

:It' will :be seen that I have provided a unitary lining which will be exceedingly cheap to manufacture and which will be very serviceable when in "use. Theseams or joints between the sections are smooth upon the inside thus providing a lining well adapted to receive a porcelain or'other coating. The dished top and bottom of the lining give a finished, smooth appearance and reduce to a minimum the danger of havingliquid 'on the bottom pass through the seams or'joints. The assembling of such alininglining open at-the front,- outwardlyproject- 1. In a refrigerator construction, a unitary v 111g flanges adjacent the top and bottom of saidliningyan'gular flanges at'twosides of the open front, said projecting flanges being adapted to fit between thetop and bottom 2 respectively and the sides of a cabinet, and

said angular flanges at theopen front being adapted-to fit between the front of the sides of the cabinet.

tions, some of said sections having angular-1y outwardly projecting flanges at-thetop and and two I 2. Infa refrigerator constructiom 'a' uni" tar'y 'lining'compnsmg back and side secbottom, a top lining section, a bottom lining section, said top and bottom lining 'sections being rigidly secured tothe flanges aforesaid, said flanges'bein'g adapted to fit between 'thftOp and bottom respectively and the sides of a cabinet 1 3.-"In' a refrigerator""construction, 'a"u'ni-'f tar y lining comprising "back and side sections, a-dishedtop lining section, a dished bottom lining section, flanges on thevertical and horizontal edges of side sections and "projecting angularlyoutwardly therefrom, flanges on the top and bottomj'section's pro-' jecting outwardly [in "a: direction a substantially; parallel to the. body of'the top and bottom sections, said-flanges being adapted v i to fit between'the :front, -top', bottom and two sides of a cabinet. r

4. In "a refrigerator construction, a unitary lining"comprising-back and side sections, a topsection, a bottom section, said terengaging with parts'of the back'and side sections, said flanges and parts being permanently united at spaced'points.

In a refrigerator construction, a unitary lining comprising-back and'side sections, and top andb'ottom sections, said top and bottom sections and said back and side sections *ha'ving interengaging overlapping flanges forsecuringthe top and bottom sections to the back andside sections aforesaid. 6. In acabinet construction, a unitary lintop and bottom sections' having flanges in ing comprising back, side, top and bottom sections secured together to form a unit open at the front, a cabinet for said unitary lining and having a narrow recess adjacent the top, an outwardly projecting horizontal flange on said unitary lining and fitting in said recess in the cabinet for positioning the unitary lining vertically in the cabinet.

7. In a cabinet construction, a unitary lining comprising back, side, top and bottom sections secured together to form a unit open at the front, a cabinet for said unitary lin ing and having a narrow recess adjacent the bottom, an outwardly projecting horizontal flange on said unitary lining and fitting in said recess in the cabinet for positioning the unitary lining vertically in the cabinet.

8. In a cabinet construction, a cabinet having a removable front, a unitary lining for said cabinet comprising back and side sections, and top and bottom sections secured to said back and side sections, said side sections having flanges directed outwardly and extending beyond the outside of said side sections, said flanges fitting between the removable oabinet front and the adjacent sides for positioning the unitary lining in th cabinet.

HERBERT J. GWYER.

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