US251881A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

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(Model.) G. 0. HODGDON.

REPRIGERATOR.

No. 251,831. Patented Jan. 3,18812.

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GEORGE C. HODGDON, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,881, dated January 3, 188.2.

Application iledNovemher 15, 1880. Renewed July 6, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE C. HODGDON, of Allegheny city, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichjt pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in refrigerators; and it consists in the introduction of an ice-receptacle entirely surrounded by passages for air, which receptacle can be removed and replaced at pleasure without diffculty.

It has heretofore been customary to make the ice-receptaclesfixtures in the refrigerators,

` removable only with great difliculty, and seldom without injury to some parts of the refrigerators. By my improvement the ice-rc# ceptacle can be drawn outA without trouble, and when removed from the refrigerator-nothing prevents a thorough washing and cleaning -of all parts, which is so essential` in places where milk, butter, meat, and' other victuals are kept for preservation from the effects of a heated atmosphere.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

Figurel is a front elevation of my refrigerator. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the ice-boxalone.

The box A represents the refrigerator. It has a rabbeted close-fittin g door, B, that occupies the whole front, leaving a small aperture or vent on top for the escape of heated air from below. The lower two-thirds of the space in the box A are to be occupied by perforated shelves for the support of substances to be kept cool, which shelves may be taken out at pleasure.

Within the box A, and attached Vto its rear side, is a Water-pipe, b, with an enlarged upper end or funnel under the bottom of the frame D, which frame laterally occupies the space in the box` A to within a short distance of its sides, rear, and front. Y

Hinged to one ofthe nprights G of the frame D is a rabbeted non-conducting door, E, which door, when closed, is flush with the uprights G, leaving an open space or flue between it and the outer door, B. The uprghts C, reaching as high as the box allows, project at the sides of the frame D, and with a projecting piece, d,

' tacle F, whose perforated vertical walls m are secured to the inner sides of the uprights C, which walls inclose the sides and rear of the receptacle and rest in the pan.

By means of the ribsi air passages or chan-4 nels arc made under the ice-box, and thus a better circulation is kept up and a larger cooling-surface attained.

The front of the receptacle F is closed by the hinged door E, that is somewhat lower than the uprights C, leaving a space on top open for the passage of air; 'and the hole; in threesides or walls of the receptacle also permit air to pass downward after being cooled by the ice. i

From the pan h leads a short pipe down to the enlarged upper end of the pipe b, through which water collected in the pan is carried off.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the ice-receptacle is entirely isolated, and that the creased by the addition of one or more ice-re' ccptacles side by side, arranged tol pass ice from one to the other, with non-conduncting walls separating the space below. If this be done, the door of but one chamber need bev openedat a time; hence the temperaturein those that remain closed will not be a'ected. By removing the ice-receptacle from the re- TOO frigerator when not needed as such the box A around the box for the free circulation of air, ro is made a convenient cup or side board. substantially as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I In testimony that I claim the foregoing I claimhave hereunto set my hand this 24th day of In a refrigerator, the combination of the February, 1880.

frame A, the support D, having the ribs i, the GEORGE C, HODGDON.

ice-box F, having perforated sides m, and pro- Vituesses:

vided with the door E, the box being made T. F. LEHMANN,

removable from the frame, and :1- spuee left all SAML. DIESCHER.

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