US1386699A - Wateb-cooleb - Google Patents

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H. GIESSEL. WATER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14. |919.

1,386,699, .Pantemug 9,1m.

UNET STATES HENRY GIESSEL, OF

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CHICAGO, LLNOS.

WATER-COOLER.

Application led April 14,

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, l-lnNnv Giessen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of-Cook and State or". Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Coolers, of which the following is a specilication.

Thisv invention relates to improvements in water coolers, and has Yfor its object to provide a new and improved form of water cooler of unusual strength and especially adapted'for use and location on locomotives or locomotive tenders, where it has been impractical to provide water coolers in the past, owing to their exposure to impact, so that the iiremen and engineers have been forced to rely upon jugs and other unsanitary containers for their drinking water.

Another object of the invention is to provide a water cooler in which the water container is entirely separate from the icecontainer, thereby preventing danger of the melted ice commingling with the drinking water.

Still another object ot the invention is to provide a valved outlet so located and protected as to be free from danger of breaking or bending.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a drain passage for the eX- cess of water, and also to provide an outlet for the excess of water from the melting of the cooling ice.

These and other objects otl the invention will be more fully set forth in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through the cooler taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2, save that the outlet faucet is shown in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a plan vie-w of my cooler;

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the method or' attaching the cooler to a locomotive tender, or the like; and

Fig. 4 is a detail section taken along the line 4 4: of Fig. 2.

Like numerals refer to like elements throughout the drawings, in which- 10 designates, generally, the cooler easing, comprising an inner cylindrical wall 10a and an outer wall 10b spaced apart from the inner wall to provide space for insulating material, such Aas cork, indicated by numeral 11. The outer wall is horizontally corrugated to provide added strength, and to eoaet with the inner wall to maintain; the

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Aue'. 9, 1221.

1919. Serial No. 290,043.

insulating material. in proper position by pressing it against the inner wall, as will be obvious. rllhe casing l0 is constructed with the inwardly curved portion 12 torming a wall, towhich is secured along its sides, at 12a, the strip 12c forming' a continuation of the casing innerwvall. as seen in Fig. 2. rlhis strip l2c constitutes with the wall 12 an ice container. A supplemental strip 13 is located, as shown in dotted lines in ig. 2, extending between one side of the wall and the strip 12C, to provide an overflow passage Aliaving an outlet at the bottom 14R. lt will thus be seen that the wall 12 together with the remainder of the inner wall 10a constitute the wall of the water compartment, while the wall with the strip 12e constitute the ice compartment.

The strip or plate 13 is provided with a slot or aperture 13a at its upper portion, and the wall 12 is provided with a slot o1' aperture 1,2(1 furnishing communication between the water compartment and the out` let passage 14, the said aperture being located slightlv higher than the aperture 13a, so that there no danger oit the overflow ot melted ice 'flowing into the water compartment. v

i lid 16 is provided, which is apertured at 1G and slightly down-turned, as indicated by fiunieral 16D., and r minding said aperture. rlhis aperture is of substantially the same arca as the cross section of the ice compartment, the flange 1Gb being located around the upper inside edge of the ice compartment, as shown in Fig. l. This lid is hinged at 16C to permit of pivotal movement, and is further concaved or depressed from 'its outer periphery toward the aperture 16a, the purpose oie this construction being to permit dumping of the ice for cooling directly upon the lid, whereupon it will slip, owing to the eoncavity, down into the aperture 16a, and into the ice compartment. lWhen it is desired to fill the water compartment the lid is swung` upwardly by engaging the knob or handle 16d, but when in the position shown in Fig. 1 this lid covers and protects the water compartment, so that ice, or water oi melted ice, will not leak into such water container when lilling the ice compartment. An insulated cover 18 lits on and covers the entire casing 10, this cover being insulated by cork 18, or the like, and 'provided with a handle 18h.

or pocket d-see Figs. l and 2-and inv this pocket is provided the faucet 20, of conventional type. This faucet is provided with a lever a, normally held in closing position. This faucet communicates, through a tube 2Gb, with the interior of the water compartment. It will be obvious that by locating the faucet within the pocket 10d it is protected from impact, as is advisable in a cooler intended to be located in the locomotive cab or on the tender, where dropping or use of the iremens implements might result in damage to the cooler.

As stated in the preamble, it has been impractical and inadvisable to provide al cooler for locomotive use or in Vbaggage cars, owing to the -fact that it is exposed to impact and rough usage, but with my corrugated construction and protected faucet the cooler will withstand such usage and ordinary im-l pacts, at the same time providing cooled water and a sanitary container, and such cooler is meeting with great favor in actual use.

In Fig. 3 I have shown one method of locating and attaching the cooler, which is provided' with an engagingbraclret 25 engaging a suitable lug 26 carried upon a bracket 27, in turn secured to a hanger 28 on the front of the locomotive tender, where it is readily accessible to the firemen andl engineers.

It will be obvious that myinvention is susceptible of modification andv improvements.; and I do notl therefore desire to be restricted to tlie form shown and described, save as defined in the appended claims.

I claim :M

l. A Water cooler comprising an external casing, said cooler being providedy with an ice compartment and a water compartment, a cover member for-both of said compartments, and a removable cover member for said water compartment, said last-mentioned cover member being provided with aniceilling aperture.

2. A water cooler comprising an external casing, said cooler being provided with an ice compartment and a water compartment, and a cover member for said water compartment, said cover member being apertured to permit filling of said ice compartment and being concaved about said aperture to insure delivery of ice into said ice compartment.

3. A. water cooler comprising a Ycasing provided with an ice compartment and a water compartmenufsaid coolerbeing further provided witl'i an outletpassage located between said compartments, each of said compartments being provided withI overflow communications with said outlet passage. p

4L. water cooler comprising a casing provided with an ice compartment and a water compartment, said cooler beingfurther provided with ranv outlet passage located between said compartments, each olfl said compartments being provided with overflow Vcommunieations with said outlet passage,

the outlet communication of said icecompartment being located lower than vsaid,

water compartment communication. v ,A

In testimony whereof, I. have subscribed my name. i

j .HENRY GiitssnL. j

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