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with stiffening bars M, in which are secured
the cloth supporting hooks N, adapted to de-
tachably engage over the upper edges of the
water tank or pan O.
5 The water tank or pan O,is removably sup-
ported in position in the refrigerator box or
casing on top of the interior shelf frame E,
and is removably locked therein if desired,
and said pan or tank is provided at its lower
io edges with the exterior declining drip flange
P, at the base of which, in the bottom corners
of the tank or pan, are located the drip open-
ings p, through which the water runs from
the tank onto the drip flange. The said drip
15 flange projects beyond the exterior screen
walls of the interior shelf frame and meets
all sides of the drip cloth J, near its upper
edges, so that the water escaping from the
tank or pan will leach or percolate through
20 the drip or leach cloth its entire vertical length
before reaching the bottom drip trough or
pan Q. The drip trough or pan Q, is of an
approximate rectangular shape fitting in the
bottom of the cold air space I, and is adapted
25 to receive the lower edges of the drip or leach
cloth to catch the drippings, which may be
drawn off through a suitable cock or faucet
R, fitted to the drip trough or pan at a point
conveniently accessible.
30 Now it will be apparent that while the water
is leaching or percolating through the verti-
cally arranged drip or leach cloth, A, circula-
tion of outside air is brought in contact there-
with by reason of the exterior screen walls of
35 the box or casing, so that a large portion of
the percolating water is caused to evaporate,
and necessarily absorbs the interior heat of
the refrigerator box or casing, and thereby
produce a sufficiently low temperature to
4o properly cool the articles within the refriger-
ator, thereby dispensing with the necessity
of ice as a refrigerant.
Slight modifications of the construction de-
scribed may be observed such as shown in
45 Fig. 5 of the drawings, in which the inner
screen wall surrounding the interior shelf
frame, and the free edges or ends of the drip
cloth, are continued as at S, up to the front
door opening of the refrigerator box or casing,
50o thereby necessarily enlarging the circulating
area of the refrigerator to increase the capac-
ity thereof. In this modification the front
wall of the refrigerator box or casing at each
side of the door opening therein is of a screen
55 material T, so that the air may freely circu-
late against the front extension S, of the drip
cloth. This construction provides a refriger-
ator especially useful for preserving meats,
and is of course provided, in addition to the
60 ordinary shelves, with suitable meat hooks U,
therein.
Other modifications will suggest themselves
to those skilled in the art, and I will have it
understood, that changes in the form, propor-
65 tion and the minor details of construction may
be resorted to without departing from the prin-eiple or sacrificing any of the advantages of
this invention.
Having thus described the invention, what
is claimed, and desired tobe secured byLetters 70
Patent, is-
1. In a refrigerator, the box or casing hav-
ing outer and inner perforate walls, a verti-
cal drip or leach cloth arranged centrally in
the space between said walls, and a water 75
supply for said cloth, substantially as set
forth.
2. In a refrigerator, the box or easing hav-
ing outer and inner perforate walls, a water
tank or pan removably arranged within the 80
top of said box or casing and having bottom
drip openings, at its bottom edges and a ver-
tical drip or leach cloth arranged within the
space between said walls and removably con-
nected at its upper edge to the top edges of 85
said water tank, substantially as set forth.
3. In a refrigerator, the box or casing hav-
ing separated perforate walls inclosing an air
space, a drip trough or pan arranged in the
bottom of said air space between the walls, a 90o
water tank removably arranged in the top of
said box or casing and having drip openings,
and an exterior drip flange below the plane
of the openings, and a drip or leach cloth
stretched in the space between the two walls 95
and having its lower edges arranged in said
drip trough or pan, the upper edges of said
cloth being connected with the water tank
above its drip flange, substantially as set
forth. Too
4. In a refrigerator, the combination of the
casing having outer and inner screen walls in-
closing an air space, vertical spacing rods ar-
ranged in said air space at the corners of the
casing, cloth retaining hooks secured to the o05
front wall of the casing, a water tank at the
top of the casing and provided with drip open-
ings, and a drip or leachcloth stretched around
said spacing rods in the space between said
screen walls, and provided at its upper edges I o
with supporting hooks adapted to detach-
ablyengage the upper edges of the water tank,
the free ends of said cloth detachably engag-
ing said cloth retaining hooks, substantially
as set forth. 115
5. In a refrigerator, the casing having outer
and inner screen walls, a water tank remov-
ably arranged in the top of said casing and
provided with an exterior declining drip
flange and drip openings in the bottom cor- 20o
ners thereof, and a drip or leach cloth ar-
ranged centrally in the space between said
walls and having its upper edges supported
in contact wi th said declining drip flange, sub-
stantially as set forth. 125
6. In a refrigerator, the combination of the
box or casing having door openings in the
sides and ends thereof, screen doors fitted in
the end and rear side openings, an interior
shelf frame arranged inside of the box or cas- 130
ing and having surrounding screen walls in-
closing there-between and the screen doors a
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Denson, Joseph. Refrigerator., patent, April 17, 1894; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173710/m1/4/?q=%22Patents%20--%20Texas.%22: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.