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thus defeating the object of the invention, and an absorbent covering arranged at its
said openings may be, and preferably are, upper edge in the tank, surrounding the en-
arranged out of alinement, as shown in the tire frame and tank, including said jacket,
drawings. and having its vertical meeting edges ar- 50
5 Various changes in the form, proportion, ranged in a different plane from, to break
and the minor details of construction may be joint with, the meeting edges of the jacket,
resorted to without departing from the spirit substantially as specified.
or sacrificing any of the advantages of this 3. A cooling apparatus having a series of
invention. perforated shelves, a fixed conical distribut- 55
1o Having described my invention, what I ing-plate arranged above the uppermost shelf,
claim is- a tank removably arranged above the dis-
1. A cooling apparatus having its interior tributer and provided with means for dis-
surrounded by an absorbent covering and in- charging liquid upon the latter, the cover
eluding a supporting-frame to hold the cover- and the tank having a draft-outlet, a jacket 6o
15 ing distended, a tank removably seated in the inclosing the shelves and the spaces therebe-
top of the frame and having the absorbent tween and arranged in contact with the pe-
covering arranged with its upper edge im- riphery of the distributer, open-ended sleeves
mersed in the contents thereof, the tank be- arranged vertically in and carried by the tank
ing provided with vertical open-ended sleeves and draft-tubes extending through the dis- 65
20o which are located at their upper ends above tributer and the bottom of the tank and ter-
the level of the contents of the tank, a fixed minating in said sleeves, the draft-tubes be-
distributer arranged below the plane of the ing fixed to the distributer, substantially as
tank with its periphery contiguous to the ab- specified.
sorbent covering and provided with vertical 4. A cooling apparatus having a series of 70
25 ventilating-tubes, communicating with the shelves, a conical d istributer arranged above
space below the distributer and adapted to the uppermost shelf, a superposed tank pro-
extend into said sleeves when the tank is in vided with means for discharging a cooling
its operative position and means for discharg- agent upon the distribute, said tank having
ing a refrigerating liquid from the tank upon a removable cover, a jacket inclosing the 75
30 the distributer, substantially as specified. shelves and the spaces therebetween and ar-
2. A cooling apparatus having a skeleton ranged in contact with the periphery of the
frame comprising parallel side bars, spaced distributer, and an absorbent textile cover-
shelves, and an upper terminal ring or tank- ing dipping at its upper end in the contents
seat, a tank removably fitted in said seat, a of the tank and provided at its lower end with 80
35 conical distributer arranged below the plane a stretching-ring, said covering inclosing the
of the tank-seat and fixed to the side bars of jacket, and both the covering and the jacket
the frame, the shelves being provided with being divided longitudinally to give lateral
perforations and the distributer with venti- access to the spaces between the shelves, sub-
lating-tubes communicating with the space stantially as specified. 85
40 below the distributer and with the space out- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
side of the apparatus, means for discharging my own I have hereto affixed my signature in
a refrigerating liquid from the tank upon the the presence of two witnesses.
distributer, a removable reticulated jacket HENRY M. BURT.
surrounding the frame from and below the Witnesses:
45 plane of the distributer and provided at its G. W. ROWLAND,
vertical meeting edges with securing devices, ENocH M. JONES.
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Burt, Henry M. Refrigerator or Cooler., patent, May 4, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174597/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.