US1499365A - Counter inclosure - Google Patents

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July i w24. 3,499,365

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UNITED. STATES JOEN A. GUSTUS, OE DETRDIT, 'MIGIGAIL A.ASIG'Ibl'OB TO DETROIT BUTCHER vSUIPPIZ' COMPANY, F' DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A.v CQBPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

coUNTEB iNcLosunn Application nea August 2s, 1922. serial N0. 5's4,esa

I To all t 'may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN A. GUs'rUs, a citizen of the United States of America, re.- Sidin vat Detroit, in the county of Wayne and tate of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Counter Inclosures, of which the following is a specification, referencel being had therein to the accompanyingdrawing's.

The invention relates to counter inclosures and refers particularly to that type combining a display compartment and a refrigerating compartment in communication therewith. One of the objects of the, invention is to provide a simple construction of frame for supportinga door which is'mov-v able upwardly and outwardly from closed position to open position. Another object 'is the provision of a frame member having a cross bar upon the upper end of which a top is supported and upon the lower end of which the door is adapted to be' supported, suiicient clearance being provided below the top for the door. Further object s of the invention reside inthe support for the pipes through which the refrigerant flows; and in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereinafter set forth. l

In the drawings: y Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of a counter inclosure embodying my invention;

Figure 3' .is a transverse section therethrough; A

Figure 4 is a front elevation of a portion thereof;

Figures 5, 6 and 7 are respectively cross sections on the lines 5 5, 6 6, and 7 7 of Figure 3. y

l is the display' compartment of the counter inclosure, and 2 the refrigerating compartment at the rear thereof and coinmuncating therewith.. The frame of the display'compartment comprises the spaced parallel frame members 3 eachV preferably of one-piece construction,comprising the upright bar 4, the top bar 5, and the downwardly and rearwardly inclined bar 6, which latter has a footl flange 7'resting upon and secured to the top 8 of the refrigerating compartment. Both the upright and downwardly and -rearwardly inclined bars are of T cross section as Ashown respectively in Figures 5 and 7,-while the top bar is of I cross section as shown in Figure'. 9 are end closures of the counter inclosure secured to the end frame members, 10 are the front closures, and 11 the top closures, all preferably formed of glass and secured to the frame members. The top bars of the frame members are of progressively increasing depth from front to rear, and the top- .closures are supported upon the lateral flanges at the upper edges of these toprbars.

l2 are sliding doors at the rear of the display compartment and adapted in closed position to rest upon the ledges 13 formed -by/the opposed lateral flanges 14 at the lower 4edges of the downwardly and rearwardly inclined bars. These closures abut the front edges of the top of the refrigerating compartment and preferably have a sealing strip 15 at their upper edges which are adapted -I to engage the under surface of the tops of the display compartments'near their rearward edges .to completely close the space between the top of the counter inclosure and the top of the refrigerating compartment. The doors may be readily slid upwardly and forwardly from their closed position to rest upon the lateral flanges 16 at the lower edges of the top bars 5, suilicient clearance being provided below the top 1l for the movement of the doors.

The refrigerating com artment 2 has eX- tending longitudinally t ereof the pair .of

pipes 17]. and 17' adapted for the passage of the refrigerant. To support these pipes, I havev provided the frame membersS which Vrest upon the bottom of the refrigerating compartment and are secured to the rear and top walls' thereof. These, frame members have vertical webs 19 adapted to engage the rear walls of the pipes and also' have the lower webs 2O which are recessed at 21 to engage the lower pipe 17 22 is a clamp for each frame member having a nose 23 insertable upon the upper and lowerv pipes and resting upon the lower pip'e to force the same into engagement with its recess. Each clamp 1s L-shaped and the inside of its curve engages the outer wall of the upper pipe to\' force the same Ainto engagement with the vertical web o the frame member. The

upper and free end of the clamp is laterally, movable into engagement with the depend" ing lug 24 formed at the forward edge of the upper portion of the frame' member, an

upper web 25 preferably extending from the vertical web to the lug to reinforce the same.

In order to facilitate thecleaning of the refrigerating compartment, provision is made for the insertion of trays 26 between the frame members 18 and resting uponthe bottom of ,the compartment. These trays have apertures 27 in their bottoin"whicli register with a gutter 28 extending longitudinally in the upper face of the bottom of the compartment, this gutter in turn communicating with a suitable ,drain 29 to drain any condensation collecting upon i the frame members 18 into the trays. -The lower portions of the frame membershave outwardly and downwardly curved flanges 30 which are-A spaced suificiently above the compartment to permitof the ready insertion or removal of the trays tlierebeneath, the ends of these trays extending below these anges. With this arrangement, it will be seen that any condensation upon the pipes or frame members will be collected by the trays and then drained through the apertures in the bottom of these trays into the gutter in the bottom of the compartment and then into the drain from the gutter. Also, these trays may be readily removed to be cleaned and then replaced.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have provided a construction in which the door rocks in being moved to open or `closed positions land in which the door automatically moves to closed position after it has been moved outwardly a sufficient distance to bring its centerof gravity beyond the fulcruin points at the upper ends of the ledges 13. Also, these d oors may be readily removed from the frame to permit cleaning. Still another important consideration is 'the arrangement of clamps for securing the refrigerating pipes in place, these clamps 'being simple in construction and being readilyV applied or removed.- Another very impor.

tant feature resides in the arrangement of ,refrigerating compartment frainemembers with the trays below their outwardly f and downwardly curved iianges upon their lower portions, whereby the refrigerating compartment may be more easily cleaned.v

What claim as my invention' is:

1. In a counter inclosure, a pair of spaced top bars having fianges along their lower edges,' downwardly and rearwardly inclined bar s having opposed lateral flanges along their lower edges connecting with the lower flanges respectively of said spaced top bars,

a top supported on said top bars, and adoor normally resting freely upon the said lateral flanges of the inclined bars and adapted to be lifted at its rear end to slidably en age .the lower flanges of the said top bars a ong the length of the opposite edges of the door when slid into open position.

2. In-a counter inclosure, a pair of spaced top bars having flanges along their lower edges, downwardly and rearwardly inclined spectively of said spaced top bars,

supporting anges Athe drip to the trays.

bars having opposed lateral anges along theirlower edges connecting with the lower anges respectively of'said spaced top bars, a top supported on said top bars, said first 3. In a counter inclosure, a pair of spaced top bars having flanges along their lower edgesfdownwardly and rearwardly inclined bars having opposed lateral"flanges along their lower edges connecting with the lower flanges respectively of said spaced top bars,

a top supported on said top bars, a door normally resting freely upon the said lateral anges f the inclined bars and adapted to be lifted at its rear end to slidably en age the lower flanges of the said top bars a ong the length of the opposite edges of the door when slid into open position, and a sealing 'strip along the forward edge of vthe door normally engaging the top. l

4. In a counter inclosure, a pair of spaced top bars having supporting iianges alon their lower edges sloping rearwardl an downwardly, atop supported by said top bars, spaced inclined bars havin U lateral supporting flanges along t eir lower edges connecting with the lower flanges rea door normally supported along:its opposite edges upon the anges of the inclined ybars and having its upper forward edge' normally overhanging the connected. portions of the I of the top and inclined bars respectively and engaging said top,

said door being slidable beneath the top.

5. The combination with a plurality of frame members having horizontal members for supporting a pipe, of a plurality of trays each insertable below and between said horizontal members, and outwardly extending flanges on said horizontal members to guide 6. In a counter inclosure, the combinationv with spaced frame members each having a substantially horizontal portion of I cross section and progressively increasing in depth from front to rear i having a downwardly extending portion of inverted T cross section connecting into the rear end of said substantially horizontal portion, of a closure resting upon said downwardly extending portion when in one position and slidable to rest upon said substantially horizontal portions when in another position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN A. GUSTUS.

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