US1550581A - Water cooler - Google Patents

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Aug. 18, 1925' W. I. SHERWOOD WATER COOLER Filed Jan. 6, 1923 gnmz'nl'o'c W151: ernmd.

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Application filed January 6, 1923. Serial m. 611mg.

To allwho-m it may concern. Zetween the bottoms 6 and 8 of the re- Be it known that I, ILL I. SHERWOOD, spective vessels and their walls 7 and 9 is a resident of the city of Montclair, county placed a filling of non-heat conducting ma of Essex, and State of New Jersey, and a te-rial such as asbestos or other non-metallic citizen of the United States, have invented material. 60

certain new and useful Improvements in Near its upper edge the wall 7 of the inner lVater Coolers of which the following is vessel is inclined outward into contact with a specification, reference being had to the the wall 9 of the outer vessel and extends accompanying drawing forming a part upward from the point in contact with the 10 thereof. wall 9 extending somewhat above its upper My invention relates to tanks for water edge and is folded over as shown in Figure coolers of the type in which an inner water a into close contact with the outer face of jar or container for the water to be cooled wall 9 thus enclosing its upper edge. The is arranged within an outer tank in which folded upper edge of wall 7 with the enice is placed about the water jar, and reclosed upper edge of wall 9 are then folded 70 lates particularly to the construction of the outward and downward against the outer outer or ice tank and its cover. face of the wall 9 as shown in Figure3 thus My invention has for its object to provide forming a double seam 14L- outside the line an ice tank with double walls of sheet metal of the outer face of the outer wall 9 and united at their upper edges by a seam and leaving no crevice into which water can 7 a cover for such ice tank so constructed that enter from above.

when the cover is in place it will protect the 15 indicates the cover for the ice tank,

seam against injury. having a central opening for the neck of the lVith the objects above indicated and water jar or container 2. This cover is conother objects hereinafter described in view vex on its upper face and at its periphery w my invention consists in the construction is provided with a bead 16 arcuate in cross and combination of elements hereinafter desection extending upward from a line 17,

scribed and claimed. outward and downward terminating at 18 Referring to the drawings in an edge adapted to fit nearly against the Figure 1 is a side view of a water cooler outer face of the wall 9, the bead thus en- 6-3 embodying my invention. closing the upper edges of the walls 7 and Figure 2 is a central vertical sectional 9 and the seam 14. view of the same. The portion of the bead which extends Figure 3 is a detailed sectional view of upward from the line 17 is adapted to fit the upper edge of the body. the outwardly curved portion 13 of the inner Figure is a view similar to Figure 3 but wall 7 and to make a relatively tight joint showing the seam as it appears after the therewith. The outwardly and downwardly first fold is made. curved portions of the bead enclose and pro- Figure 5 is a detail view of the faucet tect the upper edges of the walls and the opening. seam by which they are united and also In the drawings 1 indicates the ice tank serve to give an attractive finish to the upper or container of a water cooler and 2 indicates edge of the ice tank. the water jar or container for the water to At each of the openings 3 for the faucets be cooled by the ice within the ice tank a collar 20 is inserted between the wall 7 of 45 about the water jar. An outlet 3 leads from the inner vessel and a thimble 21 is inserted the water jar near its base, through the wall through this collar and through the openof the ice tank. ings in the walls and its ends, after apply- The ice tank is formed of twosheet metal ing white lead thereto, are spread outward vessels each formed withoutseain by stampinto contact with the respective walls as 50 ing or drawing from a single sheet of metal shown at 22 and 28. When the faucet 24 the inner vessel comprising a flat bottom 6 is in place the ends 22 and 23 are held in and vertical walls 7 and the outer vessel close contact with the walls 7 and 9 and any comprising a bottom 8 substantially flat but tendency-to work loose is prevented having near its periphery an annular down- Having thus described my lnventlon what 55 ward projection 10, and vertical walls 9. I claim is An ice tank for water coolers comprising sheet metal inner and outer members spaced apart at bottom and sides and having the space between their bottoms and sides filled with non-conducting material the upper edge of the side wall of the inner member being flanged outward into contact with the inner face of the side Wall of the outer member to form a supporting ledge and 10 united thereto by a double seam folded outward and downward into contact with the outer face of the side wall of the outer member, and a cover having an annular downwardly extending projection adapted to rest on said supporting ledge, and having outside said annular projection an annular bead adapted to enclose the said double seam.

In testimony whereof 1 hereto aflix my signature.

WILL I. SHERWOQD.

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