Nova Patents
US1986992A

Drip pan for water coolers

Abstract

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US1986992A, drawing sheet 1
Sheet 1 of 4

Term

Term ended

Expired 19 April 1952, 74.4 years ago.

  1. Priority and filed
  2. Granted
  3. Expired
  4. Today

7 claims: 7 independent, 0 dependent

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    I claim:1. . In combination with a water cooler having 25 supporting legs, brackets on said legs, a drip pan adapted to fit between said brackets and supported by an annularly extending rim resting on said brackets, said drip pan being capable of limited rotation between said brackets, notches 30 in said rim adapted to register with said brackets upon rotation of said drip pan and stop members on said rim extending downward adjacent said notches.
  2. 2
    In combination, a water cooler frame, a drip 35 pan within said frame, a flanged rim extending outwardly from said drip pan, spaced notches in said rim, spaced supports on said frame to engage said rim and permit removal of said pan when said pan is rotated to register said notches 40 with said supports.
  3. 3
    In combination, a water cooler frame, spaced brackets in said frame, and a drip pan provided with a flange and capable of limited rotation in said frame, spaced notches in said flange, said 45 flange provided with a stop adjacent one of said notches to limit the rotation of said pan.
  4. 4
    In combination, a water cooler frame provided with a shield, spaced supports in said frame below said shield, and a drip pan provided with 50 means to engage said supports upon partial rotation Of said pan and without tipping the latter from a horizontal position, said shield acting to prevent a vertically upward removal of said drip pan from said frame. 55
  5. 5
    In combination, a water cooler frame provided with a shield, spaced supports in said frame below said shield, a drip pan provided with means to engage said supports upon partial rotation of said pan and without tipping the latter from a 60 horizontal position, and stop means to limit the rotation of said pan, said shield acting to prevent a vertically upward removal of said drip pan from said frame.
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    In combination, a water cooler frame having 65 a shield at its upper end, spaced support means in said frame below said shield, and a drip pan provided with means adapted selectively to engage said support means to retain said pan within said frame, or to permit said pan to be with- 70 drawn vertically downward therefrom. RICHARD C. WOLFE. 2 ι,θβ guard or shield which surrounds the water container. Referring to Figure 1, the numeral 10 represents a drip pan constructed according to this 5 invention. The three legs or supports for the conventional water cooler are represented by numerals 11, 12 and 13 respectively, while the brackets attached to these legs and on which the pan normally rests are represented by 14.
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    10 In its normal position, when it is supported by brackets 14, and as shown in Figure 6, the catch basin 15 of pan 10 lies midway between legs 11 and 13, so that these brackets are beneath the outwardly extending flange 16 of the pan Iff 15 This position is represented in Figure 1 by the line oA. A small projection 17 (Figure 3) may be placed on the lower edge of the flange 16 to insure that the catch basin is registered in its proper relation with the faucet Of the cooler (not 20 shown). Under these conditions the pan 10 and catch basin 15 may be rotated approximately 20° to the left or in a clockwise direction from line OA, on which the faucet lies, in order that a receptacle which is too high to be received be25 tween the faucet of the cooler (not shown) , and the top of the catch basin, may be filled. Pan 10 is prevented from turning any farther in this direction by the edge of catch basin 15 striking against leg 13 (Figure 1). Pan 10 and catch 30 basin 15 may also be rotated approximately 20° to the right or in a counter-clockwise direction from line OA whereupon it will be arrested by the downward projections or lugs 18, on flange 16, illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4, for a purpose 35 which will be explained below. The outwardly extending flange 16 of pan 10 is provided with three notches 19, as indicated in Figure 1, which are spaced at the same intervals as legs 11,12 and 13 of the cooler support. These 40 are so related to the diameter of the flange of the drip pan and to the brackets 14, on the frame of the cooler support that the pan will be free to drop vertically downward when notches 19 coincide or register with these brackets as illus45 trated in Figure 1. It is to prevent the accidental dropping of pan 10 that the downward projections 18 are fitted to the rim 16 of the pari. When it is intended, however, that the pan shall be removed, the catch basin 15 may be rotated 50 approximately 20° to the right or in a counterclockwise direction and then lifted so that projections 18 will pass over brackets 14. It may then be rotated in the same direction (counterclockwise) until notches 19 coincide or register 55 with these brackets, allowing the pan to be dropped vertically downward and removed from between the legs 11,12 and 13 of the cooler frame, without danger of tipping. Downwardly extending lugs 20 may be added on the opposite sides of 60 notches 19 from lugs 18 to insure accurate alignment of these notches with the brackets by preventing over-travel of the pan Iff The pan 10 obviously cannot be removed from the frame by lifting it upwardly because of the presence of ths 65 water cooler structure, illustrated in part in Figure 6 by shield 25. Referring now to Figure 5, the brackets 14 may be constructed as there detailed. . The bracket itself may be made from a strip of metal bent to 70 provide a horizontal ledge 21 which is adapted to receive the horizontal flange 16 of the pan 10. The vertical upward extension 22 may be propor-
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