Window-refrigerator.

Application filed December 9,1903, Serial No. 184,408. (No model,) (To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hugh C. McClung, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in 5 the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Window-Refrigerator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to refrigerators, and io more particularly to a refrigerator such as is suitable for attachment at a point adjacent to a window, the arrangement being such that the refrigerator may be drawn into the window for purposes of accessibility and may be 15 thrown outwardly, so as not to impair the light coming in at the window. .

My invention further relates to certain details of construction for the purpose of carrying out the idea above stated and hereinaf20 ter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in xvhich similar characters of reference indi25 cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my refrigerator upon the outside of the window. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the refrigerator as drawn into the xvindoxv. Fig. 3 is a cen30 tral vertical section through the same, showing a part of the means whereby the refrigerator is suspended and strengthened; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the suspension-brackets and also of the mechanism for 35 holding the refrigerator in certain predetermined positions.

The wall 1 is provided xvith a window 2, the exterior of the wall and xvindow being shown in Fig. 1. The windoxv-frame is shown at 3, 40 and upon it are mounted brackets 4, 5, and 6, provided with plates 7, 8, and 9, these plates being held rigid by means of braces 10, 11, and 12, the plates being provided xvith pivots 7^a, 13, 14, and 15.

The receptacle or refrigerator proper is shown at 16 and is made of metal, preferably galvanized iron. It is provided with a sloping roof 17, a perforated partition 18, and an inner receptacle 19, the latter having a series 5° of holes 21 to allow of ventilation. The bot tom of the refrigerator may be provided with perforations 22, also for the purpose of ventilation.

The door of the receptacle is shown at 23 and is provided with a button 24 to provide 55 for effectively closing the door.

Mounted upon the roof 17 is an eye 25, provided xvith a stem 26, which rigidly engages braces 27, these braces being firmly connected with the receptacle 16. By this arrangement 60 the eye 25 cannot readily be detached from the receptacle, the strength of the device being thereby greatly increased. A number of hinges 29 are mounted upon the back of the receptacle and extend, preferably, across the 65 same, being of considerable length for this purpose, as indicated in Fig. 4, and being provided with rivet-holes 30, whereby the connection between the hinges and the receptacle may be made secure by rivets 30^a. 70

Hpon the bracket 5 is mounted a pivotal support 31, and upon this pivotal support is mounted a rod 32,. provided xvith a hook 33, as shown more particularly in Fig. 4, and this hook may be slipped from one side of 75 the pivotal support 31 to the other and may be brought into engagement xvith one of the hinges 29, so as to hold the same in two different positions. (Shoxvn more particularly in Figs. 2 and 4.) When the rod 32 and hook 80 33 occupy the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 4, the receptacle 16 is in its outxvard position—that is, swung back out of the way of the window, so as not to obscure the light. If, however, access to the receptacle is neces- 85 sary, the rod 32 is moved upxvard, thereby disengaging the hook 33, and the receptacle is then swung around into the position indicated in Fig. 2, so as to face the aperture of the xvindow, the hook 33 being then brought 90 again into engagement with the hinge 29, so as to hold the receptacle firmly in position.

A brace-rod 28 is provided xvith a hook 28^aand an eye 28^b and extends from the pivot 7^aupon the bracket 4 to the eye 25 above the 95 receptacle. This brace-rod serves to support part of the xveight of the refrigerator-receptacle regardless of the position which may be occupied by the same..

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen 100

767,232 that the brace-rod 28 performs its function equally as well whether the receptacle be thrown outward, as indicated in Fig. 1, or whether it be caused to face into the window, 5 as indicated in Fig. 2.