Air cooling and liquid supply systems for automobiles

• US 3,224,218 A
• Filed: 03/07/1962
• Issued: 12/21/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William B. New
• Original Assignee: William B. New
• Inventors: New, William B.
• Application Number:
  US04/178,093
• Time in Patent Office: 1,385 Days
• US Class Current: 62/239
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/18 of drinking-water or other beverage dispensing devices

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION WITH AN AUTOMOBILE HAVING AN ENCLOSED SPACED WITH A WINDSHIELD AND AN INSTRUMENT PANEL, A CASING SECURED APPROXIMATELY UNDER THE SAID PANEL, A LIQUID TANK SECURED INSIDE THE CASING AND HAVING SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS, FILLER CAPS FOR SAID COMPARTMENTS FOR ADMITTING LIQUIDS, MEANS CONNECTED TO ONE OF THE COMPARTMENTS FOR CONVEYING SAID LIQUID THEREIN TO A TAP ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID CASING BELOW THE SAID INSTRUMENT PANEL, A COOLING CONTAINER INSIDE THE CASING AND SECURED THERETO, MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OTHER OF THE COMPARTMENTS AND PASSING OVER THE INSIDE FLOOR OF THE COOLING CONTAINER TO COOL AND CONVEY LIQUID TO A TAP ON THE SAID CASING BELOW THE SIDE PANEL, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS PASSING OVER THE FLOOR OF THE CONTAINER BEING ADAPTED TO STORE PERISHABLE FOODS THEREON INSIDE THE CONTAINER, A DUCT SYSTEM CONNECTED TO THE OUTSIDE THE CONAUTOMOBILE ENCLOSED SPACE AND CONVEYING AIR OUTSIDE OF THE AROUND SAID COOLING CONTAINER AND THENCE THROUGHOUT THE SAID AUTOMOBILE ENCLOSED SPACE TO COOL AND AIR CONDITION IT, MEANS FOR FORCING AIR THROUGH THE SAID DUCT SYSTEM, ADDITIONAL MEANS INSIDE THE SAID CASING FOR FORCING THE AIR THROUGHOUT THE INSIDE OF THE CASING INTO THE DUCT SYSTEM, AND TRAY MEANS ATTACHED TO THE SAID CASING FOR HOLDING CUPS AND GLASSES ADJACENT THE LIQUID SUPPLYING TAPS.