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CORKBOARD INSULATED REFRIGERATOR 349<br />

trained <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> engineer* of recognized experience and<br />

resp<strong>on</strong>sibility, pure <strong>cork</strong>board was directed to be applied in<br />

mechanically chilled household refrigerators in a manner that<br />

would absolutely eliminate air pockets or air spaces of any<br />

kind between the <strong>cork</strong>board and the outside surface of the<br />

FIG. 162.—SEEGER MODEL SHOWING PURE CORKBOARD APPLIED IN<br />

ASPHALT CEMENT TO INTERIOR ONE-PIECE ENAMELED-STEEL<br />

REFRIGERATOR LINING, WITH ALL AIR EXCLUDED.<br />

interior refrigerator lining; for otherwise water vapor in that<br />

air would be c<strong>on</strong>densed, due to its c<strong>on</strong>tact with the cold<br />

exterior surface of the lining, the partial vacuum created by<br />

such cooling and c<strong>on</strong>densing would be balanced by the infil-<br />

trati<strong>on</strong> of additi<strong>on</strong>al air carrying water vapor in suspensi<strong>on</strong>,<br />

which fresh supply of air would in turn be cooled and give up<br />

*PUBLISHER'S NOTE—The author of this book is credited with formulating<br />

the suggesti<strong>on</strong>s that led to a soluti<strong>on</strong> of the problems touched up<strong>on</strong> here.

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