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CORKBOARD INSULATED REFRIGERATOR 351<br />

ed. Early types of enameled steel linings were L-shaped,<br />

necessitating a separate galvanized ir<strong>on</strong> secti<strong>on</strong> or lining to<br />

accommodate the mechanical cooling unit and to be fitted into<br />

t<br />

-CABINETMAKER PLACING CoRKl<br />

BETWEEN DOOR oi'<br />

-IILFS AND RAILS<br />

the crook of the L as best as possible and insulated from it.<br />

The <strong>cork</strong>board <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> had to be built around the lining,<br />

obviously, instead of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> being installed in the<br />

refrigerator v^-alls and the lining fitted in place afterwards.<br />

Therefore, the use of some waterproof, odorless, elastic, highly<br />

cementati<strong>on</strong>s material, plastic at workable temperatures and<br />

solid at ordinary temperatures, a material reas<strong>on</strong>able in cost<br />

and easily obtained, had to be found in which to lay up or set<br />

the <strong>cork</strong>boards in positi<strong>on</strong> against the exterior of the refrig-<br />

FIG. 165.— (LEFT) L-SHAPED REFRIGERATOR LINING, DIFFICULT TO<br />

INSULATE.— (RIGHT) RECTANGULAR REFRIGERATOR LINING,<br />

EASY TO INSULATE.<br />

erator linings. After repeated trials with many materials, an<br />

unfluxed petroleum asphalt of suitable characteristics and<br />

mixed with a certain preparati<strong>on</strong> of <strong>cork</strong> flour, as described in<br />

the Articles <strong>on</strong> "Asphalt Cement and Asphalt Primer" and<br />

"General Instructi<strong>on</strong>s and Eciuipment," came to be used with

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