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CORKBOARD INSULATED REFRIGERATOR 369<br />

REOL "LIFETIME" REFRIGERATORS.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>.— Custom-built to endure. Solid frame-work of ash<br />

posts, with cross-members of equal strength and durability. Vertical<br />

posts run the full height of the box reinforced at bottom with pressed<br />

steel angles. Heavy uiano-type casters are set into lower end of these<br />

posts. Interlocking joints, rigidly securing the cross members to<br />

IFIG. 174.—DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION OF REOL CUSTOM BUILT REFRIG-<br />

ERATOR— ARROWS (3) POINT TO CORKBOARD INSULATION<br />

AND (4) TO ASPHALT CEMENT.<br />

the vertical members. Glued and screwed into a rigid solid foundati<strong>on</strong><br />

to hold the balance of the structure. Cores for doors milled from <strong>on</strong>e<br />

solid piece of ash, made so that they will fit closely and not warp.<br />

Rabbits <strong>on</strong> the doors, fitting into ledges <strong>on</strong> the framework, effectually<br />

diminishing leakage.<br />

Insulati<strong>on</strong>.—Two inches of solid sheet <strong>cork</strong>, fastened securely to<br />

the framework. Fits close at all sides, forming an efifective and permanent<br />

barrier against the passage of heat, and protected with heavy

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