| Show eonard U-eonard sonar d Harmon Explains Miser Meter er Over a period of several summers sums sumI sum- sum I mers s there has appeared in a great m J pany any nu punished advertisements the phrase hrasc Miser Meter-Miser 1 in connection with cne one e specific make of electric refrigerator At first taken to be bean just an advertising phrase it has bas appeared so pers persistently and has made such a definite impression upon the public mind that it has stimulated r. r more as to just what lay lar behind tame fie idea Some om Interesting facts were brou brought ht t to e light ht as a result Th The term Miser Meter-Miser Is ia the trade name flame of or p. p wholly new dein de- de sign aign in imm refrigerator mechanism f Continued on n page Vaga four tour I Leonard Harmon Explains Miser Meter-Miser I Continued rr from m page page one The conventional types of electric I refrigerators are nearly all eq equipped ed with compressors that transform the rotary power of an nn ordinary electric motor to t I vertical compression compression com com- stroke very vely much like an en engine ine except that in instead instead instead in- in stead of generating power front from rom gasoline gasoline gasoline gas gas- the oline the refrigerator uses power from the electric motor to compress the refrigerant gas i h i the course cf tC f providing refrigeration Mechanically however the compressor compres compres- sor is made of cylinder blocks pistons pistons pis pis- tons connecting rods crank shafts valves valve's and arid ether minor items all automobile en en- q quite cite similar to the gine In fact tact it takes u a fairly good motor just to keep all the parts moving before any refrigeration wo work k is done at al t U. U This function Is comparable to a no train without freight t. t Tho The Miser Meter unit Is a l comI com- com complete I departure from the conventional conven conven- I There Is no transformation of or rotary motor power to a u vertical power stroke re requiring uhn all the m tn parts pails already outlined In InI In uS It Is 18 In harmony with the I mod modi ern tr trend nd In rl bUldin building great oc ocea a n liners and also modern power stations station These now are t th ho y principle directly and r e. e not only exceptionally y powerful and smooth in operation bat the tho now noR lower plants themselves are arc far more co com pact act and even neat looking 1 In In the new refrigerator design eSI f the compression stroke Is not ve vere deal or but Is 13 3 actually to tary This means that the entire mechanism which moves Is built 0 o othe an anthe the shaft shan o of the motor Itself Ind In stead stend cf working hack back and forth II IIan Ilk hike I an engine piston Aston the Meter 1 MUe I leer r simply spins with the armature shaft of the motor Everything is simplified Many tany power cons g parts are eliminated alto altogether There are no more belts gears of pulleys pulley I All of or this means that the smaller small small- er motor on the Miser Meter will provide the same refrigeration a n that furnished by its larger pred predecessor predecessor cessor cf of the conventional type o othe of r the same size motor will furnish a greater nt amo amount of or refrigeration I f la either event considerable econom Is affected and long life Is assured assume since ince the entire mechanism In IUd Lug nig the motor Is hermetically sealed seal sealed ed forever from outside contact contac I away from dust dirt and moisture The Miser Meter-Miser is truly an ir In novation in mo modern ern d d' d I sign 1 1 |
