Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Self-defrosting fridge, 1950


   A genuine innovation.  How many of these type of fridges were ruined by someone impatiently trying to pry the ice out of the freezer section, I wonder. 
   Just a timer that switched off the compressor and switched on a heating element in the heat exchanger 2 or 3 times a day but what an improvement.  

As an aside, the illustration is signed Lima, no info that I can find...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That would be lima, as in beans. The artists signature is over to the right on the egg carton. It appears to be Grady somebody. I think the last name starts with A.
Your humble servant,
Joe

Anonymous said...

What a way to make a living.

Mister G said...

Ha! so it is. How did I miss that? Thanks...