. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . FIG. 137—DETAIL, OF HINGED FREEZER WINDOW. The door and frame is beveled on the sides and top andthe two seals of contact between door and frame are cov-ered with a flexible packing of rubber) or felt. The frame is anchored to the wall with two i/4x2-
. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . FIG. 137—DETAIL, OF HINGED FREEZER WINDOW. The door and frame is beveled on the sides and top andthe two seals of contact between door and frame are cov-ered with a flexible packing of rubber) or felt. The frame is anchored to the wall with two i/4x2-inchiron anchors on each side. The door plug should be braced by two %-inch rodsset diagonally in the center of the plug between the twolayers of cork board. Hinges and fasteners should be put on in the samemanner as described for the hinged cooler window. 234 COLD STORAGE WINDOWS Fireproof Cold Storage Windows Where the openmgs must be protected by fireproofwindows, these should be made separate from the cold niNGLD COLD 5TO&AOL WINDOW. FIG. 138—COLD STORAGE WINDOW PROTECTED BY FIRE UNDER-WRITERS STANDARD WINDOW. storage window and placed in the position shown by Fig-ure 138. This simphfies the construction and is approvedby the underwriters. CHAPTER XIXFLOORS Packing House Floors Packing house floors are required to withstand morewear and tear and hard usage than is ordinarily expected offloors in manufacturing buildings. This is due principallyto heavy trucking and to constant cleaning and washing upwith hot water. In many departments there is also a greatdeal of hot grease and oil spilled on the floors, which deter-iorates the surface. Under these conditions it is difficult tolay a floor which will successfully stand years of hardservice and still remain in a satisfactory and sanitary con-dition. The materials must be selected with the utmost careand the workmanship in the laying of the floor must be ofthe very best. This is particularly true of asphalt and con-crete fl
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