Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Compressors – Household
Moving with the market, and with a new sense of what it would take to put a refrigerator in every Canadian household, the industry quickly moved beyond its crude beginnings. If the mechanical refrigeration machine, with clanking reciprocating compressor, was to be acceptabled into the homes of the nation, it must be much smoother, quieter and appear more friendly to the householder. The later “J” style Kelvinator, engineered for higher speed and greatly reduced mass [50 to 30 lbs.], would be a significant step along the way, Kelvinator of Canada, 1929.
