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Frederick M.Jones |
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| Frederick M. Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on May
17, 1892. After returning from France after serving in World War I, Mr.
Jones worked as a garage mechanic. His mastery of electronic devices was
largely self-taught, through work experience and t he inventing process.
With his experience as a mechanic he developed a self-starting gasoline
motor. In the late 1920's Frederick Jones designed a series of devices
for the developing movie industry, which adapted silent movie projectors
to use talking movie stock. He also developed an apparatus for the movie
box-office that delivers tickets and returns change to customers.
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| Reference: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/jones.html |
| Constructed by, Darryl Bishop |
Frederick
M. Jones was granted more than 40 patents in the field of refrigeration.
In 1935 he invented the first automatic refrigeration system for
long-haul trucks. The system was, in turn, adapted to a variety of other
common carriers, including ships and railway cars. The invention
eliminated the problem of food spoilage during long shipping times. The
ability to provide fresh produce across the United States during the
middle of summer or winter changed the American consumer's eating
habits. Jones' inspiration for the referigeration unit was a
conversation with a truck driver who had lost a shipment of chickens
becasue the trip took too l ong and the truck's storage compartment
overheated. Frederick Jones also developed an air-conditioning unit for
military field hosptials and a refrigerator for military field kitchens.
Frederick Jones received a total of over 60 patents in his career