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STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES G. NERGER, OF ABILENE, TEXAS.
MILK-COOLER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,898, dated January 24, 1893.
Application filed October 1, 1892, Serial No. 447,549. (No model.)To all whom it 7may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES G. NERGER, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Abi-
lone, in thecountyof TaylorandStateofTexas,
5 have invented certain newandusefulImprove-
ments in Milk-Coolers; and I do hereby de-
clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact
description of the invention, such as will ena-
ble others skilled in the art to which it ap-
io pertains to make and use the same.
My invention relates to improvements in
apparatus for cooling milk and it consists in
the combination with a vessel adapted to con-
tain any desired quantity of milk, of a cloth
15 or fabric covering inclosing said milk receiv-
ing vessel and provided at an intermediate
portion of its length with a series of openings
or perforations, and means for saturating said
inclosing cloth with water.
2o My invention further consists in the pecu-
liar construction and arrangement of parts
as will be hereinafter fully pointed out and
claimed.
In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1
25 is a side elevation of my improved milk cool-
ing apparatus; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional
view of the same; Fig. 3 is a detail view of
the supports for one of the milk receiving ves-
sels, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the
30 securing pins.
Like letters of reference denote correspond-
ing parts in the several figures of the draw-
ings, referring to which-
A designates a series of brackets which are
35 adapted to be rigidly attached to a wall or
any suitable support and on each of said
brackets, at the outer free end thereof, is ar-
ranged a support consisting of two concen-
tric rings B, B', firmly attached together by
40 means of a series of radial arms C and said
connected concentric rings are firmly secured
on the brackets A in any desirable and suit-
able manner.
On each of the brackets A, of which any
45 desired number may be employed, is arranged
an open top vessel D, of any desired size and
form, designed to receive fresh warm milk.
The milk receiving vessels D are inclosed
and completely surrounded by a textile or
50 fabric covering E. The covering E extends
around the vessel D and under each of said
vessels through the smaller inner ring B ofthe concentric rings carried by the brackets
A as shown in Fig. 1. The covering or sheath
E is held in place and prevented from being 55
drawn out of the rings B by means of secur-
ing pins F, preferably made in the form shown
in Fig. 4 in which they are made of a single
piece of spring metal curved and pointed at
both ends. The pins are arranged below the 6o
rings B, B', attached to each of the brackets
A and said pins engage with portions of the
covering or sheath E, which are drawn down
around the outer ring B' on each support or
bracket A. 65
Above the upper bracket A is arranged an-
other bracket G provided at its outer end with
a fiat supporting plate H. On the plate II
rests a tank or receptacle P provided with
a central depending tube I which extends 70
downwardly through the plate H. The up-
per end of the fabric sheath E extends up
through the tube I and is held in place by a
stopper or plug K as shown in Fig. 2; and
said fabric sheath or covering E is provided 75
at intermediate points of its length with a
series of apertures or openings e through
which the air can freely pass and said aper-
tures or openings are arranged in a band just
above the upper open end of each of the 80
milk receiving vessels D. &
If desired instead of making the sheath or
covering E in one continuous piece and perfo-
rating orpuncturing the same, as hereinbefore
described, said sheath may be composed of a 85
series of sections connected together by bands
of coarse or large meshed material which
bands will lie just above the upper ends of
the vessels D.
Within the sheath E, above each of the 90
vessels D therein, is arranged a drip cone MI.
Each drip cone is provided at its lower edge
with a depending flange N to which are firmly
attached, or formed integral therewith, a se-
ries of laterally projecting spurs or pins O 95
which pins penetrate the solid portion of the
sheath E, above the perforated or punctured
portion thereof, and hold the drip cone firmly
in place:
The operation of my invention may be ioo
briefly stated as follows:-Any or all of the
vessels D are filled with fresh warm milk and
the tank or vessel P is filled with cool water.
The upper ends of the fabric sheath or cov-UNITED
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Nerger, Charles G. Milk-Cooler, patent, January 24, 1893; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173292/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.