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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE0
TOMAS EDWARD DICKSON, OF LOTT, TEXAS.==L-COOLER.
Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Aug. 10, 1909.
Application filed April 29, 1909. Serial No. 493,033.
To all .w 'om it may concern:
Be it known that I, Toi1As E. DICKsoN, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Lott, ii the county of Falls and State of
Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Milk-Coolers, of which
the following is a specification, reference be-
ing had to the accompanying drawings.
This invention relates to improvements in
1 milk coolers. of that class in which cold
water is allowed to drip upon porous cover-
ings arrasg(d on jars or other containers
for the milk.
The object of the invention is to provide
a simple and practical device of this charac-
ter which will be simple, strong, durable
and inexpensive in construct ion and which
may be adapted to cool large or small quan-
Iities of milk or the like according to the
20 heeds of the user.
With the above and other objects in view,
the invention consists of the novel features
(if construction and the combination and ar-
rangement of parts hereinafter fully de-
25 scribed and claimed, and illustrated in the
ac(oIal)flnying( lrwinigs, in which--
Figure 1 is aperspective View of one em-
bo)intent of the- invention; Fig. 2 is a ver-
tuIaI transverse s etiollal view through the
30 msae; and Fig. 3 is a similar view of. a modi-
fied form of the invention which has double
the capacity of that shown in Fig. 2.
The invention comprises a stand 1 on
which may be placed one or more jars 2 or
35 other containers for the milk, cream, butter
or the like to be kept cool and above which
is supported a cold water reservoir or tank
from which the water drips upon a porous
cover 3 which surrounds the jar 2.- Said
40 covering 3 is preferably in the form of a fab-
ric bag in which the jar 2 is placed and the
- open top of which is brought together over
a removable top 4 arranged upon the jai', as
shown more clearly in Fig. 2 of the draw
45 ings. Said stand 1 preferably comprises a
. rectangular frame supported in a horizontal
position by legs 5 and covered by a forami-
nloUs top G on which the jar or jars 2 are
placed. Said to1) ( may be made of metal
50 gauze or of perforated metal plate, as
shown, and it is also preferably covered by
a strip 7 of fabric or other porous material
on which the jars are placed. The waste
-water dripping from the foraminous or re-
55 ticulate top 6 is collected by a drip pan 8'arranged between and secured to the legs 5,
as shown at 9. Said drip pan is preferably
of V-shape -in cross section and is inclined
downwardly ronm oue end to the other end
of the stand, a suitable collecting receptacle 60
t lbeing placed beneath its lower end to re-
eeive the water.
11 denotes a horizont ally disposed and
longitudinally extend ing cold, water tank
supported above and nearer to one side of the 65
stand 1 by means of m elevated frame which
Iiscs from the stand. As illustrated, said
Ira mue consists of two end members each hav- /
ing u)iprighlts 12 13 connieicted at their uppe'
ends by a cross piece 14 provided with alu 70
inwardly extending ledge 15 to receive and
support one end of the tank or receptacle 4.
If desired, the standards -18 may be formed
by continuing the upper ends of the legs 5
on one side of the stand, as shown in Figs. 1 75
and 2. The tank 11 has projecting from its
front side at plurality of gage cocks 16
which are so disposed that they will be over
the jars 2 placed upon the top 6 of the stand.
By adjusting the cocks.10 the cold water in 80
the tank 11 may be caused to drip as fast or
us showi as may be desired. Said tank 11 has
a closed top in which is formed an opening
17 to receive the neck of an inverted jug or .
the like 18 which forms a reservoir for main- 85
taing a constant level of watering the tank
11. If desired, the tank'11 may be filled or
partially filled with ice through the opening
17 so that the water or other cooling medium
will effectively chill the contents of the jars 2 90
as it passes through the porous coverings 3
-thereon.
From the foregoing it will be seei that'
the invention provides an exceedingly simple
device of this character which may be pro- 95
duced at a small cost and will be strong and
durable and which is adapted to receive any
number of jars of milk and jars of any size,
within determined limits.
Fig. -3 of the drawings shows a device 100
which is similar ini construction and opera.
tion in all respects to that of the one shown
in Figs. I and 2 with the exception that it
is made double so as to have twice the ca-
pa'civ, as will be readily understood on ref-. 105
erence to said Fig. 3.
having thus described the invention what
is claimed is:
1. A milk cooler comprising a stand hav-
inn a fora immi nouis top, a (Irip.pan arranged 11.No. 930,358.
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Dickson, Tomas Edward. Milk-Cooler., patent, August 10, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513572/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.