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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM VOLNEY DEAN, OF VALLEY MILLS, TEXAS.
M ILK-COOLER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,072, dated July 3, 1900.
Application filed Jannary 30, 1900, Serial No. 3,310 (No model.)To al whoim it Imay concorei
Be it known that I,WILLIAM VOLNEY DEAN,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Val-
ley Mills, county of Bosque, State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful In-
provements in Milk-Coolers, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
This invention relates to milk-coolers, and
has for one of its objects the provision of a
10 simple and inexpensive knockdown construc-
tion which will permit packing into compact
form when desirable.
Another object is to provide a milk-cooler
having adjustable shelves of improved con-
r5 struction, whereby milk pans or pails of dif-
ferent sizes can be easily accommodated.
A farther object of the invention is to pro-
vide a milk-cooler of the water-evaporation
capillary-feed type which will be strong, com-
20 pact, and of large capacity and provided with
improved means for draining, catching, and
retaining the water, holding the fabric, and.
adjusting and securing the shelves.
Having the foregoing and other objects in
25 view, the invention consists of certain im-
proved features and combinations set forth
in detail hereinafter and recited in the ap-
pended claims.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
30 a perspective view with the fabric broken
away to disclose the shelves and standards;
Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view taken
through one of the standards, and Fig. 3 a de-
tail view illustrating the manner of fastening
;5 the fabric.
There is a bottom tray 1, having legs 2 at
its corners, and a plugged drain - outlet 3,
which is adapted to catch the water as it is
fed or drains downward. Inside this tray, at
o the corners thereof, are hollow vertical stub-
standards 4. Hollow main standards 5 have
their lower en's telescoping over the stub-
standards and resting on the bottom of the
tray 1.
.5 A top tray 6 of somewhat-smaller size than
the bottom tray is provided, and it is equipped
with hollow stub-standards 7 at its corners
which telescope over the upper ends of the
main standards 5 in such manner that the
o tops of the latter abut the bottom of said top
tray.
Shelves 8 in the form of trays and of ap-proximately the same size as the top tray 6
are located one above the other between the
top and bottom trays. The number of these 55
trays can be varied as found desirable. The'
shelves have apertures 9 inside the four cor-
ners thereof, through which the standards 5
loosely pass, and the shelves are thus made
adjustable up and down to.any extent on.said 6o
standards. They are clamped or held in po-
sition on the standards by set-screws 10,which
pass through the sides of the shelf and bind
on the standard. - In the present instance I
have shown blocks or nuts 11, which are sol- 65
dered or otherwise suitablysecured to the
shelves, and the set - screws are threaded
through these nuts. The foregoing construc-
tion is both simple and effective and adapted
to permit adjustment of the shelves while the 70
device is in use by simply loosening the screws
and tightening them again after adjustment.
To prevent the accumulation of any water or
milk in the shelves, as well as to give a most
perfect circulation of air, I provide them with 75
openings 12.
The capillary-feed fabric 13 hangs from the
top tray 6 into the bottom tray 1 and com-
pletely surrounds the shelves. This fabric is
connected to the top and bottom trays in the 80
manner shown in Fig. 3. The top edge of the
side of the tray is bent over at 14, and between
this bent portion and the side of the tray are
secured, preferably by soldering, one end of
the prongs 15, over which the fabric is caught. 85
These prongs constitute a convenient means
for properly securing the fabric and yet per-
mitting its ready removal.
A water pail or reservoir 16, having suit-
able supporting-legs, rests within the top tray 90
and is provided with a delivery faucet or cock
17 for regulating the flow from the reservoir
into the tray.
The device is used as follows: The pans or
pails containing the milk to be cooled are 95
placed on the shelves, which have previously
been adjusted. The fabric is then placed in
position and the faucet 17 opened to allow the
water contained in the reservoir to feed into
the top tray. The water in the tray will then co0
feed up into the edge of the fabric and down
through it to the bottom tray by capillary at-
traction and will drain into said bottom tray,
from which it can be drawn off when desired
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Dean, William Volney. Milk-Cooler., patent, July 3, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514702/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.