US119165A

US119165A - Improvement in provision and milk-safes

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Publication number: US119165A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1871-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 1888-09-19

Description

B.; H. MARTIN.

`|rnprovefnevnt in Provision zindMiH Safes.'

Paremd sep, 19, mi,

NiINITEn STATES PATENT OEICE.

BENJAMIN H. MARTIN, or ANN ARRoR, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR To HIMsELE AND oLIvER M. MARTnv, oF sAME PLAGE.

v IMPROVEMENT IN PROVISION AND MILK-SAFES. l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,165, dated September 19, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. MARTIN, of Ann Arbor, in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milk and Provision-Safes 5 and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and beinga part of this specification, in whichand it consists in the peculiar construction and method of attaching the said bars to the rotary standard, in providing the door-jamb with a swinging or folding `table or shelf, and in the general arrangement of the various parts, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A represents the walls and Al the door of my safe, being simple wooden frames covered with wire-cloth in the usual manner. B is the bottom and G the top of the safe. D is a standard stepped in the center of the oor, with `its upper end journaled in the top of the safe.

E is an annular trough surrounding the lower part of the standard to contain molasses or other material which will entrap and destroy such insects as may enter the safe and climb the standard in attempting to reach the milk-racks. E is a similar trough similarly arranged at or near f the top of the standard. F are the rack-bars, preferably of light iron, and employed in pairs,

one at each opposite face of the standard, which should be square in cross-section, with horizontal gains a cut in it to receive the center b of the bar, which is bent orl curved inward, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the two bars of each rack will be spread apart to give the pans G a broader base to rest upon and render them less liable to overturn in suddenly arresting the rotationv of the standard. Above each gain in the standard a latch-plate, d, is secured thereto by a woodscrew, c, so that when the rack-bar is placed in the gain the plate may be brought over and secured'by turning the screw home. For convenience in storing other articles one or more circular shelves H may be attached to the standard above thc milk-racks, as shown. A convenient attachment to the safe is found in a shelf or ta- Able, I, suspended by a rod, J, from the jamb of the door-frame, to which it is hinged, at e, in such a manner that when not in use the table may be swung up over the top of the safe. The cream-jar may be set on this table and the cream skimmed directly into it from the pans. It is equally convenient for many other purposes.

Wooden rack-bars sawed or bent to the required form may be employed in lieu of the iron ones described, there being but little if any difference in the cost. *A*

The construction of the safe and rack is such that every part may be easily removed for cleansing, so necessary in practice. For retail butchers it is a most convenient device for protecting meats from iiies.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to -V Witnesses H. F. EBERTs, MrRoN H. CHURCH.