US50736A - Milk-stand - Google Patents

Description

Z. SANDERS.

Milk stand.A

Patented oct. 31, 1865.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ZENAS SANDERS, OF WEST WINDSOR, VERMONT.

MILK-STAND.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,736, dated October 31, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZENAs SANDERS, of West Windsor, in the count-y of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented an Improved Rotary Stand for Milk or Cream Pans; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification and represented t in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is au elevation, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a transverse section, of it.

In setting pans ot' milk to obtain cream to the best advantage it has been found that a free circulation of air against the under side or bottom surface of each pan greatly promotes the deposit of the cream on the milk.

My improved stand is constructed with ref'- erence to this discovery, and in carrying it out or constructing such stand I make use of a post, A, which I prefer to have square in its transverse section, and apply to each of the sides of such post a series of slats or bars, B B O O', the two bars of each pair, and which are on opposite sides of the post, being on a level with each other when the said post is in a vertical position. Each pair ot' such bars crosses at right angles another pair of them placed ou the other two sides of the post, and they project beyond the latter pan Jr'ar enough to receive and support a milk pan or dish when laid on them. Furthermore, I apply to the lower end ot' the post a pintle, a, to enter a round step or bearing, which may be either made in or fixed to a iioor of a dairy or apartment for containing the stand. The upper part of the post I construct tubular or with along bore or socket, b, arranged in line of the axis of the post. Vithin this bore I place a sliding bar, c, terminating at its outer end in a journal, c', and being provided with a series of holes, d d d, extending transversely through it at equal distances apart. The object of such holes is to enable the slider c to be supported at any desirable elevation within the range of its movements by a pin passed through some one or more of the holes and resting ou the top of the post A.

Each set of the bars, or all those situated on either side of the post, is supported in place by means of an upright board, F, having notches or recesses for the reception ot' such bars, such board being arranged against one side of the post A in manner as represented. Furthea more, each ot' such boards has three or any other suitable number of tenons or pins, h h h, projecting from its inner side atan acute angle therewith. These tenons or pins enter corresponding recesses or 1nortises,fzr', made in the post. The arrangement ot' the pins and mortises at an acute angle with the contiguous faces of the board and post in manner as exhibited in Fig. 2 serves to enable the boards to retain their positions against the post by the action ot' their Weight and the weight ot' whatever may be placed on their cross slats or bars.

A circular or other proper shaped disk or platform or curtain-supporter, G, is placed ou the top ot' the post A, and with the slider@ going through a hole made at the central part ot' such board. From the edge or circumference of such board a gauze curtain, H, is to be suspended, it being made so as to encompass the entire stand and rest on the door. The two vertical edges ot' the curtain may be lapped on each other, so as to be capable of being secured together by pins or other proper means. This curtain is to protect the stand and the milk pans from tlies or other injurious insects or animals.

By the above mode of constructing the milkstand it may be readily set up in a dairy or apartment and taken down or removed therefrom, as occasion may require, the upperjournal being provided with a step or bearing for its reception arranged in the ceiling of the apartment; and, furthermore, the stand may be revolved in order to enable a person to supply it with milk-pans or remove such from it,

as circumstances may require.

l. The combination of the notched board E and its inclined pins with its cross-bars and the post A, provided with holes or recesses for reception of such pins, in manner as specified.

2. The combination of the supporter Gwith the milk stand, made substantially as described, such supporter being for sustaining a curtain, H, about the pans, as set forth.

ZENAS SANDERS.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

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