US748598A - Creaming-can - Google Patents

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PATENTED JAN. 5, 1904.

F. G. FORTNBY.

GRBAMING CAN. APPLICATION FILED APR. 16.1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 5, 1904.

FRANK G; FORTNEY, OF MONROEVILLE, INDIANA.

CREAMlNG-CAN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 748,598, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed April 16, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. FORTNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monroeville, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Creaming-Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactdescription of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates particularly to creaming-cans havingan outer can to contain cooling-water and an inner can to contain the milk; and the particular object of the invention is to form an improved coupling between the inner can and the outlet-passage and faucet which will permit the inner can to be readily separated and removed. The fitting connecting the faucet and the inner can has a glazed passage, through which the milk can be inspected before it reaches the faucet.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of can provided with my Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are respectively front, rear, and side views of the coupling-fitting; and Fig. 5 is a plan showing the bottom of the can.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates theouter can for the water, and 7 the milk-can within the same. The latter is preferably elliptical to give greater water-space and rests upon a support 8 and upon the coupling-fitting hereinafter described.

At 10 is indicated aplate fixed by riveting,

soldering, or otherwise in the wall of the outer can at the bottom thereof,and this plate forms one wall ofa tubular passage 11, formed on the back thereof within the can. The passage terminates in V the outlet faucet 12, through which the milk may be drawn off. The tube 11 is L-shaped or ofiset horizontally Serial No. 152,930. (No model.)

at the lower end, and the vertical portion thereof is glazed at 13, so that the contents of the tube may be seen through the glass. The

lower end is ofiset to bring the faucet at the side, which is advantageous, because it takes up less vertical space than if the faucet were below the glass, and consequently the inner can can be set lower in the outer can.

To the under side of the bottom of the inner can is secured a dished plate 14, which forms a seat for the head of the tubular screwplug 15, which connects and couples the inside'can to the outlet-tube 11. The upper end of the tube is threaded interiorly, as at 16,.to receive the screw-plug, and the joint is packed by a gasket 17. A close. and tight joint is thus formed with very .few parts. The inner can may be quickly disconnected and lifted out by unscrewing the plug 15.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In acreaming-can, the combination with inner and outer cans, of an outlet-tube extending through the outer can and having a faucet at its outer end, and a removable tubular coupling-plug extending through the inner can and into the inner end of the outlettube and binding the bottom of the inner can upon the top of the outlet-tube.

2. In a creaming-can, the combination with an outer can having an outlet-tube fixed therein and a faucet at the lower end of the tube, of an inner can, anda removable hollow screw coupling-plug extending through the bottom of the inner can and engaging the upper end of the tube and having a head within the inner can binding the same upon the top of the outlet-tube.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- FRANK G. FORTNEY.

Witnesses:

E. MURFIELD, E. I. GEYER.

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