Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1910 — HERE IS A FREAK PATENT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HERE IS A FREAK PATENT.

1 his Refrigerator Cow, When Milked Gives Ice-Cold Fluid. A curious idea for milk carts is contained in this patent, applied for in 1898. Just what it is intended for is told by the inventor himself: “My invention is a new and useful improvement in milk refrigerators and delivery apparatus, and has for its object the provision of a device that resembles a life-sized cow, in which milk may be stored and kept at a proper temperature, and from which it may be drawn as occasion requires after the manner of milking a cow. Within the body are receptacles or compart mpnts, each of which is provided with a cover and adapted to contain the desired quantity of milk. By the use of two receptacles two qualities of milk may be stored at the same time, such as sweet milk and buttermilk. In the bottom of each of the receptacles is located a valve having a spring for normally holding it jn place, so as to prevent the downflowing of the milk. Each of the teats has a toggle-lever connected to a lift-rod, and when the latter is raised the valve is lifted and the milk flows out of the teats. By proper manipulation of this device a

realistic representation may be had of the milking of a cow. “The portion of the bodj- of the imitation cow not occupied by the milk receptacles is utilized for the storing of ice to maintain the milk at a proper temperature. The imitation cow stands riveted to a wagon platform, and is drawn through the streets in the same manner , as an ordinary milk cart.”— Scientific American.

COW GIVES ICE-COLD MILK.