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Show MILK CART THAT IS CURIOUS Device Resembles Life Sited Cow In Which Product la 8tored and Kept lit Right Temperature. A curlou Idea for milk carta is contained con-tained In a patent, applied for In aaya the Popular Mechanics. Just what It Is Intvnded for la told by the Inventor himself: "My Invention la a new and usoful Improvement In milk refrigerator and delivery apparatus, and baa for Its object tho provision of a device that resemble 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 receptacle or compartment, each of which is provided with a cover and adapted to contain the desired quun-. quun-. tlty of milk, lty tho use of two receptacle re-ceptacle two qualities of milk may be atored at the name time, such a aweet milk and buttermilk. In the bottom of each of the receptacles I located a valve having a spring for normally holding It In place, so as to prevent t'he downfiowlng of the milk. Kacn of the teats ha a loggle-lerer Cow Glvaa Ice-Cold Mflk. connected to a lift-rod, and when the latter la raised the valve la lifted and the mill flows out of the teats. By proper manipulation of this device a realistic representation may be had of the milking of a cow. "Tbe portion of the body of the imitation im-itation cow not occupied by the milk receptacles 'is utilized for the storing of Ice to milntaln the milk at a proper prop-er temperature. Tho Imitation, cow stand riveted to a wagon platform and la drawn through the streets In the sntnfl manner aa a ordinary milk cart." |