Gravity or Dilution Separators. 



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" The mode of practicing the invention is as follows : The milk is 

 taken direct from the cow and placed in the can, and an equal 

 amount of fresh cold water is added. The can is then placed in a 

 cool place and is permitted to stand. The cream will rise to the top 

 and the milk and water will settle to the bottom of the can." 



" Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire 

 to secure by Letters Patent, is — 



A cream-separator consisting of a can, a faucet located near the 

 bottom thereof, a convexed strainer located over the port to the 

 faucet, the top of said strainer being imperforate and slanting at an 

 angle toward the center of the can." 



Doty's Cream Separator. 



This was patented May 2, 1899, by Ellsworth P. Doty, Cato, K 

 Y., and bears the number 624,194. This like all the others men- 



Ti^.y. 



8. — Doty's Cream Separator. 



tions dilution as a part of the process, but the claim is only on an 

 unimportant part of the can as the following extract from the speci- 

 fications shows. 



" The milk poured into the concave top or hopper is strained, 

 falls onto the sprayer, flows over its surface, is discharged from its 



