Gravity or Dilution Separators. 5 



An apparatus for separating cream from milk comprising a milk- 

 can provided with a centrally-depressed bottom and having an out- 



1. — The Aquatic Cream Separators. 



let in the center of said bottom, a cooler within said can and pro- 

 vided on its bottom with feet supporting the cooler over said outlet 

 with passages under the cooler, said feet serving to prevent eddying 

 of the outflowing liquid and causing a draft of said liquid equally 

 from all sides of the can to the outlet and also promoting the dis- 

 charge of the sediment from the bottom of the can as substantially 

 described." 



It will be seen that tiie peculiarity of this apparatus consists in 

 the central cooler supported upon little legs over the outlet in the 

 center of the bottom of the can and that while dilution is mentioned 

 in the specifications as essential to the "improved results" the claim 

 is on the form of the can only and not upon the dilution. As a 

 matter of fact this " separator " was at first made without legs to 

 the cooler and with the outlet to the side, thus entirely ignoring the 

 claim. A recent letter from tlie manufacturers says, " "We are mak- 



