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diluting "creamy" milk, would-be users of the dilution process may- 

 be assured that they are in danger of infringing the Phillips patent 

 only when they "dilute each drop separately." However desirable 

 it may be to " dilute each drop separately," it is extremely doubtful 

 if it can be done even by using the Phillips can. 



Rector's Creaming Can. 



The patent on this can is No, 611,275. It was granted Sept. 

 27, 1898, to Jas. A. Rector, Lancaster, Mo. The peculiar feature 



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4. — Rector's Creaming Can. 



of this can seems to be the central tube or " distributing head " 

 through which the water is introduced. While dilution with water 



