Delivering Ice Cream by Motor-Truck 



The truck is fed ice and salt in much the 

 same way that a locomotive is fed coal 



ANEW type of body fitted on a 

 motor- truck is designed to save 

 time in the delivery of ice cream at 

 retail. It has separate compartments for 

 the ice cream in cans, for the mixing ice 

 and for the salt. 



The compartment nearest the driver's 

 seat is used to carry eighteen of the con- 

 ventional ice cream cans packed in ice 

 and salt in the usual manner. The ice 

 compartment, of the same width and about 

 the same length as that in which the cans 

 are carried, is extended down at the rear 

 to a point about one foot from the ground. 

 It has a sloping false bottom which permits 

 the ice carried therein to move to the 

 bottom of the rear end by gravity while 

 the truck is in motion, where an adjustable 

 slide is provided to regulate the amount 

 working to the rear. A hinged door is 

 provided at the bottom of the rear end 

 through which the ice may be taken out 

 by means of a shovel. 



At the right rear side of the ice com- 

 partment there is another smaller one 

 extending to the top and slightly less 

 than half the width. Into this the salt is 

 poured through an opening in 

 the top. It has a false 

 bottom and a discharge 

 pipe at the bottom and 



a door at the rear by which the salt can 

 be taken out. 



Both the ice cream compartment and 

 that for the cracked ice have folding 

 covers, those on the latter being arranged 

 to be swung up to a vertical position and 

 used in conjunction with removable metal 

 sides to form a box in which additional 

 ice can be carried on hot days or long 

 routes. Both compartments are cork in- 

 sulated. Another small compartment at 

 the rear of that for the ice is used to carry 

 the pails in which the mixed ice and salt 

 are carried to the cabinet or other recep- 

 tacle in which the retailer keeps his ice 

 cream. Running boards are provided on 

 each side of the body. 



In operation, when the vehicle arrives 

 at a point of delivery, the driver takes 

 out the filled cans while standing on the 

 running board, leaving them on the run- 

 ning board for convenience. He then goes 

 to the rear, takes out one of the mixing 

 pails and scoops into it the desired amount 

 of ice and salt while standing on the 

 ground. He then carries both the filled 

 cans and the mixed ice and salt into the 

 store of the retailer where the cans are 

 iced in the store receptacle. 



By this method considerable time 

 is saved by the driver and there is 

 less "cleaning up" to be done. 



The motor-truck in which the 

 up-to-date wholesale dealer in 

 ice cream makes his deliveries 



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