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Milk cooler, turbine
comprises three parts: top of cooling unit, bottom of unit and stand; domed top cover, beneath which is a large circular component with two curved steel pipes and three vertical lengths of steel tubing; round bottom cover with hole in the centre for the pipes to fit through, and numerous small holes in a recess in the base; the two parts held together by two butterfly nuts; stand comprising two rings and three legs; valve on top cover for hose pipe; cooling unit placed on top of stand on full can of milk; hose attached to valve and component inside covers rotates; water flows continuously through the holes in the base of cooling unit over the milk can below.
Blow Inkan Major, Turbine Milk Cooler, Model 3B Patents 728617 and 815707. Manufactured by J.J.Blow Limited, ?field Works, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield. [from operating and maintenance instructions, RP; 22/01/2009]