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, PENNY-IN-THE-SLOT MILK.
. The other day a picture showed a girl
drwing/some milk from a tap. Sho was
at a penny-in-the-slot milk machine, and
had put In o penny, and was holding her
jug to catchholts, value. The present
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sketch shows the machine In a sectional
way, though, the delsigner not having in
dicated the parts, s good deal is left to
the imagination. However, we can see
the reservoir and how It feeds the vessel
that contains the milk available 'to. the
purchaser who has just inserted the
necessary coin. The money-a penny
releases a stop against the paying-out
pipe, and this again goes to position
when the quantity has been sold. That,
anyhow. seems to be tile simplest way of
explalining the contrivance, though with
out the specilfcation thlere 'must be soime
guess work as ti the way it is worked.
'hto penny-in-the-slot milk machuine has
its uses, but also its limitations, and the
latter are rmany. It will certaihly .not
affect the delivery system, dof that we
may be sure, for it is still a comfort "io
put the Jug out" and let the cart fill it
in the morning. before Sarah Ann hoad
risen to light the kitcheh flire.
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