c. 1930s De Laval No. 16 Cream Separator

This cream separator was made by the De Laval Cream Separator Company, headquartered in New York City. Tis separator's mechanics were first developed in the late 1800s by Gustaf De Laval in Stockholm, Sweden. Although several cream separators were made to be powered by an animal treadmill or an engine, this separator was made with a hand crank.

This cream separator has a very long series of patents:

195515, patented by W. C. L. Lefeldt and C. G. O. Lentsch on September 25, 1877, which you can view here;

247804, patented by Gustaf De Laval on October 4, 1881, here;

1212371, patented by Meredith Leitch on January 16, 1917, here;

1219567, patented by Meredith Leitch on March 20, 1917, which you can view here;

1253400, patented by Hans Olof Lindgren on January 15, 1918, which you can view here;

1256810 patented by Meredith Leitch and Bert Robert Wright on February 19, 1918, which you can view here;

1293082, patented by Charles Goebler on February 4, 1919, which you can view here;

1305813, patented by Meredith Leitch on June 3, 1919, which you can view here;

1316583, patented by Meredith Leitch on September 23, 1919, which you can view here;

1364119, patented by Meredith Leitch on January 4, 1921, which you can view here;

1364120, patented by Meredith Leitch on January 4, 1921, which you can view here;

1386122, patented by Meredith Leitch on August 2, 1921, which you can view here;

1386148, patented by Bert Robert Wright on August 2, 1921, which you can view here;

1407702, patented by Theodore H. Miller on February 28, 1922, which you can view here;

1407777, patented by Bert Robert Wright on February 28, 1922, which you can view here;

1409958, patented by Meredith Leitch on March 21, 1922, which you can view here;

1425664, patented by Meredith Leitch on August 15, 1922, which you can view here;

1431923, patented by Alton L. Baughman on October 17, 1922, which you can view here;

1453802, patented by Theodore H. Miller on May 1, 1923, which you can view here;

1476760, patented by Meredith Leitch on December 11, 1923, which you can view here;

1694468, patented by Vincent J. Gilmore on December 11, 1928, which you can view here;

1749764, patented by Erik August Forsberg on March 11, 1930, which you can view here;

1784953, patented by Bert Robert Wright on December 16, 1930, which you can view here;

1876656, patented by Erik August Forsberg on September 13, 1932, which you can view here;

1887315, patented by Hans Olof Lindgren on November 8, 1932, which you can view here;

1894985, patented by Alan E. Flowers on January 24, 1933, which you can view here; and

1905261, patented by Fredrik Bernstrom Seth on April 25, 1933, which you can view here.