Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Treating and Bottling Fermented Malt Liquor.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Treating and Bottling
Fermented Malt Liquor.
I, JOHN HERMAN KERSENBROCK, of Seventh Street, in the City of Columbus,
County of Platte, and State of Nebraska, one of the United States of America,
Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The apparatus to which my invention relates is used only for fermented malt
liquors, and it is designed for use with especial reference to the well known
Pasteur process, wherein the beer or other fermented malt liquor, which is forced
under air pressure from the keg, is heated and then cooled.
The object of my invention is to improve the present apparatus used in the
Pasteur process, and to prevent the escape of carbonic acid in bottling beer, or all
other fermented malt liquors.
My invention consists first, in a means for ascertaining the quantity of beer in
kegs while in the course of being bottled under air-pressure.
It consists secondly, in an improved heater and cooler for beer used in the
Pasteur process.
It consists thirdly, in a beer bottling apparatus provided with an automatic
relief valve.
In the accompanying drawings :
Fig. 1 is a general view of the entire apparatus.
Fig. 2 is an elevation, showing two kegs provided with appliances for drawing
off and ascertaining the quantity of beer therein.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the heater and cooler.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on line IV-IV, Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line V-V, Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section of the bottling apparatus.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the caps of the main cylinder or main
reservoir of the bottling apparatus.
Fig. 8 is an inside view of one of the caps and revoluble heads of the lower
cylinders or supplemental reservoirs.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section through the relief pipe, showing the relief valve.
I show two kegs 1, 1ª, in the drawing Figs. 1 and 2, each provided with a
faucet 2ª, 2. These faucets are connected with a pair of branch pipes 3, 3ª of
rubber, of which are in turn connected with the lateral branches 4, 4ª of the short
pipe 5, which leads to the heater. Each lateral branch 4, 4ª is supplied with a
stop-cock 6, and an air-cock 7 in frout of the latter.
As the construction of the attached parts of the kegs 1, 1ª is the same in each
case, it will be understood that when reference is made to one keg and its
attachments, the other is included. Of course only one keg may be used if desired.
8 is an air faucet driven into the top of the keg, for admitting air under pressure from
a suitable pump, not shown. 9 is a double faucet driven into the side of the keg near
its top, the upper end or nozzle 10 of which, is open to the air and is adapted to
be closed by a valve 11 The lower end or nozzle 12 is provided with a valve 13,
and is connected with the upper end of a hose or tube 14. 15 is a faucet driven
into the side of the keg near its lower end, the nozzle 16 of which is open to the
air and is provided with a valve 17. 18 is a valve behind the nozzle 16 of faucet 15.
Above the nozzle 16, the faucet is open to connect with the lower end of a glass
tube or gauge 19, the upper end of which is connected with the lower end of hose
or pipe 14, and which is protected from injury by a surrounding cage or frame 20.

page_text: I will now describe the mode of operation of these parts of my invention.
When the faucets 9 and 15 are driven into the keg, with the tubes 14 and 19
connected, the valve 18 must be closed and the valves 11, 13, and 17 open. The
contained gases or air in the keg will now escape through nozzles 10, 12, and 16.
The valve 18 is opened after the gases have escaped, permitting the beer to flow
through the tubes 14 and 19, and to the heighth of the keg, the valve 17 having
been first closed. The keg is now tapped and the faucet 2 driven in, the same
being connected with branch pipe 3. Air is now forced into the keg through the
air-faucet S, causing the beer to pass out of the keg through the faucet 2. The
heighth of the beer in the keg, after it has been mostly forced out, will be indicated
by the glass tube or gauge 19.
Having described the means for ascertaining the quantity of beer in kegs and
drawing it off therefrom, I will now describe the heater and cooler, see Figs. 1, 3, 4,
and 5.
21 is the pipe connected with pipe 5 through which the beer is forced from the
kegs, said pipe 21 having a flattened funnel-shaped or flared portion 22 that fits
over a flange 23, that surrounds an elongated slot or mouth 24, of an outer section 25
of a metallic elongated head 26. The inner section 27 of the head 26, is identical
with the other section 25 in general contour, and is secured thereto by the screws 28.
Spaced at suitable regular intervals across the inner section 27, are circular
openings 29 that register with the mouth 24 of the outer section 25. There are
preferably four of these openings corresponding with the number of spaced pipes 30,
which fit at one end tightly in said openings. The other ends of pipes 30 fit in
similar openings 29 of another metallic head 31, similar in construction to the
head 26. Over the flange 23, surrounding the mouth 24 of the head 31, fits a
flattened funnel-shaped or flared portion 32 of an outlet pipe 33. 34 are air-cocks
applied to the flared portion 32 of pipe 33, and the flared portion 22 of pipe 21.
35 is the rat that contains the series of pipes 30, and through the ends of which the
pipes 21 and 33 pass. 35, 35 represent thumb screws, one for each end of pipes 30,
said screws being screwed through the heads 26 and 31 into engagement with the
pipes mentioned. 36, 36 are tight fitting rubber washers placed one over each end
of pipes 30, close up against the heads 26 and 31 to render the parts air-tight.
37 are supporting blocks at each end of the vat 34, projecting up from the bottom
and on which the heads 26 and 31 rest, for taking the strain off the connections.
38 represents a series of four perforated pipes, more or less, arranged upon the
bottom of the vat and being closed at one end and opened at the other end, where
they communicate with a cross pipe 39. 40 is a steam pipe that passes through
one side of the vat 34 and connects with pipe 39.
The process carried on in the heater is as follows:
Beer is forced into the pipes 21 from whence it spreads into the flared portion 22
and enters the pipes 30, through which it is forced through flared portion 32, here
contracting again and entering pipe 33. When beer enters the series of pipes 30,
steam enters the series of perforated pipes 38, lying underneath pipes 30 and at the
same time heats the water in the vat and keeps the same at the necessary degree
of heat. In this connection it will be observed that the parallel pipes 30 are
arranged in a horizontal plane, and each being above the pipes 38, with no
intervening obstructions, they will be thoroughly and uniformly heated throughout.
Connecting the heating and cooling apparatus is a pipe 41 having couplings 42 at
each end provided with turning cocks 43. In the middle of pipe 41 is a
thermometer 44, the purpose of which is to indicate the degree of heat of the beer
passing through the pipe.
The cooling apparatus is constructed similarly to the heating apparatus, without
the steam appliances, and consists of a vat 45; a series of space pipes, 46, preferably
six in number; heads 47 and 48 at the ends of said pipes, and flared portions 49, 50
of the inlet and outlet pipes 51, 52 respectively, which pass through the ends
of the vat. A detailed description of said parts is not necessary for the reason
just stated.

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The flared portions 49, 50, are provided with air-cocks 53, and the pipe of the
part 50 is provided with a stop-cock 54, and the thermometer 55.
The pipe 52 is connected with the inlet pipe 56 of the bottling apparatus, and if
desired a filter can be so placed that the beer after being cooled is filtered before
entering said inlet pipe.
I will now describe the bottling apparatus, Figs. 1, 6, 7, and 8.
The operative parts of the bottling apparatus are mounted upon a stand composed
of end frames 56 and a pair of connecting bars 57. This stand is made of either metal
or wood.
58 is an adjustable rest on which the bottles to be filled are placed. At each
end of the rest 58 are projections 59 that are both received and guided by
vertical clots 60 in the end frames 56. Thumb screws 61 pass into these end
projections 60, and support the rest 58 at the desired height.
Formed at the upper ends of the end frames of the stand, are recesses 62 having
at their bottoms sockets 63, which receive the downwardly projecting pin 64 of the
cylinder or main reservoir 65, which is made either wholly of non-corrosive material
or is lined with such.
The beer enters the cylinder 65 from the cooler 45 through rubber hose 66,
which fits into a central opening of the annularly flanged cap, 67, the latter being
screwed into or otherwise secured to the end of the cylinder. On the inner side of
this cap, concentric with its central inlet opening and within and concentric with
the flange thereof, is a screw-threaded ring 59, at the inner end of an open-ended
perforated cylindrical sieve 70, constitutes a screw-coupling for the latter.
Through the perforations of sieve 70, the beer enters the main body of the
cylinder.
By thus connecting the sieve to the cap 67, the two are adapted to be moved
jointly or together, and thus prevent any accumulation of matter between the sieve
and the sides of the cylinder 65, as the sieve is detached therefrom and does not
touch the same. Also, by making the sieve in cylindrical form it is adapted to
arrest, hold and contain the matters, such as dregs, dirt etc.
At the opposite end of the cylinder is a cap composed of a ring 71 in a rabbit-
groove, in the inner side of which is fitted a glass observation disc 72. This cap
may be screwed or otherwise suitably secured on the cylinder. Through this glass
disk may be ascertained the quantity and standing of the beer or other fluid which
is being bottled.
.
On top of the main cylinder 65 is attached, air-tight, a glass tube, 73,
provided at its upper end, and with an air-cock 74. The purpose of the glass tube 73
is to ascertain the amount of beer in the cylinder, and that of the cock 74 to let
out the air when the beer is turned into the cylinder. This appliance is to be
used as occasion demands. It should be understood that the main cylinder should
always be completely filled.
Suspended below the main cylinder 65, by means of outlet or coupling
pipes 75, 76, are horizontal auxiliary cylinders or supplemental réservoirs, 77, 77,
which are composed of non-corrosive material or lined with 'such. These attach-
ments are intended to be used by extensive bottlers.
Into each end of cylinders 77 is screwed or otherwise secured a cap 78, on
a central pin 79 of each of which is adapted to revolve a rotary head 80,
having a central opening 81 through which said. pin passes. The top of the
cap 75 is provided at the side of its contour with a pear-shaped opening or
valve 82, through which the beer passes into one or the other of the pear-shaped
openings or valves 83, formed in the inner sides of the rotary heads 80, from whence
the beer escapes through the lateral openings 84, extending from openings 83 to
the peripheries of the heads, into and out of the siphons screwed or otherwise
secured in said openings 84. When the respective siphons are in vertical position.
and extending downwards, their inlet openings 83 will be directly opposite the

page_text: opening 82. When the siphons are drawn toward or from the bottler, the valves
close. At the point of connection of the siphons 85 with the heads 80, they are
covered with washers 86.
Each end of the auxiliary cylinders 77 is provided with an air-cock 87.
Of the pair of perpendicular outlet pipes 75, 76, which project downwardly from
the main cylinder or reservoir 65, the former is larger than the latter and con-
stitutes a relief pipe. The inside diameter of pipe 75 is in practice preferably
one-half an inch, and of the pipe 76 preferably a quarter of an inch.
In Figure 9 the manner of connecting pipe 75 with the main supplemental
reservoirs and the valve in the pipe, is shown. Projecting downwardly from the
reservoir 65 is a tubular socket piece 86, against which the upper end of the pipe 75
abuts, said pipe fitting tightly in said socket piece. The lower ends of the pipe 75
is fitted tightly in a similar piece 90 projecting upwardly from the supplemental
reservoir 77, said socket piece being also internally enlarged to provide a
shoulder 91.
At the lower end of the outlet pipe 75 is an upwardly seating button or disk-
shaped valve 92, that fits snugly against the said end, and is provided with a valve
stem 93 that extends through the pipe. About midway of the pipe 75 is a cross-
piece 94 through which the valve stem passes. Screwed into the upper end of the
valve stem is a nut 95, and surrounding the valve stem is a spiral spring 96, the
upper end of which seats against the nut and against the cross-piece 94.
other pipe 76 has no valve, but its passage is entirely free.
The
The pressure at the large pipe and at the small pipe is the same, but the large
pipe 75 constitutes a relief pipe, should there be any over pressure while the
liquid is being drawn off through the small pipe 76, the valve 92 being auto-
matically opened. The opening of this valve prevents foaming, by letting the
excess of liquor off; and as soon as the over pressure ceases, the valve closes.
To prevent waste a bottle is placed under one of the siphons of the auxiliary
reservoir 77. The small pipe 76 is double the size of the siphons, and the outlet
opening caused by the opening of the valve in the large pipe, has practically no
greater capacity than the outlet opening in the small pipe, in which there is
no valve.
All parts of my beer apparatus are so made that, while they fit neatly and
tightly together, they can be readily taken apart and cleaned when necessary.
Throughout the entire apparatus, the parts through which the beer passes must
be made wholly of or else lined with non-corrosive material.
Dated this 16th day of August.
J. H. KERSEN BROCK,
By L. W., per F. B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Treating and Bottling
Fermented Malt Liquor.
I, JOHN HERMAN KERSENBROCK, of Seventh Street, in the City of Columbus,
County of Platte, and State of Nebraska, one of the United States of America,
Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The apparatus to which my invention relates is used only for fermented malt
liquors, and it is designed for use with especial reference to the well known
Pasteur process, wherein the beer or other fermented malt liquor, which is forced
under air-pressure from the keg, is heated and then cooled.
The object of my invention is to improve the present apparatus used in the
Pasteur process, and to prevent the escape of carbonic acid in bottling beer, or
all other fermented malt liquors.

page_text: My invention consists first, in a means for ascertaining the quantity of beer in
kegs while in the course of being bottled under air-pressure.
It consists secondly, in an improved heater and cooler for beer used in the
Pasteur process.
It consists thirdly, in a beer bottling apparatus provided with an automatic
relief valve.
In the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification
Fig. 1 is a general view of the entire apparatus.
Fig. 2 is an elevation, showing two kegs provided with appliances for drawing
off and ascertaining the quantity of beer therein.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the heater and cooler.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on line IV-IV, Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line V-V, Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section of the bottling apparatus.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the caps of the main cylinder or main
reservoir of the bottling apparatus.
Fig. 8 is an inside view of one of the caps and revoluble heads of the lower
cylinders or supplemental reservoirs.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section through the relief pipe, showing the relief valve.
I show two kegs 1, 1ª, in the drawing Figures 1 and 2, each provided with a
faucet 2, 2. These faucets are connected with a pair of branch pipes 3, 3ª of
rubber, which are in turn connected with the lateral branches 4, 4 of the short
pipe 5, which leads to the heater. Each lateral branch 4, 4 is supplied with a
stop-cock 6, and an air-cock 7 in front of the latter.
As the construction of the attached parts of the kegs 1, 1 is the same in each
case, it will be understood that when reference is made to one keg and its
attachments, the other is included. Of course only one keg may be used if
desired.
8 is an air faucet driven into the top of the keg, for admitting air under
pressure from a suitable pump, not shown. 9 is a double faucet driven into the
side of the keg near its top, the upper end or nozzle 10 of which is open to
the air and is adapted to be closed by a valve 11. The lower end or nozzle 12
is provided with a valve 13, and is connected with the upper end of a hose or
tube 14. 15 is a faucet driven into the side of the keg near its lower end, the
nozzle 16 of which is open to the air and is provided with a valve 17. 18 is a
valve behind the nozzle 16 of faucet 15. Above the nozzle 16 and valve 17,
the faucet is open to connect with the lower end of a glass tube or gauge 19,
the upper end of which is connected with the lower end of hose or pipe 14, and
which is protected from injury by a surrounding cage or frame 20.
I will now describe the mode of operation of these parts of my invention.
When the faucets 9 and 15 are driven into the keg, with the tubes 14 and 19
connected, the valve 18 must be closed. and the valves 11, 13, and 17 open. The
contained gases or air in the keg will now escape through nozzles 10, 12 and 16.
The valve 18 is opened after the gases have escaped, permitting the beer to flow
through the tubes 19 and 14, and to the height of the keg, the valve 17 having
been first closed. The keg is now tapped and the faucet 2 driven in, the same
being connected with branch pipe 3. Air is now forced into the keg through the
air-faucet 8, causing the beer to pass out of the keg through the faucet 2.
height of the beer in the keg, after it has been mostly forced out, will be indicated
by the glass tube or gauge 19.
The
Having described the means for ascertaining the quantity of beer in kegs and
drawing it off therefrom, I will now describe the heater and cooler, see
Figures 1, 3, 4 and 5.
21 is the pipe connected with pipe 5 through which the beer is forced from the
kegs, said pipe 21 having a flattened funnel-shaped or flared portion 22 that fits
over a flange 23, that surrounds an elongated slot or mouth 24, of an outer

page_text: section 25 of a metallic elongated head 26. The inner section 27 of the head 26,
is identical with the outer section 25 in general contour, and is secured thereto by
the screws 28. Spaced at suitable regular intervals across the inner section 27, are
-circular openings 29 that register with the mouth 24 of the outer section 25. There
are preferably four of these openings corresponding with the number of spaced
pipes 30, which fit at one end tightly in said openings. The other ends of
pipes 30 fit in similar openings 29 of another metallic head 31, similar in con-
struction to the head 26. Over the flange 23, surrounding the mouth 24 of the
head 31, fits a flattened funnel-shaped or flared portion 32 of an outlet pipe 33.
34 are air-cocks applied to the flared portion 32 of pipe 33, and the flared portion 22
of pipe 21. 38 is the vat that contains the series of pipes 30, and through the
ends of which the pipes 21 and 33 pass. 35, 35 represent thumb screws one for
each end of pipes 30, said screws being screwed through the heads 26 and 31 into
engagement with the pipes mentioned. 36, 36 are tight fitting rubber washers
placed one over each end of pipes 30, close up against the heads 26 and 31 to
render the parts air-tight. 37 are supporting blocks at each end of the vat 38,
projecting up from the bottom and on which the heads 26 and 31 rest, to take the
strain off the connections. 38* represents a series of four perforated pipes, more
or less arranged upon the bottom of the vat and being closed at one end and
opened at the other end, where they communicate with a cross-pipe 39. 40 is a
steam pipe that passes through one side of the vat 38 and connects with pipe 39.
The process carried on in the heater is as follows:-
Beer is forced into the pipes 21 from whence it spreads into the flared portion 22
and enters the pipes 30, through which it is forced through flared portion 32, here
-contracting again and entering pipe 33. When beer enters the series of pipes 30,
steam enters the series of perforated pipes 38, lying underneath pipes 30 and at
the same time beats the water in the vat and keeps the same at the necessary
degree of heat. In this connection it will be observed that the parallel pipes 30
are arranged in a horizontal plane, and each being above the pipes 38, with no
intervening obstructions they will be thoroughly and uniformly heated throughout.
Connecting the heating and the cooling apparatus is a pipe 41 having couplings 42
at each end provided with turning cocks 43. In the middle of pipe 41 is a therino-
meter 44, the purpose of which is to indicate the degree of heat of the beer
passing through the pipe.
The cooling apparatus is constructed similarly to the heating apparatus, without
the steam appliances, and consists of a vat 45; a series of space pipes 46, preferably
six in number; heads 47 and 48 at the ends of said pipes, and flared portions 49, 50
of the inlet and outlet pipes 51, 52 respectively, which pass through the ends
of the vat. A detailed description of said part is not necessary for the reason
above stated.
If the beer is to be cooled with ammonia, brine or ice, the number of pipes 46
may be six, more or less, to give ample room.
The flared portions 49, 50, are provided with air-cocks 53, and the pipe 52 of the
part 50 is provided with a stop-cock 54, and a thermometer 55.
The pipe 52 is connected with the inlet pipe 66 of the bottling apparatus, and if
desired a filter can be so placed that the beer after being cooled is filtered before
entering said inlet pipe.
I will now describe the bottling apparatus, Figures 1, 6, 7 and 8.
The operative parts of the bottling apparatus are mounted upon a stand composed
of end frames 56 and a pair of connecting bars 57. This stand is made of either metal
or wood.
58 is an adjustable rest on which the bottles to be filled are placed. At each end
of the rest 58 are projections 59 that are both received and guided by vertical slots 60
in the end frames 56. Thumb screws 61 pass into these end projections 59 and
support the rest 58 at the desired height.
Formed at the upper ends of the end frames of the stand, are recesses.62 having

page_text: at their bottoms sockets 63, which receive the downwardly projecting pin 64 of
the cylinder or main reservoir 65, which cylinder is made either wholly of non-
corrosive material or is lined with such.
The beer enters the cylinder 65 from the cooler 45 through rubber hose 66, which
fits into a central opening of the annularly flanged cap 67, the latter being screwed
into or otherwise secured to the end of the cylinder. On the inner side of this cap,.
concentric with its central inlet opening and within and concentric with the
flange thereof, is a screw-threaded ring 69, at the inner end of an open-ended
perforated cylindrical sieve 70, constitutes a screw-coupling for the latter.
Through the perforations of sieve 70, the beer enters the main body of the
cylinder 65.
By thus connecting the sieve to the cap 67, the two are adapted to be moved
jointly or together, and thus prevent any accumulation of matter between the sieve
and the sides of the cylinder 65, as the sieve is detached therefrom and does not touch
the same. Also, by making the sieve in cylindrical form it is adapted to arrest, hold
and contain the matters, such as dregs, dirt etc.
At the opposite end of the cylinder is a cap composed of a ring 71 in a rabbit-
This cap
groove in the inner side of which is fitted a glass observation disc 72.
may be screwed or otherwise suitably secured on the cylinder. Through this glass
disc may be ascertained the quantity and standing of the beer or other fluid which
is being bottled.
On top of the main cylinder 65 is attached, air-tight, a glass tube 73, provided
at its upper end with an air-cock 74. The purpose of the glass tube 73 is to
ascertain the amount of beer in the cylinder, and that of the cock 74 to let out the
air when the beer is turned into the cylinder. This appliance is to be used as
occasion demands. It should be understood that the main cylinder should always.
be completely filled.
Suspended below the main cylinder 65, by means of outlet or coupling pipes 75, 76.
are horizontal auxiliary cylinders or supplemental reservoirs, 77, 77 which are
composed of non-corrosive material or lined with such. These attachments are
intended to be used by extensive bottlers.
Onto each end of cylinders 77, 77" is screwed or otherwise secured a cap 78,.
on a central pin 79 of each of which is adapted to revolve a rotary head 80, having
a central opening 81 through which said pin passes. The cap 78 is provided at
the side of its contour with a pear-shaped opening or valve 82, through which the
beer passes into one or the other of the pear-shaped openings or valves 83, formed
in the inner sides of the rotary heads 80, from whence the beer escapes through.
the lateral openings 84, extending from openings 83 to the peripheries of the heads,.
into and out of the siphons screwed or otherwise secured in said openings 84. When
the respective siphons are in vertical position and extending downwards, their
inlet openings 83 will be directly opposite the opening 82. When the siphons are
drawn toward or from the bottler, the valves close. At the point of connection of
the siphons 85 with the heads 80, they are covered with washers 86 to render the
parts airtight.
Each of the auxiliary cylinders 77 is provided with an air-cock 87.
Of the pair of perpendicular outlet pipes 75, 76, which project downwardly from
the main cylinder or reservoir 65, the former is larger than the latter and constitutes.
a relief pipe. The inside diameter of pipe, 75 is in practice preferably one-half an
inch, and of the pipe 76 preferably a quarter of an inch.
In Figure 9 the manner of connecting pipe 75 with the main supplemental
reservoirs, and the valve in the pipe, is shown. Projecting downwardly from the
reservoir 65 is a tubular socket piece 88, against which the upper end of the pipe 75
abuts, said pipe fitting tightly in said socket piece. The lower ends of the pipe 75
is fitted tightly in a similar tubular piece 90 projecting upwardly from the supple-
mental reservoir 77, said socket piece being also internally enlarged to provide a
shoulder 91.

page_text: At the lower end of the outlet pipe 75 is an upwardly seating button or disk-
shaped valve 92, that fits snugly against the said end, and is provided with a valve
stem 93 that extends through the pipe 75. About midway of the pipe 75 is a
cross-piece 94 through which the valve stem passes. Screwed onto the upper end
of the valve stem is a nut 95, and surrounding the valve stem is a spiral spring 96,
the upper end of which seats against the nut and the lower end against the cross-
piece 94. The other pipe 75 has no valve, but its passage is entirely free.
The pressure at the large pipe and at the small pipe is the same, but the large
pipe 75 constitutes a relief pipe, should there be any over pressure while the liquid
is being drawn off through the small pipe 76, the valve 92 being automatically
opened. The opening of this valve prevents foaming by letting the excess of
liquor off; and as soon as the over pressure ceases, the valve closes. To prevent
waste a bottle is placed under one of the siphons 85 of the auxiliary reservoir 77.
The small pipe 76 is double the size of the siphons, and the outlet opening caused
by the opening of the valve in the large pipe, has practically no greater capacity
than the outlet opening in the small pipe, in which there is no valve.
All parts of my beer apparatus are so made that, while they fit neatly and
tightly together, they can be readily taken apart and closed when necessary.
Throughout the entire apparatus, the parts through which the beer passes must be
made wholly of or else lined with non-corrosive material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The herein described apparatus for conducting beer or other fermented malt
liquors from a keg, under air pressure, and discharging it into bottles, comprising
a heater, cooler, bottling apparatus and piping or tubing connecting them with
each other and with the keg, all arranged and operating substantially as shown and
described.
2. A keg into which air under pressure is adapted to enter, having an outlet
faucet at its lower end, in combination with means for ascertaining the quantity of
liquor therein, the same comprising a double faucet at the top of the keg, a valve
in the upper nozzle of the double faucet to permit escape of gases, tubing con-
nected with the lower nozzle of the double faucet and provided with a gauge, and
valved communication between the tubing and the bottom of the keg, substantially
as set forth.
3. A keg into which air under pressure is adapted to enter, having an outlet faucet
at its lower end, in combination with means for ascertaining the quantity of liquor
therein, the same comprising a double faucet at the top of the keg, a valve in the
upper nozzle of the double faucet to permit the escape of gases, tubing connected
with the lower nozzle of the double faucet, a glass tube constituting a gauge con-
nected with the lower end of the tubing, a faucet at the bottom of the keg
provided with a valve to permit the escape of air through its nozzle and connected
with the lower end of the glass tube, and a valve between the keg and the nozzle
of the last named faucet, substantially as set forth.
4. In a beer apparatus, the combination of a vat, a single inlet pipe, and a single
outlet pipe located respectively at opposite ends of and projecting into the vat,
funnel-shaped or flared portions at the inner ends of the pipes, a series of circu-
lating pipes located wholly within the vat, heads at the ends of the pipes secured
to the funnel-shaped or flared portions and provided with openings receiving the
ends of the pipes, set screws for securing the heads to the pipes, and means located
between the ends of the vat for supporting the heads directly from the bottom of
the vat, substantially as set forth.
5. In a beer apparatus, the combination of a vat, inlet and outlet pipes at the
ends of the vat, respectively provided with funnel-shaped or flared portions at their
inner ends, a series of circulating pipes located within the vat, heads at the ends of

page_text: said series of pipes having openings to receive the ends of the latter, and flanges
projecting from the heads and surrounding the openings over which said funnel-
shaped or flared portions fit, substantially as set forth.
6. The combination of a vat, a series of parallel circulating pipes contained
therein and arranged in a horizontal plane, outlet and inlet pipes communicating
with the ends of the circulating pipes at each end of and projecting through the
ends of the vat, and a series of parallel steam pipes situated below and parallel
with the circulating pipes and provided with perforations, whereby the circulating
pipes will be uniformly heated throughout, substantially as set forth.
7. The combination in an apparatus for bottling beer or other liquors, of a
horizontal cylinder or reservoir, a receiving pipe entering said cylinder, a strainer
located within the cylinder and over the end of the pipe, removable caps over the
end of the cylinder, an auxiliary cylinder or small reservoir having its axis parallel
with and located below the large cylinder, a pipe communicating the two and by
which this auxiliary cylinder is suspended, rotary heads upon the opposite ends of
the auxiliary cylinder, pivots passing through the ends of the auxiliary cylinder
and on which the heads rotate, radiating siphons in said head, the auxiliary
cylinder, the heads and the siphon being provided with fluid passages adapted to
be intermittently closed and opened by the rotation of the rotary heads, and the
bottle support located below the auxiliary cylinder, for the purpose substantially as
set forth.
8. In an apparatus for bottling beer or other liquors, the combination of a
horizontal cylinder or reservoir, a receiving pipe entering the cylinder, an auxiliary
cylinder or smaller reservoir located below the main cylinder, a pipe connecting
the two cylinders revolving heads upon the opposite ends of the auxiliary cylinder,
siphons radiating from said heads, the opposite ends of the auxiliary cylinder being
provided with outlet passages adapted to intermittently register with the outlet
passages in the rotary heads, and a bottle support adjustable toward and away from
said siphon, as and for the purpose set forth."
9. In an apparatus for bottling beer or other liquors, a horizontal cylinder or
reservoir, in combination with an auxiliary cylinder or reservoir suspended below
the main cylinder and communicating therewith, and a series of radiating rotary
discharge siphons at each end of the auxiliary cylinder, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
10. In a beer bottling or filling apparatus wherein beer under pressure is bottled,.
the combination with the main reservoir, of a main outlet pipe, an independent pipe
leading directly from the reservoir, said outlet pipe being provided with a self-
regulating or automatic valve to prevent foaming and letting the excess of liquor
off when there is an over pressure, and supplemental reservoirs into which said pipes
discharge, substantially as described.
11. In a beer bottling or filling apparatus, a main reservoir having two outlet.
pipes, one of which is of larger internal diameter than the other and constitutes a
relief pipe, said pipe being provided with a self-regulating or automatic valve, and
supplemental reservoirs at the ends of the pipes, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
Dated this 19th day of Databan 1802
J. H. KERSENBROCK,
By L. W., per F. B.