A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR COOLING LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS PREPARATORY TO BEING DRAWN OFF FOR USE, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR COOLING DRAUGHT ALE, PORTER, CIDER, OR OTHER DRINKS HELD IN CASKS OR VESSELS” PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Henry Phillips, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Engineer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR COOLING LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS PREPARATORY TO
BEING DRAWN OFF FOR USE, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR COOLING DRAUGHT
ALE, PORTER, CIDER, OR OTHER DRINKS HELD IN CASKS OR VESSELS”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Henry Phillips
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 25th July 1872.
I, WALTER HENRY PHILLIPS, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR COOLING LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS PRE-
PARATORY TO BEING DRAWN OFF FOR USE, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR COOLING
DRAUGHT ALE, PORTER, CIDER, OR OTHER DRINKS HELD IN CASKS OR VESSELS,"
to be as follows (that is to say):—
My Invention has for its object the application of a cooling apparatus
between the delivery or draw off tap of an engine or otherwise, and the
vessel holding the liquor desired to be drawn cool, and consists in con-
veniently placing as near the delivery tap as convenient a vessel made
by preference of lead, and so arranged as to be placed within another
vessel or case, with a space between for holding any suitable material or
compound, the said compound being a non-conductor of heat, such as

page_text: charcoal, sawdust, or other inexpensive material, and on the interior of
the inner vessel I arrange a lead or composition pipe, cither in a
continuous coil or otherwise, the lower end passing through the inner
and outer vessel, and fitted with an union joint, whilst the top end passes
through the top, and is also fitted with an union joint, so that the lower
end of the coil may be readily connected with the pipe in connection
with the vessel holding the liquor, while the other end is connected with.
the drawing off tap fitted to the engine or hand pump for drawing of
the fluid or otherwise, according to the position of the delivery tap with
the bulk of the liquor to be drawn off; and into the vessel containing the
coiled pipe I place ice, with a suitable tap for drawing off the water
generated by the melting of the ice, the ice being renewed or supplied
as needed and in proportion to the length of the coil surrounded by the
ice, so the fluid or liquor passing through the coil in the process of
drawing off the said fluid will be more or less reduced in temperature or
cooled.
Where a number of delivery taps are placed in a row as in ordinary
beer engines, the receptacle for the ice has only to be increased in length
or bulk so as to conveniently receive a coil or suitable length of piping
for each tap, subject to the action of the ice to produce the cooling effect
desired. I purpose covering the vessel holding the coil or coils and
ice with a suitable cover that will admit of being wholly or partially
removed for the convenience of supplying ice or the placing of anything
in the interior desired to be kept cool.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Walter Henry Phillips in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 25th January 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WALTER
HENRY PHILLIPS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Engineer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Walter Henry Phillips, Her special
license that I, the said Walter Henry Phillips, my executors, adminis-

page_text: "
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Walter Henry Phillips,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"A NEW OR:
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR COOLING LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS PREPARATORY TO BEING'
DRAWN OFF FOR USE, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR COOLING DRAUGHT ALE, PORTER,
CIDER, OR OTHER DRINKS HELD IN 'CASKS OR VESSELS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Walter Henry Phillips, by an instru-
ment in writing, under my hand and seal, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Walter Henry Phillips,, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say):-
My Invention has for its object the application of a cooling apparatus
placed between the delivery or draw off tap and the vessel holding the
liquor desired to be drawn cool, and consists in conveniently placing as
near the delivery tap as convenient a vessel, made by preference of lead,
and so arranged as to be placed within another vessel or case, with a
space between for holding any suitable material or compound, the said
compound being a non-conductor of heat, such as charcoal, sawdust, or
other inexpensive suitable material, and in the interior of the inner:
vessel I arrange a lead or composition pipe, either in a continuous coil
or otherwise, the lower end passing through the inner and outer vessel,
and fitted with a union joint, whilst the top end passes through the top:
or side, and is also fitted with a union joint, so that the lower end of the
coil may be readily connected with a pipe in connection with the vessel
holding the liquor, while the other end is connected with the drawing off
tap fitted to the ordinary engine or hand pump for drawing off the fluid,
or otherwise, according to the position of the delivery tap with the bulk
of the liquor to be drawn off; and into the vessel containing the coiled
pipe I place ice, with a suitable tap for drawing off the water generated
by the melting of the same, the ice being renewed or supplied as needed,

page_text: and in proportion to the length of coil surrounded by or in contact with
the ice, so the fluid or liquor passing through the coil in the process
of flowing or drawing will be more or less reduced in temperature or
cooled.
Where a number of delivery taps and hand pumps are placed in a row
as ordinary beer engines, the receptacle for the ice has only to be
increased in length or bulk, so as to conveniently receive a coil or
suitable length of piping for each tap, subject to the action of the ice, to
produce the cooling effect desired.
I purpose covering the vessel holding the coil or coils and ice with a
suitable cover that will admit of being wholly or partially removed for
the convenience of supplying ice, or the placing of anything in the
interior desired to be kept cool.
In giving effect to the Invention, it will readily be perceived that it
can be adapted according to position, whether the fluid to be cooled is
pumped up by an ordinary apparatus, designated "beer engine pumps,"
or allowed to flow through an open tap and pipe connected with the
vessel containing the bulk, the said liquor being above the level of the
delivery tap, or the apparatus, when the beer pump or engine is used,
may be connected below the pump barrel, or between the outflow of the
pump barrel and the delivery tap, just as space, convenience, or
preference may decide; and the apparatus may be adapted singly for one
pump, and thereby intensifying the cooling or refrigerating by increasing
the length of coil or piping through which the liquor flows, as well as
increasing the size of the vessel for holding the ice necessary for
producing the cooling effect; but where a range of pumps with their
attendant supply of drawing off pipes the vessel may be of a rectangular
form, fitted with coils and union joints for each pump. But to make my
description clear I will refer to the Drawing hereunto annexed, simply
arranged for connection with one pump and one delivery tap, the case
being represented in section for the purpose of showing the vessel
proper, as made by preference of thin sheet metal, such as sheet lead,
zinc, or galvanised iron, marked A, A, A, and which vessel is encased
within another similarly made or composed marked B, B, the latter
vessel being sufficiently large (as here shewn) to allow a suitable space
between the outer and inner vessel for the reception of any inexpensive
non-conducting material, such as sawdust, or pounded charcoal, either
Leing good non-conductors of heat, such intermediate space is marked

page_text: C. D is a coil of lead or composition piping connected by a union joint
as at E, to the inflow pipe, passing through and around the coil, and up
through the top for further connection by the union joint F (appliances
well understood by plumbers); this exit pipe may, if preferred, be taken
through the back, the projecting part being bent in any desirable way to
meet and unite with the delivery pipe and tap; in that case the cover
may be wholly removed or applied at pleasure, but as arranged or
exhibited in the Drawing the cover is represented, divided, and fitted
with a knuckle joint, which forms a kind of axis, so that it may be fitted
up from the front, and will always find its position; this will be found a
convenience for the purpose of applying fresh ice, as well as for the ready
use of the space within the coil for the cooling of aerated waters usually
contained in small bottles, or other like desirable purposes. The con-
tinuous use of this apparatus according to the temperature of the
atmosphere so the ice will more or less. melt, rendering the tap G
necessary for drawing off the water thus generated, but, if preferred, a
waste pipe may be applied, that as the ice liquifies and the water rises,
it flows off without requiring attention for that purpose.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same may be carried into effect, what I claim as new and of
my
Invention and wish protected by these my in part recited Letters
Patent is, substantially the means herein-described and exhibited, or their
equivalents, whether portably or permanently fixed, for cooling draught
liquors for human consumption, such as ale, porter, cider, perry, or other
drinking fluids desired to be rendered cold and refreshing in the summer
season or in warm climates.
In witness whereof, I, the said Walter Henry Phillips have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of January,
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
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Witness,
JAMES S. COCKINGS,
Patent Agent,
Birmingham.
WALTER HENRY PHILLIPS. (L.S.)