A New or Improved Indicating Counter or Bar Stand for Use in Connection with Beer Engines or Beer Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Sept., 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Indicating Counter or Bar Stand for Use in
Connection with Beer Engines or Beer Machines.
I HARRY EDWARD TWYFORD, of Scone Cottage, Yardley, in the County of
Worcester, Brewer's Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention consists of the new or improved indicating counter or bar stand.
for use in connection with beer engines or beer machines, the said invention having
for its object to enable the customer to see that the bar-man draws the liquor or
drink which he, the customer, orders.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I remark that in
connecting the supply pipes of the beer engine or machine to the several barrels or
casks of beer, ale and the like it is frequently found necessary to alter the
connecting up of the said barrels or casks so that the pull of the beer machine
which was one day in connection with a beer barrel is the next day in connection
with an ale barrel or with a barrel of other liquor. Consequently mistakes
frequently arise in serving customers either from inadvertence or from the bar-man's
ignorance of the arrangements that have been made.
The said indicating counter or bar stand consists essentially of a series of grooved
frames carried by two uprights or standards fixed to the counter or bar on either
side of the pulls of the beer engine or machine. Removable cards or the like
having at back and front the same kind of inscription or indication are inserted in
the grooved frames from the back of the counter or bar and are retained in position
by the grooves of the frames. The said cards may carry at back and front such
"ALE"
words or indications as the following ;-
;-"BITTER"-"STINGO”-
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"4D" "5D" "X"_"XX"_"XXX"; to which may be added the name of the
brewer and each card is arranged over the pull drawing at the time the particular
liquor indicated on the card so that one side of each card is presented to the
The frames described are surmounted
customer and the other side to the bar man.
by a board carrying the words "Our pulls to-day." The upper part of the board
is preferably covered at front with green or other coloured baize on which telegrams
or notices may be posted.
By the use of an indicating stand of the kind herein-before described the
mistakes referred to are avoided and the customer is also provided with a check
upon the bar-man or person drawing the liquor.
Dated this Seventeenth day of December 1801.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: A New or Improved Indicating Counter or Bar Stand for Use in
Connection with Beer Engines or Beer Machines.
I, HARRY EDWARD TWYFORD, of Scone Cottage, Yardley, in the County of
Worcester, Brewer's Manager, do bereby declare the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of a new or improved indicating counter or bar stand
for use in connection with beer engines or beer machines, the said invention
having for its object to enable the customer to see that the bar-man draws the
liquor or drink which he, the customer, orders.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I remark that in
connecting the supply pipes of the beer engine or machine to the several barrels
or casks of beer, ale and the like, it is frequently found necessary to alter the
connecting up of the said barrels or casks so that the pull of the beer machine which
was one day in connection with a beer barrel is the next day in connection with
au ale barrel or with a barrel of other liquor. Consequently mistakes frequently
arise in serving customers either from inadvertence or from the bar-inan's ignorance
of the arrangements that have been made.
The said indicating counter or bar stand consists essentially of a series of grooved
frames carried by two uprights or standards fixed to the counter or bar on either
side of the row of handles or pulls of the beer engine or machine. Removable
cards or the like having at back and front the same kind of inscription or indication
are inserted in the grooved frames from the back of the counter or bar and are
retained in position by the grooves of the frames. The said cards may carry at
"ALE"
back and front such words or indications as the following ;—
; "BITTER"-
“STINGO ”—“4” ”_« 5" "_« X ”—“ XX ”—“ XXX," to which may be added
the name of the brewer, and each card is arranged over the pull drawing at the
time the particular liquor indicated on the card so that one side of each card is
presented to the customer and the other side to the bar-man. The frames described
are surmounted by a board carrying the words "Our pulls to-day." The upper
part of the board is preferably covered at front with green or other coloured baize
on which telegrams or notices may be posted.
"
By the use of an indicating stand of the kind herein before described the mistakes
referred to are avoided and the customer is also provided with a check upon the
bar-man or person drawing the liquor.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a front elevation of an
indicating bar stand constructed according to any invention for a six pull beer
cugine or machine the handles or pulls of the said beer engine or machine being
indicated in dotted lines for the purpose of showing the relative position of the
said stand with respect to the said handles or pulls of the beer engine or machine;
Figure 2 represents a portion of the said indicating bar stand in back elevation
(partly in section) and Figure 3 represents a vertical section on the line, r
Figure 2. Figures 2 and 3 are drawn to a larger scale than Figure 1.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawing.
The said indicating stand consists of the series of frames marked respectively
a, b, c, d, e and supported above the handles or pulls of the beer machine by the
two vertical pillars 9, 9 the feet of which are fixed by screws to the counter or bar.
In the said frames the removable cards, painted tin or zinc plates or tablets are
temporarily fixed the said cards or tablets having printed or otherwise marked

page_text: upon them at back and front the inscription or indication denoting the character or
quality of the liquor drawn by the handles or pulls over which they are respectively
arranged.
The said cards or tablets / bear against the beading i at the front of the frames
and are kept in place by the turn buttons or catches at the back of the said frames.
The said turn buttons or catches k turn upon the pins 2 and enter, when in a vertical
position, the recesses m in the sides of the frames so as to leave the opening at the
back of the frames clear for the introduction or removal of the said cards or
tablets (see Figure 2 where the card of the frame e is removed). I do not
however limit myself to this method of temporarily fixing the indicating cards h
in position as various means may be employed for that purpose, for example, the
sides of the frames may be provided with grooves by which the cards would be
retained in position when inserted in the frames.
When in consequence of any re-arrangement of the connections of the supply
pipes of the beer engine or machine with the barrels or casks it is necessary to
change the indicating cards it is only necessary to turn the catches into the
recesses m (see the sectional part of Figure 2) when the cards may be removed and
re-arranged according to the arrangement of supply which has been adopted.
In this way the mistakes by attendants or barmen which frequently occur are
obviated and persons being served with liquor can see that the barman draws the
liquor for which he has asked.
The frames are preferably surmounted by a glass or other panel p on which the
words "Our pulls to-day or words to that effect are written, and a second
higher glass or other panel may be employed for exhibiting notices, telegramɛ,
advertisements or the like. Or notices, telegrams or advertisements may be pinned
to a strip of baize s on the upper part of the front of the stand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention;-
The indicating counter or bar stand hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing for use in connection with beer engines or beer machines
the said indicating stand consisting essentially of a series of frames supported over
the handles or pulls of the beer engine or machine, in which frames cards, plates,
tablets or the like can be readily inserted and temporarily fixed, the said cards,
plates, tablets or the like bearing at back and front the names of the liquors drawn
by the respective handles or pulls over which they are situated substantially as
bereinbefore described and illustrated.
Dated the 2nd day of September 1895.