Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Off Beer and other Beverages.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Off Beer and other
Beverages.
I, OTTO WERNER of Schweizerthal near Burgstädt, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its purpose to allow liquids to be drawn from casks or
other receptacles under the eyes of the consumers to avoid fraud, with simultaneous.
regulation of the temperature of the liquid when drawing drinkable liquids, and
without pipe conduits to the cellar.
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Said purpose is attained by means of cooling chambers surrounded with ice,.
through which chambers made of glass or similar material, the liquid is passed_so
as to be visible to the consumer, while the casks to be emptied are placed in the
same room for the control of the public.
The regulation of the temperature of the liquid is effected by a peculiarly
constructed cock, which is so connected with the cooling chamber and with the
cask, that by the handling of said cock cooled liquid can be drawn as well as uncooled
liquid, while by mixing the two, any desired temperature between that of the cooled:
and that of the uncooled liquid can be attained.
The carbonic acid passes from its reservoir, when the closing valve is opened,.
through a pipe and a pressure reduction valve into a distributer, to which the
different pressure conduits are connected. Each of the conduit pipes is introduced
from above into a cask or other receptacle containing the liquid. When the
stop cock connected with the pipe leading from the cask to the discharge apparatus,
and the discharge cock are opened, the liquid flows through a two-way cock either
into the respective cooling vessel, whereby a like quantity of cooled liquid flows to the
discharge cock, or, by turning the two-way cock for 90 degrees, the liquid flows to
the discharge cock without eutering the cooling chamber. Or said cock may be given
such a position that the liquid flows partly through one and partly through the other
bore of the cock, so that the liquid drawn off has a temperature between that of the
cooling vessel and that of the cock.
Dated this 24th day of September 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Off Beer and other
Beverages.
1, OTTO WERNER, Innkeeper, of Schweizerthal, near Burgstädt, in the Empire of
Germany, 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 :-
This invention has for its purpose, to provide, that liquids may be drawn
from casks or other receptacles under the eyes of the consumers, so as to avoid
fraud, with simultaneous regulation of the temperature of the liquid, when
drawing drinkable liquids, and without long pipe conduits from the cellar or other
storeroom.
Said purpose is attained by means of cooling chambers surrounded with ice,
through which chambers (made of glass or similar material) the liquid is passed, so

page_text: as to be visible to the consumer, while the casks to be emptied are placed in the
same room for the control of the public.
The regulation of the temperature of the liquid is effected by means of a peculiarly
constructed cock which is so connected with the cooling chamber and with the cask,
that by the handling of said cock either cooled or uncooled liquid can be drawn, as
may be required, while by mixing the two any desired temperature between that of
the cooled and that of the uncooled liquid can be attained.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an apparatus embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a
longitudinal section of the same and Fig. 3 a section of the regulating cock and
connecting piece on a larger scale.
The construction and operation of this apparatus may be described as follows:-
The carbonic acid passes from its reservoir A, or other source of supply when
the valve is opened, through a pipe and a pressure-reducing valve v, into a
distributor c, to which the different pressure conduits are connected. Each of the
conduit pipes is introduced from above into a cask or other receptacle containing the.
liquid. When the stop cocks d and f and the discharge cock 9 are opened,
the liquid flows through the said regulating cock c either into the respective
cooling vessel through the passage m, whereby a like quantity of cooled liquid is
caused to flow to the discharge cock, or by turning the regulating cock c 90 degrees,.
the liquid is caused to flow to the discharge cock g through the passage n, without
entering the cooling chamber k. Or said cock c may be given such a position,
that the liquid flows partly through the bore m and partly through the bore n, of
the cock, so that the liquid drawn off has a temperature between that of the cooling
vessel and that of the cask.
The number of cooling vessels is equal to the number of different liquids which
are to be retailed. The drawing shows 4 mounted side by side on a common stand,
each being provided with a separate regulating cock and discharge cock.
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 ;-
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1. Apparatus for drawing off beer and other liquids, comprising in its construction
a carbonic acid reservoir, (or other pressure generator) together with a reducing.
valve, a distributor connected with several casks or other liquid receptacles, by
means of pressure conduits, and as many cooling vessels as there are different liquids.
to be retailed, the said liquid receptacles and cooling vessels being placed in the
same room for the purpose of avoiding long conduits and. enabling the consumer to
survey the whole apparatus.
2. In a drawing-off apparatus of the type specified above, the combination
with the discharge cock and the cooling vessel, with a specially constructed double
pipe joint or connecting piece inserted in the liquid conduit, said connecting piece
having two passages m and n, one of which connects the cooling vessel with the
liquid supply pipe or receptacle, while the other connects the discharge cock with
the cooling vessel and the supply pipe, and being provided with a regulating cock s
adapted to control the communication between the discharge cock and the supply
pipe in the manner described.
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