An Improved Apparatus for Cooling Ale and other Liquids.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1888
Complete Left, 21st Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th Apr., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Cooling Ale and other Liquids.
I WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS 51 Hill Street Brierley Hill Staffordshire, Gas
Meter Inspector and Fitter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The Refrigerator consists of a round Taper vessell made of sheet Copper or other
metal. It is narrow at the top and increases in width to the bottom. There is a loose
dish fitting on the top to receive and distribute the liquor to be cooled. The Liquor
then flows down the Vessell to another loose dish at the bottom, acting as a reservoir.
The reservoir being (2 inches) two inches lower inside than out causes the liquor to
flow underneath the first named vessell and thus escapes between the vessells A and D,
and is then ready for fermentation. The water is supplied by one half inch pipe
which divides itself into four parts in the centre of vessell A thus giving equal coolness
all round. The water then flows down the chamber marked G and under the circular
peice B and travels up the chamber H to the outlet pipe.
The two parts I claim as novelties are first. The water passing into the centre of
vessell A and dividing into four parts, seven inches from the bottom and the water
being forced down chamber G and under the circular peice B before flowing up to
the outlet.
Second. The reservoir receiving the liquid causes it to pass under the vessell A thus
giving the liquid all the cooling properties of the water at the liquid's finishing
point.
The inlet water pipe passes through one side of the vessell A to the centre, and
delivers the water into a five way peice, which distributes the water into four different
supplies. The water then passes through the inner case of Vessell A, into Chamber G.
descending that Chamber it flows underneath the circular peice B and ascends to the

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up the Chamber H where it escapes by one inch pipe. The Vessell D is a
round Vessell, and made of the same Metal as the other parts. The purpose for which
I intend it is for the Vessell A to stand in, and receive the Liquid as it passes down
the outside of that Vessell. The Vessell D is two inches lower inside than out thus
causing the Liquid on arriving at the bottom of the Vessell A to flow underneath that
Vessell, and rising four inches up between the Vessells A and D on the inside, the
liquid then delivers itself into the Receptacle provided for it, and is ready for
fermentation.
Dated this 20th day of January 1888.

page_text: An Improved Apparatus for Cooling Ale and other Liquids.
WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS 51 Hill Street Brierley Hill Staffordshire Gas Meter
Inspector 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 :-
An apparatus for ale or any liquid cooling purposes, consisting of a round taper
vessell with a loose dish at the top to receive the liquor to be cooled. The liquor then
flows down the taper vessell to the dish or reservoir at the bottom which being two
inches lower on the underside causes the liquor to pass underneath the taper vessell
& empties itself therefrom.
The apparatus I wish to obtain a Patent for is a round taper vessell made of sheet
Copper or other metal. On the top is a loose dish which receives the liquid to be
cooled, and distributes it round the taper vessell. The liquid then flows down the taper
vessell, and is received at the bottom by a dish which acts as a reservoir. The liquid
then passes under the taper vessell, and rising up several inches between the inner
circle of the taper vessell, and the inner circle of the reservoir it overflows that circle,
which is two inches lower than the outside circle, and drops into the vat or other
receptacle which the Brewer may provide for it. The water is supplied by one half
inch pipe, which passes through one side of the taper vessell to the centre, it is then
divided into four supplies, which enter the taper vessell, through the inner case,
delivering the water equally all round into Chamber G. The water is then forced
down the chamber G, and ascends the up chamber H to the outlet pipe.
A. is a vessell made of sheet copper or other metal. It is round in form and tapers
from bottom to top. The vessell is formed by two sheet Copper, or other metal cases,
one being placed inside the other, leaving a space between them of 11 inches. A ring
of metal is then brazed on the top and bottom of the cases, making the vessell water
tight. B. is a circular peice of the same metal, and is fixed seven and a half inches
from the bottom, inside the cases, and is seven inches deep, thus forming the lower
part of the vessell A into two compartments G and H. C is a loose dish that fits on
the top of the vessell A to receive and distribute the liquor to be cooled. The liquor
escapes through small holes in the bottom, near the side, and passes down the outside
of the vessell A.
D. is a loose dish for the bottom of the vessell A to stand in, and receives the liquor
as it passes down the outside of the vessell A. The liquor then passes underneath the
vessell A and rising up five inches, empties itself between A and D, the inside ring of
the dish D, being two inches lower than outside.
E. is the inlet water-pipe, it passes through the one side of the vessell A to the
centre. It then divides into four separate supplies, the pipes entering just through
the inner case of the vessell A, delivering the water into the chamber G. F, is the
outlet pipe, it passes through one side of the vessell A, and crossing that vessell enters
the inner case on the opposite side, and receives the water to be dispensed with from
the chamber H.

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The parts I claim as novelties are,
First. The water passing through one side of the vessell A, to the centre, and
delivering itself in four equal parts into the chamber G, and being forced down that
chamber, before escaping up the chamber H to the outlet pipe.
Secondly. The vessell D which acts as a reservoir, and receives the liquid, as it passes
down the taper vessell A, the vessell D being two inches lower on the inner circle,
the liquid passing down the vessell A forces underneath that vessell, and rising up
between A and D it receives the effect of the cold water, just being delivered into
chamber G at the liquid's finishing point. The liquid then overflows the inner circle,
of the reservoir and drops into the vat, or other receptacle, which the Brewer may
provide for its reception.