Improvements connected with Pumps for Pumping Beer, Porter, and the like."
Year: 1898

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'Improvements connected with Pumps for Pumping Beer, Porter,
and the like."
We, GEORGE HENRY KENDALL and HARRIET KENDALL, both of Shepherds Arms,
Cowcliffe, Huddersfield, in the County of York, Publicans, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates principally to pumps for pumping beer, porter, and like
liquids, and comprises means for supplying to the pumps from separate sources, the
liquid which, in filling, overflows from the jug, glass or measure, and also the
droppings from the taps, such overflow liquid heretofore having been collected and
utilised by pouring a little into the measures of beer and porter served; or by con-
veying it back to a barrel set apart for this purpose and mixing it with the contents
of same; or by selling it at a reduced cost.
The object of our invention is to collect, in separate containers, pipes or the like,
the overflow beer or porter from each pump or tap and to supply it to the respective
pumps to mix with the beer or porter being pumped through same.
For the purpose of our invention, we employ in conjunction with each tap and
under same a funnel or collector communicating with a pipe or container which is
closed at its lower end by a suitable valve held normally against its seating by a
spiral spring surrounding the valve spindle. Under the valve is a thoroughfare
communicating with the cylinder of the pump at a point below the extent of the
downward stroke of the plunger. At the base of the pump cylinder is an automatic
valve which opens when the pump is actuated and allows the beer or other liquid
to pass into the cylinder from the feed pipe, and closes again on the return stroke
of the pump, so that no beer or liquid in said pump can return into the feed pipe,
whereby the beer therein is kept clear and undisturbed.
In pumping, the attendant can, by depressing a foot lever connected with the
valve controlling the outlet port of any particular container, allow a supply of over-
flow beer therein to pass into the corresponding pump cylinder and mix with the
beer being pumped therethrough, thereby mixing it with the beer drawn from the
feed pipe before issuing from the pump and avoiding all waste and loss, and prevent-
ing deterioration of the overflow liquid from exposure to the atmosphere,

page_text: I may support or float the funnels or collectors in a body of liquid and so arrange
them that when a given quantity of overflow beer or porter is collected, the descent
or sinking of the funnel will open the valve controlling the outlet port, and thus
dispense with the use of the foot lever for such purpose.
The containers may be made of any suitable metal, earthenware or other material.
"Improvements connected with Pumps for Pumping Beer, Porter,
and the like."
We, GEORGE HENRY KENDALL and HARRIET KENDALL, hoth of Shepherds
Arms, Cowcliffe, Huddersfield, in the County of York, Publicans, 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
This invention relates principally to pumps for pumping beer, porter and like
liquids, and comprises means for supplying to the pumps from separate sources,
liquid which, in filling, overflows from the jug, glass or measure and also the droppings
from the taps, such overflow liquid heretofore having been collected and utilised by
pouring a little into the measures of beer and porter served; or by conveying it back
to a barrel set apart for this purpose and mixing it with the contents of same; or by
selling it at a reduced cost.
The object of our invention is to collect in separate containers, pipes or the like, the
overflow beer or porter from each pump or tap and to supply it to the respective pumps
to mix with the beer or porter being pumped through same.
For the purpose of our invention, we employ in conjunction with each outlet tap
and under same a funnel, receptacle or collector communicating with a pipe or con-
tainer which is closed at its lower end by a suitable valve.
Under the valve is a
thoroughfare communicating with the cylinder of the pump at a point below the
extent of the downward stroke of the plunger and above an automatic valve at the base
of the cylinder which opens when the pump is actuated and allows beer or other liquid
to pass into the cylinder from the feed pipe, and closes again on the return stroke of the
pump so that no beer or liquid in said pump can return or pass into the feed pipe
whereby the beer therein is kept clear and undisturbed. In pumping, the attendant
can, by depressing a foot lever connected with the valve controlling the outlet port of
any particular container, allow the overflow beer or liquid therein to pass into the cor-
responding pump cylinder and mix with the fresh beer or liquid being pumped there-
through before issuing from the pump and thereby avoiding all waste and loss and
preventing deterioration of the overflow liquid from exposure to the atmosphere, or
admixture with liquids of inferior quality.
In the accompanying drawings illustrating our invention :-
Fig. 1 is perspective view of a set of beer engines or pumps for pumping beer,
porter or other liquids, having our improvements applied thereto, the near pump
and parts being shewn in section ;
Fig. 2 is enlarged sectional elevation of the valve for controlling the passage of
overflow or escaped liquid to the pump barrels or cylinders; and
Fig 3 is plan thereof taken on line 1. 2.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in respect of each pump
or engine and parts.
Referring to the drawings, letter a represents the feed or supply pipe leading from

page_text: the beer or other barrel or cask; 6 the pump barrel or cylinder to which said pipe
is coupled; c the automatic valve at the base of the cylinder or barrel 6 which opens
to admit the beer or liquid from the feed pipe into the pump barrel when the bucket
or piston & makes its upward stroke and closes on the downward or return stroke of
said bucket or piston; e the piston rod attached at one end to the bucket or piston d
and at its opposite end to the lever or handle f by which the pump is actuated; and
g the pipe through which the liquid is forced from the pump barrel 6 to the outlet
tap h, the whole of said parts comprising the ordinary fittings of a beer engine or
pump employed for drawing beer or other liquids from barrels or casks, and forming
no part of our invention.
Under the series of taps h and in place of the ordinary insanitary looking trough,
we suitably support or fix a receptacle or container i composed of earthenware or
porcelain or the like, or of metal covered with vitreous enamel, that is to say, with any
of the hard glassy enamels usually applied in the solid form and which, when subject
to sufficient heat, liquify and run smoothly over the metal work and form a thin
smooth and practically non-corrosive coating; or the metal employed may be other-
wise treated or lined so as to have no deleterious effect on the beer or liquid and to
resist oxidation.
This receptacle is divided into any suitable number of separate and distinct com-
partments one for each tap h, or it may be made in sections containing one, two or
inore compartments, if preferred, each compartment being provided at the bottom
with an outlet k. Internally the receptacle may be of any suitable shape, but whether
concaved or dished, or angular, it is preferable to make the bottom of each compart-
ment to incline on all sides to the outlets k so that the liquid falling into same
will gravitate or flow freely to the said outlets. Screwed into the outlets k or into
bushes secured therein, are pipes on to whose opposite or lower ends are screwed
valve casings m wherein work double or compound valves n fast to or integral with
a central spindle n'. Each casing m is closed or sealed at the bottom by a
diaphragm o secured in position by a milled nut or cap p which nips the edge of
the draphragm against the end of the casing and makes a tight joint, the said
diaphragm being secured centrally against a shoulder on the valve spindle so as to
move therewith, by a boss on a yoke or fork 7 which is screwed on to the end of the
valve spindle and against the diaphragm, as shewn.
In the yoke or fork g is secured one end of a rod or bar r whose opposite end is
connected to a weighted foot lever 8 pivotted at s¹ in a slotted bracket or standard t
bolted to the floor or to the base of the fixture in which the pumps and parts are located.
The rod or barr is made in two pieces placed, with their ends overlapping, side to side
and held together by a coupling or metal strip r through which passes a set screw +2
for firmly securing the two pieces together, the loosening of the set screw allowing the
connecting rod to be lengthened or shortened as desired to adapt it to suit any variation
in the distance between the valve and the floor level. Any description of lengthening
or telescopic connecting rod will answer equally as well as the rod shewn but will be
more costly.
The upper valve disc of valve n is preferably faced with leather or the like to make
a tight joint with the valve seating at the upper end of the valve casing, when the
valve is closed, and is also provided with openings or passages n (shewn clearly at
Fig 3) through which liquid issuing from pipe can pass when the valve is open.
The lower disc of the valve works below and up to or approximately up to the port m¹
which forms the outlet passage from the valve chamber and is placed in com-
munication with the pump barrel or cylinder b by a pipe l¹ coupled at one end to the
outlet port m¹ while its opposite end is screwed through the side of the pump barrel.
at a point preferably below the limit of the down stroke of the pump, and above the
automatic valve c so that all liquid drawn through pipe must mix with the liquid
entering the pump barrel from the feed pipe and cannot possibly get into said feed
pipe.
The receptacle i is recessed at the top to receive and support over same a tray or
cover u of open wire work, netting or grating which forms a platform whereon jugs

page_text: glasses or measures to hold the liquid drawn from the pumps can be placed and at
the same time offers no obstruction to the fall into the compartments 1 of the liquid
which may overflow from said jugs or measures or escape from the taps h, each com-
partment receiving only the liquid from its respective pump so that no mixing of
the different liquids can take place.
When proceeding to actuate any one of the pumps to draw a supply of beer or other
liquid and there is some overflow liquid in the compartment of the receptacle cor-
responding to said pumps, the attendant places a foot on the end of the lever s which
is lineable with or opposite to said pump, and depresses it thereby drawing down the
valve n away from the inlet to the valve casing and allowing such overflow liquid to
escape through the pipe into the valve chamber m from whence it is drawn or
passes through pipe into the pump barrel on the upward stroke of the bucket or
piston d and thus mixes with the fresh supply of beer or liquid which is being
drawn into said barrel from the feed pipe d. Immediately the pressure of the foot
on levers is withdrawn the counterbalance weight 2 on the rear end thereof re-instates
the parts in their normal positions and closes the valve n.
By the aforesaid means all loss through waste of liquids overflowing from the
measures or jugs in filling same or escaping from the taps is avoided, there is no
mixing of different liquids and, consequently, no deterioration or contamination of
same, while all liquid served is pure sweet and quite clear or brilliant.
The supplementary apparatus is simple in action, there are no parts liable to get
out of order, and the motion is so slight that wear is reduced to a minimum.
We would have it understood that we do not confine ourselves to the construction
and arrangement of valve n shewn on the drawings, as any description of valve suited
to the purpose could be used in lieu thereof and actuated either by a foot lever or
by hand, and instead of the valve being closed by a counterbalance weight it may be
closed by a confined spiral spring.
We-mar-support-or-float the compartments-or-collectors-i-in-a-body-of-liquid
and-so--arrange--them- that when a given quantity of overflow beer-or-porter-is
eelleeted, they will-sink-or-deseend-and-open-the-valves-controlling the outlet-ports,
and-thus-dispense-with-the-use-of-foot-levers-for-such-purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The combination, with beer engines or pumps for pumping beer, porter or other
liquids, of a suitably constructed porcelain, enamelled metal or like receptacle or
receptacles divided into or forming a number of separate compartments one for each
pump, each side compartment being placed in communication with the interiors of
the corresponding pump barrels or cylinders, at a point above the automatic valves
controlling the inlets thereto from the feed pipes, by means of pipes or passages
which are provided intermediate of the compartments and the pump barrels with
valves for opening and closing the outlet pipes or passages connected with the com-
partments to admit of overflow liquid collected therein passing or being drawn into
the pump barrels at will, and means for actuating said valves substantially as herein
shewn and described and for purposes set forth.
2. The general arrangement, construction-and-combination of the parts-or-their
equivalents-comprising-the-herein described apparatus-or-means-for-collecting-and
returning-to-each individual pump-barrel or cylinder-the-liquid-which-overflows
from-the-measure, jug-or-glass-in-filling from-said-pumps-or-which-falls-from-the
tups, substantially-as-herein-set-forth-and-shewn-on-the-drawings.
Dated this and day of June 1900
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents. Huddersfield.
Agents for Applicants
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents. Huddersfield.
Agents for Applicants