An Appliance for Cooling Beer, and other Liquors, as it is Drawn from the Barrel.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Cooling Beer, and other Liquors, as it is Drawn
from the Barrel.
I, JOHN CARRICK BLACK, 3, Killermont Street, Glasgow, North Britain, Spirit
Salesman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an appliance for cooling beer, and other liquors, as
it is drawn from the barrel. It consists in providing a water tank below say the
counter of a public house. The said tank is in communication with any con-
venient water supply tap on the premises such as the ordinary tap of a sink.
On turning on the water from the sink tap so as to fill the tank from the
one side thereof and providing the other side or end of the tank with an outlet
pipe, a continuous flow of water is kept up through the tank; the end of the said
outlet may be used for ordinary sink purposes so that by the said arrangement
the turning on of the water for ordinary sink purposes simultaneously cools the
beer, by means of spiral beer pipes which are passed through the tank, the said
pipes leading from the barrels to the beer supply pipe on the counter.
I may provide say four arrangements of spiral beer cooling pipes within the
tank. The spiral pipes are preferably arranged vertically side by side in the tank.
When it is not desired to use the appliance, in cold weather for example, the
water circulating pipe is taken off the sink pipe and the ordinary tap screwed on.
I may assist the cooling of the water by suspending a receptacle containing
a cooling acid or other cooling medium down through the centre of the coils.
To the oth
T..1.. 1907
An Appliance for Cooling Beer, and other Liquors, as it is Drawn
from the Barrel.
I, JOHN CARRICK BLACK, 3, Killermont Street, Glasgow, North Britain, Spirit
Salesman, 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:-
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This invention relates to an appliance for cooling beer, and other liquids, as
it is drawn from the barrel. It consists in providing a water tank below say the
counter of a public house. The said tank is in communication with any con-

page_text: venient water supply tap on the premises such as the ordinary tap of a sink
so that by turning on the water from the sink tap so as to fill the tank from the
one side thereof and providing the other side or end of the tank with an outlet
pipe a continuous flow of water is kept up through the tank; the end of the said
outlet may be used for ordinary sink purposes so that by the said arrangement
the turning on of the water for ordinary sink purposes simultaneously cools the
beer, by means of spiral beer pipes preferably made of lead which are passed
through the tank, the said pipes leading from the barrels to the beer supply pipe
on the counter.
But in order that my said invention may be more readily understood and
easily carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view partly in section of one form of beer cooling
appliance constructed in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a similar view and
Fig. 3 a plan of a modification of same.
Referring to Fig. 1 of the said drawings I employ a tank A within which are
mounted four spiral beer cooling pipes B arranged vertically side by side, the
lower extremities a of which lead to the beer barrels and the upper a¹ to the
drawing off taps on the counter. The water inlet pipe C enters the tank at
the point and is connected with a tap or cock c¹ of the sink whilst the outlet pipe D
emerges from the tank at the point d and extends to the sink, not shewn.
C
Although I have shown, as an example, the tank fitted with four sets of pipes A,
this number may be varied to suit different requirements as found convenient.
As a modification I may arrange the pipes as shewn in Fig. 2 that is to say
instead of forming them as vertical spirals I may arrange them in horizontal
tiers one above the other.
When it is not desired to use the appliance, in cold weather for example, the
water circulating pipe is taken off the sink pipe E and the ordinary tap F screwed
on..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
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The appliance for cooling beer, and other liquids, as it is drawn from the
barrel, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying
drawings.