Improvements in or applicable to Beer Engines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Beer Engines.
I, WILLIAM FREDERICK PHILLIP CLAYTON, of "The Reindeer," Rye Lane,
Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Licensed Victualler's Representative, 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 present invention relates to means for preventing the jar which occurs when
the pull of a beer engine is moved back to its normal position, by the shoulder of
the handle coming in violent contact with the ring or plate secured to the counter
and through which the pull works. By preventing such jar the parts are not liable
to become disfigured and damaged, and the chance of the handle of the pull
breaking is avoided. Further, the operation of the engine will not give rise to the-
usual distracting noise, and the chance of glasses being shaken off the counter by
the vibrations due to the shock will be avoided, together with the disturbing of the
contents of the barrels or receptacles being drawn off by the pump actuated by
the pull, and which frequently occurs owing to the shock or jar in question being
transmitted through the pull and connections to such barrels, so that their contents-
are delivered in a cloudy condition instead of being clear and bright.
In the accompanying drawing:
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Fig. 1 is an elevation of the pull of a beer engine showing my invention applied.
thereto.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the top side of the ring or plate through which the pull
works.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of under side of such ring or plate, and
Fig. 4 is a vertical section through same.
Figs. 5, 6 and 7, are respectively a front elevation, a 'plan view and an end
elevation of a suitable form of the means or attachment I employ for preventing
the jar.
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of such means or attach-
ment, suitable for employment when the beer pull is shaped as shown in Fig. 9,
which is a vertical sectional view through the ring or plate of the pull and shows
the modified form of pad in position on such ring or plate.
The invention consists broadly in interposing a pad of india-rubber or other
suitable yielding material between the shoulder a of the handle A of the beer
pull, and the ring or plate B through which such pull works, such pad being made
5 preferably in a detachable form, as shown, so as to enable it to be readily applied to
existing beer engines, without requiring the latter to be in any way altered to
receive such pad, and to enable one pad to be removed and another one substituted
therefor whenever this becomes necessary or advisable on account of wear or
breakage.
The form of pad I find most convenient is shown in the drawings, and will be
seen to consist of a pad C of india-rubber or other suitable material, preferably of
circular section, and which is mounted on a spring clip preferably made of wire
which will not readily oxidize, rust or become eaten through by the action of beer
or other liquid with which it is liable to come in contact. The wire is bent to the
5 form shown in detail in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the pad C being mounted on its upper arm
or branch D, which is preferably curved to the diaineter of the shoulder a of the
handle A of the pull, which is to come in contact with the pad. The lower
arms D', D, of the clip are bent down and then inwards so as to lie approximately
in a plane parallel with the upper arm D.

page_text: The pad is placed in position by slipping the lower arms D', D2, of the clip
through the opening of the ring or plate B through which the pull works, and
then forcing the clip back to the position shown in Figs. 1 to 4, so that the pad C
will be supported on the upper surface of the ring or plate B, and between it and
shoulder u of the handle A of the beer pull, which by contact with the pad on its
backward movement will consequently be prevented from striking against the
surface of the ring or plate, and the disadvantages hereinbefore enumerated will
thus be avoided.
It will be readily understood that the form of pad C may be varied to suit
particular requirements, the form shown in Figs. 8 and 9 being provided with a
central lump or projection c, and being suitable for use with beer pulls in which the
shoulder of the handle A is very narrow, so that when the handle A is moved back
to its normal position, its shoulder a comes in contact with the lump or projection c,
and all jar is thus prevented.
If desired the pad might be caused to fit partly within a recess formed in the
upper surface of the ring or plate B, but so that the top thereof projected slightly
above such upper surface. It will also be readily understood that the pad might if
desired be applied to the under surface of the shoulder a of handle A, instead of
to the upper surface of the ring or plate B through which the pull works, so that
the pad will nove with the handle when the engine is operated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
1 claim is :-
1. The application to beer engines of a pad of india-rubber or other suitable
yielding material, which is interposed between the under surface of a shoulder of
the handle of the pull and the upper surface of the ring or plate through which
such pull works, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. The improved pad mounted on a clip which can be readily applied to and
removed from the ring or plate through which the pull of a beer engine works,
for the purpose specified, such pad and clip being constructed substantially as
herein described and as shown in the drawings.
Dated this 20th day of December 1893.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.