DE37559C - Apparatus for overfilling beer and other gaseous liquids - Google Patents

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CLASS 64: Dispensing equipment.

Patented in the German Empire on December 24th, 1885.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for filling beer or other Carbonated liquids from large storage barrels into smaller containers. As is well known If the beer in the lager barrels is higher than the atmospheric one as a result of fermentation Pressure, and the filling into smaller containers must therefore, in order to avoid foaming and loss of carbon dioxide and beer, if possible, take place under the same pressure that prevails in the storage barrel.

It is therefore necessary to put the necessary in the small container before filling the beer To generate pressure. Own the older apparatus previously used for this purpose now the disadvantage that their handling is very complicated, so that a general introduction such apparatus has not yet been possible. To remedy these evils, is the purpose of the present invention.

The apparatus is shown in the front view, Fig. 1, and in the side view, Fig. 2; 3 shows a section through the pressure regulating valve, and FIGS. 4 to 8 show Views and sections of the taps on the apparatus.

The apparatus consists essentially of the frame A, Fig. 1 and 2, which is formed at the bottom to a support B for the Fafs to be filled C and at its upper end carries the box -D, which for the storage of a gear and a ratchet wheel c with pawl b and for guiding a rack α is used. A hand crank c ^{1 is} attached to the shaft of the gear c , so that the rack α with accessories can be moved up and down by turning the latter.

At the lower end of the rack a , all the taps of the apparatus, which the brewer has to use each time a keg is filled, are attached in such a way that they cannot be handled incorrectly and beer losses are avoided under all circumstances. For this purpose, a head d is attached to the lower end of the rod α , the bore e of which runs downwards into a mouthpiece h on the one hand and is set up to receive the main tap f with hose nozzle g on the other hand. . The rack α also carries at its upper end the air vessel k with valve i and tap Z, as well as on the one hand the pipe attachments for emptying and filling the air vessel with compressed air or carbonic acid by means of a special tap m sitting on the main tap f , on the other hand for connection with the mouthpiece h with the interposition of a stopcock 0. All these parts mentioned move up and down with the rack, so that they can easily be brought into the correct position for the container to be filled.

The mouthpiece h, FIGS. 4, 7 and 8, which is inserted into the bunghole of the barrel C when it is filled, is provided with a thick rubber or leather washer h ¹ for the purpose of sealing. The beer fed from the storage keg through a hose enters through the hose nozzle g and, if the main tap f is open, runs through the bore e and the pipe section h ~ into the keg C

a, Fig. 7. So that this running-in happens very gently, the mouthpiece h is provided with a hose η which must reach down to the bottom of the barrel. To protect the hose at the mouth of the pipe, a thin metal sheet / t ^{2 is} provided, which protects the hose η from damage if the mouthpiece is not inserted precisely into the bunghole. The sleeve h ' ^{2 also} serves at the same time as a means for fastening the hose to the mouthpiece in the simplest way, since it is pushed tightly onto the hose that was previously pulled tightly onto the mouthpiece h.

So that the air can escape from the drum during filling, several ribs h ³ , FIGS. 6 and 7, are arranged around the tube h ^{, so that the channels o 1} are formed between them. These channels go into a hole o ² , which can be closed or opened by the cock 0.

On the main tap f, which is just an ordinary straight-way tap, sits the tap m, FIGS. 4, 5 and 8, which controls the inlet and outlet of the air entering the air chamber k. The compressed air or carbonic acid, coming from a reservoir, enters the pipe elbow connection p, Fig. 1, which is attached to the top of the air chamber k , but has no communication with it. The compressed air then goes down through the hose _p ² to the cock m. It is merely for the sake of convenience that this cock is placed on or near the main cock f, with which it is otherwise in no way connected. The cock m has the two pipe attachments p ¹ and q whose bores communicate with one another in the position of the cock plug shown in FIG. 5; if the plug is rotated 90 ° to the left, FIG. 4, the bore p ¹ and thus the access of compressed air is closed, while the bore q ¹ is simultaneously brought into connection with a small opening m ¹ , so that approximately from q ¹ incoming air can escape into the open air.

A third position of the tap is still possible if the handle m ² is rotated from its upward position, FIG. 5, by 90 ^° to the right. In this position all three openings p ^l q ¹ m ^{l are} closed, since the cock plug has no channels there.

Onto the pipe socket ^ ^1, Fig. 1 and 2, the hose is mounted q ^2, which up to a k in the interior of the air chamber opening out pipe socket k ^l, Fig. 3, leads. K from the surge tank, the pipe socket passes k ³ k with hose ^2, to which the tap Z is connected. From the latter, a hose P leads with the interposition of a glass tube r to the shut-off valve 0, which, as mentioned above, closes or opens ^{the interior of the barrel C by means of the channels o 1} o ^2. The cock / is not only attached to the bottom of the air chamber, but is also connected to the same ^{through the pipe socket Z 1.} By means of suitable positions of the cock wrench, a connection can be established between the hoses k ' ² and Z ² , with I ^{1 being} closed, or Z ¹ can come into contact with Z ² , with / f ^{2 then being} blocked. The valve i seated on the air chamber k is a simple outwardly opening valve which is pressed onto its seat by the spiral spring i ¹ and can be more heavily loaded by screwing down the button i.

The handling of the apparatus during filling of beer or similar carbonated or gas-containing liquids from a storage cask in a smaller FAFS or containers C istnun following: After the FAFS C with its bung-hole facing of the frame A is rolled up on the support B, to läfst the Rack α down and press the head d tightly onto the barrel C , so that an airtight seal of the bunghole is made. Then one turns the handle of the cock m upwards into the position shown in Fig. 5, whereby the compressed air coming from a reservoir or, more appropriately, still compressed carbonic acid, the tension of which is at least equal to that prevailing in the storage barrel, from p ^ p ¹ to q ¹ q ² k ^{1 is passed} into the air tank k . From here the air flows through k ^z and k ' ² via the correspondingly set tap Z through Z ² and the also open tap 0 through the channels o ¹ o ² into the barrel. As soon as the pressure has been established in the latter, the main inlet valve f for the beer can be opened. The beer will now overflow from the storage barrel into barrel C.

The handle of the tap m is now turned to the right and the connection between Z ² and the air chamber k can be established by turning the tap Z, which cuts off the further entry of compressed air on the one hand, and also the pipe q ¹ and the line from the pipe on the other Fafs backwards until q ^{1 is} completed. The air displaced by the inflowing beer therefore has no other way out than through the valve / on the air chamber, and by correspondingly loading it by means of the spring i ^l , the pressure of the outflowing air and thus the inflow of the beer into the barrel C can be required be managed.

The completion of the filling of the barrel C can be recognized by the appearance of the beer in the glass tube r. At this moment the main tap f is closed and the handle of the tap m is turned to the left into the position

4, in order to allow the overpressure resting on the barrel to escape through the opening m ¹ . Then the cock ο is also closed and now the rack a is lifted out by turning the crank c ^1.

The lifting of the rack and the lifting of the head d from the barrel and the bunging of the latter must then be done very quickly.

If too much beer has run into the keg at the end of the filling process, this occurs through ο and the hose P via the tap / into the air chamber, from where it is drained off again when the next keg is filled and the tap is opened so that there is no loss of beer.

In the case of larger apparatus, the cock m can also be attached to the air chamber k so that the hoses j? ² ^ ² , Fig. I, then omitted. Fig. 9 and io. show this facility. The cock of the cock is stranded ^{with a through-hole m 2} and a channel m ³ standing at right angles to the same. At position I, FIGS. 9 and 10, the connection between ρ and k is completely interrupted, at II established, and at III the boiler k is connected to the atmosphere through the channel m ³ and the opening m ¹ in the tap housing. The latter position of the cock thus corresponds to the position shown in FIG. Referring to Fig. 9 is still

it should be noted that the valve i is attached here to the cover which is to be screwed onto k in particular.

Claims (2)

Patent Claims: ι. An apparatus for overfilling beer and other gaseous liquids under pressure onto other vessels, consisting of a kettle (k) on the rack (a) which is used to insert the filler neck into the bunghole, etc., which kettle a) is connected to the line for compressed air or carbon dioxide by a tap (m) which enables the boiler (k) to be connected to the atmosphere by shutting off that line; b) is provided with a spring-loaded valve (i) for regulating the tension in the vessel to be filled; c) serves to take up overflowing liquid, which can be drained from the boiler by means of a tap (I). 2. In connection with the apparatus marked under 1. a rigid protective and fastening sleeve (h ² ) for the hose (s) to be placed on the mouthpiece (h). 1 sheet of drawings.