US703481A - Attachment for beer-coolers. - Google Patents

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No. 703, 48|. Patented July I, I902.

o. SCHELL. ATTACHMENT FOR BEER GOOLERS.

(Application filed Dec. 80, 1901.)

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OTTO-SCHELL, OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA.

'ATZTACHMENT FOR B EER-COOLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,481, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed December 30, 1901. Serial No. 87,720. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, OTTO SOHELL, a citize of the United States, residing at New Ulm, in the county of Brown and State'of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Beer-Coolers,

of which the following'is a specification.

My invention relates to-improve men ts in an attachment for beer-coolers, its object being to provide means for treating the wort after it has been boiled with hops or other material to give it the desired aroma. This I accomplish by means of a hop-receptacle arranged within the feed-pipe leading to the cooler, whereby all the wort after being boiled must pass through said receptacle on its way to the cooler. I preferably construct said hop-re ceptacle to take the place of the ordinary hopjack and also provide means in connectionwith the receptacle for forcing any beer left in the receptacle from the same to the cooler.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure Iis a front elevation of a cooler, showing my invention arranged in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is an end elevation'of'the cooler. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofmy hop-receptacle and the supporting-framework therefor, and Fig. 4 is a section on line as w of Fig.3.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary construction of beer-cooler, consisting of a series of horizontal pipes 2, supported'in the framework '3. Thetop of the framework'is provided with a beer-trough 4,'from which the beer passes downward on the outside of the series of pipes 21, which are kept filled with cold water for cooling the beer as it passes over them. Arranged below the series of pipes is a trough or tray 5 to receive the beer after it has passed from the cooler. Arranged adjacent to the cooleris a hop-receptacle B, pivotally supported by means of the trunnions 6 in a frame 7, preferably portable. The receptacle at its top is provided with a removable cover. 8, held in closed position by meansof' clamps 9, which fit over the outwardly-projectingfianges 10 and 11 of the cover and receptacle-wall, respectively, as shown in Fig. 4. The top of the cover 8 is formed with a neck 12, to which is secured the end of a pipe 13 by means of the union 14, said pipe 13 leading to the brewing-kettle D. The receptacle is preferably cylindrical and the cover 8 in the opposite end'of the receptacle partly rounded, as shown. Leading from the lower end of thereceptacleisa pipe 15, discharging into the trough 4 at thetop of the cooler and provided with a drain-cock 16 and preferably with a valve 22 to regulate the flow over the cooler. lVithin the hop-receptacle B isarrangd an'open-work chamber or receptacle 0 of similar shape, but smaller, than the outer receptacle, so as to leave an intermediate surrounding space." The inner open-Work receptacle C-is formed with feet 17, by means of whichit is held separated from the bottom of the outer receptacle. An open-work'cover lS-is providedwhi'ch fits over the top of the inner receptacle O'and is provided with a neck 19 to fit-into'the neck 12 of the outer receptacle, as shown in-Fig. 4.. In order to force all of thewort from the hop- I receptacle'to the cooler, I provide a pipe 20,

connectingthe' pipe 13 with a sourceof compressedair supply (not shown) and provided with a regulating-valve 21. ,1 I

-In use theinner open-work receptacle 0 is partly'filled with hops'and the covers of the inner and outer receptacles thensec'uredin closing position, as shown in'the drawings. With the parts in this position the inlet-pipe 13 leads from the brewing-kettle to the hop-receptacle and the pipe 15 leads from the bottom of the hop-receptacle to the top of the cooler. All the .wort passing from the brewing-kettle into thereceptacle will percolate through the hops andthrough the-open-work receptacle to the surrounding space, from whence it will be forced by the inflowingwort through the outlet-pipe 15 to the beer-cooler. It will then pass over the cooler in the ordinary manner. The hop sediment, which leaves the brewing-kettle with the wort, will bestrained from the beer by the inner open-work receptacle B, thus dispensingwitn the use of the ordinary hop-jack. When the Wortceases flowing from the brewing-kettleto the hopreceptacle,.the wort which remains in said receptacle is forced from the same to the cooler by opening the valve 21 and admitting com= pressed air.

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It will be seen that the hop-receptacle is included within and practically forms an enlargement of the pipe leading from the brewin g-kettle to the cooler. Thus all of the wort which passes to the cooler must pass through the hops, and can thus be given a uniform I clain1 1. The combination with a beer-cooler, a

distributer extending along the entire length and above the top thereof, and a kettle arranged above the level of said distributer, of an upright closed receptacle for hops standing alongside said cooler and below said kettle and distributer, a perforated portion within said receptacle and adjacent to the lower end thereof, an inlet-pipe leading from the kettle into the upper end of said receptacle, an outlet-pipe leading from the space between said perforated portion and the adjacent wall of the receptacle upward to the distributer, the arrangement being such that all of the wort is passed from said kettle through said receptacle under pressure to said cooler.

2. The combination with a beer-cooler, a distributer along the top thereof, and akettle, of a closed receptacle for hops standing alongside said cooler below said kettle, an openwork inner chamber arranged within said receptacle, a conduit leading from said kettle to the top of said receptacle and opening into the receptacle within said open-work chamber, and a conduit leading from the receptacle outside said open-work chamber to said distributer.

3. The combination with a beer-cooler, a distributer extending along the top thereof, and a boiling-kettle, of an upright closed receptacle for hops standing alongside said cooler and below said kettle, an open-work chamber arranged within said receptacle and interspaced from the bottom thereof, a conduit connecting said kettle with said receptacle, said conduit opening into the upper end of said open-work chamber, and a conduit leading from the lower end of said receptacle outside said open-work chamber to'said distributer, whereby all of the wort is passed from said kettle to said receptacle under pressure to said cooler.

4. The combination with a beer-cooler and brewing-kettle, of a closed receptacle for hops arranged alongside said cooler and below said kett1e,an open-work chamber arranged within said receptacle, a conduit connecting the kettle with the interior of said open-work chamber, a pipe opening into said conduit for the purpose of admitting air thereto, and a conduit leading from the lower end of said receptacle outside said open-work chamber to the cooler.

5. The combination with a beer-cooler, and a kettle arranged above the same, of a closed receptacle for hops arranged alongside said cooler below said kettle, an open-work hopretainer within said receptacle, said retainer being interspaced from the bottom of the receptacle, a detachable cover for the upper ends of said receptacle and retainer, a conduit connecting said kettle and cover and opening into said retainer, a conduit leading from the bottom of said receptacle outside said retainer upward to the upper portion of the beer-cooler, and a pivotal support for said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

OTTO SCIIELL.

\Vitnesses:

J 0s. A. ECKSTEIN, HENRY H. FLOR.

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