US808131A

US808131A - Beer-cooler.

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Publication number: US808131A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert S Wiesenfeld
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-10-24
Filing date: 1904-10-24
Publication date: 1905-12-26
Anticipated expiration: 1922-12-26

Description

PATENTED DEC. 26, 1905.

R. S. WIESENFELD.

BEER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED o.cT,24,19o4.

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BEER-COOLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed October 24, 1904. Serial No. 229,765.

To all wiz/m it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. WIEsEN- FELD, a citizen`of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Coolers, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to an improvement in beer-coolers, and has for its object simplicity of parts, which will be effectual in action, whereby to quickly cool the beer during its passage therethrough ready for consumption at the bar or counter; and it consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows one form of my improved beer-cooler. Fig. 2 is a section through the valve mechanism, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the valve and valve-stem proper.

A represents an outer receptacle adapted to contain one or more beer-tanks, which may be independent of each other or in communication. This outer chamber is adapted to be filled with ice or other cooling means, and each tank preferably has a central recess, likewise adapted to be Jfilled with ice, as at 1, whereby the beer under pressure which supplies the tank or tanks through pipe 2 from the keg is held in a comparatively thin volume exposed to the influence of the cooling means on as many sides as ossible and` in this comparatively thin vo ume. The recess 1 in the tank may be closed by means of a screw-cap 3. Another and a principal object of my invention is to provide a means for permitting a relieving of pressure within the tank for any purpose desired, and to this end I provide an aperture 18 in the upper end of the tank, which is closed by means of a wing-nut 19. This wing-nut is provided with a depending externally-threaded nipple 20, having a seat formed therein, said nut being provided with a passage extending therethrough and through the nipple, as well as through a boss 4, located exteriorly of the nut, the bore of the boss having a shoulder 22 formed therein and being threaded. Seated on the shoulder in the boss is one end of the pipe 8, the pipe preferably, although not necessarily, extending through an enlarged hole in the counter and being threaded at its upper end to receive an apertured cap 12. The hole in the counter or bar is conically shaped at its lower end to receive the cone 14, loosely mounted exteriorly of the pipe, whereby a tight joint is formed, as well as providing an enlarged bearing-surface to prevent the accidental rupture of the pipe at that point owing to a movement of the tank. The pipe also carries exteriorly thereof a fixed collar 21, located beneath the cone, and a spring 23 is seated on the collar, the opposite end of the spring engaging and forcing the cone into the hole in the counter at all times.

A valve 5 is seated in the valve-seat 6 in the nipple 20, the valve having a valve-stem 7, extending upward through the passage 24 l in the nut and boss, the upper end of the stem being adjustably secured to a rod 25, having a shoulder 26 near its upper end, which end passes through the aperture in the cap 12 and is provided with a knob 9, the cap adapted to engage the shoulder 26 on the rod. An a ertured cup 1 1 is removably secured upon t e threaded nipple 20, the cup-containing a spring 10, which normally engages the valvedisk 5 to retain it on its seat.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the excess pressure 1n the tank gains access t0 the valve 5 through the apertured cup 11, and hence when it is desired to relieve the pressure in the tank the operator presses down upon the knob 9, thereby depressing the valve 5 against the action of the spring to permit the escape of the confined gas. In the event that it is desired to relieve the pressure entirely or to a great extent the cap 12 may be screwed down upon the pipe 8, and by reason of the engagement of the shoulder 26 with the cap the valve will be opened and held open until the cap is screwed back to its normal position.

The cone 14 on the pipe is adapted to close the opening in the shelf or counter through which the pipe extends.

An outlet-pipe 15 extends from the bottom of the tank to some point within convenient reach of the attendant at the bar, where it is provided with a spigot 16 for drawing off the beer.

The bottom 17 of the tank or tanks preferably slope in order to facilitate drawing out or draining the contents.

It is obvious that various different arran ements of tanks might be resorted to besi es those shown and described and that other slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the s irit and scope of my invention, and hence do not IOO IIO

Wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination With a receptacle, o f a pressure-relieving means comprising a pipe, the bore of which is in communication With the interior of the receptacle, a valve for closing the communication between the receptacle and pipe, a spring for supporting the valve, an adjustable cup for holding the spring, a valve stem connected With the valve and extending through the pipe into a position Where access may be had thereto for manipulating the valve and an adjustable cap mounted onthe pipe and adapted to engage the valve-stem for retaining the valve in open position.

2. The combination with a receptacle adapted to contain fluid under pressure, and provided With an aperture therein, of a nut removably received in the aperture and provided With an internal nipple having a valveseat formed therein, a boss located exteriorly on the nut, the boss provided With a bore extending through the nut and nipple, a pipe secured to the boss, a rod received in the pipe and projecting therefrom at one end, a valve carried by the rod and received in the valveseat in the nipple, a perforated cup received upon the nipple, a spring in the cup for maintaining the valve on its seat, and means carried by the pipe and engaging the rod to hold the valve open against the tension of 'the spring. y

3. The combination with a receptacle, of a closure having a bore, said closure being mounted in the receptacle, a nipple carried by the closure in line With the bore, and having a valve-seat in communication With the interior of the receptacle, a perforated cup removably secured to the nipple, a valve received in the valve-seat, a spring carried by the cup and engaging the valve to retain it in closed position, means connected With the 2 l sosjli valve for opening it against the tension of the spring and means for locking the valve in open position.

4. The combination With a receptacle, of a pressure-releasing mechanism connected therewith, the mechanism comprising a removable supporting means carried by the receptacle, a shoulder-boss on the supporting means, said supporting means being provided With a passage therethrough and through the boss, a pipe removably seated on the shoulder inthe boss, and forming a continuation of said passage, a valve seated in the passage, means'for retaining the valve in closed position, a rod received in the pipe and projecting therefrom and connected With the valve and means engaging the rod for locking the valve in open position. Y

5. The combination With a receptacle, of a pressure-relieving mechanism therefor, comprising a valve-supporting means, having a passage formed therethrough, a valve for closing the passage, a pipe forming a continuation of said passage, a rod received in the pipe, and projecting outside the pipe, means adjustably connecting the valve and roddand means for normally retaining the valve in closed position.

6. The combination with a receptacle, of pressure-relieving means therefor, comprising a supporting means having a passage formed therethrough, a valve closing the passage, means normally retaining the valve in closed position, a tube forming a continuation of said passage, and secured to the supporting means, a rod received in the tube and connected With the valve, a shoulder on the rod andvmeans adjustably mounted on the tube and adapted to engage the shoulder for locking the valve in open position.

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

ROBERT S. VVIESENFELD.y Witnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, J. A. HILLEARY, Jr.