US87878A - Improved cellar for preserving beer - Google Patents

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ROBERT SCHMID, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Laim Paten; No. 87,878, dated Ma-0h 16,1859.-

IMPROVE!) GELLAR FOR PRESERVIN G- BEER.

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. ne Schedule referred to ih these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

hQo all whom it may concern:

,.ingapart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of apreservingcellar, having my improvement applied to it.

Figure 2 is a top view of the improved floor of the cooling, or re'igeratingapartment.

Figure 3 is a vertical section, taken longitudinally through the improved door.

Figure 4 is a view of one end of said floor.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures. v

For the purpose of preserving in cellars, during the fermenting-process, it is important to preserve a co'ol temperature, free from alterations; and to this end the floors for the ice-apartments have been made of metal entirely, and they have also been made entirely of wood; but it is found that with the ironiloors the temperature will vary from 1 to 1&0 above zero, and with wooden floors, the temperature will vary from 5 to 8O above zero. In the former instance, the temperature is too low, and inthe latter instance it is too high. The temperatnre required for successful fermentation, is found to be from 3 to 4 above zero, .and should be unvariable.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing the floor of the reigerating-apartment, which is arranged directly over the cellar', of wood and metal, combined and disposed in vsuch manner that the sagging of the joists of the ooring-plauks/to open and leak, and that the metallic portion of the door shall constitute about one-third of the exposed superficial area of the door, and serve as a trough for conducting the water from the ice, and also carrying the condensed vapor from the terincnting-cellar into a conduit, which is arranged beneath said-metallic portion, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings- S represents the preserving-cellar, which is surrounded by walls "J, of masonry, and arranged beneath the refrigerating-apartment G, which latter may be enclosed by a continuation of the cellar-walls J and by roof H..

These two apartments, viz, the cellar and refrigera-` This door is composed partly of metal, c, and partly of wood, E E, secured down upon joists C D, which are sustained upon binding-joists A, as shown in figs. 1 and 3.

The wooden sections E E, of the flooring-planks, constitute about two-thirds of a superficial area of the entire floor, and the metal section constitutes about one-third of the supercial area of the door.

The joists C C are :made of different heights, ac-

cording to the positions they occupy with relation toV the centre of the metallic section. c, so that the'flooring-planks, when nailed down upon these joists, will incline toward this metallic section, on both sides thereof, as shown in iigs. 1 and 2.

The floolingfplanks E E may be jointed together by tongues and grooves, running toward the said metallic section a, or any other suitable means may be adopted for jointiug said planks, so that the joints will not leak.

The section c may be made of sheet-metal, of suitable thickness to afford the required degree of strength, and it should be bent, so that its sides will incline toward a common centre, thereby adapting it to seve as a trough for conducting the ice-water to a waste-pipe, c, leading intoa conduit, y, beneath the floor.

This metallic section a is secured down to short joists D, arranged at a suitable distance apart, and

at right angles to the joists C, and the longitudinal edges of this section are extended short distances be neath the lowermost edges of the woodensections E E, shown at b l), fig. 3.

The joists A may be sustained by wall-plates, or in any other suitable manner, and these wall-supports may present inclined surfaces for the joists A to rest upon, 'so that the entire floor will incline in two directions toward' the pipe c, and thereby conduct ofi the water from the ice as rapidly as the ice melts. l

' Beneath the angle, or lowest part of the metallic section a, and supported by straps e e, fastened to the joist-s A, is a gutter, or conduit, y, which, inclines toward a vertical pipe, h", that is arranged directly below the pipe c, as shown in figs. 3 and 4.

Pipe h is thus arranged for conducting off the water as rapidly as it` escapes into conduit g from the pipe c, and this conduit g is arranged as described, and extended the entire length of the floor-section a, for the purpose of receiving all the water which runs down the inclined bottom surfaces of the said section, and drips from the angle of this section.

This Water is the result of the condensation of vapor, which rises in the apartment S, upon the cold metallic surface of section a. Consequently the use of metal as a constituent part of the door, will, to a great degree, dry the atmosphere in -the apartment S, by condensing the 'watery `vapor. The wooden sections ofthe floor being a much poorer conductor than the metal, and parting with the cold from the ice less rapidly than metal, will not condense it I I the vapor as rapidly, but the Wood, in consequence of this non-conducting property, Will prevent an unnecessary Waste of ice, and modify the temperature in the apartment S, by preventing it from becoming too cold therein.

It is important to preserve the joints of the oor Water-tight, and for this purpose the edges of the metallic section a are carried beneath the lowermost edges of the wooden sections E E, as above described, so that when the joists sag in the centre, the joints vbetween the said sections will not be opened nor caused to leak. I also, with' the same object in view, arrange the planks E in'a direction with the length of the j oists A, so that the sagging of these joists will not open the joints between the planks.

By thus constructing the partitionbetween the refrigerating and preserving-apartments, which serves as the oor for one, and the ceiling for the other, I am enabled to combine good and bad conductors of cold, in such proportions as will preserve an even temperature in the preserving-apartment, which will neither be too warm nor too cold. At the same time, I preserve the ice inthe refrigerating-apartment from rapidly melting.

While I prefer to adopt the relative proportion above stated, of wood and metal, in the construction of the improved loo'r, I do not eonline myself to these proportions, as they will vary according to the construction of the apartments, the non-conducting capacity of these apartments, and other circumstances.

' Having described my invention, i

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. The division of the refrigerating and preservingapartments G S, composed of wood and metal, supported and inclined, substantially as and for the purposes described. j

2.V The Wooden flooring-planks EIand intermediate metallic section a, inclined as described, and overlapping each other at their joints, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In combination with the intermediate doubleinclined metallic section a, and inclined wooden sections E, the inclined trough g, for receiving the water ofthe condensed vapor in apartment S, and the two discharge-pipes c h, for carrying olf the Water' from the ice, and that from the condensed vapor, substantially as described. A

4. The combination of metal and Wood, in about the relative proportions specified, and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

ROBERT SOHMID.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. MOEQUIN, JosnPH HonTzEL.

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