USRE11314E - Distributing apparatus for beer - Google Patents

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J; HARTIN. DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS FOR BEER, 8w.

Reissued Mar. 21, 1,893.

UNITE D. STATES PATENT O FI E.

JOIlN MARTIN, or nos'roN, ASSACHUSETTS.

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Original No. 464,021, dated December 1, 1891. Application for reissue To all whom it may concern.-

- convenience Be itknown that I, J OHN 'IIARTIN, acitizen of the United States, 'residing at Boston, in

the county of Suffolk and'Com monwe-alth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and vusefulImprovements in Distributing-Apparatus for Beer, 850., of whichthe following is My invention consistso f an improved apparatus especirlly designed for-the use and In places where the extent of the-business is such-as to keep a number of bar-tenders constantlybusy in serving beer, &c., to cus tomers, it. has hither-rtobeen-the practicetorun a separate pipe from the cellar orstoreseparate barrel.

room wherein the beer is stored to eachfbartender, each of said pipes connectingwith a barrels were not empty, the beer'th'at still remaiaedgtherein next morning would by expos- "scribed in detail.

connected to are tG-t'he air-over night he inferior-in quality and of little or no value; hence-the wastefulness of this system. Moreover, :when a particular barrel was emptied during the day it would be necessary for the bar-tender-wh'orn that'barrel supplied to' wait until theempty.

barrel was disconnected and afresh barrel his pipe before he could resume serving'out the beer. By my;improved apparatus all such inconvenience: is avoided'and the quantity ofwaste liquor is reduced-to a minimum, one barrel ata ply all the bar-tenders, as hereinafter de- The accompanying drawing illustratesin plan view a form of distributing apparatus embodying my invention.

A is a reservoir or close receptacle into which the beer or other liquid flows and from which in turn it is distributed to various parts of the bar. Ator. near one end of the reservoir A are coupled-thereto the faucets b b to connect with the interior of said reservoir, these faucets being joined to the sup- The supplyat a time however, the purpose of the two bar-tenders'for economically distributing lager-beer, ale, &e., from a single barrel at a time to various parts-of the bar.-

, It at night these various time serving to supively, which faucets connect in turn with the reservoirA Any number of these distributing-pipes maybe employed leading to various parts. of the last, according to the number of bar-tenders required. I

which" for various purposes air under press ure isdistributed to dilfere-nt parts of the system. The air-supply pipe G, which 'connects through the faucet gwithth'e interior F is a globe or other close chamoerfrom of .the air-chamber, also connects with the airpump with which the bar-room is supplied.

B and B are two outlet-pipes from the chamber F, controlled-by the faucets b? and b respectively. -'These pipes pass into the store-room where'the beer-barrels are kept and are connected with the barrelswhich sup:

ply the pipes B and B, the pipe B being con.- nected with the barrel from which the pipe B'- leads, and the pipe B being connected ,with'thebarrel from which the pipe Bleads. The pipes B and B thus supplythe air-pressure for theiiowof the beer.

i If at any time t'o'ur bar-ten ders are required,

all four' of thefdi-stributingefaucets e,e' e e are opened, allowing the liquor to flow through all thejpipes E, E E E. If only one bar tender is required, three of the faucets 'e e e e 'are elosed, the distribution being thus regu lated at will.- \Vhen, as herein'shown, the beer flows into the reservoir'A through the supply-pipe B, the faucet .b is closed and the faucet .b' is open, the air-faucet 12 which ad: mits air into the barrel'froin which the pipe.

B leads, being open, and the other .air-sup- 7 ply faucet b being closed. lVhen the beer is exhausted from the one barrel, the faucets b and b are turned off and the faucets b and 6 turned on, which immediately causes beer from the second barrel to fill the reservoir A through the pipe 13'. While 'beer is being drawn from one barrel an attendant in the I store-room preferably sees that the other barrel, if empty, is disconnected and a full barrel connected on in'its place ready for use. Inthis manner, even if a large number of bar-tenders are employed, the beer that. re-

mains over at night is contained in one barthrough the faucet d.

- G is a water-pipe also communicating with the supply end of the reservoir through the faucet c. When it is desired to clean out the apparatus, the faucets b and I) being closed, the faucets e e e and e are opened and also the faucets (not shown) at the outer ends of the distributing-pipes E-E' E and E The airfaucet d is then opened which causes the air to force out of the reservoir and pipes all liquor that may be contained therein. The airfaucet dis then closed and the water-faucet 0 opened, which causes the water to flow through the system, thus cleaningit thoroughly. By closing the water-faucet c and again opening the'air-faucet d the water is driven out of thesystem by the pressure of the air, and when the faucet d is finally closed the distributing system, thoroughly cleansed, is once more ready fdr work.

All the faucets herein shown being preferably within easy reach of one attendant, the

- system is very convenient whether at any a barrel of lager-beer, while the other H nects with a barrel of ale.

time one man or a dozen are employed. By varying the position of the air-faucet handles the air-pressure maybe varied at will, as will readily be seen.

The apparatus here shown is alsouseful in mixin li uorsasfor instance la 'er and b q 1 3 O ale-t0 form what is known as musty ale. In this case one supply-pipe B connects with con-' Both faucets b b are opened more or less, as desired, allowing the two liquors to mingle in any desired proportion in' the reservoir A,from which itmay flow through anynumber of distributing to various parts of the bar.

.and then washedout by water,

p p s When desired, a number of distributingreservoirs A, with their connecting-pipes may be employed, each of such systems connecting by a pipe D with a single air-chamber F.

In this case two air-supply pipes B B would be necessary for each of such systems, and all could in like manner be controlled by a single attendant.

1. In a distributing apparatus for beer &c., the combination with a reservoir, of one or more faucet-controlled supply pipes, each of which connects said reservoir'with'a separate source of liquor supply adapted to be in turn connected with said reservoir,- andone or'more,

-faucet-controlled distributing pipes directly connected to said reservoir and connecting it with various parts of the bar, substantially.

as and for the purpose described.

2. In a distributing apparatus for beer &c.', a reservoir provided with one or more faucetcontrolled supply pipes each of which connects' said reservoir with a separate source of liquor supply adapted to be in turn connected with said reservoir, and one or more faucet? controlled distributing pipes directly connected to said reservoir and connecting it with 7 various parts of the bar, in combination with an air chamber connected with a suitable source of air supply and having separate fan-i cet-controlledpipes connecting said air chamber with the sources of liquor supply, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A distributing apparatus for beer having a reservoir with suitable supply-and distribut-. ing pipes and provided with means for cleaning the same when not in use, consisting of a faucet controlled air-pipe and a faucet controlled water-pipe whereby said reservoir and pipes are first blown out by compressed air substantially as set forth.- I

'In testimony. whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of October, A. D. 1892.

- JOHN HARTIN.

' In presence oft A. F. Ao'ro'N,

L. IlARLow.

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