US83431A - George winter - Google Patents

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Patented Oct. 27, 1868.

f G. WINTER.

Beer Cpoler.

@anni l finie Messie www? GEORGE WIN-TER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Leners Paten: No. 83,431, dem october 27, 1868.

IMPROVED BEER-COOLER- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE WINTER, of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented acertain new and improved Beer- Gooler; andI do hereby declare that the following is a m11 and exact description thereof, reference being had 'to the accompanying'drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure I is a longitudinal sectional elevation.

Figure II is a transverse vertical section.

Figure III is a top plan view.

The nature of this invention consists,

First, in thecombination of a series of ybeer-tanks, open at the top, with a water-reservoir, the former being arranged within the latter, and connected t0- gether, by means of pipes, in such manner, thatT as soon as one tank is filled withbeer, the surplus willbe discharged into the next tank, and so on, until all the tanks are full. i

Second, in supporting the tanks within the water reservoir by means of upright posts or rods, secured to the bottom of the reservoir-,and connected together at the top by cross-bars or ties, or equivalents.

Third, in an annular chamber,- formed around one or more of the tanks, or a portion thereof, into which only the warm water from the surface, near the top of the reservoir, is allowed to enter, and from which it may be drawn off as'often as required.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the iigrues. Y

A A represent a series of upright tanks,'which are made about four feet in height, by four inches in width, and of any desired length, though other dimensions may be adopted if expedient. These tanks are supported and arranged within a waterreservoir, B, between upiight posts, B, the projecting ends of' which -are firmly held by, and secured to, two or more transversc cross-bars or clamps, C. i This mode fof constructionrenders the wholestructure compact and portable. j

vThe tanks A are designed to contain the beer tobe cooled, and are conuectedtogether, by means of the pipes D, in such manner that as the first one of the tanks is filled with beer up to a certain heighgthe surplus will be discharged through a pipe, and carried to the next tank, entering near the bottom` thereof. The second tank being filled, the surplus will then be discharged into the third, and so on, until all the tanks are full.

It does not become necessary to draw oif the beer from the cooling-tanks in a steady current, unless the temperature of the Water surrounding thewtanks is low enough for cooling the beer in the desired degree1 while passing through the tanks, butif the water is not cold enough for that purpose, the beer may be allowed to remain in the tanksv until thoroughly cooled. It is then drawn oif by means of the stop-cock'd.

lThe bottoms of the several tanks arev placed at different heights, and connected by. pipes, e, having stopcocks, c.` These stop-cocks are kept closed, except when it is necessary to discharge the whole contents of one tank into the others, or when all the beer is to be withdrawn from the cooler.

F represents a reservoir, formed around the first tank, A, that is to say, that tank into which the beer is rst received, but the other tanks may also be provided with these reservoirs, if deemed expedient.

The object of this reservoir is to catch .the warmest water contained in the reservoir B, from .the surface, andsubject it to another heating by contactwith the tank containing the warmest bee'r, before it is discharged or drawn off through the pipe and stop-cock, g.

This feature of my invention is of great importance, inasmuch as in most beer-coolers a vast deal of cold water is allowed to escape before it has had an oppor tunity to assist iii-cooling the beer.

My improvenmit utilizes every drop of Goldwater contained in thereservoir B, by passing the warm surface-water through the reservoir F, in contactwith the hottest of the tanks, A, before it is discharged.

In addition to this last-mentioned feature, my im! proved beer-cooler has the desirable quality of being simple in its construction, the whole vbeing plain, square work, without ingles, sharp corners, and joints.

The bcer-tanksmay be easily removed, and cleaned with a brush, and byhand, a very difficult matter in coolers containing or composed 'of a great number of pipes or other inaccessible devices.

When the process of cooling a certain quantity of beer is completed, the beer contained in the tanks is easily removed, to the last drop.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The tanks A, in combination with the reservoir B and conducting-pipes I), all parts being constructed,

arranged, and operating substantially as herein de scribed.

2. Supporting the tanks A, within'the reservoir B, by means of the upright posts or rods B and crossbars or tie-rods G, substantially as set forth.

3. The reservoir F, in combination with the tanks A, for the purposes and substantially as herein described.

GEORGE WETTER.

Witnesses:

FRED. W. SCOTT, B. H. MUEBLE.

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