US502835A - Porter or beer tap - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
- B67D1/08—Details
- B67D1/0829—Keg connection means
- B67D1/0831—Keg connection means combined with valves
- B67D1/0832—Keg connection means combined with valves with two valves disposed concentrically
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
- Y10T137/2931—Diverse fluid containing pressure systems
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- Y10T137/314—Unitary mounting for gas pressure inlet and liquid outlet
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- Figure I is a vertical sectional view of my improved tap and tap receiver.
- Fig. II is a perspective of the receiver with cap or cover.
- Fig. III is a bottom view of the tap proper showing an automatic valve for-checking the escape of the air from the keg. should the pump become disconnected or fail to operate.
- FigIV is a sectional view of the ordinarytap in use heretofore.
- A is the receiver (which is made preferably of cast iron) provided uponits outer periphery with a thread (1 whereby it is screwed into .the'ta'p hole of the head B of the keg, its
- this receiver is permanently attached to the keg, and being preferablymade of metal will endureu'ntil the keg itself is thrown aside as worthless.
- O is a cover or cap which may be hinged or screwed on, and serves to prevent the accumulation'of foreign matter in the receiver.
- the elastic washer G is a screw threaded ring by which the elastic washer G can be spread'out and pressed against the tap rod H after the latter has been inserted.
- Ir is an automatic check valve, made of any suitable elastic material, which may be held in-place by the flanged threaded ring L or screwed ontothe tap as shown in Fig. III, and serves to retain" the air in the keg should the pump become detached or fail to operate. It also prevents the liquor, from any cause,
- a decided advantage obtained by locating the automatic check valve at the bottom of the annular air chamber 7; is that the valve is thus brought in close proximity to the contents of thekeg, and prevents the slime which forms on top of the beer from getting back and accumulating in the air pipes. This is effectually prevented by locating the check valve in the aforesaid manner, closing theinner terminal of the air inlet. It often happens that the accumulated slime in the air pipe is forced back or returned to the beer in the keg, tainting it, and rendering the same unfit for use. Such objection is more frequently experienced where there is a series of kegs severally connected by valved branch air pipes with a main air pipe leading from an air pump.
- a tap receiver in the form of a bushing fixed in the tap hole of a keg or barrel and provided with a central interior screw-threaded bore, and a detachable top or coverof a detachable tap externally screwthreaded at its lower end to engage the screwthreaded bore of the receiver, whereby the tap proper can be removably secured in operative position in the tap receiver, substantially as described.
- a tap for beer kegs or barrels having an axial vertical bore adapted to receive a tap rod; an annular chamber formed outside of, and concentric with, the axial bore, an automatic check valve at the bottom of the air chamber and located at the lower terminal point of the tap; and a lateral air inlet conductor connecting at its inner end with the top of the annular chamber; all arrangedwhereby the entrance of slime, &c., from the beer keg or barrel into the air pipe is prevented, substantially as described.
- a tap for beer kegs or barrels made in one piece of metal and having an axial vertical bore; an annular air chamber outside of, and concentric with said bore; an automatic check valve at the bottom of said chamber; and a laterally curved inlet conductor forming a handle orlever for turning the tap,substantially as described.
Description
(No ModeL) 0. I SNYDER-r I PORTER 0R BEER-TAP.
I 110,502,835. Pa tented Aug. 8, 1893.
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OHARIJESI. SNYDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
PORTER on BEER TAP."-', r
smcmcimen forming part or 'Lettersi l atent No. 502,835 dated August 8, 1893. Application filed December 19, 1e92, $eria1No.455,558. (N model.)
To all whom it mag concern:
Be it known that 1, CHARLES I. SNYDER,
before fillingthe keg, was: closed ordinarily: by means of a cork'. This latter was forced in as the tap was driven into-the keg,the tap itself being provided with a stopper (to prevent the escape of the liquor) which also was forced into the keg upon the insertion of the ordinary tap rod which communicates with the bar cock or fauoetthe liquor being forced through said tap rod by the pressure introduced into the keg, through the air passage and chamber of the tap, from the air pump with which the tap is connected.
Now in order that the tap shall operate successfully, it is essential that the joint between it and the keg shall be perfect to prevent the escape of the air or gas which is being forced into the kegi1isuring the passage of the liquor through the tap rod as the faucet is turned on. To attain this air tight joint, it is customary to use a packing of paper around the tap. This packing becomes saturated with the-liquor in a very little while and exceedingly offensive; besides does not always suffice for the purpose. Further: more, every time a tap is driven into a keg, the tap hole is more and more enlarged until the tap can no longer be used, when it be comes necessary to insert anew head. All these defects are overcome by my invention which consists: in certain details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts, all of which are more fully described hereinafter.
The novel features of this improvement are embraced in the'appended claims.
In the drawings: Figure I is a vertical sectional view of my improved tap and tap receiver. Fig. II is a perspective of the receiver with cap or cover. Fig. III is a bottom view of the tap proper showing an automatic valve for-checking the escape of the air from the keg. should the pump become disconnected or fail to operate. FigIV is a sectional view of the ordinarytap in use heretofore.
A is the receiver (which is made preferably of cast iron) provided uponits outer periphery with a thread (1 whereby it is screwed into .the'ta'p hole of the head B of the keg, its
lower orifice being closed by a cork orstopper a which is inserted by means of the ordinary cork'se'tter. It will be observed that this receiver is permanently attached to the keg, and being preferablymade of metal will endureu'ntil the keg itself is thrown aside as worthless.
O is a cover or cap which may be hinged or screwed on, and serves to prevent the accumulation'of foreign matter in the receiver.
D is the tap proper and screws into the receiver A as shown in Fig. I, the washer E serving to form an air tight joint therewith.
F is a screw threaded ring by which the elastic washer G can be spread'out and pressed against the tap rod H after the latter has been inserted.
1 Arm I is connected with the tube J leading from the force pump, by means of the coupling K'the air passage 1' terminating at its lowerextremity in the annular air chamber i. The advantage of this construction is that the current of air passes down around the tap rod H without interference, whereas in the old style tap, as shown in Fig. IV the air was forced in at right angles to the air chamber and the current broken.
1 Iris an automatic check valve, made of any suitable elastic material, which may be held in-place by the flanged threaded ring L or screwed ontothe tap as shown in Fig. III, and serves to retain" the air in the keg should the pump become detached or fail to operate. It also prevents the liquor, from any cause,
being forced up into the air-chamber or tube.
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which serves as a wrench, screwed tightly down upon washer E until a perfect joint is made. The outer end of arm I by the coupling K is connected with the tube J leading from the force pump. The-latter is then put in operation,the air driven through the passage. '5 into the annular chamber t" down around the tap rod H through the tap receiver into the keg, with a pressure upon the liquor suiiicient to force the latter up through the said rodwhen the faucet is opened.
In addition to the advantages alread y pointed out, and the facility with which it can be applied, by the use of my said tap a decided saving of corks or stoppers is effected. Heretofore as already pointed out two corks were requisitea large one for the tap hole and a smaller one for the tap itself. My tap however, requires but one small cork for the receiver.
A decided advantage obtained by locating the automatic check valve at the bottom of the annular air chamber 7; is that the valve is thus brought in close proximity to the contents of thekeg, and prevents the slime which forms on top of the beer from getting back and accumulating in the air pipes. This is effectually prevented by locating the check valve in the aforesaid manner, closing theinner terminal of the air inlet. It often happens that the accumulated slime in the air pipe is forced back or returned to the beer in the keg, tainting it, and rendering the same unfit for use. Such objection is more frequently experienced where there is a series of kegs severally connected by valved branch air pipes with a main air pipe leading from an air pump. In such instance, it is difficult to maintain uniform pressure on all the kegs at once, and the slime from the keg longest on tap and under weakest pressure gets back into the air pipe and is returned perhaps to other fresh kegs under high pressure. This difficulty however is entirely overcome by my peculiar arrangement of the air pressure appliances and the location of the check valve in the position referred to.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. In a device of the class described, the combination, with a tap receiver in the form of a bushing fixed in the tap hole of a keg or barrel and provided with a central interior screw-threaded bore, and a detachable top or coverof a detachable tap externally screwthreaded at its lower end to engage the screwthreaded bore of the receiver, whereby the tap proper can be removably secured in operative position in the tap receiver, substantially as described.
2. In a device of the class described, a tap for beer kegs or barrels having an axial vertical bore adapted to receive a tap rod; an annular chamber formed outside of, and concentric with, the axial bore, an automatic check valve at the bottom of the air chamber and located at the lower terminal point of the tap; and a lateral air inlet conductor connecting at its inner end with the top of the annular chamber; all arrangedwhereby the entrance of slime, &c., from the beer keg or barrel into the air pipe is prevented, substantially as described.
3. A tap for beer kegs or barrels made in one piece of metal and having an axial vertical bore; an annular air chamber outside of, and concentric with said bore; an automatic check valve at the bottom of said chamber; and a laterally curved inlet conductor forming a handle orlever for turning the tap,substantially as described.
CHARLES I. SNYDER.
Witnesses:
JOHN MoCLosKEY, JOHN MONTAGUE.
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