Thursday’s ad is for Ballantine Beer, from the 1950s. Using the tagline “… the crisp refresher,” the illustration is of a generic blue and red baseball team, and the copy states that Ballantine is presenting the “Yankees on TV and Radio.” Those are clearly not Yankees uniforms so I bet the ad was used in multiple markets and Ballantine sponsored several different teams, as well.
Archives for July 2, 2015
Patent No. 2006450A: Capping Machine
Today in 1935, US Patent 2006450 A was issued, an invention of John J. Gaynor, for his “Capping Machine.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
This invention relates to capping machines, or more particularly to bottle crowners of the double head type.
One of the objects of the invention is to provide such a machine of the simplest construction with a minimum number of actuating parts so as to promote compactness, and at the same time insuring reliability and effectiveness in operation; and whereby the caps as applied to containers by both capping heads will be uniform.
Another object of the invention is to provide such a capping machine that can be closely arranged in cooperative relation with the container conveying means of a rotary type container filling machine, so that the containers will be capped shortly after being transferred to the capping heads of the capping machine alternately. The type of filling machine referred to includes a circular rotating container conveyor having peripherally arranged vertically reciprocal container supports in which the containers are placed to be raised into filling heads which depend from the circular liquid supply tanks placed above the conveyor and connected to rotate therewith. As a rule the tank is of greater diameter than the conveyor, which relation of parts presents the problem in arranging the capping mechanism in close cooperative relation with the conveyor.
Patent No. 1271269A: Manufacture Of Non-Alcoholic Malt Beer
Today in 1918, US Patent 1271269 A was issued, an invention of Louis Block, for his “Manufacture of Non-Alcoholic Malt Beer.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
acter to that known in the art as lager beer with the difference that What I now refer to as malt beer shall contain no alcohol or only a very small percentage thereof, while its nutritious and refreshing qualities are practically the same as that of lager beer. I shall now describe the process of manufacture so that others versed in the art may understand and follow it. The first steps in my process are in a general way the same as employed in the manufacture of lager beer or ale. I mash the malt, malt adjuncts or cereal products, boil the Wort, cool it and ferment it.