Monday’s ad is still another one for Budweiser, again from the late 2000s. Although it’s a recent ad, it has a more vintage feel, and is part of a series that was created for college market newspapers. This one shows a caricature of composer Ludwig van Beethoven‘s head up close, and the thoughts in his head that lead him to drink a beer.
Archives for November 30, 2015
Patent No. 4361080A: Floor For Lautering Vessels
Today in 1982, US Patent 4361080 A was issued, an invention of David K. Smith, Nigel Harlow, and Samuel W. Maxfield, for their “Floor For Lautering Vessels.” Here’s the Abstract:
Disclosed is a real floor for a lauter tun comprising a plurality of elongated linear troughs, each trough extending unobstructed across the bottom of the vessel and each forming a relatively shallow upward opening V-shape. The elements making up the floor are shaped to provide the lauter tun floor with a circular profile.
Patent No. 1162515A: Process For Treating Cement Beer-Fermenting Tanks
Today in 1915, US Patent 1162515 A was issued, an invention of Frank W. Rickers, assigned to the Schaefer Brewing Co., for his “Process For Treating Cement Beer-Fermenting Tanks.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:
The object of the present invention is the production of a beer fermenting tank constructed of hydraulic cement or cement concrete or reinforced cement concrete which shall avoid the disadvantages incident to those previously constructed, and which shall be economical to construct, and which shall be substantially permanent when constructed.