Wednesday’s ad is entitled Getting Ready for Christmas, and the illustration was done in 1954 by Haddon Sundblom. It’s #102 in a series entitled “Home Life in America,” also known as the Beer Belongs series of ads that the United States Brewers Foundation ran from 1945 to 1956. In this ad, a family is wrapping their presents, Getting Ready for Christmas. Pop is opening their received Christmas cards, while sonny boy is serving beer to everyone. Mom and daughter are wrapping the presents. Hopefully, they’ll get some beer, too.
Archives for July 13, 2016
Patent No. 2683594A: Grain Drying Machine
Today in 1954, US Patent 2683594 A was issued, an invention of Harvey J. Davis and Eugene Martenson, for their “Grain Drying Machine.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes these claims:
Our invention relates to improvements in grain drying machines for small grain, especially oats, wheat, rye, barley and corn.
The primary object of our invention is to provide an efficient portable machine for removing, under the action of heat a sufficient amount of moisture from such grain to prevent molding, but, without damaging the grain as regards germination, color, odor, or taste.
Another object is to accomplish the above while agitating the grain so that it will be uniformly but slowly dried under the action of heat at a low temperature.
Still another object is to provide a machine for the above purposes which is economical to manufacture, use and service, and easily cleaned.
Patent No. 2086832A: Dispensing And Storage Cabinet For Effervescent Beverages
Today in 1937, US Patent 2086832 A was issued, an invention of Charles Candee Green, for his “Dispensing and Storage Cabinet for Effervescent Beverages.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes these claims:
I claim:
1. The combination in a beverage dispensing cabinet having an open front, a center-post at the front of the cabinet, and anelevated horizontal support rigid with the post and cabinet,
with a pair of oppositely opening hinged doors, of a tray extending substantially the combined width of the two doors and hinged to the cabinet above the doors, a prop pivoted on the cabinet adapted to rest on the support for holding the tray in open position, a stop-rib mounted on the under face of the tray, and rabbets on the upper edges of said doors for frictional engagement with the stop-rib when the tray and doors are closed.
2. The combination with an open-front cabinet having a center-post, and a pair of oppositely-opening hinged-doors, of a tray extending substantially the combined Width of the two doors and hinged to the cabinet above the doors, a stop-rib mounted on the under face of the tray to form a front edge-groove, and rabbets forming a complementary groove at the upper edges of the doors, whereby frictional engagement of the rabbets against the stop-rib holds the tray against opening movement when the tray and ‘doors are in closed position.