Sunday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1900. In this ad, the story of the Schlitz Brewery’s honest is told, that and how “Purity Built It.” That, along with the illustration of pure-looking woman astride an unusually large bottle (unless she’s extraordinarily diminutive) and holding up another symbol of purity, the flower.
Archives for October 2, 2016
Patent No. 4474255A: Beer Keg Scale
Today in 1984, US Patent 4474255 A was issued, an invention of Stephen A. Blok and Frank A. Kapounek, for their “Beer Keg Scale.” Here’s the Abstract:
A weighing and supporting device for liquid container kegs, such as those for beer. The device comprises a flat, keg-receiving platform beneath which is located a weigh scale, the platform being pivotable between an inclined, dispensing position and a horizontal, weighing position. In the latter, the platform rests upon the scale and is free to move up and down on that scale to enable the platform and a keg supported thereon to be weighed. By taking periodic measurements of the weight of the keg supported on such a device, the need for a liquid metering device in the line of liquid flow from the keg is avoided.