Thursday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1938. In this ad, it tells the tale of a man from Kansas in India for work, and amazed at the foreign land’s beauty and strangeness. But hen his “boy” brings him a brown bottle of Schlitz, cooled in a waterfall, and all is right with the world once more. In fact, he believes that beer saved his life. That’s a pretty impressive beer.
Archives for October 13, 2016
Patent No. EP0949195A1: Spear Valve For A Keg
Today in 1999, US Patent EP 0949195 A1 was issued, an invention of Willem Terpstra and Jeroen Alexander Töpfer, assigned to Dispense Systems International B.V., for their “Spear Valve for a Keg.” Here’s the Abstract:
A valve for a keg of beer comprises a neck ring (2) to be secured to the container (1) and an inner part (3) formed with a valve member (4), which fits an opening of the neck ring (2). Locking means (7-9) function to lock the inner part (3) in the neck ring (2), and a sealing ring (16) forms a seal between the inner part (3) and the neck ring (2) at the location of opposite seat portions in the neck ring (2) and the inner part (3). The inner part (3) and the neck ring (2) are provided with mutually cooperating coupling means (12-15), which, after the locking means have been released, provide for the removal of the inner part (3) from the neck ring (2) in two steps, wherein pressure relief takes place in the first step via at least one pressure relief opening (20). The pressure relief opening (20) is formed through the wall of the neck ring (2), at a location a small distance above the seat portion in said neck ring, so as to effect a reliable pressure relief.
Patent No. 2057347A: Beer Barrel
Today in 1936, US Patent 2057347 A was issued, an invention of Daniel J. Reed, for his “Beer Barrel.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes these claims:
This invention relates to a metal beer barrel.
The principal object of the invention is to provide means for absorbing blows and sudden shocks delivered longitudinally of the barrel on 5 the end edge, thereby preventing injury to the body of the barrel and to the lining material therein.