Today in 1912, US Patent 1020212 A was issued, an invention of Edward A. Lukowski, for his “Beer-Tap.” There’s no Abstract, but in the description states that it’s an “invention relat[ing] to beer taps and has for its main object to provide an improved beer tap, capable of being readily inserted in the bushing without the use of a mallet or other device for pounding upon the tap. A Another object is to provide a beer tap in which the danger of leakage is reduced to a minimum.”