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Patent No. 527123A: Means For Transporting Beer

October 9, 2016 By Jay Brooks

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Today in 1894, US Patent 527123 A was issued, an invention of Valentin Oppl, for his “Means For Transporting Beer.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes these claims:

My invention relates to means for transporting beer, and the invention consists in a four-wheeled vehicle having a tank permanently thereon, pumps connected with the tank and power mechanism to operate the pumps.

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