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Patent No. 711162A: Beer-Barrel-Tapping Device

October 14, 2015 By Jay Brooks

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Today in 1902, US Patent 711162 A was issued, an invention of Joseph Holbach, for his “Beer-Barrel-Tapping Device.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

The object of this invention is to provide an efficient and convenient device for tapping a beer-barrel and drawing off the beer without injury to or loss or escape of the beer; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described an claimed.

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