Today in 1951, US Patent D162082 S was issued, an invention of Carl G. Preis, for his “Combination Can and Bottle Opener.” There’s no Abstract, but the rather short application states simply that Preis has “invented a new, original, and ornamental Design for a Combination Can and Bottle Opener.”
Patent No. 2369721A: Beer Dispenser
Today in 1945, US Patent 2369721 A was issued, an invention of William F. Delzer, for his “Beer Dispenser.” There’s no Abstract, but the introduction to the description gives something similar.
This invention relates to beer dispensers. The dispenser of the present invention is particularly adapted for home, club, picnic, or other uses where bar facilities are not available for the serving of draft beer. An object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser readily applicable to present commercial forms of kegs and the like and capable of discharging beer there from without the necessity of using hand pumps or other types of pressure devices heretofore required in dispensing.
Beer In Ads #1471: Drink The Famous Bock Beer
Thursday’s ad is for Pabst, from 1897. In honor of the Chinese New Year, and more specifically because it’s the year of the goat, this ad is for the Bock Beer made by the Pabst Zythepsary. Zythepsary, by the way, is an archaic word for brewery. Happy New Year.
Patent No. 2782013A: Lauter Tubs
Today in 1957, US Patent 2782013 A was issued, an invention of Edwin L. Dittrich, assigned to Pfaudler Co. Inc., for his “Lauter Tubs.” There’s no Abstract, and the OCR didn’t work very well on this one, so it’s hard to read. What I can make out is that “this invention relates to lauter tubs and has for its object to provide several improvements thereto.
A lauter tub is essentially a device for straining wort liquid from the mash-grains; and comprises -a perforated false bottom resting on and separated from the tank bottom itself by spacer studs attached to the false bottom. The tank bottom is provided-with suitable drainage openings. The invention provides a combined gear drive and hydraulic system unit motivating the shaft which revolves in a universal bearing attached to the bottom of the tank, said shaft having vertical freedom of movement through out lifting the false bottom.”
Beer In Ads #1470: Shook Itself Like An Angry Bulldog
Wednesday’s ad is for Budweiser, from 1910. After fighting a muskie fish you’re “mad and sweaty” you’ll want a beer. But I love their description of Budweiser. “It’s alive with the strength of the finest barley grown in the New World and the tonic properties of the finest hops grown in the Old World.” The “tonic properties” of hops?
Patent No. 879604A: Beer-Tap
Today in 1908, US Patent 879604 A was issued, an invention of John Wawrzinski, for his “Beer-Tap.” There’s no Abstract, but it’s described as an “invention as for its object [is] to provide a beer tap with a back pressure valve of novel construction which Will effectively prevent the pressure from the beer keg entering `the communication leading to the beer-tap from the air pressure reservoir.”
Patent No. 2416007A: Method Of Clarifying And Stabilizing Beer
Today in 1947, US Patent 2416007 A was issued, an invention of Hans Joachim, for his “Method of Clarifying and Stabilizing Beer and Like Beverages.” There’s no Abstract, but it’s described as an “invention relates to a process for treating beer or similar beverages, whereby the beverage is improved in clarity, stability and qualities of brilliance and sparkle, and which preserves and enhances taste and bouquet of the product.”
Patent No. 3867551A: Preparation Of Beer
Today in 1975, US Patent 3867551 A was issued, an invention of Yves Germain Jaegle, for his “Preparation of Beer.” Here’s the Abstract:
Beer is prepared by a process wherein groups of batches of wort are turned serially at temperatures increasing from 10 DEG to 14.5 DEG C into a cylindrical, vertically disposed vat having a conical bottom. Convection currents are instituted to homogenize the contents of the vat and fermentation is carried out until a beer of the desired degree of fermentation is formed. The resultant beer is mellowed by a warm keep phase, cooled and subjected to a cold keep phase.
Beer In Ads #1469: Puzzle?
Tuesday’s ad is also for Budweiser, from 1962. It’s part of Anheuser-Busch’s “where there’s life” series and features Helen Williams, the first African-American model to “break into the mainstream.” Born in New Jersey, she’d been wildly popular in France in the 1950s but — surprise, surprise — she faced rampant discrimination in her native country from modeling agency until her cause was taken up by several reporters who took her side and wrote about her plight, prompting her to get offers of modeling work from a variety of clients, including Budweiser. In the ad, Williams is looking up from the crossword puzzle she’s working on to watch unseen hands pouring a can of Budweiser into a glass for her. I know a beer always helps me with crossword puzzles.
Patent No. 1526945A: Hop Picker
Today in 1925, US Patent 1526945 A was issued, an invention of Daniel E. Williamson, for his “Hop Picker.” There’s no Abstract, and the application is a little hard to read because of the mistakes the character reader made, which was in higher numbers than usual. But essentially it appears to be a comb to pick hops, roughly described as follows.
The combs are both vented to create a new and useful Hop Picker, with hands being used to comb the hops from the which the following is a specification, pulling vines into the basket. It will be understood this invention relates more particularly that where the device is used on both hands to devices for picking hops, it is preferably made right and left.
It looks simply like a stylized comb used to manually pick the hops, possibly the stragglers that a machine missed or for smaller acreage where a machine was too big or inefficient.
