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Patent No. 2324312A: Bottle Feeding Mechanism

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Today in 1943, US Patent 2324312 A was issued, an invention of George J. Meyer Jr., Charles Steckling, and Joseph F. Classen, for their “Bottle Feeding Mechanism.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

The present invention relates to feeding mechanism adapted for use in connection with bottle handllng machines, such as cappers, fillers and labelers, although the invention is also applicable to the feeding of cans and other articles.

A bottle-handling machine, such as a capper, is commonly provided with a traveling carrier having means for holding the upstanding bottles in spaced relation to present the bottles successively to the operation of the machine. It is also common practice to provide the machine with a conveyer for conducting the bottles to the carrier, the successive bottles on the conveyer being usually in abutting or closely spaced relation. The spacing of the bottles on the carrier is ordinarily somewhat greater than the bottle diameter and because of this and other factors it is necessary to provide some means for controlling the feed of the bottles to the carrier, so as to suit the bottle spacing or bottle pitch of the carrier. Various mechanisms have heretofore been devised for this purpose, but they have been open to certain objections, such as relatively complicated construction and excessive rubbing and agitation of the bottles.

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved form of feeding mechanism which will effect the safe and accurate transfer of bottles to the traveling carrier of a capping machine or other bottle-handling machine, which will minimize rubbing or marking of the outer walls of the bottles, which will reduce agitation or jostling of the bottles, which is adapted for high-speed operation, which will accommodate bottles of different diameter, and which is capable of inexpensive manufacture and easy mounting.

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Patent No. 366207A: Beer-Pitcher

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Today in 1887, US Patent 366207 A was issued, an invention of Fred E. De Jean, for his “Beer-Pitcher.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

This invention relates to pitchers into which frothy drinking liquids-such as ale, beer, &c.aredrawn, and from which they are poured for consumption.

It is well known that in drawing beer, etc., from a barrel much froth is formed on its surface, which causes delay in pouring the same into tumblers and tankards, and time has to be allowed for the beer to settle, and in no case is the beer perfectly clear and liquid.

My invention has for its object to obviate these annoyances, and to cause the beer or other liquid to be strained and settled immediately, and to be drawn from the bottom of the pitcher in any desired quantity, free from froth or any annoyance.

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Patent No. 765112A: Beer-Cooler Tank

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Today in 1904, US Patent 765112 A was issued, an invention of Robert Surry Valentine, for his “Beer-Cooler Tank.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

The object of the invention is to provide a construction of tank of the type referred to which will admit of the thorough cleansing thereof with facility; and to this end the invention includes the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

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Patent No. 764657A: Pasteurizing Apparatus

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Today in 1904, US Patent 764657 A was issued, an invention of William Clasmann, assigned to Pabst Brewing Co., for his “Pasteurizing Apparatus.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

This invention relates particularly to apparatus for pasteurizing or sterilizing bottled beer and other products, beverages, food, or perishable substances contained in sealed or closed receptacles-such as bottles, cans, jars, and the like.

The main objects of the invention are to gradually heat the beer or other material to be treated to a pasteurizing temperature, to hold it at that temperature for a certain time and then graduallyT cool it, to save heat, to avoid waste of water, to economize space, and generally to improve the construction and operation of apparatus of the class to which the invention relates.

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Patent No. 2165684A: Portable Liquid Container And Means For Filling The Same

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Today in 1939, US Patent 2165684 A was issued, an invention of Frederick A. Struck, for his “Portable Liquid Container and Means For Filling the Same.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

This invention relates to a portable beer dispenser and has for its principal object the provision of a portable container in which, from the time the container is filled until the last drink r is drawn, the beer will be constantly and uniformly maintained under the same pressure it was in the original barrel.

Draft beer is packed by the breweries in kegs or barrels. If this beer is drawn from the barrel 10 in bulk into a container it soon loses its richness and flavor due to the escape of the gas therefrom, and if allowed to stand in the container for any length of time it will become stale, flat and undrinkable. With. the use of this invention, how- 1 ever, the beer is maintained under pressure while it is being transferred to the portable container and while it is being dispensed from the container so that at no time is it possible for the gas to escape from the beer and the flavor is maintained exactly as it was in the original barrel.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of the invention, which is designed for simplicity, economy, and efficiency.

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Patent No. 8215040B2: Method Of Advertising In A Restroom

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Today in 2012, US Patent 8215040 B2 was issued, an invention of Charles Pascarelli and David Furman, for his “Method of Advertising in a Restroom.” Here’s the Abstract:

A method for advertising in a restroom is shown and described. The method includes the use of a three-dimensional advertisement article which may attach to a wall above a urinal and at least partly cover the urinal. The advertisement article may resemble a container, perhaps a bottle or can, for a product, which may be beer or a soft drink, being advertised.

This has to be one of the oddest patents I’ve come across. Who thought it was a good idea to urinate into a bottle or can of beer, especially beer that already has been compared to the color of urine already. This seems to drive home the point that you don’t buy beer, you just rent it.

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Patent No. 4160787A: Process For Extracting Bitter Flavoring Principles From Hops

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Today in 1979, US Patent 4160787 A was issued, an invention of Manfred Moll, Roland Flayeux, Pierre Dicesare, and Bernard Gross, for their “Process For Extracting Bitter Flavoring Principles From Hops.” Here’s the Abstract:

A process is described for converting the α- and β-acids of hops into the iso-α acids for use as a bitter flavoring principle ingredient for beers. The α-acids content of the hops is directly isomerized to the iso-α-acid, the bitter principle ingredient. The β acids in the hops extract is transformed to the α acid either after a direct separation step before the α-acid isomerization or the residual β-acids, after the isomerization, are then transformed and the resultant α-acid is isomerized. The β-acid transformation results from a radiation activation followed by an oxidation step with a per – acid.

The isomerization of the α-acid to the iso-α-acid is accomplished by reaction with an alkaline earth metal ethoxide preferably the magnesium ethoxide.

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Patent No. 677918A: Package For Holding Liquids

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Today in 1901, US Patent 677918 A was issued, an invention of Jacob F. Ansenheimer, for his “Package For Holding Liquids.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

The object of my invention is to make a cheap, simple, and efficient cask or barrel that is, a tight package for holding liquids, such as beer -barrels, casks, wine-barrels, whisky-barrels, oil-barrels, and similar packages the parts composing the barrel to be made of pulp or analogous substances. It has been the desire for some time to produce such a package made of pulp; but so far no practical article has been produced. The desire to produce such a package has grown out of the fact that the wood out of which such packages are made is becoming scarce and each year the demand for a substitute is growing, the price of the wooden package increasing rapidly, and a package made of pulp will soon be a matter of necessity. Most inventors have aimed at producing a package made of one piece and only in some manner looking in the head. Even if such a barrel could be produced it would be too costly. In producing my new package I have worked on the principle of building a tight package as now in vogue.

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