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Patent No. D41807S: Design For A Bottle-Opener

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Today in 1911, US Patent D41807 S was issued, an invention of Harry L. Beach, for his “Design for a Bottle-Opener.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

As shown in the drawing, the bottle opener has a longitudinal groove or depression, extending along the handle 1 at 2 and around the head 3 at 4. The groove or depression 2 of the handle extends from one side edge to the other. The head 3 has a transversely elongated opening 5, and the groove 4, which is narrower than the groove 2, extends around the head and from the Specification for Design.

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Patent No. 1974836A: Crown Cap Puller

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Today in 1934, US Patent 1974836 A was issued, an invention of John M. Schilling, for his “Crown Cap Puller.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

My invention relates to an improved construction of cap puller for bottles having crown caps of the kind commonly used in connection with bottled beverages. My device is preferably constructed of a single piece of sheet metal formed to give it substantial support on an object to which it is attached, and at the same time to effectively engage one edge and the outer end of a bottle cap when the cap is being removed from the bottle by means of the device. Furthermore, my device is constructed so that it may be secured to a desired support by a single fastener, for example, a screw, and the device has extending from its body portion, a projection for engaging the outer end of the bottle cap at a point remote from the edge of the cap being removed from the bottle by the device, the distance between the cap removing portion of the device and said projection, being preferably substantially greater than half the diameter of the cap, to the end that the pressure’exerted upon the .bottle in removing its cap, may be reduced to a minimum. The projection on the device for engaging the outer end surface of the cap, may consist of an integral projection formed from the material of the device, or it may consist of a rounded head of the fastening device, as preferred, and where the latter construction is used, the device is of extreme simplicity and correspondingly cheap to manufacture.

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Patent No. 526594A: Machine For Picking And Separating Hops

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Today in 1894, US Patent 526594 A was issued, an invention of Brayton A. Weatherbee, for his “Machine for Picking and Separating Hops.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

My invention relates to machines for picking and separating hops. It is my purpose to provide a mechanism of this type which may be driven by hand, or by power, and by which the vines may be fed and stripped, the leaves and refuse matter eliminated, and the hops separated therefrom and approximately assorted in such manner as to separate the larger from the smaller sizes, and the clusters of hops from both. It is my purpose, also, to provide a mechanism of this type having a repicking apparatus which is combined with the fan and air-conduit by which the hops are separated from the leaves and other trash; the arrangement being such that the clusters will pass to the repicking apparatus by their own weight, and after being duly and properly separated, or detached from the vines, will be again delivered to the sieve. It is my further purpose to combine with a hop-picking and separating machine a novel and simple form of sieve, and an endless rake mechanism, with novel means for operating the latter.

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Patent No. D38248S: Design For A Drinking-Glass

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Today in 1906, US Patent D38248 S was issued, an invention of William Helmer, for his “Design for a Drinking-Glass or Similar Article.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

The ornamental design for a drinking glass. I have invented a new, original, and ornamental Design for a Drinking-Glass or Similar Article.

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Patent No. 4542683A: Brewing Apparatus

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Today in 1985, US 4542683 A was issued, an invention of Noel R. Wilkinson, for his “Brewing Apparatus.” Here’s the Abstract:

Brewing apparatus and a method of brewing in which mash cooking and wort boiling are carried out in a single vessel (2), the vessel having an agitator (202), a heater preferably formed as a steam jacket (220, 224) and as an external through flow heater (8), the wort being circulated through the heater and back into the vessel by means of a tangential feed inlet (56) which causes the vessel’s contents to whirl while the wort is boiling. The apparatus and method reduces the requirement for separate mash cooking and wort boiling vessels.

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Patent No. 6622510B2: Frozen Beer Product, Method And Apparatus

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Today in 2003, US 6622510 B2 was issued, an invention of Mark S. Giroux, Joseph M. Trewhella, and Darryl Alan Goodson, assigned to Grindmaster Crathco Systems, Inc., for their “Frozen Beer Product, Method and Apparatus.” Here’s the Abstract:

A method of freezing and dispensing a beer product comprises providing beer in a sealed, refrigerated storage container under pressure; feeding beer from the storage container to a sealed freezing chamber through a sealed delivery system; freezing the beer in the chamber; and dispensing frozen beer from the chamber.

The frozen beer product preferably has a slush consistency and a density of about 50% to about 90% of the density of unfrozen beer, a temperature of between about 23° and 27° F. and a volume reduction in a filled 14 fluid ounce plastic cup sitting in 70° F. room for 30 minutes or less than 10%.

A refrigerated cabinet for supplying beer comprises an insulated beer storage compartment; a refrigeration system comprising a compressor, a condenser, a thermal expansion device and an evaporator; a pressurized carbon dioxide tank in a separate, non-refrigerated compartment; and a fan for circulating air within the insulated beer storage compartment.

A beer freezing and dispensing apparatus comprises a freezing chamber; a refrigeration system for cooling the beer in the freezing chamber to a frozen state; a dispensing system for dispensing frozen beer from the freezing chamber when it reaches a slush consistency, and a beer delivery system for delivering beer to the freezing chamber, the beer delivery system comprising; a valve for controlling the introduction of beer into the delivery system; a check valve to prevent beer from flowing backwards out of the delivery system; an accumulator for holding beer that expands when beer freezes in the chamber; and a pressure sensor for sensing the pressure of the beer between the accumulator and the freezing chamber.

The method and apparatus may also be used to freeze and dispense other single-strength beverages.

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Patent No. 3468450A: No-Return Container For Beer

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Today in 1969, US Patent 3468450 A was issued, an invention of Edmund Webel, for his “No-Return Container For Beer and Other Liquids.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

It is, therefore, the principal object of the present invention to provide an improved container for the packaging of beer suitable for the no-return distortion directly to consumers.

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Patent No. PP24913P2: Hop Plant Named ‘Sumner’

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Today in 2014, US Patent PP24913 P2 was issued, an invention of Peter Darby, assigned to East Malling Research Ltd., for his “Hop plant named ‘Sumner.’” Here’s the Abstract:

A new and distinct cultivar of Hop plant named ‘Sumner’, characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit; freely branching habit; stems reddish brown in color during the late summer and autumn; and attractive lime green to yellow green-colored leaves.

This is a brand new hop, and I didn’t find much information about its commercial use. It’s an English hop, grown in Kent, so may be used more there.

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Patent No. 899201A: Beer-Faucet

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Today in 1908, US Patent 899201 A was issued, an invention of Gary Braybrook, for his “Beer-Faucet.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

My present invention relates to improvements in beer-faucets.

My invention consists of a novel form of metallic faucet whose valve body has a termiiial valve chai’nber above the pendent deliverynozzle whose inner end is closed by a proper hand operated valve carrying therein a proper mercury thermometer whose lower end is at all times immersed in the liquid of the valve chamber in use.

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Patent No. 2905183A: Hop Picking Machine

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Today in 1959, US Patent 2905183 A was issued, an invention of Fred W. Thurmer, for his “Hop Picking Machine.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

This invention relates to the hop picking art, and pertains especially to that step of picking, commonly known as arm picking, which is concerned with breaking down clusters to free the hop flowers from other contained matter-leaves, twigs, and the likeand which is distinguished from a step usually performed in advance of the arm picking, and namely the step of combing or stripping foliage-laden hop vines to divest the latter of substantially all its foliage. The arm-picking procedure has developed separate status within the art inasmuch as it is commonly performed by a separate machine peculiary designed to accomplished the one particular function of picking hop flowers from the branches or arms of the hop vines and separating clustered flowers.

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