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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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Patent No. 1031950A: Sanitary Vacuum Beer-Mug

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Today in 1912, US Patent 1031950 A was issued, an invention of Walter J. Miller, for his “Sanitary Vacuum Beer-Mug.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

The main object of the invention is to provide a device especially adapted for use as a beer mug, in which the beer will be retained in fresh and sparkling condition for considerable time.’

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which, to a real extent, safeguards the liquid contained therein from contamination.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sanitary beer mug or drinking vessel which can be readily washed or cleaned both inside and out.

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Patent No. 5645190A: Aluminum Beverage Can

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Today in 1997, US Patent 5645190 A was issued, an invention of Norton Robert Goldberg, for his “Aluminum Beverage Can.” Here’s the Abstract:

An aluminum beverage can the top wall of which, and preferably the bottom wall as well, are substantially in the form of (1) a regular polygon of at least four sides, (2) a Reuleaux triangle, (3) an extended Reuleaux triangle, (4) a symmetrical curve of constant width derived from a regular polygon having an odd number of sides at least five in number, or (5) an extended symmetrical curve of constant width derived in the same way.

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Patent No. 3454018A: Apparatus For Processing Beer Kegs

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Today in 1969, US Patent 3454018 A was issued, an invention of Maurice Ruddick, for his “Apparatus For Processing Beer Kegs.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

Apparatus for automatically washing beer kegs or like containers comprises a head which is applied to the bung hole or other opening of the container with the container inverted, pipes connected to the head for the supply of washing water and detergent for washing the container and steam for lblowing the water and detergent out of the container after washing and a drainage pipe through which the discharged water and subsequently the steam ows from the container. The supply of water, detergent and steam is controlled by pneumatically operated valves in the pipes and the supply of air to control these valves is controlled by solenoid valves operated by an electrical sequence controller. The drainage pipe has an electrical temperature sensitive device electrically connected to the sequence controller which prevents the sequence controller from operating said Valves to cause further washing water or detergent to be supplied tothe container until all previous liquid has been blown out by the steam and there is a flow of steam through the drainage pipe over the temperature sensitive device.

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Patent No. 3454199A: Keg Tapping Structure

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Today in 1969, US Patent 3454199 A was issued, an invention of Dell M. Malick, for his “Keg Tapping Structure.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

A complete tapping structure is disclosed. This tapping structure consists of a keg unit or keg valve and a tapping unit which is adapted to be coupled to the keg unit so that the contents of the keg may be exhausted. The keg unit is adapted to be held upon a conventional keg neck structure by cam means so as to be secured against undesired rotation by ratchet means. The tavern unit is adapted to be coupled to the keg unit by being located upon it and twisted. The tavern unit may be removed from the keg unit by being twisted without causing the keg unit to be uncoupled from the keg neck.

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Patent No. EP0668347B1: Pan For Boiling Wort During Beer Production

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Today in 1999, US Patent EP 0668347 B1 was issued, an invention of Martin Widhopf, assigned to Anton Steinecker Entwicklungs GmbH, for his “Pan For Boiling Wort During Beer Production.” There’s no Abstract, although in the description it includes this summary:

A wort kettle for boiling wort for brewing, comprising a vapor escape pipe and a vapor compressor, wherein vapor can escape to the outside via said vapor escape pipe during heating of said wort kettle and can be diverted by means of a shut-off device via said vapor compressor during boiling, characterized in that said shut-off device is formed by a surge tank which is arranged in the flow direction of said vapor in said vapor escape pipe after a branch towards said vapor compressor.