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Description

(No Model.)

W. F. GLASS, A. J. WEATHERH-EAD 8u G.IC0LLINS.

FORGE ND DRAIN PAUGBT.

No. 328,877. Patented Oct. 20, i1885.

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WILLIAM F. CLASS, ALBERT J. VEATHEREIEAD, AND GEORGE COLLINS, OF

CLEVELAND, OHIO; SAID CLASS ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO JACOB J MAYER, OE SAME PLACE. i

FORCE ND DRAIN FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,877, dated October 20, 1885.

Application filed June 23, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.- i

Be it known that we, WILLIAM F. CLAss, ALBERT J.` VEATHERHEAD, and GEORGE COLLINS, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the countyl of Cuyahoga, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Beer Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, rcference being had to the accompanying drawing,

1o forming a part thereof. l

This invention relates to beer apparatus for drawing beer from the keg at a cold temperature, and for forcing air into the keg in order to maintain sufiicientpressure therein to cause the beer to readily iiow therefrom.

A beer-drawing apparatus has heretofore been employed in which the beer keg or barrel is placed within a refrigerating-chamber and provided with an elongated spigot driven into zo the barrel and extending through an opening in the wall of the refrigerator. In that case much diiiieulty was encountered in placing the barrel in such position that the spigot could be readily applied through the opening 2 5 referred to in the wall of the refrigerator, and in keeping it in proper positionA relative to said opening. Furthermore, said opening was necessarily considerably larger than the spigot, and consequently cold air would escape through said opening around said spigot,

causing a rise of temperature in the refrigerator and a waste of ice. In that case an airpump was attached to the side of the refrig erator, slightly removed from the wall thereof,

3 5 said wall being further provided with an opening through which the piston-rod of said pump extended, and here also cold air from the interior of the refrigerator was permitted to pass between said wall and the front end of 4o the pump-cylinder and escape through said last-mentioned opening around the piston-rod, involving a further waste of ice.

The object of this invention is to avoid the difficulties above mentioned, and to provide an apparatus in which the beer may be kept at a cold temperature without waste of the cooling agent, and in which the kegs or barrels can be placed at any convenient point With- Scrial No. 135,682. (No model.)

in the refrigerator,- constituting a part of this apparatus. 5o

The drawing isa vertical longitudinal section of this improved beer apparatus.

This apparatus comprises a refrigerator, A, in which the beer barrel or keg B containing the beer to be operated upon is placed; a faucet fixed to the wall of the refrigerator, an airpump also fixed to said wall, and flexible pipes for connecting said faucet and air-forcing apparatus with said barrel. The refrigeratingcompartment may be of any suitable con- 6o struction. A faucet, C, is fixed to the wall A of said refrigerator, its tube passing through said wall. A iiexible pipe, D, is connected at one end to the inner end of said faucet-tube and provided at the other end with a tubular plug, E, having a lateral branch, c, and provided with a cock, c, adapted for insertion in the spigot-hole of the beer-barrel. This plug is provided at its inner end with a short flexible draft-tube, d, the inner end of which rests 7o on the bottom of the barrel. The valve of i the faucet C is preferably of the kind known as the globe valve and turns on a horizontal axis. An airpump, F, is xed to the wall of the refrigerator at the interior thereof adjacent to said faucet, the cylinder of said pump being parallel with the faucet-tube. The wall of the refrigerator is provided with a slot, a, which extends transversely through said Wall in line with the axis of the pump-cylinder,be ing elongated radially to the tube of the faucet C. The outer end of the pump-cylinder is sealed against said wall and surrounds said slot, whereby escape of air from the interior of the refrigerator through said slot is effectually prevented. The inner end of the pump-cylinder F is closed by a head, k. This head is provided with perforated ears 7c beyond the periphery of the cylinder, and with an eduction-port, k2. Screw-bolts f extend are screwed onto said rods against the ears of said head,Whereby the outer end of the pumpcylinder is tightly pressed against the inner face of the Wall of the refrigerator and supported in contact therewith. A exible pipe, N, is connected at one end to the eductionport of the pump and provided at its opposite end with a tubular plug, s, adapted to fit the bung-hole of the barrel or other opening therein.

. The apparatus is provided with an induction air-valve, m,which in this case is shown as located on the piston M of the pump, and the apparatus is also provided with a suitable checkvalve, p, Which is preferably vlocated in the plug s. A lever, L, is pivoted to the faucet C, and may be connected with the valve of the faucet, as shown, so as to actuate said valve When oscillated sufficiently to accomplish that result. A connecting-rod, Z,`is hinged at its inner end to the pistou of the air-pump, and at its outer end said rod is hinged to the lever Z, passing through the slot a in the Wall of the refrigerator. When the lever L is actuated,the rod Z reciprocates longitudinally in the slot a, and also plays vertically or laterally therein, and performs the double function ofpiston and connecting rods. When the lever L is connected With the valve of the faucet and is moved through the entire arc of its stroke, the valve of the faucet C is actuated for the drawing of beer from the barrel.

Weare aware that a faucet and air-pump provided with. flexible pipes have heretofore been attached to an ordinary counter or table; but in that case the pump is exposed to the ordinary temperature, and Warm air is forced into the beer.

The construction,l combination, and arrangement of parts herein described constitute a simple, convenient, and compact apparatus for drawing beer from its keg in a cool state. l

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination of a refrigerator, a faucet Whose tube is fixed in and extends through the Wall of said refrigerator, said Wall being provided With a slot adjacent to said faucettube, and an air-pump Whose piston-rod extends through said slot, the cylinder of said pump having one end closely fixed against said Wall over and around said slot, and a lever pivoted to said faucet outside said Wall, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a refrigerator, a faucet Whose tube is fixed in and extends through the Wall of said refrigerator, said Wall being provided with a slot adjacent to said faucettube, an air-pump Whose piston-rod'extends through said slot, the cylinder of said pump having one end closely xed against said Wall over and around said slot, a lever pivoted to said faucet outside said Wall, a flexible pipe connected at one end with the eduction-port of said pump for conducting air therefrom to a keg or barrel Within said refrigerator, and l a flexible pipe connected at one end to said faucet for conducting thereto beer-or other liquid from said keg, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a refrigerator, a faucet Whose tube is xed in and extends through the Wall of said refrigerator, said Wall being provided with a slot adjacent to said faucettube, and an air-pump Whose piston-rod extends through said slot, the cylinder of said pump having one end closely fixed against said wall over and around said slot, a lever pivoted to said faucet outside said Wall, a dexible pipe connected at one end With the eduction-port of said pump and provided at the other end with a tubular plug adapted to fit the bung or other hole in a keg or barrel Within said refrigerator, and a flexible pipe connected at one end With the said fixed faucet and provided at the other end With a tubular plug or faucet adapted to fit the spigot-hole of said keg or barrel, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a refrigerator, a faucet the tube of which is fixed in and extends through the Wall of said refrigerator, said Wall being provided with a slot adjacent to said faucet-tube, an air-pump the cylinder of which is Within the refrigerator, a lever pivoted to said faucet outside said Wall, and a rod connected at one end to said lever and at the other with the piston of said pump, said rod passing through said slot and being adaptedto reciprocate longitudinally and play laterally in respect to its axis Within said'slot, substantially as described.

WILLIAM F. CLASS. ALBERT J. WEATHERHEAD. GEORGE COLLINS.

Witnesses as to the signatures of Class and Weath erhead:

ALBION GATE, ANDREW M. RORKE. Witnesses as to the signature of Collins:

FRANK S'ruAUs, Gno. C. KING.

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