US67869A - Joseph gatley - Google Patents

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JOSEPH GATLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, IENSYLVANIA.

.Letters Patent No. 67,869, clatcrl Auf/ztsto, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH GATLEY, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State ofIonnsylvania, have invented a new and improved Liquor Cooler; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, olea-r', and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of rcferenoe marked thereon.

My inventionconsists in theapplication of a cooler to the faucet of a barrel or other vessel from which liquor isl drawn, by which vit has its temperature lowered in passing through the ice contained in the said cooler and without having its head or -beadA destroyed. On reference to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specitication 4Figure 'l shows the cooler A suspended from the faucet B of a barrel, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the cooler A.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the two views.

Liquors, when contained in vessels in confined places, become warm and unpalatable, especially malt liquors. The method generally adopted to cool them is bypassing over pipes filled either with ice or icy-cold water. This destroys the head or bea'dof malt liquors, without which they have a stale-.Hat taste.

I lower the temperature of a liquor, especially malt, after leaving the faucet B, by suspending aninverted conica-l ice-holder, A, from the faucet 4o r other opening of a barrel or vessel in which it is contained, and which is constructed and arranged as follows: An adjusting-chain, a, orv other suitable device, fixed to the cooler A, suspends it beneath the'r faucet in such manner that the nozzle 6 forms a connection with the interior oi' the cooler by ,taking into a neck or collar, c, on the top of it, (in some cases an opening or holemay be used.) One portion of said top consists ofa lid, d, for the convenience of charging it with ice and observing its condition. At the botto-m of the cooler, where it joins with the pipe or spout e, is .a diaphragm or sicve,f,`to contain the ice in the cooler and at the same time-not interfere with the free how of theliquor through it or its proper drainage.

To draw liquor from any vessel to which my cooler is applied, hold the glassl or other vessel into `which the liquor is to be drawn beneath the spout'e,and open the spigot. The liquor, in passing from the nozzle I) ainto the cooler, falls full upon the ice, every drop being brought into contact with it, and filters through, and therebyl has its tenipeiat'ure lowered to nearly ice coldness bythe time it empties into the glass. Malt liquors lose none i of their foam or sparkling appearance hy this treatment. V

Bugs, ilies, and vermin are attracted to the nozzle of the faucet by the saccharine ingredients of the liquor, and are dra'wn oli` with it, giving it an impure and unsalable appearance. My cooler lowers the temperature of the air around the nozzle too low to sustain insect life. Y The Acooler A may vary from the shape represented, `so long as its general position to the faucet or otheropeningthrough which the liquor is drawn is retained. l d

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is- The cooler A suspended from or beneath the faucet QB or tap-hole orgother opening through which liquors are drawn from their containing vessels, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Ihereunto sign my naine to this specicationin presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH GATLEY. Witnesses:

FRANCIS D. PAsroRIt's, W. W. DOUGHERTY.

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