On this day in 1890 Jacob F. Theurer was granted the patent for STEEPING TANK FOR BREWERIES. U.S. Patent No. 437,910.
This invention relates to tanks for steeping hops.
In a steeping-tank for breweries, the combination, with a receptacle having an inclined bottom and outlets therein for liquid and solid matter, of a valve located within the liquid-outlet, a valve located in the outlet for solid matter and having a stem, and a perforated cone-plate attached to the upper end of said stem and arranged to seat itself upon the inclined bottom above the outlets for liquid and solid matter.
