Articulated Outfit Forms Mobile Beer Bar
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AMOBILE bar, recently completed by Thomas Startin, hr., Ltd., 71, Aston Road North, Birmingham, 6, for Ansells Brewery, Ltd., features a threepoint service counter to which the draught beer is fed by gravity from a 180-gallon insulated container.
The taps are fitted to the ends of flexible pipes, and the glasses are fillea after being placed-in a filling-in channel below the level of the counter, a method which greatly reduces handling and spillage.
To increase the speed of filling after the tank has been partly emptied, a pressure of 3 lb. per sq. in. is raised in the tank by means of a compressor designed by Ansells Brewery for this specific type of duty.' It is a flat-twin unit driven by a J.A.P. ir-b.h.p. petrol engine, but the compressor can, if necessary, be hand operated.
Two hogsheads are carried for extra supplies to the service feed. Bottle accommodation includes four shelves, and there is room for 80 dozen bottles. Two hatches below the shelves facilitate the quick loading of fresh supplies and the removal of empties.
An insulated hot-water tank, and a waste-tank are incorporated in the washing-up equipment at the rear of the vehicle, and when required, a second sink can be fitted to the bottom shelf.
When working in conjunction with other mobile units, or as an auxiliary to a refreshment tent, the main container may be filled with hot water and the vehicle used exclusively for washing-up.
The bar is built on a Tasker lowloading trailer drawn by a Bedford tractor with Scammeil coupling gear. The container, compressor and hogsheads are carried on the neck in a separate compartment having drop sides, to which there is access from the interior via a sliding door. The bodyentry is located on the right behind the partition.
The body measures 15 ft. 6 ins, from the partition to the rear window, is 7 ft. 6 ins, wide and has a height of 7 ft. with an extra 9 ins, for the clerestory roof. There are three roof ventilators and lighting is provided by storage batteries. A destination board is fitted above the window.
The two hinged side-canopies on the left of the vehicle are provided with a 16-ft. 6-in, canvas awning, giving 9-ft. projection, and an aluminium ladder is carried to assist in its erection. As an emergency measure, a Calor-gas outfit may be installed for supplying tea.