US80740A - Improved apparatus foe distilling spirits - Google Patents

Description

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N. PETERS. PHOIU-LITNDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

CLARK S. HUTGHINSON, OF BURLINGTON, NEWJERSEY.

' Letters Patent No. 80,740, dated August 4, 1868.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOB. DIS'IILLING SPIRITS.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT WAY GONCERN:

Be it; known that I, CLARK S. HUTCHINSON, of Burlington, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new Improvements 'in Apparatus for the Distillation of Spirits; and I do hereby declare the following is a; full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the shelves in an upright condensing-apparatus, and also inthe pools connected therewith for the extraction of the fusel-oill, and also in the construction of 'the pipevand doubler leading from the still t o the condenser, by means of which apparatus the liquors can be proudueed of diiferept qualities, from high to low, and also a superior quality at one distillation.,

Figure 1 is a general section through the apparatus. Y

Figure 2 is a cross-section through the condenser.

Figure 3 is one side ofthe interior of the condenser.

Figure 4 shows the other side of the condenser. p

A is` the still, which 'contains the wash to be evaporated. The spirit,l as it rises from lthe still, passes up the pipe B, on its way to the condenser C. l In the said pipe, and between it and the condenser, is the doubler, M, made with two s'hortpipes ml and m2, descending to' a receptacle, VA valve is placed between the said pipes, to `throw the vapor either up into the condenser, or' down into ithe receptacle N. As long as the liquor which runs from the still is alfine liquor, the vapor passes direct into the condenser.. When the still runs a lowwine, the spirit from the lower pipes g g is returned to the doubler, either by connecting the pipe g with'the pipe R, or by stopping up pipe g', and allowing the overflow of the pools tov return the spirits or feints tothe doubler direct by the main pipe. vThe valve p being then closed,'the hot vapor is turned down pipe m2, and passing through the liquid collected inN, boils it and refevaporates it, the vapor rising up pipe to the condenser. Tbe spirit thus collected in doubler M is thereby prevented from returning to the still. When the process is complete, the plug or cock S is opened, to draw oli` the liquid in the doubler. i

The condenser C is made upright, with'two flat sides,"c l e2, a short distance from each other, and forming a closed box, which is-surrounded by water, w. 'To each of -these sides. are secured shelves, d d CE1 d2, slanting upwards, as shown vin section, iig. 2, andcoming downto a point, as shown, figs. 3 and4`. These shelves on the side c1 are a little higher than those on the Aside e2, so that they alternately overlap each other, :and catch all the spirit which may be condensed.` This spirit runs through an orifice into the short spout e, and from thence v into the pools n, at the bottom ofthe shelves cZ, on the opposite sid'e c2. At the bottom of these pools-is a small opening, connecting with the-pipes g g', on the exterior of the condenser. The lower pipeg is on a level with the opening, and it is connected with the upper pipe, g, by a short pipe, k.

Thelower pipe, g, is stopped witlra plug or tap, It. The spirit which falls upon the two upper shelves is thus collected in the upper pool, and rises Ain the said pool until it is high enough to overflow down the .pipe g,'

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Thefusel-,oil being lighter than the spirit, floats onthe surface ofthe spirit, as shown by the red color,'a.nd

is thus prevented from fiowing with the spirit, which can only escape through the lower orifice, and up the short ,siret- After the spirit is all run off, the oil can be drawn oifby the cock or plug v7c, in the lower pipo. This makes `a spirit of better lavoring, by removing the obnoxious-portion ofthe fusel-oil. Instead ofthe poolbeing inside of the condenser, it might bc outside, and the same principle adapted vof drawing the spiritfrom the bottom ofv the pool. Each of the three pools shownvin fig. 2 is similar, but each collectsa dilerentlquality of spirit, according to its height in the condenser. The pipe T is slightly stopped with a cork, and operates as a safetyvalve for the 'escape of vapor from the top ot' condenser.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-

1. The dat upright condenser C, having arranged within it the shelves d1 di, overlapping each other, and

shaped as described, with outlets for the escape of spirits of di'erent grades, substantially as shown-and described.

2.l The pools nl, either inside or outside of the condenser C, in combination with the outlet-pipes g y', arranged and operating substantially as described.

3. The doubler M, constructed as'described, between `the still and the condenser, having the two pipes, ml mf, intermediate valve p, and inlet-pipe R, and operating substantially as shown and described.

4. The arrangement and combination of the condenser with its shelves-1 d2, the pool "n,V with its exit-pipes g g and the doubler M, connected and operating in conjunction,as described. i

' C. S. HU-TCHINSON.

Witnesses:

EDWn. BROWN, WM. L. AUSTIN.

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