US156253A - Improvement in apparatus for rectifying spirits - Google Patents

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UNITED ASTATES PATENT @mao e .CHARLES B. JAnvrs, OF LYoNs, IowA, 'Assrenon To nrMsnLn Annwrn LIAM n. rnrTTm, or DETROIT, MicrneAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR RECTIFVING SPIRITS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,253, dated October 27, 1874; application iiled 1 January 28, 1874. i

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'CHARLES B. JARVIS, of Lyons, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement vin the Process of Rectifying Spirits; andlwdo hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon. v

Figure 4l of the drawings is a representation of an elevation of the rectiiier in its proper position, 'and in connection with a goose, F worm, column, and still.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rectifier,

showing the different parts of the same insidel and out. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the trays used Within the rectifier.

My invention is an improved apparatus for deodorizing, rectifying, and avoring spirits; and consists in the construction and arrangement. of said device, and its adjustment in an intermedial position between the goose and the worm" of an ordinary distilling apparatus.- more suitably it may be in my distilling apparatus patented April 27, l869-for the purpose thereby of producing the finest French or Cologne spirits, or, by processes hereinai'` ter described,^of making and iiavoring Bourbon or rye whisky or gin, all of which is hereinafter more lfully described and .illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in 'which the same letters designate identical parts of' the said apparatus in the different gures, respectively.

The letter A represents the rectifier, which is constructed and arranged as follows: It is either a square or cylindrical vessel, of copper, or its suitable equivalent, and of any suitable size. In this vessel, which has one open side, are placed trays B, of sheet copper-or,

if a cylindrical vessel, baskets substituted, of the same metal-of any required number, and at suitable distances one above the other, with their outer edges resting upon cleats or any other suitable projections from the inner surface of said vessel, and upon which said trays may be slidden in or out through the said open side. The sides of said trays are of any suitable height-or, if baskets, of any suitable depthand perforated with holes through their bottoms of anydesired number, and each about one-eighth of an yinch in size. The letter C represents. the vapor-pipe, leading from the goose to the rectifier A, said pipe having a branch pipe, D, leading directly from the pipe G into a pipe, E, which lastmentioned pipe is the one which leads from the rectilier into the worm or iinal condenser. The pipes G and- D have suitable stopcocks attached in positions indicated by the drawings, for purposes hereinafterl mentioned. The letter F represents another small pipe, also furnished witha suitable stop-cock, as indicated, and leading directly from the boiler into the rectifier, by which direct -steam may be introduced at anytime into the latter.

For the convenience ot' sliding the aforesaid trays in and out of the rectiiier, it is furnished, on the open side, with an opening and closing door, G, oscillating upon suitable and strong hinges. The said door has anges ja a, which tightly clasp around the corners on each side of the opening into the rectifier, when said door is closed. On the, outerside of the rectifier, opposite to the closing edge ofthe door, is a hinged an'ge, b, which, to

gether with the ilanges a a, are pierced, with suitable holes, of'any desired number,'lfor -the purpose of inserting thumb-screws, with which the door G may be closely and strongly fastened over the said opening into the rectifier.

The door may be rendered still more closely steam-tight over said opening by any of the usual means for that purpose. I

The `aforesaid trays are iilled evenly with charcoal, in lumps of sufficient size to prevent their passing through theaforesaid perforations. The filled trays are slidden` into place, ranged as aforesaid upon the cleats, and the door tightly closed over the opening, when the rectifier is ready for adjustment.

Of course, the amount of charcoal used at any one time for `charging the diierent trays vmust be proportioned to the quantity of vaporized spirit intended to come over fromthe still.

This proportion is, after the test of expe,- rience', about one bushel of charcoal'to each and every ten barrels of the run ofthe still.

The rectiiier, constructed and arranged as y above described, is placed between the goose goose.

and the worm in any distilling apparatus, as aforesaid, nand properly adjusted by attaching the pipe C, leading from the goose, either into the bottom of the rectifier, as indicatedv by Fig. 1 of the drawings, or into the top of the same, should circumstances so require, in

the worm, and the latter to lead from thc pipe A C into the pipe E, as indicated by said Fig. 1. rlhe steam-pipe F is also connected as illustrated by the same figure.

The-rectifier is now ready for the processes to be performed by its means, which are described as follows: High-wine or raW spiritthe result of aprevious distillation-is firstl vaporized in the still-of any distilling apparatus which consists of' a still, .a column, a

A goose, and a worm or final condenser-by` heat applied in any of the usual Ways; and

as said vaporized spirit comes over from the "still, lthrough the column and the goose, it

parts with the fusel--oils (amylic alcohol) therein contained, said alcohol being passed back into the column by condensation inthe The vaporized spirit would then be ready for rectifying, but that the first portion ofthe Arun of' the still is inseparably comfbined also with the rank flavors of the grain or other substances in the still, from Which or when the aforesaid high-Wine was distilled.

Therefore, this said portion ofthe run-about: .fone-tenth-is passed directly from lthe goose into vthe Wormby means of said branch pipe D, and, being prevented from passing into the rectifier by closing the stop-cock in the pipe C, this ruiming isalloWed to continue until the-vaporized spirit becomes pure and sweetascertained by testing-When the stop-cock in the pipe D is closed and the one in pipe C opened, and the said spirit passed directly into the rectifier. It is therein rectified by its passage-through the lay-ers of charcoal or :any other equivalent material, and thenv passed through the Worm or final condenser `into a separate vessel; prepared for the purpose, having been converted by `the above process from a high-Wine or raw spirit into the finest French or Cologne spirits.

Again, provision is made for another-defect in rectifying, hitherto unremedied. After about two-thirds of the aforesaid pure vaporized spirit -has been passed through the charcoal-in the rectifier, the remainder, by reason kof the force of' the steam and the raised temperatnre, again takes on the aforesaid rankV flavors.l So soon .as this is ascertained-byk v testingthe stop-cock in pipe C yisshut and the one in the branch pipe D opened, and the said remainder of the vaporized spirit run directly through the Worm in to a separately.

prepared tank ,as commercial alcohol.

rIhus the above described processes, by

-fmeans of the. aforesaid rectifier, constructed,

or, if desired, into certain other spirits, here-- inaft-er named and described; and, lastly, in again preventing the last portion of the said run from entering the rectifier, but running it into a separate vessel, as hereinbefore dcscribed, as commercial alcohol. The peculiar features of the abovedescribed processes, it will therefore appear, are fully combined in Vmy rectifier and its attachments, which alone supplies the remedies for defects in rectification, hitherto considered irremediable.

Should it be desired to make Bourbon or rye Whisky instead of the aforesaid Cologne spirits, the same process is used, with the addition of steam turned on directly from the boiler into the rectifier, by means of the pipe F, for the purpose of reducing the vaporized spirit to the required strength of the different grades of said Whiskies.

Again, should it be required to make gin, the same process is used as for Cologne spirits, with the addition of placing one or more layers, by means of the aforesaid trays, of' juniper-berries, or their equivalents, Within the rectifier, and passing the vaporized spirit through them after coming through the charcoal, as hereinbefore described.

The following are the most material and desirable results obtained by the use of the Yhereinbefore-described rectifier: First, a great saving of rectifying materials; second, en-

-tirely preventing evaporation, which is the cause of great loss of material in most of the distilleries; third, the charcoal does-not become impregnated with the essential oils or bad flavors, andtherefore lasts much longer;

fourth, a .much smaller quantity of rectifying material is necessary to rectify a much larger quantityof vaporized spirit than by any other apparatus; fifth, a large amount of dead capital is saved, as hitherto a large quantity of' spirit had to be used in soaking the charcoal before rectifyin g. Theref'orev What I claim as my invention, and desire -to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The rectifier A, constructed, arranged, and adjusted in combination with the goose and Worm of' the usual distilling apparatus, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I .claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence -of two Witnesses. l

p CHARLES B. JARVIS. Witnesses: f

Jos. T. K. PLANT, CHAs. B. STEELE. l

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