US25705A - Improvement in construction of distilling apparatus - Google Patents

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JOHN SLOAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND EBERHARD H. DIERKER, OF SAME PLACE.

lWlPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION OF DlSTlLLlNG APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 925,?05, dated October 4, 1859.

.To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOHN SLoAN, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented-a new and Improved Apparatus for Distilling Liquor; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, similar lettersreferring to similar parts.

The nature of my invention consists in furnishing the steam or heating pipe or pipes of stills with a valve or valves for the purpose of regulating the admission of the steam `or heat into said pipe or pipes, the valve or valves being operated by a governor Which is operated by an incased Wheel and the iiow of liquor from the condenser.

My invention also consists in dividing the still into three or more compartments which are furnished with conducting-pipes and with one or more steam or heating pipes which traverse the whole series of chambers or compartments.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side or face View of the still and its parts. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the still. Fig. 3 is a top view of the still and condenser.

A, B, C, and D are the chambers of the still. The chambers B and C are furnished with con ducting-pipes e. The heating or steam pipe (marked d) enters near the top of chamber A, passing around and down it, enters chamber B at the bottom, passing around and up it, enters chamber O near the top, and passes around, down, and out at the bottom. The ingress and egress of pipe ci is seen in Fig. 2 at 7 and 8. The pipe d is connected With a steam-boiler and furnished with a valve, as seen in Fig. l, and marked o, which is operated by argovernor marked g. The governor g is constructed andattached to the valve o in the ordinary Way. rlhe lower end of the governor-shaft rests on the frame o.

x is the case for the Wheel h ,which is shown by dotted lines. The shaft or axle of Wheel h is supported at the outer end by the braces q. The end next the still is supported by a suitable bearing made inthe case x. The shaft or axle of wheel h is furnished with a bevel- Wheel marked t', which gears into a smaller bevel-wheel which is on the shaft of the governor g.

4 isa vessel which contains the condenser F. i/ are the pedestals of the vesselat. o' is a conducting-pipe which is connected With the pipe or condenser F.

l is the casing of chamber C. The operation of my improvement is as follows: The fermented liquor is put into chamber A. The steam or heat is then let into pipe d, which Will heat the fermented liquor in chamber A and cause steam or vapor to arise from it. This steam or vapor passes into the condensing-pipe e, and is discharged into chamber B at the bottom of the chamber. It rises up in chamber B and vpasses into the conducting-pipe e of chamber O, and is discharged into chamber c at the bottom. lt then rises up in chamber c into chamber D, from which it passes into the condensing-pipe F in vessel 4, which is filled with cold Water. "When the steam or vapor is condensed into liquor, it passes along pipe r, and is discharged into the funnel-mouth t of case x on the Wheel h, thereby causing the Wheel to revolve. rlhe liquor as it falls from the Wheel h passes out at opening a in case a0 into some suitable vessel. lf the fermented liquor is distilling too fast, the lloW of liquor from pipe r will cause the Wheel 7L to revolve at a greater speed, and as the speed of the Wheel 7L increases the valve o closes by means of the governor g, thereby cutting off the supply of heat or steam from the pipe (l.

It will be observed that bythe foregoing arrangement of the still and its parts the distillation of the fermented liquor will be carried on evenly and with great speed and ease, requiring but very little attention from the operator.

The red arrows represent the course of the heat or steam in pipe d. The blue arrows represent the course of the vapor or steam in the pipes e and e', and in chambers A, B, O, and D as it rises from the fermented liquor in chamber A.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of my improvement,What

2. The combination and arrangement of the chambers A, B, C, and D, with the conducting-pipes e, when used in connection with the condensing Worm or pipe F, as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN SLOAN.

Witnesses:

J AMES J. JOHNSTON, GEOVE P. STEGK.

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