Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
No. 125,463.
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125,463
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4ilIlvIfTiaru STATES
SPECIFICATION.
B is a- column
worth, in the county of Livingston and State chambers. Partitions C C C are ot'dish-form,
of Illinois, have invented certain new and use
ful Improvements in Distillation;77 and I do cured to its walls. They are provided with
hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, openings o o o", for vapors to freely ascend,
and exact description thereof, reference being and with rims or borders rl d el, to prevent the
had to the accompanying dra-win g making part condensed oil and water from passing through
of this specification, and to the letters of ref openings o o o, but to collect the same and
erence marked thereon, like letters indicating pass them down through the pipes I) D secured
like parts wherever they occur.V ^
totthe said partitions. Partitions E E E are
To enable others skilled in the art to construct of the shape of an inverted dish, for the pur
and use my invention, I will proceed to de pose of easily conveying the drops ot' oil and
scribe it.
ous vapor, and before it goes to the condenser, of temperature couden se a great deal offusil or
consists in subjecting the said vapor to a great other essential oil vapor, and also aqueous va
mechanical friction and concussion, and lower por, which, in a liquid state, are returned back
ing graduallyits temperature, thereby condens to vessel A, falling in drops, for instance, on
ing a considerable quantity of oil vapor and partition E, slide along it a-nd through space
aqueous> vapor, and thus separating the same F, drip down onto partition C, then through
from alcohol vapor; then in suddenly lowering pipes DD onto partition E', and so on, un
the temperature ofthe said vapor to such an eX til they reach the lowest partition G and pipe
tent as to precipitate or condense the Whole ot' g, through which they pass into vessel A, and
-,the oily or aqueous vapor, or the most of it, and from there can be returned to the still, it' de
return the same back to the still without con sirable, every time the work stops, or ot'tener.
densing the alcohol vapor ; and finally in puri
Thenumber of partitions in the column B de
fyin g the alcohol vapor from yet remaining pends upon the size of distilleryand the perfec
traces of oily vapor or other impurities, by tion of proposed puriticatiou ofthe alcohol va
charcoal, before it is condensed and turned into por. l use from Athirty to fifty partitions, and `
high wines or alcohol.l
even more. The partitions should be always so
The appara-tus to perform all the above said shaped and arranged as to submit the vapors to
operations is made ot' copper, and placed be a great friction against their surfaces, and to
tween the still S and condenser It of thefdis easily convey the condensed oily and aqueous
tillery. It is placed on .a suit-able foundation` vapors, in the shape of oil and water, back to
and consists of several pa-rts put up in the the vessel A. rIheir shape and a 1angement
shape of a column, although any other suita therefore maybe greatly modilied without sub~
ble shape may be adopted.
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A isa vessel or holder, connected with still
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denser, to precipitate or condense at once all there by pipes u uinto the column B, where it
the oil vapors or aqueous vapor ascending with vaporizes again. T T are chambers to receive
alcohol- vapor to the top ofthe column B, and steam for the purpose of Warmin g the. alcohol
thus separate them from the said alcohol va vapor at the moment ot' its entering the char
por. The precipitator is a double Water-hold coal, if desirable. t t are the inlet and outlet
er, having a passage between the two Water pipes for the steam, which when used is re
holders for the vapors to pass. I is the inlet newed constantly. 'Vaste steam is intended to
pipe, through which water tills the spaces K be used for the purpose. By using steam here
K, and through the side pipes J J tills the less steam will be required for the column and
least diminished.
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fied ot' traces ot fusil-oil or other impurities `The combination of the vessel A and col
that perhaps were not condensed in the precipi umn B Wit-h the precipitator H, charcoal-ch am
tator H, and thus, perfectly puri?ed, passes bers Q, Q, and steam-chambersT T, when con
through pipes r rinto the distillery condenser structed and arranged to operate substantially
B, Where it is condensed into highwines or al as and'for the purpose set forth.
cohol in the ordinary manner. Entering the
vessel l? l) the alcohol vapor may partially
condense, in which case it is conducted from
Witnesses:
J ULIUS KUNZE.
WILLIAM ALTMAN,
JOHN A. SCHENK.