US105547A - Improvement in fruit and alcohol stills - Google Patents

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LAQGAMPBBLL` `FRUIT AND 'ALCOHOL STILL.

No. 105,547. y m l:Patellt'el'July 19, 1870.

INVENTOR; Y XMMU um (infn.

` W'ITNESSES".

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einem i JAMES ,A1

To 'all whom it 'may concern:`

certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit and ing and to the letters of `reference marked thereon,

` Figurel is a front view of 'the distillingapparatus complete, showing the conhcctionbetween ,the differgenerator.'V

y Y `Figure4 is a vertical sectional view of t-he still. l

i torn of the still.

' within the boiler, as to insure' a sale Vcolmection no `to have indicated by an overflow-pipe when the boiler i faucet; or, if desired, one consisting of adoublelcross,A

same with a perforated diaphragm or false bottom on ,aan eine oAiiIrBELL;V .for nooKINeHAM o oUNfrY; VIRGINIA", As'sIeNoR a ropHtMsELr, JOHN w. einem; AND r. PHARES.

kLetters Patent No. 15,547, lated July 19, 1870.

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The Schedule reforrdto inthe'se Letters Patent making part of the same* Be, it rnownthat I, Janes A. CAMPBELL, creeerrnghani county andState` ot Virginia,haveY invented Alcoholic `Stills; andI do` hereby declare that the following is va full, clear, iand exact description of 'the same, reference being had to 'the'accompanying drawniaking part of this specification, in which*` entteatures;` i

Figure 2 is a 'vertical sectional view of the boiler or Figur 3 is a vertical sectional view of the worm.;

` Figureis a plan viewot` the .perforated-i false4 boti The natureoffiny-invention consists in so fat-tach# mg the cap to `theboiler or generator by means of vertical rods, having their bearing in a plate secured y matter what the prcssureot' steam may he, said rods beingprovided with screw-threads to receive the taps or nuts.

My invention, also, consists in providing the boiler or generator with a series, of` pipes, so arranged that I am enabled to fill the boiler by the natural flow of the water, thus, dispensing with the force-pump; also,

is suiciently supplied, and to disclose the instant the water is so exhausted as to fallbelow a given point..

Myinvention, also, consists in providing the cap of t the boiler or generator with a cross-shaped tube or whereby the distiller is enabled at 4the same time yto feed or supply with steam either one, two, or four stills'.

My invention, also, consists in constructing the main vessel of the still of wood, and providing' the which the fruit or mash is to be placed, and a copperv cap, whereby `I obtain all the advantages incident to the copper distillation.

The lsteamgenerator, still, and vessel containing the worm, are "all connected by the goosemeck pipesl or vapor-duct in the usual manner. I

The" advantages resulting from this construction and arrangement of `apparatus will readily suggest themselves .to all nfamiliar withthe'art to which it appertains. y l

,'.lh'e fruit, grani, or mash, not being placed in what is generally used as the singling still, and'which alone is subjected to the direct action of the heat, thebrandy `or .other liquor is never burned, and, consequently,

the purity ot its flavor is never destroyed.

' Again, my still is' so easily kept clean, asthe 'ina-g' terial out of which the alcohol is to he eXtracted,being placed directly on the perforated bottom,so` soonl as its strength has heen'exhausted, thesame can he removed and 'the'still is cleansed.

- Anotlrergreat advantage of my invention is found in its cheapness. simplicity, and durability, and the readinesswith which thesteam-generator can be attached to and made to run two or more stills with the saine facility it would run one.

'lof" enable others skilled in the vart to make and use my invention,I will now proceed4 to describe its construction and operation.

A is the main body of the boiler or steam-generator, and, like its cap, B, is made of copper, o'r` any other suitable material, and of any desired form.A

A' is a hearing-plate, and is secured at or near the' mouth of the boiler or generator A. To this platejA' gre secured two vertical rods, areas clearly shown in' 0". 2.- Y aBy means of (the screw-,threads a? azcut o n the ends of these rods a a, and the tapsl ornut @"a, the mainA body of the-generator A and its cap B are securely bolted together, so that,'no matter whatthehcight or pressure of the steam may be, all 'dangerV of accident.

resulting from the blowing off of the cap 'is securelyA guarded against. v

O is a cylinder or tubernnning horizontally through the generator, as shown in section 4in iig, 2, and by dotted lines in fig. l. One or more of these pipes may be introduced and so connectedby flue, or equivalent device, with the furnace under the generator or boiler A, that acontinuous current of heated'air shall constantlypas's through the body-of water, and thus facilitate the generation of ste am.j` These pipes may be, if desired, connected by elbows or supplied by independent dues. lhey may, also, be ot' any desired dimension, but'I usually construct them about nine inches in diameter, which furnishes twenty-'seven inches heating-surface for each cylinder' or tube.

O'is a discharge-tube, by means of which the water is drawn `from the generator at pleasure. y

D is a tube or pipe, by` means of which the water is fed to the generator.

Dl is a tube or pipe which indicates, by the escapo of steam, when the water in the boiler or generator is too low, and by means of which the crown-sheet can `be kept from becoming overheated, and explosion from this cause guarded against. 1f desired, this t'uhe or pipe may be suppliedwit-h an alarm-whistle.

D2 is a'short pipe inserted near the mouth of the generator A, and, by its overflow, indicates when the generator is sniiiciently full.

B' 1s a cross-shaped'tube which -is inserted in apipe, b, securedl in an opening in the top of thecap, and to.

` Gis acopper cap inserted iu which the vapor, as fast as from which, through the goose-neck orva'por-duct E', it is conveyed to the condensing h2 is a short tube secured to the top of the cap G,l

which the goose-neck or vapor-ductE is attached, and by means of which the .steam is conveyed from the generator to the still F. This `tube may be in the form of a double reverse cross, when the generator can readily be'attached to and made to supply four stills instead of `one' or two.

The short horizontal tubes e e, to one of which the goose-neck E is directly attached, are provided with cocks or faucets, c e', hy means of which the steam can bc shut od" at pleasure.

F is the still, and may be made of any suitable ma ferial. I prefer to make it of Wood. This still' F- is provided with a. perforated false bottom, F', shown in plan view, g. 1.

This false hottom F' is held by suitable supports a short distance above the bottoni of the still F, and

above and clear of the opening f, at which the goose-` ncck E meets and is attached to the still, so that the steam shall all be cansedto enter'under the 'false bottom.

,thevessel F, and in mated, gathers,` and worm H.

land to which the vapor-duct 4E is attached.

his a short tube connected with the upper section of the worm H, and through which the vapor from the distillation of the fruit, or, grain, `isi-receivedv from the gooseneck E'. n Y

In passing through the worm H, the vapor', hccouiQ ing condensed, is drawn oli at h. y

1:1 is 'an ordinary condensing-worm, and is secured in the water-vessel H' in the usual manner- Thc operation is as follows: l The fruit, grain, or mash, being properly prepared, is placed on the false bottom F. The hoilerA` is placed over a suitable furnace, and subjected to the y direct action of its heat, the heated air at the same' time passing through the cylinder or tube Gina con# `tinuous current, and thus inaterially assisting in heat ing the water.A v

The cock orlfaueet e" in the pipe e, to which the goose-neck E is attached, is.A opened, so that, as soon as the steam is generated, it is conveyed to the still F, and, entering under the false bottom F', passes up through itsperforations, driving all the vapor gener-- ated from the fruit, or. grain, into the copper cap G; thus furnishing au exceedingly cheap and sirnple device which will impart to the brandy, or other liquor,

What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is+- 1. -The generator A, having a series of pipes, D D? D?, and cap B, when said generator and cap are connested by vertical rods a a and nuts a a. or their equivalent, substantially as described.

2. The generator A., cap B, and tube B', when the latter-is so constructed as to enable the steam to be y fed to two or more stills, substantially as described.

' 3f The vessel F, when constructed of wood, or other like material, false i t om F', and copper' cap G when the same are combi and arranged substantially as described, as and for the purpose specified;

In testimony' whereof I have signed my name to this specification i the presence of two subscribing witnesses. m

Witnessesz' JAMES A. CAMPBELL.

0. W. SrrNE'sPRiNe, WM. MaK. Frsnnscs.

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