IMPROVED FILTERING APPARATUS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HENRY BRYANT SMITH of 11 Westgato Buildings in the City of Bath in the
County of Somerset Wine Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVED FILTERING APPARATUS to be as follows:—
The object of the invention is to provide an efficient compact and handy filtering
apparatus adapted particularly for the use of wine and spirit merchants and others
requiring to separate the denser matter from wine spirits and other liquids.
In carrying out my invention I provide a suitable cylindrical inner vessel
slightly coned and with a projecting upper rim and an inner projecting ledge which
ledge serves to support a rigidly distended frame over which is stretched suitable
textile or other suitable material adapted to aid in intercepting the more dense
matters to be separated from the more fluid portion of the liquid being filtered.
Over this rigidly distended material secured around the frame is spread suitable
filtering medium which may be vegetable charcoal paper pulp or other suitable
cleansing or filtering material adapted to purify or filter the liquid treated.
Some distance above this rigid frame I place a reticulate diaphragm applied to
a suitable stiffening rim or frame but capable of removal to permit of free access
to the lower rigid frame carrying the filtering medium. This reticulate surface
serves to distribute the liquid poured into the cylinder and enables disturbance of
the filtering medium to be avoided.
This cylindrical inner vessel is placed within another cylindrical vessel and is
suspended by the projecting rin thereto. The bottom of this outer cylinder is
closed except by an outlet or outlets provided with suitable channel pipe or
conduit controlled. by tap or valve through which the liquid filtered may be allowed
to pass away.
A suitable lid or cover is provided with convenient handle or other means for
facilitating removal.
The whole apparatus may be supported in a suitable tripod or other stand frame
or support as found most convenient.
In place of the parts being formed cylindrical in cross section they may be formed
rectangular or otherwise as found most convenient.
Dated this 10th day of June 1884.
W. BROOKES & SON,
55, Chancery Lane,
Agents.

page_text: I HENRY BRYANT SMITH of 11 Westgate Buildings in the City of Bath in the
County of Somerset Wine Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVED FILTERING APPARATUS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of the invention is to provide an efficient compact and handy filtering
apparatus adapted particularly for the use of wine and spirit merchants and others
requiring to separate the denser matter from wine spirits and other liquids.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing shows by a front view half in section on
a vertical central line apparatus used in carrying out my invention in which is
provided a suitable cylindrical inuer vessel a slightly coned and with a projecting
upper rim a¹ and an inner projecting ledge a² which ledge serves to support a
rigidly distended frame b over which is stretched suitable textile or other suitable
material adapted to aid in intercepting the more dense matters to be separated
from the more fluid portion of the liquid being filtered.
Figure 2 shews by separate view one of these frames with its material of
porous character partly removed to shew a portion of the frame for distending it.
Over this rigidly distended material 6' secured around the frame bis sprend
suitable filtering medium c which may be vegetable charcoal paper pulp.or other
suitable cleansing or filtering material adapted to purify or filter the liquid treated.
Some distance above this rigid frame b is placed a reticulate diaphragm d¹
applied to a suitable stiffening rim or frame & supported on another projecting
ledge a³ in the vessel a but capable of removal by ring or otherwise to permit of
free access to the lower rigid frame carrying the filtering medium-one of these rings
is seen at d. This reticulate surface & serves to distribute the liquid poured into
the cylinder a and enables disturbance of the filtering medium to be avoided.
If desired a second diaphragm of porous material similar to b such as shewn in
dotted lines may be used.
This cylindrical inner vessel a is placed within another cylindrical vessel A and
is suspended by the projecting rim a¹ thereto. The bottom of this outer cylinder
is closed except by an outlet A' or outlets provided with suitable channel pipe or
conduit A controlled by tap A³ or valve through which the liquid filtered may be
allowed to pass away.
A suitable lid A' or cover is provided with convenient handle A³ or other means
for facilitating removal.
The whole apparatus may be supported in a suitable tripod A° or other stand
frame or support as found most convenient.
In place of the parts being formed cylindrical in cross section they may be formed
rectangular or otherwise as found most convenient.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
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The herein described arrangement or combination of pa:ts forming apparatus for
use in filtering wine spirit and other liquids substantially as set forth.
Dated this 9th day of waren 1885.
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WA BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the said Henry Bryant Smith.