NLW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CON- TROLLING THE AMOUNT OF SPIRITS PRODUCED IN DISTILLERIES "
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Carl Robert Wedelin, of Gothenburg, in the Kingdom of
Sweden, for the Invention of "NLW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CON-
TROLLING THE AMOUNT OF SPIRITS PRODUCED IN DISTILLERIES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Carl Robert Wedelin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th January 1877
CARL ROBERT WEDELIN, of Gothenbuig, in the Kingdom of Sweden
"NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT OF SPIRITS PRODUCED IN
DISTILLERIES"
The apparatus constructed according to this Invention is placed by the side of
the vessel wherein the spuits from the distilling back are collected, but inside a
chamber, which is kept under lock and key by the excise, as is customary in
Sweden
The apparatus consists mainly of two closed vessels, a larger or mensuling one,
and a smaller or samplet vessel The former is filled with spirits from the spirit
collecting at by a pipe and four-way cock, from which latter it runs in by an
ascending pipe entering at the bottom The spirits are diawn off by the same
cock and another pipe leading oft sideways from the cock and passing out
through the wall of the aforesaid locked room, wherein the whole apparatus 18
placed
A small glass tube is put into the top of the measuring vessel for letting out air
from it while it is being filled, and for letting in a while it is being emptied It
also serves as a gauge as the level therein is the same as in the collecting vat, and
it can thus be observed when the aforesaid larger or measuring vessel is full,
Against the side of this vessel is fixed a vertical metal pipe, which I call the spirit
sample pipe, and which at top and bottom by a cock with right-angled passage
through can be put in communication with the vessel Over the lower let hole
through the side of the vessel is arranged a projecting plate, under which also the
inlet pipe from the spirit collecting vat has its exit, so that the liquid first is com-
pelled to rise against this projecting plate

page_text: The aforesaid measuring vessel rests with set sciews on a framing, and is placed
exactly horizontally The bottom of the vessel is made to incline towards the
front where the cocks are arranged, and the top slopes up to the front where the
air pipe is placed in order to facilitate the filling and drawing off
The aforesaid smaller or sample vessel stands on the floor, and communicates by 5
means of a vertical pipe with the lower of the two cocks, and thereby with the
pipe leading from one to the other, it can be disconnected from the small or
sample vessel by an ordinary union The plugs of the three cocks are each fitted
with a lever, which by means of rods are jointed to other aims on a spindle, so
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that all three cocks can be worked simultaneously by turning the said spindle
When the measuring vessel is to be filled the inlet cock at the bottom is so set, and
also the other two cocks, that the spirit sample pipe between the two latter cocks is
filled as well as the measuring vessol As, however, 'the strength and specific
gravity of the spirit varies, the stronger spirit sing and the weaker sinking to
the bottom, it follows that because of the plate projecting over the lower inlet from
the vertical spuit sample pipe the latter during the whole time of filling will
contain-spirit of higher strength than that in the measuring vessel until the level
in the latter has risen to the upper inlet from the sample pipe, when the strength
in both will be the same This has been proved to be the case by nunerous™
expements When the spirit begins to show in the air pipe the cocks are turned
so that the cock at the lower end of the spuit sample pipe is open to the pipe
leading down to the small or sample vessel and the two other cocks, so that the
sample pipe is shut off from the measuring vessel and the bottom outlet from vessel
18 open, the consequence being that a sample pipe full is emptied into the sample
vessel, proving the quality of the spurts in the measuring vessel, and the contents
of the measuring vessel run off and collect in a vat outside the locked room con-
taining the controlling apparatus When the spirit ceases to run off, that is, when
the measuring vessel is empty, the spindle is tuined back, whereby the three cocks
resume the position fist nained, when the measuring vessel runs full again, and
the same operation of running a sample pipe full into the sample vessel may be
repeated
One end of the spindle passes out through the wall of the locked 100m, and 18
there fitted with a handle for tuining it, as described The wall has a small glazed
opening for observing the an glass to see when the vessel 15 full and ready to be
un off
The size of the vessel depends upon how often the spuits are to be run
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off, whether every day or every other day, 01, say, 3 or 4 tunes in 24 hours
cocks and also the axle are provided with strong stops, so that they cannot be
tuined further than according to the above is requned
At the axle close to the measuring apparatus is arranged a counting apparatus
of any suitable construction for indicating the number of tunes that the axle is
tuined, thus proving how many volumes of spurts of the cubic contents of the
measuring vessel have been run off, and the strength of the spuits is found by
testing the contents of the sample vessel, which is hermetically sealed
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Carl Robert Wedelin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 30th 4
July 1877.
"NEW OR
CARL ROBERT WEDELIN, of Gothenburg, in the Kingdom of Sweden
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT OF SPIRITS PRODUCED IN
DISTILLERIES”
The apparatus constructed according to this Invention is placed by the side of 5
the vessel wherein the spirits from the distilling back are collected, but inside a
chamber, which 15 kept under lock and key by the excise, as is customary in
Sweden

page_text: The invention is illustrated in the accompanying Diawings, in which like letters
indicate like paits in all Figures
Figure 1 is a front clevation of the apparatus, Figure 2, side elevation,
Figure 3, plan, Figures 4 and 5, sections on line Y, Z, and Figures 6 and 7,
sections on line V, X
The apparatus consists mainly of two closed vessels, a larger or measuring one B,
and a smaller o1 sainplet vessel C The former B is filled with spuits from the
spuit collecting vat A by a pipe a and four-way cock b, from which latter it uns
in by an ascending pipe centering at the bottom, see Figs 3 and 6
The spuits
are diawn off by the same cock b and another pipe e leading off sideways from the
cock, and passing out through the wall of the aforesaid locked 100m, where the
whole apparatus is placed
A small glass tube a is put into the top of the measuring vessel B for letting out
au from it while it is being filled, and for letting in a while it is being emptied.
It also serves as a gauge as the level therem is the same as in the collecting vat A,
see Fig 6, and it can thus be observed when the aforesaid larger or measuring
vessel B is full Against the side of this vessel B is fixed a vertical metal pipe g,
which I call the spirit sample pipe, and which at top and bottom by a cock and 2
with ght-angled passage through can be put in communication with the vessel.
Over the lower inlet hole through the side of the vessel is arranged a projecting
plate, under which also the inlet pipe e from the spit collecting vat A has its
exit, so that the liquid first is compelled to rise against projecting plate.
The aforesaid measuring vessel Biests with set screws on a fiaming D, and is
placed exactly horizontally The bottom of the vessel is made to incline towards
the front where the cocks are aanged, and the top slopes up to the front where
the an pipe & is placed in order to facilitate the filling and drawing off
The aforesaid smaller or sample vessel C stands on the floor and communicates
by means of a vertical pipe m with the lower h of the two cocks, and thereby
with the pipe g leading from one to the other, it can be disconnected from the
small or sample vessel by an ordinary union The plugs of the thice cocks b, h,
and are each fitted with a lever 8, p, and q, which by means of iods o, t, and r
are jointed to other u, v, and a on a spindle y see Figures 1 and 2, so that all three
cocks can be worked simultaneously by turning the said spindle y
When the measuring vessel B is to be filled the inlet cock b at the bottom is so
set, as shown at Fig 6, and the other two cocks h and 2, and as shown at Figure 4,
that the spirit sample pipe g between the two latter cocks is filled as well as the
measuring vessel B As, however, the strength and specific gravity of the sput
vanes, the stronger spuit sing and the weaker sinking to the bottom, it follows
that because of the plate projecting over the lower inlet from the vertical spirit
sample pipe the latter during the whole time of filling will contain spirit of
higher strength than that in the measuring vessel until the level in the latter has
risen to the upper inlet from the sample pipe g, when the strength in both will be
the same
This has been proved to be the case by numerous experuments When
the spuit begins to show in the air pipe & the cocks are turned so that the cock h¹
at the lower end of the spirit sample pipe is open to the pipe m' leading down to
the small or sample vessel C³, as shown at h³, Figure 5, and the two other cocks b¹,
Figure 7, and 21, Figure 5, so that the sample pipe is shut off from the
measuring, vessel B, and the bottom outlet froin vessel is open, the consequence
being that a sample pipe full is emptied into the sample vessel C, proving the
quality of the spuits in the measuring vessel B³, and the contents of the measuring
vessel B¹ run off by the cock b₁ and pipe c¹, see Figure 7, and collect in a vat
outside the locked 100m containing the controlling apparatus When the spirit
ceases to run off, that is, when the measuring vessel B is empty, the spindle y is
Guined back, whereby the three cocks resume the position first named, when the
measuring vessel runs full again, and the same operation of running a sample pipo
full into the sample vessel may be repeated
One end of the spindle y is passes out through the wall of the locked room, and is

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there fitted with a handle for turning it, as described The wall has a small glazed
opening for observing the an glass tube d to see when the vessel is full and ready
to be run off' The size of the vessel depends upon how often the spirits are to be run
.off, whether every day or every other day, or, say, 3 or 4 times in 24 hours
arrows indicate the direction of flow of the liquid The cocks h, 2, and b, and also
the axle y are provided with strong stops, so that they cannot be turned further
than, according to the above, is required, and as shown in dotted lines
At the axle close to the measuring apparatus is arranged a counting apparatus Z,
Figure 3, of any suitable construction for indicating the number of times that the
axle is turned, thus proving how many volumes of spirits of the cubic contents of
the measuring vessel B have been run off, and the strength of the spirits is found
by testing the contents of the sample vessel C, which is hermetically sealed
The emptying and filling of the ineasuring vessel as aforesaid may be left to the
distiller or any one deputed by him, because with the aforesaid apparatus no fiaud
hurtful to the excise can take place. The handle for working the cocks must be
kept fixed in position by a lock not accessible to the workmen, and the key must
be kept by the-distiller or his deputy The hole in the wall through which the
axle passes must be only just large enough for the axle
By the application of this apparatus the constant supervision of the exciseman
becomes unnecessary, and only travelling periodical controllers will be needed for
cach large district These must watch that no ently be forced into the locked
rooms, and one or more times a year unseal the sample vessel C, test the spirits
therem, and note the state of the counter Z Any great care is not required in
emptying the measuring vessel just when it is quite full, the only consequence
being that the level in the collecting vat A meanwhile uses Should the emptying
be quite neglected the distiller is the loser, as the spits run over in the collecting
vat A and get spilt
By multiplying the weight of the sample spuit in the vessel C by the number
which expresses how many times the cistern B is larger than the sample pipo g the
real weight which has been passed through the apparatus is obtained, and its
strength is equal to that of the said sample From these two facts the quantity of
absolute alcohol passed through the apparatus is casily obtained This is the most
accurate manner of using the apparatus, and the counter Z then is only a kind of
double check.
I claim,-
Fustly The employment of a vessel B connected with the collecting vat A for
measuring the cubic contents of spirits distilled as set forth
Secondly The sample pipe gananged and operating with the measuring
vessel B and the sample vessel C, substantially as set forth
Thudly The arrangement of the cocks b, h, 2, and the mode of working them,
substantially as set forth
Fourthly The general aangement of parts for measuring the quantity and
testing the strength of spirits distilled, substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Carl Robert Wedelin, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Loid One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven
double check,
I claim,-
Fustly Tho employment of a vessel B connected with the collecting vat A for
measuring the cubic contents of spirits distilled as set forth
Secondly The sample pipe aanged and operating with the measuring
vessel B and the sample vessel C, substantially as set forth
Thudly The arrangement of the cocks b, h, 2, and the mode of working them,
substantially as set forth
Fourthly The general aangement of parts for measuring the quantity and
testing the strength of spirits distilled, substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Carl Robert Wedelin, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Loid One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven