AN IMPROVED PORTABLE DISTILLING APPARATUS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM HOOD, of N° 6 Halstead road, Somerville, Seacombe, in the County
of Cheshire, England, Wine Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "AN IMPROVED PORTABLE DISTILLING APPARATUS" to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved arrangement or combination of portable
Distilling Apparatus, for the use of Wine & Spirit Merchants, to extract Alcohol
'from Wines or other liquids, and also to enable the "obscuration" on Brandies and
Rums to be ascertained, for the purpose of levying duties by the Customs.
The apparatus consists of three chambers, one above the other, the lowest
chamber being the boiler to contain the Wine, Spirit, or other liquid to be distilled ;
the next chamber above, containing the coil or worm and to hold the water for the
purpose of condensation; the top chamber being the cistern to contain the cold
water. The cold water is conveyed by a pipe having a stop-cock, and projecting
to near the bottom of the middle chamber; the said middle chamber being provided
with an overflow pipe near the top thereof. The vapour. from the boiler is
conducted by a pipe near the top of the middle chamber, where it is connected to
the coiled pipe constituting the worm, which said worm terminates at the bottom
of said middle chamber, and is provided with a nozzle or pipe, from which issues
the distilled liquid.
The boiler has underneath an atmospheric gas burner consisting of a ring with
holes for jets of gas. The different parts are all rigidly connected together; the
whole forming an improved arrangement or combination of portable apparatus,
more convenient for use than has heretofore been provided.
Dated thie Thirtieth day of Jennar Eighteen hundred and eighty four.

page_text: I, WILLIAM HOOD, formerly of Somerville, Seacombe, in the County of Cheshire,
but now of No 6 Mincing Lane, in the City of London, England, Wine Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED PORTABLE
DISTILLING APPARATUS, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
. be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
reference being had to the accompanying drawing:-
My said Invention relates to an improved arrangement or combination of
Portable Distilling Apparatus for the use more especially of Wine and Spirit
Merchants to extract Alcohol from Wines, Spirits, or other Alcoholic liquids, for
the purpose of checking the duties levied by the Customs on said liquids.
The Apparatus consists principally of three chambers, one above the other, A, B,
and C, constructed of copper or other suitable metal or material, the chamber A
being the Boiler to contain the Wine or other liquid to be distilled. The Boiler A
is fitted round the bottom with a rim D provided with holes e for the air and
fumes to pass in and out at. Fixed to and projecting through said rim D, is a gas
pipe F closed at the end, and shaped beneath the boiler A in the form of a ring,
and perforated with holes on the top for jets of gas to impinge against or near the
bottom of the boiler A. It is fitted with a stop-cock outside for turning. on or off
the gas as desired. The said pipe F may be fitted (between the rim D and the
stop-cock) with an air nozzle and otherwise, in a well known way so as to make a
heating atmospheric Gas-burner or appliance. The outer end of the pipe F can be
attached by an India-rubber or other flexible or other tube to any suitable source
from which inflammable gas may be obtained.
The chamber B immediately above the boiler A contains the worm, consisting of
a coiled part (shown on the drawing in dotted lines) of a block-tin pipe G which is
fixed into and leads from top of the boiler A; entering the chamber B near the top
thereof, and leaving it near the bottom; and terminating in a bent part from
which the distillment is collected in a bottle or other receptacle placed thereunder.
The chamber B is supplied with cold water for the purpose of condensation from
the chamber C above, by means of the pipe which is fixed into and leads from
the bottom of the said chamber C, and terminates near the bottom (as shown by
dotted lines on drawing) inside the chamber B, and is provided with a stop-cock.
An overflow pipe N is fitted at the top of the worm chamber B for letting off the
surplus slightly heated water, and is or may be fitted with a stop-cock. The
boiler A is provided with an inlet tube o for charging it with the liquid to be
distilled, and is closed with a screw-cap or stopper when desired. The three
chambers are rigidly fixed together by cylindrically shaped pieces of metal p
soldered between the tops of the chambers A and B, and bottoms of chambers B
and C respectively.
The apparatus is operated as follows, viz; The Boiler A being charged with the
liquid to be distilled, the inlet tube o is closed by the screw-cap. The. top and
middle chambers C and B are filled with cold water. The jets of gas underneath
the boiler being now ignited, the liquid contained therein is heated to or near the
boiling point; the vapour passes the pipe G and being condensed in the worm
should issue therefrom as a liquid. If not sufficiently condensed, the water in the
chamber B may be kept cooler by opening the stop-cock on the pipe i, and thus
replenishing the supply of cold water, the overflow being collected as is most
convenient; the distilled liquid being collected into a bottle or other receptacle
placed underneath the outlet end of the pipe G.

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:
The arrangement, construction, and combination of Apparatus, as and for the
purpose described, and shown on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this twentyeighth day of October 1884.