Improvements in Check-sampling and Measuring Apparatus for Alcohol.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1896-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1996
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Check-sampling and Measuring Apparatus for
Alcohol.
I LOUIS GELIS, of Boulevard Carnot 38, Toulouse, in the Republic of France,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This apparatus for measuring alcohol is of very simple construction and has for
its principal motive force the alcohol which, falling into a tipping vessel suspended
from a weighing lever or beam by suitable links, actuates the whole mechanism of
the apparatus. The said lever is suitably supported on knife edges or other
bearings and weighted by an adjustable counterpoise so as to be capable of varying
the quantities of alcohol weighed.
Extensions of the bearing pivots of the tipping vessel are guiled in vertical slots
in suitable framework which permits of a limited vertical motion of the vessel. A
projecting tail piece secured to the bottom of the tipping vessel engages on its
descent with a stop, causing it to tip over and discharge its contents. The
liquid is led from the still or other reservoir to a cock or valve immediately over
the tipping vessel and is so connected to a bearing pivot or other part of the said
vessel, by a suitable eccentric and linkwork, that the descent of the vessel when it
contains the required quantity of liquid closes the said cock or valve, the
eccentric preventing it from re-opening while the vessel is in its tipped over
position.
A suitable counter operated from the weigbing lever or other suitable moving
part is provided.
The liquid is discharged by the tipping vessel into a receptacle with bottom
outlet and to which is connected an inclined tube which conducts a small quantity
of the liquid at each tipping to a measuring vessel whose capacity bears a
predetermined ratio to the quantity discharged from the tipping vessel at each
weighing and whose bottom is closed by a valve automatically operated by the
weighing lever when the tipping vessel is in its discharging position, but is again
opened when the lever resumes its normal position. The beforementioned
measuring vessel discharges its contents at each weighing into a reservoir of
known capacity provided with a suitable gauge to indicate at any moment the
quantity of alcohol contained therein the alcohol thus collected being of the mean
strength of the corresponding quantity passed from the still through the weighing
vessel.
Dated this 25th day of October 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Check-sampling and Measuring Apparatus for
Alcohol.
I, LOUIS GELIS, of Toulouse, in the Republic of France, Weighing-machine-
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention has for its object to provide an apparatus into which the alcohol
is admitted directly from the still by means of a pipe having a tap and whereby the
quantity of the alcohol leaving the still and its strength can be ascertained.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto two sheets of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1, Sheet I, is a side view, Fig. 2 a plan, Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the
frame and the mechanism in elevation uncovered.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view of the upper portion of the apparatus
uncovered.
Fig. 5. Sheet II, is an enlarged vertical section of the lower part of the
apparatus.
The drawings show the apparatus at rest, i.e. before alcohol is admitted into
game.
It consists of a frame a which supports the counter chamber b, the funnel c and
the reservoir e.
When the tap k is opened the alcohol conducted from the still by means of the
pipe k, runs through the pipe 92 into the receptacle d. The latter is partly
suspended, by being furnished with pivots which engage in sockets j' formed on the
bifurcated end of a rod j jointed to the shorter end of a weighted lever h and partly
rests upon a cushiou o consisting of an angle piece having an arm o' bearing against
a spiral spring. n are two arms which serve to guide the pivot ends of the
receptacle d, the said arms may however be dispensed with. When the receptacle
has received a quantity of alcohol sufficient to move the lever hand balance its
weight it will tilt and empty its contents into the funnel c, and the weighted lever h
causes the receptacle d to take up again its normal position.
The quantity of alcohol emptied by each action of the lever h can be regulated
by the weight suspended from the same.
This lever carries also a pawl g¹ adapted to actuate a counter composed of four
dials. Upon the arbor of each dial finger are fixed two wheels one having
100 teeth and the other 10 teeth which wheels are in gear with each other. The
said dials represent respectively units, tens, hundreds and thousands. Upon the
arbor of the unit dial is also fixed a ratchet wheel g having 10 teeth which is
actuated by the pawl g¹ on weighted lever h, each time the latter resumes its normal
position, after the emptying of the receptacle d.
In order to prevent the alcohol running into the receptacle d whilst the measured
quantity is emptied into the funnel c, the tap is controlled by a system of levers /
connected by means of a rod to a crank pin on a disc u secured upon one of the
pivots of the receptacle d. During the tilting and emptying of the latter the
disc u pulls the said levers down which action closes the tap k, whilst when
the receptacle d regains its normal position after having been emptied, the tap k is
opened by means of the weighted lever m formed on the same.
Referring to Fig. 5, Sheet II, e is a reservoir into which a certain quantity of
the whole of the alcohol measured by the apparatus described is abstracted for the
purpose of ascertaining its strength in the usual way. In this reservoir is
employed a tube p' supported by an upright q and communicating with the bottom

page_text: of the funnel c.
The outer end of this tube is formed with a short branch p closed
by means of a valve r. formed with a counter weight.
When the alcohol has been emptied into the funnel c, which at its bottom is
formed with a grid, the tube p' and its branch p are filled thereby. Owing to the
inclination of the tube p¹ the alcohol in the same then runs back into the funnel c
leaving the alcohol in the branch tube p behind.
The parts are so arranged that at the monent when the receptacle D is tilted
the valve r is lifted off its seat, i.e. off the tube branch p by means of the rod s
jointed to the weighted lever which causes its contents to fall into the reservoir e
and closes immediately on the lever h assuming its normal position and before the
fresh charge of alcohol has time to pass to the branch pipe p. On the exterior of
the reservoir is arranged a graduated glass tube t which indicates the quantity of
the alcohol in the reservoir e.
As this contents is abstracted from the whole of the alcohol measured by the
apparatus, the strength of the whole of the alcohol registered by the counter, can
be obtained by drawing from the reservoir a sufficient quantity and testing it in
the usual way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is-
1st. An apparatus for measuring alcohol running direct from the still,
characterized by a lever having two arms of different length, the larger one
carrying a weight i and the shorter one a receptacle d adapted to tilt when having
received a predetermined weight of alcohol and pour the same in a funnel c, the
lever carrying a ratchet pawl g¹, operating a counter with four dials, all
substantially as set forth.
2nd. In an apparatus for measuring alcohol, as specified in the preceding claim,
the arrangement of the levers & m and a crank-pin u for the controlling of the
admission tap, all substantially as set forth.
3rd. In an apparatus for measuring alcohol, as specified in Claim 1, for the
purpose of obtaining the strength of the alcohol leaving the still, a reservoir e into
which is emptied at each operation a regular volume of measured alcohol, the said
reservoir being furnished externally with a graduated tube t, all substantially as
set forth.
4th. The general arrangement and combination of parts as described and for
instance illustrated in annexed drawings.
DL OL
111004
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.