Improvements in Apparatus for the Distillation of Fatty Acids and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for the Distillation of Fatty Acids and
the like.
I, MAXIMILIAN BLUMSKI, of Dalnitzkaya Street, Odessa, Russia, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The apparatus forming the subject of this invention is intended for distilling,
by means of superheated steam, fatty acids, after their treatment with sulphuric
acid or after being heated in an autoclave.
The invention consists in superheating the steam necessary for distillation
of the fatty acids, by the heat of the substance to be distilled, and for this pur-
pose I cause the steam, before passing into the substance to be distilled, to
traverse a worm immersed in this substance.
An apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention is shown in the
annexed drawings in which Figure 1 is a vertical section: Figure 2 a vertical
section at right angles to Figure 1; Figure 3 is a plan, and Figure 4 a horizontal
section.
The apparatus consists of a still A of copper or cast iron, closed by a domed
cover B and provided at the bottom with a purge cock M, Figures 2 and 4.
The still is surrounded with a masonry furnace of any type and is provided
with steam pipes as hereinafter described.
The steam, as above mentioned, before passing out through the perforated
pipe D into the substance to be distilled traverses a worm C placed inside the
still A For this purpose the steam arriving by the pipe 0, Figures 2 and 3,
passes into the worm C through the cock G, Figures 1 and 3 After having
traversed the worm the steam arrives at the cock J, in rear of which the steam
pipe forks and passes through the cocks K and L into the perforated pipe D
located near to the bottom of the still which allows the steam to escape in thin
streams into the substance to be treated.
When the steam is to be greatly superheated, it is passed through the tubes E
and F placed in the furnace flue and which are connected to the steam inlet
pipe at a point between the purge cocks a and b for the condensed water.
In order that steam may pass into the pipes E and F, the cock G is closed and the
cocks I and H opened, the latter of which (Figure 3) serves to regulate the
passage of the steam superheated in the pipes E and F, into the worm C.
The perforated pipe D is preferably formed of three jointed branches, Figure 4,
which may be turned towards the walls of the still as shown in dotted lines in
Figure 2, in order to allow access to be had to the bottom when cleaning.
The cock shown in Figure 3 allows the degree to which the steam is super-
heated before its passage into the worm to be regulated the cock e serves to
free the steam pipes leading to the pipes E and F from the water of condensation.
Dated this 8th day of February 1899.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant...

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for the Distillation of Fatty Acids and
the like.
I, MAXIMILIAN BLUMSKI, of Dalnitzkaya Street, Odessa, Russia, 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:-
The apparatus forming the subject of this invention is intended for distilling,
by means of superheated steam, fatty acids, after their treatment with sulphuric
acid or after being heated in an autoclave.
The invention consists in superheating the steam necessary for distillation
of the fatty acids tar and the like, by the heat of the substance to be distilled,
and for this purpose I cause the steam, before passing into the substance to
be distilled, to traverse partly a worm immersed in this substance, and partly the
tubes arranged in the flues of the furnace.
An apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention is shown in the
drawings left with the Provisional Specification in which Figure 1 is a vertical
section; Figure 2 a vertical section at right angles to Figure 1; Figure 3 is a
plan, and Figure 4 a horizontal section.
The apparatus consists of a still A of copper or cast iron, closed by a domed
cover Band provided at the bottom with a purge cock M, Figures 2 and 4,
The still is surrounded with a masonry furnace of any type and is provided
with steam pipes as hereinafter described
The steam as above mentioned, before passing out through the perforated
pipe D into the substance to be distilled traverses a worm C placed inside the
still A For this purpose the steam arriving by the pipe O, Figures 2 and 3,
passes into the worm through the cock G, Figures 1 and 3. After having
traversed the worm the steam arrives at the cock J, in rear of which the steam
pipe forks and passes through the cocks K and L into the perforated pipe D
located near to the bottom of the still which allows the steam to escape in thin
streams into the substance to be treated
When the steam is to be greatly superheated, it is passed through the tubes E
and placed in the furnace flue and which are connected to the steam inlet
pipe at a point between the purge cocks a and b for the condensed water.
In order that steam may pass into the pipes E and F, the cocks I and H are
opened, the latter of which (Figure 3) serves to regulate the passage of the steam
superheated in the pipes E and F, into the worm C
The perforated pipe D is preferably formed of three jointed branches, Figure 4,
which may be turned towards the walls of the still as shown in dotted lines in
Figure 2, in order to allow access to be had to the bottom when cleaning.
The cock shown in Figure 3 allows the degree to which the steam is super-
heated after its passage through the worm to be ascertained; the cock serves to
free the steam pipes leading to the pipes E and F from the water of condensation.
To ascertain the degree to which the steam is superheated the cocks K H are
closed and the cocks and opened; the steam will after passing through the
worm escape into the atmosphere through cock d thus allowing its dryness to
be ascertained
The degree to which the steam is superheated is regulated by means of the
cocks H and G, for by increasing the flow of steam, superheated in the flue,
passing in through the cock II and partially closing G the temperature of the
steam passing into the worm will be raised and vice versa.

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 :-
An apparatus for distilling fatty acids, tar and the like by means of super-
heated steam, in which the steam, before its passage into the substance to be
distilled, is caused to pass partly through a worm placed in the substance itself
to be treated, for the purpose of utilizing the heat of this substance to super-
heat the steam and partly through the tubes placed directly in the chimney,
substantially as described and illustrated in the annexed drawings.
Dated this 11th day of October 1899.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.