Improvements in the Maturing or Improving of Alcoholic Liquors, Vegetable Oils, Tobacco and other Substances, and in Apparatus connected therewith.
Year: 1894

page_text: This print is in accordance with the original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883) as allowed by
the decision of the Chief Examiner of the 7th day of April 1896.
Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Aug., 1895-Accepted, 28th Sept.,
1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Maturing or Improving of Alcoholic Liquors,
Vegetable Oils, Tobacco and other Substances, and in Apparatus
connected therewith.
I, HENRY ALFRED LEVERETT of 16 Tokenhouse Yard in the City of London
Engineer do bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to my invention I mature or improve alcoholic liquors, vegetable oils,
tobacco and other substances by passing hydrogen therethrough in a safe and
convenient manner or instead of hydrogen I may use suitable gaseous compounds.
of hydrogen. Ono suitable apparatus for producing and applying the hydrogen
is as follows. I provide a vessel by preference made of glass or glazed carthen-
pince another vessol
ware but it wight be of copper or lead into this vessel
of the character or form of a gasholder bell and this is also by preference made
of glass or glazed earthenware. In the lower part of the apparafus I place a
basket by preference of glass or earthenware and adapted to receive pieces of
zinc or iron. The lower part of the apparatus is charged with sulphuric acid
and water, about 1 to 5. From the top of the inner cr bell chamber the hydrogen
which evolves in the apparatus is by a tap and pipe conveyed to a chambor
containing material for absorbing arsenical and other impurities contained in the
hydrogen and the purified hydrogen is thence by a flexible or other pipe con-
veyed to the cask or other vessel containing the liquid or other substance to be
treated which vessel is provided with an outlet pipe and tap fitted with a chamber.
containing shot for proventing the flame striking back in case of accidental
ignition of the issuing bydrogen in the boginning of the operation. The bell
may be either fixed in position or weighted to suit the required pressure. The
current for passing the hydrogen may be produced or furthered by means of a
pump or other suitable menus. Lustead of passing a current of hydrogen through
the liquor I may submit the same to the action of an atmospliero of the hydrogen
in conjunction with means for churning or agitating the liquor. The current
issuing from one vessel may be then passed through another and so on before
being allowed to escape.
DNA 1801

page_text: Improvements in the Maturing or Improving of Alcoholic Liquors,.
and in Apparatus connected therewith.
I, HENRY ALFRED LEVERETT of 16 Tokenhonso Yard in the City of London
Engineer 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 :-
According to my invention I mature or improve alcoholic liquors, by passing
nascent hydrogon therethrough in a safe and convenient manner.
One suitable apparatus for producing and applying the hydrogen is shown on
the accompanying drawing. I provide a vessel A by proference made of glass or
glazed earthonware but it might he of copper or lead. In this vessol I place
another vossel B of the character or form of a gasholder bell, and this is also by
preference made of glass or glazed earthenware. The two vessels are bolted
together at C. In the lower part of the apparatus I place a basket D by
preference of glass or glazed eurihonware and adapted to recoive piecos of zinc or
iron. The lower part of the apparatus A is charged with sulphuric acid and water
in the proportion of about 1 to 5 to 1 to 8. From the top of the boll B the
hydrogen which evolves in the apparatus is by a tap E and pipe F conveyed to a
chumbor or scrubber G containing liquid material for absorbing arsenical and other
impurities contained in the hydrogen, and the purified hydrogen is thence by a
flexible or other pipe H with tap I convoyed to the cask K or other vessel
containing the liquid to be treated which vessel is provided with an outlet pipo and
tap L fitted with a chamber M containing shot for preventing the flame striking back
in case of accidental ignition of the issuing hydrogen in the beginning of the operation.
The current for passing the hydrogen may be produced or furthered by means of a
pump or other suitable moans.
Instead of passing a current of the hydrogen through the liquor 1 may submit the
samo to the action of an atmosphere of the hydrogen, in conjunction with means for
churning or agitating the liquor.
The current issuing from one vessel may be thon passed through another and so
on before being allowed to escape.
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 :-
1. The process for maturing or improving alcoholic liquors consisting in subjecting
same to the influence of purified nascent hydrogen substantially as described.
2. The combination of parts constituting the apparatus for the purpose stated.
Dated the 1st day of August 1095.
Dated fire 1st day of August LO95.
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.