A Portable Apparatus for the Production of Distilled Water.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1836
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Apparatus for the Production of Distilled Water.
I, HELEN CHRISTINA EGGAR, wife of Richard Bacon Eggar of Cedar Cottage
Bentley near Farnham in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention to be as follows:-
:-
The object of my invention is to provide a portable apparatus which can be used
with facility for the production of distilled water and it is applicable especially for
use for the obtainment of hot distilled water by persons who require it medicinally.
It is constructed or arranged in such a way that it can be packed into a very small
compass and can be readily carried about by travellers for use in any places where
water can be obtained however impure that water may be.
The apparatus consists of two vessels, one in which the water to be distilled is
contained and in which it is vapourised and the other in which the vapour is
condensed. The relative sizes of these vessels is such that the one can be placed
within the other when not in use. The two vessels are connected by a pipe for the
passage of the vapour the said pipe being readily detachable and being made in
more than one length if necessary that it may be separated to insert the lengths
inside the inner vessel when the apparatus is not in use.
To heat the water vessel
I employ a spirit or other lamp which can be provided with folding supports to
carry the water vessel. By folding down these supports the lamp can also be
placed in the innermost vessel when the apparatus is not in use.
The condensing vessel can be provided with feet which can be folded and the said
condensing vessel may be provided with an ordinary coil so arranged that a space
will be left sufficient to accommodate the lamp and length or lengths of piping
when the apparatus is out of use.
When the apparatus is in use the water vessel is placed upon the supports
attached to the lamp which are turned up for the purpose and the said vessel has
water introduced into it. The inlet is then closed and the vapour pipe is put in
place to connect the said vessel with the coil in the condensing vessel which stands
upon its feet at a sufficient elevation to allow say a tumbler to be placed underneath
the tap to receive the hot distilled water.
When the apparatus is to be packed the pipe which connects the two vessels is
detached and, if the said pipe be in two or more lengths these are separated and
placed in the condensing vessel. The supports on the lamp are turned down and
this is placed in the condensing vessel as also is the tap which is made detachable
for the purpose. The legs of the condensing vessel are folded up and then the end
of the water vessel is removed (it being made so as to unscrew or be otherwise
removeable for the purpose) and the condensing vessel is placed in the water
vessel and the whole then occupies a very small space and can be readily placed in
a portmanteau.
Dated this 18th day of March 1895.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: A Portable Apparatus for the Production of Distilled Water.
I, HELEN CHRISTINA EGGAR, wife of Richard Bacon Eggar of Cedar Cottage-
Bentley, near Farnham in the County of Surrey, 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 object of my invention is to provide a portable apparatus which can be used
with facility for the production of distilled water, and it is applicable especially for
use for the obtainment of hot distilled water by persons who require it medicinally.
It is constructed, or arranged, in such a way that it can be packed into a very
small, compass, and can be readily carried about by travellers for use in any places
where water can be obtained, however impure that water may be.
I have illustrated in the accompanying drawing an apparatus constructed in
accordance with my invention. The apparatus consists of two vessels A and B one (A)
in which the water to be distilled is contained, and in which it is vapourized, and the
other (B) in which the vapour is condensed. The relative sizes of these vessels is
such that the one can be placed within the other when not in use. It may be the
vessel A which is placed inside the vessel B, or the vessel B which is placed in the
vessel A, the relative sizes being made accordingly. The two vessels A and B are
'connected by a pipe C, for the passage of the vapour the said pipe being readily
detachable; and being made in more than one length, if necessary, that it may be
separated to insert the lengths inside the inner vessel, when the apparatus is not in
use. As shewn in the drawing it consists of terminal pieces c2 which can be screwed
into the respective vessels and of lengths of piping connected by flexible, or other
tubular pieces c. To heat the water vessel A, I employ a spirit, or other, lamp D
which can be provided with folding supports to carry the water vessel. By folding
down these supports the lamp can also be placed in the innermost vessel, when the
apparatus is not in use, or the lamp may be surrounded by a perforated casing das
shewn, the size being such that it can be placed inside the vessel A or B whichever
is made the smaller. The condensing vessel B can be provided with feet, which
can be folded, or they may be in one length, if desired, and are screwed in place, or
otherwise arranged, so as to be readily removable, and the said condensing vessel B,
may be provided with an ordinary coil b connected with the terminal c* on the
vessel B and so arranged that a space will be left sufficient to accommodate the
lamp, and length, or lengths of piping when the apparatus is out of use, and also
to accommodate the vessel A if that vessel be made, as shewn, small enough to be
placed therein, but if preferred, the various small parts, and the lamp, and its
stand, can be put in the vessel B, and the vessel B, be made small enough to be
placed in the vessel A.
When the apparatus is in use the water vessel A is placed upon the supports
attached to, or surrounding, the lamp, and water is introduced into the said
vessel A. The inlet is then closed (which may be done by a screwed cover a) and
the vapour pipe C is put in place to connect the said vessel with the coil 6 in the
condensing vessel B which stands upon its feet 62 at a sufficient elevation to allow
say a tumbler to be placed underneath the outlet pipe or tap 63 (connected with the
lower end of the coil) to receive the hot distilled water.
When the apparatus is to be packed the pipe C which connects the two vessels,
is detached and if the said pipe be in two or more lengths these are separated and
placed in the condensing vessel B, or in the vessel A, as the case may be. The
supports on the lamp are turned down, and this, and the lamp, (or if a casing be
used as shewn, then it and the lamp) are placed in the condensing vessel B (or in
the vessel A as the case may be) as also is the outlet pipe or tap 63 which is made
detachable for the purpose. The legs of the condensing vessel are folded up, if

page_text: made in lengths, and are reinoved and then the end of the water vessel A (or the-
vessel B as the case may be) is removed (the ends of both vessels A and B being
made so as to unscrew, or be otherwise removable, for the purpose) and the
condensing vessel B is placed in the water vessel A, or the water vessel A is placed
in the condensing vessel B as the case may be, and the whole then occupies a very
small space and can be readily placed in a portmanteau. The terminal pieces
may also be removed and placed in the inner vessel, as also may all the other
removable parts such as the legs 63 and the tap 64 which is a removeable tap for
drawing off the condensing water when it becomes too hot and has to be replaced
by colder water.
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 :-
A portable apparatus for the production of distilled water consisting of a com-
bination of parts connected together so as to be separable and capable of being-
placed within the water vessel, or the condensing vessel; substantially as hereinbefore-
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 9th day of December 1895.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents..