An Improved Still or Apparatus for Distilling Spirits and all kinds of other Liquids.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Still or Apparatus for Distilling Spirits and all kinds
of other Liquids.
GEORGE MORRIS, 11 Langton Street, Cathay, Bristol, Coppersmith, WILLIAM
EDNEY, 45 Wilder Street, Bristol, Soda Water Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
into steam.
The improved still for distilling spirits or other liquids cousists of a jacketed pan
or still, as with other stills, made of earthenware, metal or other suitable material,
but the invention consists partly of a double dome or reservoir head with a collar
or reservoir inside to prevent the condensed spirit or other liquid from descending
into the body, or lower portion of the still after having been once converted
As the steam is generated it collects in the reservoir or dome and
falls into the collar by natural gravitation, from thence it passes into the temperator
which is placed in lieu of the ordinary coil and vat now used for distilling purposes.
The worm and cooling vat is entirely done away with in this invention, thus
saving space and obtaining double the condensation, viz.: an ordinary still
producing 40 gallons per day of ten hours, this invention would produce with a
still of exactly the same capacity double the quantity of distilled liquid. In place
of the usual "swan "neck used in ordinary stills, this invention has a spout or
similar outlet, the interior of which consists of ledges shelves, or similar construc-
tions; the outer surface of which is continually flooded with cold water passing on
top of the condensing dome or reservoir which is jacketed.
This invention may be worked with one or any number of domes, spouts or
outlets of similar construction, or may be worked with a coil or other similar
appliances in the spout, or outlets, but does not consist of the usual coil and vat,
and may be worked with any heat producing process.
Dated this 22nd August 1893.
GEORGE MORRIS,
No. 11, Langton Street, Cathay, Bristol.
WILLIAM EDNEY,
45, Wilder Street, St. Paul's, Bristol.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Still or Apparatus for Distilling Spirits and all kinds
of other Liquids.
We, GEORGE MORRIS of 11 Langton Street, Cathay, Coppersmith, and
WILLIAM EDNEY, of 45 Wilder Street, St. Pauls, Soda Water Maker,
both in the City and County of Bristol, 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 :-
Our invention relates to an improved still for the distillation of spirits and
all kinds of other liquids, and has for its object, to effect the said distillation
and condensation more rapidly, effectually, and economically, relatively to the
capacity of the still, than obtains with any of the forms of stills hitherto made
and used for this purpose, and we attain this by constructing the pan or still of

page_text: any capacity, and which may be of copper or other metal, earthenware or other
suitable material, and receive the necessary heat from any convenient source or
process, but where available, we prefer to use steam for this purpose, to accom-
modate which, the said pan would be jacketed as hereinafter explained and shewn.
Upon the top of said pan we mount a, preferably, metallic cone shaped dome,
the upper portion of which is surrounded by a second dome or cupola, through
which a current of cold water is constantly passing to assist condensation, while
the lower interior portion of the cone is provided with a collar or channel reservoir,
in which the condensed spirit or other liquid is collected, and conveyed therefrom
by gravitation into a temperator or condensing or cooling chamber, provided
internally with any number of ledges, shelves or baffle plates, or a spiral coil, and
surrounded by a jacket or outer case, through which the same current of water
passes previous to entering the before mentioned cupola, and by means of this
chamber the distilled liquid is cooled, and conveyed by gravity into a suitable
conduit and thereby led to wherever required, thus entirely dispensing with the
ordinary coil and vat, and the slow and tedious process of condensation consequent
upon their use, as in the stills hitherto made and used, and by this means we are
enabled to effect a material saving in the space required, and obtain in a given
time, with a still of given capacity, at least 50% more distilled liquid than has
hitherto been possible by any still employed for a like purpose, hence the object
and purpose of our invention.
For the purpose of rendering the following description of our invention perfectly
clear, a sheet of drawings is hereunto appended, in which,
Fig. 1 is a vertical central section of a complete apparatus according to our
invention, in which steam is the heating medium employed.
Fig. 2 is an outer view or elevation of the same, as viewed from right to left of
Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same apparatus.
We carry our invention into effect by constructing of any capacity, and of any
of the materials previously named, or any suitable combination thereof, a pan or
still A, and when steam is employed as the heating medium, the lower portion of A
is surrounded and enclosed by a steam tight jacket B, rivetted or otherwise connected
thereto, and at any convenient part of the surface of B, we provide a steam inlet. C,
a suitable safety valve D, and condense outlet E. The pan A is provided at its
lower extremities with an outlet F, by which it may be cleansed and emptied when
required, and in this case F may pass through, and be connected by suitable nuts
to the jacket B, as shewn in Fig. 1.
The upper surface of A is preferably bellied or swelled at G, from which point
it curls inwardly and terminates in an annular lip or ridge H, the object of the
said ridge or lip being to facilitate the attainment of a more central boil. Upon
the swelling G we mount, and rivet or otherwise firmly connect steam tight thereto,
a preferably cone shaped dome J, provided with a suitable hand hole J through
which the pan A may be charged and to the lower extremities of the inner surface
of J is connected, or formed integrally therewith, an annular up turned ridge or
lip K, similar to, but opposed to H, which forms a collecting chamber or reservoir
for the condensed steam, as this trickles down the inner surface of J, and at any
suitable part of K we provide an opening, covering and communicating with which,
we connect to the apparatus by any suitable means a temperator or condensing
chamber L, which extends outwardly for any distance desired, and at any angle
below the horizontal that may be found necessary to assist the gravitation of the
partly condensed spirit or other liquid passing thereinto from the reservoir or
collecting chamber K, and in order to provide a large cooling surface for the liquid,
we form upon, or attach to the inner surface or surfaces of L, any number o
ledges, shelves or baffle plates N, over and under or around which the liquid must
pass before reaching the outlet M. The chamber L is enclosed within a jacket or
casing O, provided with an inlet P, communicating with a cold water supply, and
into this is forced by gravitation or other means, a constant flow of cold water,

page_text: which surrounds and cools the chamber L, and proceeds therefrom by means of a
suitable conduit R, in an upward direction from O, into a second dome or cupola S,
mounted firmly upon and surrounding the upper extremities of the cone J,
and exhausts therefrom through a waste conduit T, as shewn by the arrows in
Fig. 1.
By reason of the central boil effected by the annular ridge or lip H, the steam
as generated is caused to impinge more directly upon the highest portion of the
cone J, and by reason of this being surrounded by the cupola S, and kept always
cool by the constant flow of cold water passing there around, we are enabled to
effect a very rapid condensation of the steam, which, collecting in the reservoir K
is rapidly cooled in its passage therefrom through the water surrounded
chamber L.
Where or when steam is not available or convenient, and the necessary heat is
derived from a fire or jets of gas, or other source, it will be understood that the
jacket B, and its accessories C, E and D may be entirely dispensed with, and the
heat employed be allowed to impinge directly upon the pan or still A.
For stills of large capacity, we may arrange, that the pan A be provided with
two or any number of cones J, each of which would have its own collecting
chamber or reservoir K, cooling passage L, cupola S, and water passage OR, and
we may, where more suitable or convenient, arrange that the condensed liquid may
pass through a spiral or other coil or passage in the chamber L, in lieu of the
ledges, shelves or battle plates N.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is,
1st. In an improved still or apparatus for the distillation of spirits and all kinds
of other liquids, the construction and use of the herein described apparatus, and
the several parts and connections, or their equivalents, constituting the same, or
any reasonable modification thereof, made from any suitable material
combination of materials, the whole connected, combined and operating substantially
as and for the objects and purposes herein described and shewn by the accompanying
drawings.
oľ
2nd. In an improved still or apparatus for the distillation of spirits and other
liquids, the construction, use, and combination of a pan A, provided with an outlet F,
swelling G, and annular lip or ridge H, and when steam is the heating medium
employed surrounded or enclosed by a jacket B, provided with steam inlet C,
safety valve D, and condense outlet E, or without B and its accessories when the
heat is derived from other sources. The cone or dome J, mounted upon A, and
provided with handhole and an annular ledge or lip K, the latter forming_a
condensing chamber or reservoir, and communicating with a cooling passage L,
provided with ledges, shelves or baffle plates N, or a coil in lieu thereof, under,
over, around or through which the condensed liquid passes before reaching the
outlet M. The manner of hastening condensation by the use of a constant flow of
cold water entering at P a jacket or casing O, enclosing the passage or chamber L,
and passing therefrom through a conduit R to a dome or cupola S, mounted upon
and surrounding the top of J, and exhausting at T, the whole connected, combined and
operating substantially as and for the objects and purposes herein described and
shewn by the accompanying drawings.
3rd. The improved distilling apparatus substantially as herein described and
shewn.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.