Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Securing a Con- tinuous Time Record of the Rate of Distillation and Direction of Flow of Distilled Fluids.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Securing a Con-
tinuous Time Record of the Rate of Distillation and Direction of
Flow of Distilled Fluids.
I, JEREMIAH JAMES MCDANIEL of Woodlands, Bandon, Co. Cork, J.P., do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of my invention is to secure a continuous time record of rate at which
any distillation goes on and of every change which is made in diverting the flow of
the distilled fluid to the various receivers.
The invention is best illustrated by describing my experimental apparatus. It
must, however, be understood that I do not bind myself to the exact arrangement
or materials herein set forth, as this principle of having an indicating device
connected with each receiver operating on preferably one uniformly travelling
ground can be elaborated in numerous different ways to suit the circumstances of
each individual installation.
This apparatus consists of a distributing and a recording system. The distillate
enters the distributing system through a cock having as many escape ways as are
necessary for the separation of successively distilled portions to the desired
extent.
The entrance way of this cock is connected to a small open topped vessel into
which the condenser of the still delivers, the object being to remove any gravitational
head beyond the small amount necessary to govern the escape from the check-cock
mentioned further on. Each escape-way from the distributing cock is surrounded
by a hollow glass cylinder, in the bottom of which is an opening leading directly
into the escape-way.
Beyond this opening is an ordinary one-way check-cock
which gives the means of closing the escape-way to any required extent. When in
use, this cock is closed sufficiently to compel the fluid to accumulate in the glass
vessel and rise to a particular height in it when the delivery is at a certain rate. If the
delivery be slower, a less pressure will be required to drive the fluid through the
opening of the check-cock, and its level in the cylinder will fall and vice versa.
The recording system consists of a float in each glass cylinder connected by
suitable arrangements with a pencil or pen which moves in a line at the surface and
parallel with the axis of a paper covered drum so as to record on the paper the
height of the float. The drum is turned by clock work at a uniform rate and thus
a record is secured of the time as well as the amount of every change in the rate of
flow of the distillate, while the use of a separate pencil or pen for each escape-way
provides for recording every change which is made in the direction of the flow.
Dated this 14th day of October 1891.
WM. P. THOMPSON & CO.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Securing a Con-
tinuous Time Record of the Rate of Distillation and Direction of
Flow of Distilled Fluids.
I, JEREMIAH JAMES MCDANIEL, of Woodlands, Bandon, Co. Cork, J.P., 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 obiect of my invention is to secure a continuous time record of rate at which

page_text: any distillation goes on and of every change which is made in diverting the flow of
the distilled fluid to the various receivers.
The invention is best illustrated by describing my experimental apparatus set
forth in part on the accompanying drawing. It must, however, be understood that
I do not bind myself to the exact arrangement or materials herein set forth, as this
principle of having an indicating device connected with each receiver operating on
preferably one uniformly travelling ground can be elaborated in numerous different.
ways to suit the circumstances of each individual installation.
This apparatus consists of a distributing and a recording system. The distillate
enters the distributing system through a cock A having as many escape ways as
are necessary for the separation of successively distilled portions to the desired
extent.
The entrance way of this cock is connected to a small open topped vessel B into
which the condenser of the still delivers through pipe C, the object being to remove
any gravitational head beyond the small amount necessary to govern the escape
from the check-cock mentioned further on. Each escape-way D from the distributing
cock has connected to it a hollow glass cylinder E in the bottom of which is an
opening leading directly into the escape-way D. Beyond this opening is an
ordinary one-way check-cock F which gives the means of closing the escape-
way to any required extent. When in use, this cock is closed sufficiently to
compel the fluid to accumulate in the glass vessel E and rise to a particular
height in it when the delivery is at a certain rate. If the delivery be slower, a less
pressure will be required to drive the fluid through the opening of the check-
cock F and its level in the cylinder E will fall and vice versa.
The recording system consists of a float G in each glass cylinder connected
by suitable arrangements H with a pencil or pen which moves in a line at the
surface and parallel with the axis of a paper covered drum so as to record on the
paper the height of the float. The drum is turned by clock work at a uniform
rate and thus a record is secured of the time as well as the amount of every
change in the rate of flow of the distillate, while the use of a separate pencil
or pen for each escape-way provides for recording every change which is made
in the direction of the flow.
It will be obvious that the pipe C for still greater accuracy can be replaced by a
ball cock, a subsidiary reservoir receiving the distillate and delivering it through
said ball cock, also that instead of one cock A with numerous delivery exits there
could be more than one cock arranged so that automatically or by hand as one
escape way was cut off another is put on..
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 improvement in the method of securing a continuous time record of the
rate of distillation and direction of flow of distilled fluids which consists in placing
on each escape pipe a meter device for showing the rate of speed at which the liquor
is passing and connecting each of these meter devices with a marking device
operating on a common synchronously driven dial or drum.
2. The improvement in devices for indicating and securing a continuous time
record of the rate of flow of distillation which consists in a distributing cock A, a
series of escape. pipes D, a cock F on each capable of being accurately adjusted
and a chamber E having a given opening into pipe D and a device for recording the
height of each float on a common synchronously driven drum or dial.
Dated this 16th dow of Jul 1899
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.