IMPROVED ADDADAMIT BAD Ca Manu
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Andrew Bathgate and John Hays Wilson, of
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Ironmongers, Brassfounders,
and Metallic Cask Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
ADDADAMIT BAD Dram
Sealed the 15th June 1860, and dated the 19th December 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Andrew Bathgate and
John Hays Wilson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 19th December 1859.
We, ANDREW BATHGATE and JOHN HAYS WILSON, of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Ironmongers, Brassfounders, and Metalic Cask Manu-
facturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR DISTILLING WATER AND COOKING ON BOARD SHIP," to be as follows,
(that is to say):
An apparatus constructed according to this Invention consists of a parallelo-
gramical or other suitably shaped metallic chest or chamber, having a small
enclosed fire-place and ash-pit about the centre of its length, and a baking
oven at one side, with space left between the sides of the oven and the outer
casing, that the heat may be circulated around the sides thereof, and which
may be regulated by a damper or dampers. The outer casing immediately
above the fire-place and the flue above the oven is perforated by suitably

page_text: shaped holes to receive the bottoms of the cooking vessels, and which holes are
closed by suitable covers or lids when not in use. On the opposite side of the
fire-place to that on which the oven is fixed a small vertical steam boiler is
placed; it is prefered to form this boiler with flat sides and an arched top,
and encompassed by an horizontal metallic flanch, which is rivetted to the
"boiler about half way from the bottom. The lower end of the boiler is
inserted through a suitably-shaped hole in the upper side of the casing or
chest, and forms one side of the fire-place, the flanch serving as a saddle, and
resting upon the top of the chest; space between the boiler and the sides of
the chest admits of the heat circulating round the lower portion of the boiler,
and which can be controlled by a damper or dampers. One side of the upper
portion of the boiler is fitted with gauge cocks, and the reverse side is con-
structed with a man-hole for the purpose of removing incrustation or for
other purposes. The steam pipe is carried upwards, and is connected to a
condensing worm placed in a tank, which is elevated above the camboose.
The worm delivery pipe is carried down to any convenient position, and the
distelled water delivered into a suitable vessel. The boiler is supplied with
water from the worm chest, and the worm tank is supplied with sea water by
the ordinary ship's force pump. The worm cistern is enclosed on the top, and
is provided with a short vertical air pipe, and the bottom of the tank has an
outlet pipe with a shut-off cock upon it, for the purpose of running off the
water which surrounds the worm, should it get too hot to allow the vessel
to be refilled with cold water.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Andrew Bathgate and John Hays Wilson in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 19th June 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, ANDREW
BATHGATE and JOHN HAYS WILSON, of Liverpool, in the County of Lan-
caster, Ironmongers, Brassfounders, and Metallic Cask Manufacturers, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said Andrew Bathgate and John Hays Wilson, Her special

page_text: licence that we, the said Andrew Bathgate and John Hays Wilson,
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Andrew
Bathgate and John Hays Wilson, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DISTILLING WATER AND COOKING ON BOARD SHIP,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Andrew Bathgate
and John Hays Wilson, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Andrew Bathgate and John
Hays Wilson, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement (that is to say) :-
An apparatus constructed according to this our said Invention consists of a
parallelogramical or other suitably shaped metallic chest or chamber, having a
small enclosed fire-place and ash-pit about the centre of its length, and a
baking oven at one side, with space left between the sides of the oven and the
outer casing, that the heat may be circulated around the sides thereof, and
which may be regulated by a damper or dampers. The top of the outer casing
immediately above the fire-place, and the flue above the oven, is perforated by
suitably shaped holes to receive the bottoms of the cooking vessels, the said
openings being closed by suitable covers or lids when not in use.
On the opposite side of the fire-place to that on which the oven is fixed, a
small vertical steam boiler is placed. We prefer to form this boiler with flat
sides and an arched top, and encompassed by an horizontal metallic flanch,
which is rivited to the boiler about half way from the bottom. The lower end
of the boiler is inserted through a suitably shaped hole in the upper side of the
casing or chest, and forms one side of the fire-place, the flanch serving as a
saddle, and resting upon the top of the chest. Space between the boiler and
the sides of the chest admits of the heat circulating round the lower portion of
the boiler, and which can be controlled by a damper or dampers. One side of
the upper portion of the boiler is fitted with gauge cocks, and the reverse side

page_text: is constructed with a man-hole, for the purpose of removing incrustation, or
other purposes. The steam pipe is carried upwards, and connected to a con-
densing worm placed in a tank, which is elevated above the camboose. The
worm delivery pipe is carried down to any convenient position, and the distilled
water received in a suitable vessel. The boiler is supplied with water from the
worm chest, and the worm tank is supplied with sea water by the ordinary
ship's force pump.
The worm cistern is enclosed on the top, and is provided with a short vertical
air pipe, and the bottom of the tank has an outlet pipe with a shut-off cock
upon it, for the purpose of running off the water which surrounds the worm,
should it get too hot, and to allow the vessel to be refilled with cold water.
That this our said Invention may be the more readily seen and understood,
we have hereunto annexed Drawings in partial illustration of one modification
of our said Invention; like letters and figures marked thereon having reference
to similar parts.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of our improved apparatus for distilling
water and cooking on board ship; and Figure 2 is a back elevation of the
outer casing, showing the arrangement of the flues and dampers.
A, the outer casing; B, door of fire-place; C, the ash-pit, having the bottom
and three sides formed by iron plates; D, oven door; E, the cooking vessels;
F, the smoke funnel; G, steam boiler, the dotted lines showing the position
of the lower portion thereof within the outer casing; H, a saddle or flanch, sur-
rounding and rivitted to the boiler, which rests upon the top of the outer casing;
I, the supply pipe, for conveying the water to the steam boiler from K, the
worm cistern; L, the steam pipe connecting the boiler with M, the condensing
worm pipe (shown in dotted lines); N, the delivery pipe, by which the con-
densed water may be conveyed to any suitable receptacle; O, tap for drawing
off the water which surrounds the worm M in the cistern K; P, safety valve
gear; Q, water gauge; R, lugged feet, by which the apparatus is secured to
the deck of the vessel; S, a damper to cut off the fire from the boiler when
required; T (Figure 2), an external flue on back of the apparatus for carrying
off the products of combustion; U, U¹, and U2 (Figure 2), marked in dotted
lines, are three openings in the side of the square casing of the apparatus
through which the products of combustion pass into the flue; W, a damper
for closing the opening U' when the apparatus is in full work, when the flame
passes round the boiler, or the oven, or both; X, a damper for closing the
opening U, and which we prefer to close when the opening U is uncovered,
so as to admit of the heat passing direct from the fire to the flue.

page_text: Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and how we believe the same may be best put into practical effect, we wish it
to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details or
relative dimentions, as it will be readily seen that they may be considerably
varied without departing from the Invention; but what we do claim is, the
general arrangement, form, and combination of the various parts forming the
apparatus herein-before described, or any mere modification of the same, for
the purpose of distilling water and cooking on board ship.
In witness whereof, we, the said Andrew Bathgate and John Hays
Wilson, have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals, this
Eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and sixty.
5 Witness,
WILLIAM WALKER,
ANDW.
(L.S.) BATHGATE.
JOHN HAYS (L.s.) WILSON.
of 44, Castle Street, Liverpool.