A DISTILLING PIPE
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jozé Luis, Patent Agent, of No. 1, Welbeck Street,
Cavendish Square, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"A DISTILLING PIPE."-A communication.
Sealed the 19th October 1858, and dated the 26th May 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jozé Luis at the Offico
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th May
1858.
I, JOZE LUIS, Patent Agent, of No. 1º, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square,
London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A DISTILLING PIPE," (a communication) to him from a foreigner
residing abroad, to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in replacing in the distilling & rectifying pipes, the
plates fitted up with the bells or knobs by a simple copper plate pierced with
holes much. in the same manner as a skimmer, the clearing pipes, or pipes for
the descent of the wine, being retained as in the old plates. The jutting out of
these pipes, determining the height of the liquid, must be in proportion to the
thickness of the liquid, which, should it be very thick, must not jut out at all.
The results of this new system are a considerable number of advantages;
the following are the principal:-

page_text: 1st. By means of this apparatus, thus modified, liquids of every sort of
consistency, even thick, can be distilled by proportioning the diameter of the
holes of the diaphragms according to the consistency of the liquids to be
distilled. It is easily scen by this system that the steam passes without
difficulty through the mass of liquid; the thickness of these masses must
necessarily be much less than in the apparatus now used, and thus the tension
of the steam in the pipe would be considerably less...
2nd. Whatever the liquid to be distilled is, a much greater amount of work
will be done by each plate than in the old apparatus, and will thus allow
of a diminution in the number and also of a reduction. in the height of i
the pipe.
23rd. A reduction in the height of the liquid on each plate will contribute
equally to reduce the height of the apparatus.
4th. The apparatus working. much more perfectly & thoroughly, gives a
better quality of alcohol both in taste and purity.
5th. The taking down the pipe, either for repairs or cleaning, becomes
'unnecessary, as in the first place the simplicity of the apparatus is such that
nothing can get out of order, & in the second place the pipe empties itself
spontaneously as soon as the steam ceases to be introduced, thus it cleans itself.
It can, in case of an obstruction in the plates, be subjected to a vigorous jet of
steam passing through the pipe.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jozé Luis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th
November 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Joze
LUIS, Patent Agent, of No. 1, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by. Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of May, in tho year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Jozé Luis, Her special licence that I, the said Jozé Luis, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jozú
Luis, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during

page_text: 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 "A DISTILLING PIPE,"
(a communication,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Jozé Luis, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, 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 I, the said Jozé Luis, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
The Invention consists in replacing in the distilling and rectifying pipes the
plates fitted up with the bells or knobs by a simple copper plate pierced with
holes much in the same manner as a skimmer, the clearing pipe or pipes for
the descent of the wine being retained as in the old plates. The jutting out
of these pipes, determining the height of the liquid, must be in proportion to
the thickness of the liquid, which, should it be very thick, the pipe must not
jut out at all.
The results of this new system are a considerable number of advantages;
the following are the principal:-
1st. By means of this apparatus, thus modified, liquids of every sort of
consistency, even thick, can be distilled by proportioning the holes of the
diaphragms according to the consistency of the liquids to be distilled. It is
easily seen by this system that steam passes without difficulty the mass of
liquid; the thickness of these masses must necessarily be much less than in the
apparatus now used, and thus the pressure of the steam in the pipe would be
considerably less.
2nd. Whatever the liquid to be distilled is, a much greater amount of work
will be done by cach plate than in the old apparatus, & will thus allow
of a diminution in the number and also of a reduction in the height of the
pipe.
3rd. A reduction in the height of the liquid on each plate will contribute
equally to reduce the height of the apparatus.
4th. The apparatus working much more perfectly & thoroughly, gives a
better quality of alcohol both in taste & purity.

page_text: 5th. The taking down the pipe, either for repairs or cleaning, becomes
unnecessary, as in the first place the simplicity of the apparatus is such
that nothing can get out of order, & in the second place the pipe empties
itself spontaneously as soon as the steam ceases to be introduced, thus it
cleans itself. It can, in case of an obstruction in the plates, be subjected to a
vigorous jet of steam passing through the pipe.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jozé Luis, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
JOZÉ LUIS. (L.S.)