Improvements in Distilling, and in Apparatus there for.
Year: 1891

page_text: France),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 11th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Distilling, and in Apparatus there for.
I, PIERRE ALPHONSE ATTOUT called Tailfer of 63 Rue du Moulin de la
Pointe Paris in the French Republic Photographic Artist do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to improvements in distilling and to apparatus employed
therein by which the distillation of plants, alcohol, water &c. can be carried on
automatically. In the preparation of a chemically pure distilled water the opera-
tion of the process and action of the apparatus is briefly as follows:-
The water from the main or source of supply is first passed into a filtering vessel
and from thence passes around the outside of a condensing vessel and into a
receptacle in which it leaves some of its impurities and in which it is heated by
contact with a pipe conveying vapour up from a still and which vapour passes into
the condenser above mentioned. From the receptacle mentioned the water passes
from an overflow tube into a vessel suitably heated in which it is boiled, the vessel
being provided with means to allow for the escape of gases into the open. From
this tube it passes up through a pipe provided with baffle plates and into a pipe
placed at the level at which it is desired that the water should be maintained and
from this pipe it passes into a receptacle cooled externally by water from the main
or source of supply and which water is passed away to a tank in which is placed
the condensing worm. From the cooled receptacle above mentioned the water
rises through a series of conical perforated baffles and passes into a second filter
which may be provided with baffle plates and from thence through a pipe into the
"curcubit" of a still or alembic where the now partly purified water is distilled,
the vapour passing up through a pipe carried through the receptacle first men-
tioned into the condensing vessel which is placed above it and out into a pipe by
which it is delivered to the condensing worm before mentioned and from whence
the purified water runs away as it is produced.
The "curcubit" contains an inverted saucer arrangement for preventing the
ebullition of the water and a tube is also provided passing up into the first
receptacle said tube terminating in a disc or basin in the "curcubit" into which a
small portion of the water first condensed falls back.
Various taps and cocks are provided at different portions of the apparatus for
removing sediment &c. and a tap (regulated by a float valve in the "curcubit") is also
provided for regulating the flow of partly cleansed water into said "curcubit" as
well as a tap (regulated by a float valve in the boiling vessel) for regulating the
entrance of water into the first filter. It will be seen that the operation consists
substantially of filtration, heating, boiling, cooling, further filtration and distillation
though the sequence and number of operations may be varied depending upon the
matter which is being distilled or upon other conditions.
Dated this 11th day of December 1891.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Distilling, and in Apparatus therefor.
I, PIERRE ALPHONSE ATTOUT called Tailfer of 63, Rue du Moulin de la
Pointe Paris in the French Republic Photographic Chemist 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 state-
ment :-
My invention relates to improvements in distilling and to apparatus employed
therein by which the distillation of plants, alcohol, water &c. can be carried on
automatically. In the preparation of a chemically pure distilled water the series
of operations and action of the apparatus is briefly as follows:-reference being
made to the accompanying drawing in which the arrows indicate the line taken by
the water through the apparatus.
The water from the main or source of supply a is first passed into a filtering
vessel 6 and from thence passes into a pipe c from which project a number of
smaller pipes or jets so that the water falls around the outside of a condensing
vessel d, is collected in a gutter at the base of same and is conveyed by a pipe d
into a receptacle e in which it precipitates some of its impurities and in which it is
heated by contact with a pipe f conveying vapour up from the curcubit g of a still
and which vapour passes into the condenser d above mentioned. From the
receptacle e the water passes from an overflow tube into a vessel i suitably heated
in which it is boiled and deposits further impurities the vessel being provided with
an escape pipe j to allow for the passage of steam &c. into the open. From this
vessel i the water passes up through a pipe k provided with baffle plates 11 and into
a pipe m placed at the level at which it is desired that the water should be main-
tained in the apparatus and from this pipe m it passes into a receptacle n.
This
receptacle is cooled externally by water from the main or source of supply by
means of a pipe c¹ provided with small jets or pipes which permit water to flow
therefrom around the receptacle n into a gutter n from whence the water is passed
away by a pipe n² to a tank o in which is placed the condensing worm p. A pipe c²
is also provided in connection with the main which pipe passes to the tank o and
keeps same supplied with water. From the cooled receptacle n the water rises
through a series of conical perforated baffles qq and passes by a piper into a
second filters which may be provided with baffle plates and from thence through a
pipes into the curcubit g of a still or alembic where the now partly purified water
is distilled, the vapour passing up through the pipe finto the condensing vessel d
which placed above it (said condensing vessel being provided with a perforated
baffle plate d as shown,) and out into a pipe t by which it is delivered to the con-
densing worm p in the tank o and from whence the chemically pure distilled water
runs away as it is produced.
The curcubit g contains an inverted saucer arrangement g¹ for preventing the
ebullition of the water and a tube u is also provided passing up into the pipe said
tube terminating in a disc or basin in the curcubit at one end and having an
expanded end or funnel u² at the other, said funnel (which is in the pipe f)
collecting a small portion of the water first condensed so that it falls back into the
curcubit.
Various plugs, taps, and cocks xxx are provided at different portions of the
apparatus for removing sediment &c. and a tap v (regulated by a float in the
curcubit) is also provided for regulating the flow of partly cleansed water into
said curcubit as well as a tap w (regulated by a float w¹ in the boiling vessel i) for
regulating the entrance of water into the first filter b. It will be seen that the
operation consists substantially of filtration, heating and simultaneous precipitation
of impurities boiling and further precipitation, cooling further filtration and
distillation though the sequence and number of operations may be varied depending
upon the matter which is being distilled or upon other conditions.

page_text: Both vessel i and the curcubit g are set in a suitable furnace or furnaces or are
otherwise heated.
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. In the process of distilling the purification of the liquid by heating or boiling
and cooling for the purpose of precipitating the impurities prior to the actual
distilling operation substantially as described.
2. In the process of distilling the purification of the liquid by filtration heating
or boiling and cooling prior to the actual distilling operation substantially as
described.
3. In the process of distilling the purification of the liquid by filtration, heating,
boiling, cooling and further filtration prior to the actual distilling operation
substantially as described.
4. The apparatus for carrying on the operations of purification and distillation
substantially as described and illustrated.
Deted this 4th dose of Wahn1900
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.