Improvements in Treating or Ageing Spirit.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1899
Improvements in Treating or Ageing Spirit.
I, RICHARD CLARKSON SCOTT, of 24, Drury Buildings, 21, Water Street, Liver-
pool, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the process described in my Speci-
fication No. 11638 of 1892.
I first wash and then dry and cool the air and afterwards blow it repeatedly
through the spirit until the latter has acquired a temperature of about 32° F. or
below.
Lastly I spray the spirit by means of the air into a suitable vessel and then
separate the air from the spirit allowing the former to escape.
Dated this 6th day of January 1898.
Improvements in treating or Ageing Spirit.
I, RICHARD CLARKSON SCOTT, late of 24, and now of 23, Drury Buildings, 21,
Water Street, Liverpool, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the process described in my Speci-
fication No. 11638 of 1892.
I first wash and then dry and cool the air and afterwards blow it repeatedly
through the spirit until the latter has acquired a temperature of about 32° F. or
below.
Lastly I spray the spirit by means of the air into a suitable vessel and then
separate the air from the spirit allowing the former to escape.
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 a plan of an apparatus suitable for
carrying out the process described in my former specification and also provided
with connections to adapt it to my present invention.
In this apparatus the air and spirit are cooled by ammonia or other suitable
gas may be employed.
A is the pump by which the ammonia is compressed into the pipe B and coil C
the latter being in the vessel D through which a stream of cold water is con-
tinuously passed. The coil C is connected by the pipe E with the coil F in the
vessel G containing brine and the top of the coil F is connected with the pipe H
which leads the ammonia back to the pump A.

page_text: J is a band driving the turbine J¹ for circulating the brine in the vessel G.
Apparatus of this class is well known and requires no further description.
K' is a vessel containing spirit which is led by the pipe K¹ to the pump L
from whence it passes by the pipe M up through the coil A in the vessel G and
by the pipe M2 to the sprayer N¹ in the vessel N.
K is a pipe connecting the bottom of the vessel N to the pipe K¹ and K³ is a
cock at the junction so that spirit can be supplied to the pump either from K
or N.
O is a pump drawing in air through the washer through the pipe 02 and
forcing it by the pipe P, nest of tubes P¹ (in the vessel G) and pipe Pa.to the
sprayer N
Q is a pipe connected to the top of the vessel N above the sprayer. It leads
the impure air from the vessel N to the top. of: the coil. Q' in the vessel G and
so by the pipe Q2 to the vessel R in which condensation collects and may be drawn
off from time to time the air passing by a pipe R' to an outlet S. The spirit in
the vessel N may be agitated with a turbine so as further to expose it to the air.
The apparatus so described is suitable for carrying out the former process and
in order to adapt it to the present process I make the following additions:-T is
a pipe connected to the pipe R¹ and to the cock T on the pipe 02. The passages
in the cock T are so arranged that air can be supplied to the pump from the
washer O¹ by the pipe 02 or from the vessel N by the pipes R1 and T. U is a
pipe leading from a cock U¹ on the pipe P2 to a rose V near the bottom of the
vessel N. The passages in the cock U₁ are so arranged that the air forced by the
pump through the refrigerator G can be delivered either to the sprayer
to the rose V.
or
Having now particularly described and 'ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Treating or ageing spirit by repeatedly blowing cold air through it, spray-
ing it by means of the air and separating the air from it.
2. Treating or ageing spirit substantially in the manner described.
Dated this 31st day of October 1898.
RICHARD CLARKSON SCOTT.