Improvements in the Manufacture of Sugar.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Sugar.
I, EDWARD BEANES, of Moatlands, Paddock Wood, in the County of Kent,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the manufacture of sugar by means of ozone or ozonized
air, and has for its object to render such process efficient in practical use.
I defecate the juice in the ordinary way and then run the clear juice into a
receptacle in which I treat it with ozone or ozonized air whilst the juice is under
evaporation by heat. This is conveniently effected by two sets of tubes, or coils,
one unperforated, through which steam is passed for heating the juice, and the
other perforated, for the introduction of ozone, or ozonized air, preferably the latter.
The ozone, or ozonized air, can be produced electrically by means of an alternating
dynamo electrical machine in connection with a transformer, so as to raise the
electro-motive force to, from two thousand to ten thousand volts., or more, if
desirable, the higher the number of volts with the corresponding amount of
ampères the greater the amount of ozonized air produced. The ozonizer can be
composed of a number of sheets of glass, or mica, having between each pair strips
of glass, or mica, placed longitudinally at the sides so that each two adjacent
sheets of glass, or mica, and the strips form a cell, through which air is passed
and of which there may be any number required.
Between the strips of glass, or mica, the surface of one side of the sheets is
covered with tin foil, or other metallic electrode, sufficient space being left free
of metal at the end of each sheet of glass to avoid sparking. The electrodes are
connected in series with the secondary of the transformer.
When the apparatus is thus connected and the dynamo set in operation and a
current of air is by means of a fan, or other machine, passed through the ozonizer,
the air becomes ozonized to a considerable extent and when passed into the juice
through the perforated tubes, or coils, before mentioned whilst the juice is at the
same time heated by means of the steam tubes or coils the evaporation produced is
very great and the juice is prevented from acquiring colour on account of the
ozone. No glucose is formed during the evaporation and the temperature may
be kept as low as desirable by means of the amount of ozone, or ozonized air
passing through it.
When the juice, or syrup, reaches a density of from 30° to 32° Beaumè, if a
clear bright sugar be desired it should be passed through a filter-press, or bag
filters, and the concentration, continued in another receptacle using the ozone or
ozonized air whilst heating until the sugar point is reached.
Dated this 20th dex of Mar 1808
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Sugar.
I, EDWARD BEANES, of Moatlands, Paddock Wood, in the County of Kent,
Gentleman, 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:;-
My invention relates to the manufacture of sugar by means of ozone or ozonized
air and has for its object to render such process efficient in practical use.
I defecate the juice (either cane or beet-root) which may be done in the ordinary
way and then I run the clear juice into a receptacle in which I treat it with
ozone or ozonized air whilst the juice is under evaporation by heat. This is con-
veniently effected by two sets of tubes, or coils, one unperforated, through which
steam is passed for heating the juice, and the other perforated for the introduction
of ozone, or ozonized air preferably the latter. The ozone, or ozonised air, can
be produced by any suitable means for example by means of an alternating
dynamo electrical machine in connection with a transformer, so as to raise the
electro-motive force to from two thousand, to ten thousands volts. or more, if
desirable, the higher the number of volts with the corresponding amount of
ampères the greater the amount of ozonized air produced. The ozonizer can be
composed of a number of sheets of glass, or mica, having between each pair strips
of glass, or mica, placed longitudinally at the sides so that each two adjacent
sheets of glass, or mica, and the strips form a cell, through which air is passed,
and of which there may be any number required. Between the strips of glass,
or mica, the surface of one side of the sheet is covered with tin foil, or other
metallic electrode sufficient space being left free of metal at the end of each sheet
of glass to avoid sparking. The electrodes are connected in series with the
secondary of the transformer.
When the apparatus is thus connected and the dynamo set in operation and a
current of air is by means, of a fan, or other machine, passed through the ozonizer,
the air becomes ozonized to a considerable extent, and when passed into the juice
through the perforated tubes, or coils, before mentioned whilst the juice is at the
same time heated by means of the steam tubes, or coils, the evaporation produced
is very great and the juice is prevented from acquiring colour on account of the
ozone. No glucose is formed during the evaporation and the temperature may
be kept as low as desirable by means of the amount of ozone, or ozonized air,
passing through it I do not limit myself to the aforesaid apparatus for producing
the ozone or ozonized air.
To obtain a clear bright sugar, the juice, or syrup, when it reaches a density of
from 30° to 320 Beaumè is passed through a filter-press, or bag filters or otherwise
filtered or skimmed and then I continue the concentration of the juice, or syrup,
in another receptacle, using the ozone, or ozonized air, whilst heating, until the
sugar point is reached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is;-
In the manufacture of sugar, after defecating the juice, treating it with ozone,
or ozonized air, whilst subjected to heat and, when the juice has reached a density
of 30° to 32° Beaumé, filtering or skimming it, and afterwards continuing the

page_text: treatment by ozone, or ozonized air, and heat, until the sugar point is reached all
substantially as herein before described.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.