Improvements in Apparatus for Solidifying Spirits.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 1st July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Solidifying Spirits.
I, HEINRICH HEMPEL, of No. 6, Gneisenaustrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
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The present invention consists of an apparatus for producing spirits in solid
form, according to a process described in another Patent Application, viz.
No. 1843 A.D. 1899.
The object of the apparatus is to prevent loss of the product by evaporation and
furthermore to enable the finished product to be drawn off in a warm and con-
sequently fluid condition from the still.
In order to render the present specification more easily intelligible reference is
had to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters of reference denote
similar parts throughout the several views:
Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the whole apparatus and Fig. 2 a detail
section drawn to a larger scale of the condensing vessel.
The apparatus comprises the following parts:
A still 6 having stirrer mechanism w therein with crank handle k to turn the
same and a fore-warming receptacle r, having the condensing vessel s mounted
therein and a gauge glass m on the outside, an outlet pipe with cock h¹ from
the forewarming receptacle to the still, a steam jacket o round the lower part
of the still having a sleeve extending round and embracing the outlet cock h*
for, the resulting warm mass, steam inlet d to the steam jacket, inlet opening a
for the pulverous mass used to produce the spirit in solid form as particularly
described in my patent application above referred to, a vapour outlet-pipe
having domen at its point of juncture with the still and leading through the
fore-warming receptacle to and through the cover of the condensing vessel v, said
piper, opening downwardly into the said vessel at a level slightly below the level
of the overflow pipe of said vessel as will be seen from Figure 2. The cover
of the condensing vessel is further provided with a spirit inlet pipe connection r
with cock h The outlet pipe from the lower part of the condensing vessel 18
provided with a cock 3 and opens into the still advantageously through the
cover of the same, the overflow pipe u of the condensing vessel opens into the
interior of the fore-warming receptacle v. The latter is provided with a dome z,
from which a return pipe extends upwardly, said pipe being indicated by f and
being of sufficient length to condense any vapours which may rise in the same
from the receptacle and return them in liquid form to the said receptacle.
The device operates in the following manner:
The pulverous mass for making the solid spirits, produced according to my
patent application above referred to, is introduced into the still through the
opening a and the latter then closed. The cock h of the spirit feed pipe r is
now opened and spirit allowed to flow into the condensing vessels and overflow
into the receptacle through pipe u The condensing vessel will thus be kept
filled to a constant level viz. the height of the overflow pipe and the amount of

page_text: spirits allowed to flow through to may be ascertained and regulated by means
of the gauge glass m. When the receptacle is sufficiently full, the cock h¹ is
opened and about one third of the contents of the receptacle v allowed to flow into
the still b. The steam valve d is then opened and the still heated, thus causing
the pulverous mass above mentioned to be completely dissolved in the spirits.
The waste water from the steam jacket may run off at o¹. By turning the
handle the stirrer mechanism is set in motion and kept going during the
process of dissolution. The spirits vaporised by the heat and stirring operation
pass off through the dome n and piper into the condensing vessel a where it
condenses. As soon as the contents of the still 6 have been perfectly dissolved,
the cock h¹ is opened and the whole contents of the receptacle allowed to run
The
into the still, the stirrer mechanism being again kept going the while
spirit vapours formed in the still will pass as specified through and r to the
vessels where they are condensed, the surplus contents of the said vessel over-
flowing into v Owing to the peculiar construction of the condensers, the
vapours passing through the pipe will always be condensed in s under a
The level of the
constant pressure, whether the receptacle is full or empty.
liquid in the condensing vessel is always constant owing to the feed of vapour
through and the overflow u, whilst the arrangement of the end of the pipe r
elightly below the level of the overflow pipe causes all the vapours entering the
vessels to pass into the liquid therein.
The finished product, which hardens very quickly is drawn off from the still
at, the outlet pipe being surrounded by the steam jacket to ensure that the
whole of the product remains fluid until it is out of the still.
After the still has been allowed to cool, the cocks h¹ and ³ are opened and
the contents of the vessels and the receptacle allowed to flow into the still,
whence they may be drawn off through h².
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what
I claim is:-
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1 Apparatus for preparing spirits in solid form characterised by a still b
having stirrer mechanism therein and by a fore-warming receptacle v, mounted
at a higher level than the still, and having a condensing vessels therein and
means for conducting the vapours rising from the heated still to the said con-
denser and for retaining the level of the liquid in the latter at a constant height,
and for otherwise connecting up the still and condenser in the manner substan-
tially as described.
2: The combination of a condensing vessel having the inlet pipe and the
pipe from the still taken through the cover thereof and an overflow, pipe and
an outlet pipe taken through the bottom thereof, said pipes being so arranged
that the liquid entering through the inlet pipe will first fill the condensing
vessel to the level of the overflow pipe and then pass into the fore-warming
receptacle, the mouth of the vapour pipe being closed by the liquid in the con-
densing vessel and kept constantly closed thereby, until the apparatus is stopped
and the contents drawn off as specified
3: The combination of a steam jacket to the still having a part prolonged
to surround the outlet pipe of the said still substantially as described
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, WC., Agents for the Applicant.