William t

(No Model.)
W. T. J EBB.
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS‘TOR MANUFACTURING DISTIL‘LED SPIRITS
FROM GRAIN.
No. 254,330.
Patented Feb.'Z8,1882.
‘ UNITED STATES ' PATENT _'OFFICE.
WILLIAM T. JEBB, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DlSTlLLED SPIRITS FROM GRAIN.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,339, dated February 28, 1882,
.
Application ?led January 24, 1882. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern :
Be it known that I, \VILLIAM T. J EBB, of the
city of Buffalo,in the county of Erie and State
_
‘
other suitable agitator, whereby the material 50
'
. .
is thoroughly mixed.
O is a shaking or other suitable separator,
of New York, have invented a new and useful which receives the ground grain from the agi
Improvement in the Method of and Apparatus tating-tub B, and whereby the starch-water is
forManufacturingDistilled Spirits from Grain,
of which the following is a speci?cation.
_
This invention relates to an improvement in
the artot'producingdistilledspiritstrom grain,
10
and more especially to a method of treating
separated from the bran and other coarse ma
terial, the starch-water passing through the
meshes of the shaking-sieve and the coarse ma
terial escaping over the tail thereof. The
starch-water is collected in a trough, D, under
the grain,in which the bran is ?rst separated the sieve, and conducted by a'pipe, (I, either
from the starchy portions of the grain,and the directly to the mash-tub E or to a suitable re 60
latter are mashed, fermented, and distilled ceiver, from which it is drawn from time to
alone, whereby the contamination‘ of the spir time into the mash-tub. In the latter the
its with fusel-oil and other deleterious sub starch-water is mixed with the requisite quan
stances contained in or derived from the outer
of crushed malt, small grains, or glucose,
portions‘ of the grain is to a- large extent tity
and mashed in a well-known manner. The
avoided, and the o?'al or feed preserved in a mash is discharged into the fermenting-tubs G,
more useful condition, as more fully described
20
in Letters Patent of the United States No.
. 243,910, granted to Thomas A. J ebb and my
self July 5, 1881.
The object of the present invention is to util
ize for the production of spirits the starchy and
from which the fermented beer is conducted to
the still, in which the spirits are distilled off, as
usual.
‘
H represents a grinding-mill or other reduc
70
ing apparatus which receives the bran and
other coarse matter from the separator O, and
25 other useful matter which may adhere to or be in which this material is further reduced, if
mingled with the separated bran; and my in this is found necessary. ‘
vention consists, to that end, principally in
I is an agitating-tub which receives the ma 75
mashing, fermenting, and distilling the sepa terial
from the grinding-mill H, and in which
rated bran, whereby the spirits produced there the material
is ?rst thoronghlymixedandthen
from are recovered as a separate product, ‘and
the contamination of the main portion of the
discharged into a mash-tub, K. In the latter
tub the material is mashed separately and then 80
spirits with this inferior quality of spirits is conducted
into separate fermenting-tubs L,
avoided.
. from which the fermented material is drawn off
The accompanying drawing represents a sec and distilled separately.
35 tional elevation of the apparatus employed in
It is obvious that the mash-tub E and the
manufacturing spirits according to my im fermenting-tubs
G may be employed for mash 85
proved method.
ing
and
fermenting
the bran, if the operations
.A represents a grinding-mill or other reduc of mashing and fermenting the starch-water
in g apparatus which receives the grain from a
and the bran are carried on alternately.
spout, a. The‘latter connects with a steep tub,
my improved method the greater portion
preferably of the construction shown and de of By
the
elements of the grain
scribed in Letters Patent of the United States is ?rst spirit-producing
separated from the bran, and the spir 9O
No. 240,907, granted to Thomas A. J ebb and its produced from this portion of the material
myself May 3, 1881, and in which the grain are therefore free from the deleterious sub
45 is softened before it is fed to the reducing ap stances
which are liberated duringthefermen
paratus A.
.
tation and distillation of the bran. As the lat 95
B is a receivin g-tub,which collects the ground
ter is, however, mashed, fermented, and dis
grain from one or more of the mills A, and tilled,
the useful substances contained therein
which is provided with a rotating stirrer or are also
utilized and \recovered in the form of
2
254,330
an inferior quality of spirits, which are more or
from the bran, then mashing, fermenting, and
less contaminated by the deleterious substances
referred to, and which have to be removed by
recti?cation. However, the loss of any portion
of the spirits-producing constituent parts of
the grain is avoided, and the full yield of spir
distilling the starchy portions, then regrinding
tilling the ground bran separately, substan 25
its is obtained.
suitable grinding-mill whereby the grain is
I claim as my invention
1. As an improvement in the art of manu
10
the bran, and mashing, fermenting, and dis
tially as set forth.
3. In an apparatus for manufacturing dis
tilled spirits from grain, the combination of a
reduced, a receiving-tub, a separator whereby
facturing distilled spirits from grain, the here the bran and other coarse offal is separated.
in-described method, which consists in first from the starchy substances, a receiver in which
moistening the grain, then reducing it, then the starchy substances are collected, a suita
separatingv the starchy portion of the grain ble con veyer for the bran and other coarse offal,
from the bran, and then mashing, fermenting, a regrinding-mill therefor, and suitable mash
and distilling the starchy portions and the bran
separately, as set forth. .
and fermenting tubs, and connecting-conduits,
substantially. as set forth.
2. As an improvement in the art of manu
facturing distilled spirits from grain, the here
in-described method, which consists in ?rst
20
moistening the grain, then reducing it, then
separating the starchy portion of the grain
WILLIAM T. JEBB.
Witnesses:
JOHN TULLY,
WADE ANDREWS.

Download Report