Manufacture of highly pure ethyl alcohol

Claim 1

THE CONTINOUS PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES FEEDING INTO THE MID-SECTION OF A PURIFYING COLUMN AN IMPURE AQUEOUS FERMENTATION ETHYL ALCOHOLIC LIQUID, HEATING SAID PURIFYING COLUMN TO DRIVE TH FUSEL OIL AND OTHER IMPURITIES TO THE TOP OF THE COLUMN, COLLECTING IMPURE AQUEOUS FUSEL OIL ON A PLATE INSIDE TH TOP OF SAID COLUMN, INTRODUCING HOT WATER INTO SAID IMPURE FUSEL OIL ON SAID PLATE IN SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO MAINTAIN THE ETHYL ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION IN THE COLUMN AT NOT ABOVE ABOUT 20% BY WEIGHT, CAUSING TH EIMPURE AQUEOUS FUSEL OIL TO SEPARATE INTO AN UPPER LAYER MAINLY COMPOSED OF FUSEL OIL AND A LOWER AQUEOUS LAYER CONTAINING IMPURITIES DECANTING THE SO-TREATED IMPURE FUSEL OIL WHILE QUIESCENT, WITHDRAWING SAID FUSEL OIL, REFLUXING THE AQUEOSUS LAYER TO THE TOP PART OF THE COLUMN, DISTILLING VAPORS CONTAINED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID PLATE TO SEPARATE THEREFROM HEAD IMPURITIES AND DISCARDING SAME, RETURNING THE BOTTOM PRODUCTS TO THE TOP OF SAID COLUMN, AND REMOVING PURIFIED ETHYL ALCOHOL FROM THE BASE OF THE PURIFYING COLUMN.