Year: 1885

page_text: I, EDWARD WILLIAM MAY of Pelham Lodge, Shirley Road, Southampton, in
the County of Southampton, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of said
invention to be as follows:-
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The object of my invention is to manufacture an improved form of mill for
bulling rice, and other analogous purposes.
My invention consists of a vertical frame fitted with legs or standards, and
carrying a horizontal table, upon which suitable driving gear is fitted for driving
a vertical shaft, which passes through bearings in the table, and is supported below,
near the level of the ground by an adjustable bearing or step.
Underneath the table, and surrounding the shaft, I fit a horizontal stone, which
may consist of natural or artificial material. This stone is fixed and does not
revolve.
Immediately underneath the stone I fit a revolving wheel formed of metal or
other material, fixed to the vertical shaft by screws or otherwise, and revolving
therewith, and adjustable as to its position on such shaft. This wheel has on its
upper surface next to the stone, rubber or other pliable elastic material.
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The lower wheel has therefore a horizontal rotary motion, in the same plane, and
in contact with the fixed store. A funnel above the stone and converving to the
common axle receives the rice or other substance to be treated, which falls through
the stone and passes between the stone and the rubber or other elastic material.
This elastic material carries the rice with it at the same time causing the rice to
revolve in contact with the stone, whereby the rice is perfectly hulled. As the rice
is thus caused to revolve between the stone and the revolving wheel it gradually
travels towards and arrives at the periphery of the wheel from whence it is carried,
by a shoot, to any suitable receptacle below.

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The lower end of the verticle axle is sustained by a suitable bearing or step
attached to an adjustable table or other equivalent arrangement, fitted with
adjusting screws, whereby the axle and the lower revolving wheel can be raised
or lowered, and the proximity of the wheel carrying the elastic material, to the
fixed stone, can be regulated and adjusted to suit the size, qualities and require-
ments of the rice or other material to be operated upon.
By means of a transverse axle and bevel or other gear fitted to the table, the
power may be applied by hand or otherwise; or the shaft may be driven by direct
gearing without bevel gear.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Hulling Rice
and other Grain.
I EDWARD WILLIAM MAY of Pelham Lodge Shirley Road Southampton, in
the County of Southampton, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to manufacture an improved form of Mill for
hulling rice, and other analogous purposes.
My invention consists of a vertical frame, fitted with legs or standards, and
carrying a horizontal table, upon which suitable driving gear is fitted for driving
a vertical shaft, which passes through bearings in the table, and is supported below,
near the level of the ground, by an adjustable bearing or step.
Underneath the table, and surrounding the shaft, I fit a horizontal disc, formed
of wood, on the under-side of which are fastened strips of leather and rubber, the
strips being glued to the wood, and further secured thereto by an iron band. This
disc is stationary, and is not intended to revolve.
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Immediately underneath the stationary disc I fit a revolving stone, fixed to the
vertical shaft by screws or otherwise, and adjustable, as to its position, on such
shaft. The stone has therefore a horizontal rotary motion in a parallel plane; and
sufficiently distant from the leather and rubber disc to efficiently hull rice without
breaking it.
A funnel above the disc and converging to the common axle, receives the rice or
other substance to be treated, which falls through the disc, and passes between the
disc and the stone.
The stone carries the rice round, and at the same time causes the rice to revolve
in contact with the leather and rubber attached to the stationary disc, whereby the
rice is perfectly hulled. As the rice is thus caused to revolve between the stationary
disc and the revolving stone, it gradually travels towards, and arrives at, the
periphery of the stone, whence it is carried by a shoot, to any suitable receptacle
below.
The lower end of the vertical axle is.sustained by a bearing or step attached to
an adjustable table, or other equivalent arrangement, fitted with adjusting screws,
whereby the axle and the stone can be raised or lowered, and the proximity of the
stone to the stationary disc can be regulated and adjusted, to suit the size, qualities,
and requirements of the rice or other material to be operated upon.
By means of a transverse axle and bevel or other gear fitted to the table, the
power may be applied by hand or otherwise; or the shaft may be driven by direct
gearing without bevel gear.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my invention Fig. 2 is a plan of the underside of the
stationary disc, Fig. 3 is a section of the same, and Fig. 4 an edge view.
a is the stationary disc, which is fixed to the table; b is the stone which revolves
horizontally in a plane parallel to that of the fixed disc a.

page_text: c is the hopper for receiving the rice and conducting the same to the central
opening a¹ in the disc a. d is a shoot for carrying away the rice after being hulled.
e is a circular plate, for adjusting and regulating the lower end of the vertical axle,
and ensuring its perpendicular position.
ff are regulating screws by means of which the height of the vertical shaft, and
the proximity of the stone b to the disc a is regulated.
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:-
In apparatus for cleaning or hulling grain, rice, or seeds, the combination of the
stationary disc a covered with leather and rubber combined, the revolving stone b,
shoot d, and regulating footstep apparatus e f f, substantially as herein before
described and shewn on the drawings.