IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR USE IN CRUSHING SUGAR CANES WHICH APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE CRUSHING OF OTHER MATTERS REQUIRING SIMILAR TREATMENT SP
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Aaron Samuel Brindley of No 30 Norton Street New
Radford in the County of Nottingham and James Worsnop of N° 6 Christian
Street St George's in the East in the County of Middlesex for an Invention
of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR USE IN CRUSHING SUGAR CANES WHICH
APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE CRUSHING OF OTHER MATTERS
REQUIRING SIMILAR TREATMENT
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Aaron Samuel Brindley
and James Worsnop at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
12th March 1883.
AARON SAMUEL BRINDLEY of N° 30 Norton Street, New Radford in the County
of Nottingham and JAMES WORSNOP of N° 6 Christian Street St. George's in the
East in the county of Middlesex. " IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR USE IN
CRUSHING SUGAR CANES WHICH APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE CRUSHING
OF OTHER MATTERS REQUIRING SIMILAR TREATMENT."
Heretofore the crushing of sugar canes so far as we are informed is effected by
the parting of the canes between comparatively smooth surface rollers or between
the surfaces of rollers which are but slightly roughened to aid the holding on to
the surface of the canes under operation and the object of our invention is to
effect a secure holding of the canes or other matters to be crushed and an efficient
crushing.
For this purpose we employ rollers with surfaces fluted or corrugated, to work
two or more together with the flutes or corrugations of one roller to pass into the
recesses or corrugations of the other or others. These rollers may be straight or
bevelled and the amount of pressure exerted by them on the matters under
operation is capable of regulation by screw or other suitable adjustment applied to
their axes, and spring pressure may also be employed to afford elastic pressure when
desired.
The juice or other matters squeezed out by the pressure thus obtained is received
into suitable troughs to be conducted as desired.
Motion is given to the rollers by suitable gearing operated by steam or other
suitable power,

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Aaron Samuel Brindley and James Worsnop in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 11th September 1883.
AARON SAMUEL BRINDLEY of N° 30 Norton Street New Radford in the County
of Nottingham and JAMES WORSNOP of N° 6 Christian Street, St George's in the
East, in the County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR USE IN
CRUSHING SUGAR CANES WHICH APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE CRUSHING
OF OTHER MATTERS REQUIRING SIMILAR TREATMENT
"
Heretofore the crushing of sugar canes so far as we are informed is effected by
the passing of the canes between comparatively smooth surface rollers or between
the surfaces of rollers which are but slightly roughened to aid to holding on to
the surface of the canes under operation and the object of our invention is to
effect a secure holding of the canes or other matters to be crushed and an efficient
crushing.
For this purpose we employ rollers with surfaces fluted or corrugated to work
two or more together with the flutes or corrugations of one roller to pass into the
recesses or corrugations of the other or others. These rollers may be straight or
bevelled and the amount of pressure exerted by them on the matters under
operation is capable of regulation by screw or other suitable adjustment applied to
their axes and spring pressure may also be employed to afford elastic pressure when
desired.
The juice or other matters squeezed out by the pressure thus obtained is received
into suitable troughs to be conducted as desired.
Motion is given to the rollers by suitable gearing operated by steam or other
suitable power.
But that the invention may be the better understood we will by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings proceed to describe means pursued by us in carrying the
Figure 1 shows an external side view partly in section. Figure 2 a section and
Figure 3 a plan view of apparatus arranged according to our invention.
In each of the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding
parts.
a. a. indicates the framing of the apparatus. This framing supports the top
plate band plate e and by suitable bearings the axles or shafts c. c. on which are
formed or applied the fluted or corrugated rollers d. d. to work two or more
together with the flutes or corrugations of one roller to pass into the recesses or
corrugations of the other or others.
The rollers d. d. may be straight or bevelled and the amount of pressure exerted
by them on the matters under operation is capable of regulation by screw or other
suitable adjustment applied to their axes, and spring pressure may also be employed
to afford elastic pressure to them when desired.
Motion is given to these fluted or corrugated rollers d by tooth wheels or other
gear applied to their axes c. c. and the juice falling on to the bottom plate e is
thence conducted to suitable receiver, or receivers, placed in position for the
purpose, by a suitable channel f.
Having thus described our invention and means which we adopt in carrying the

page_text: same into effect we would have it understood that what we claim is the arranging
or combining parts forming apparatus for use in crushing, sugar canes or other
matters requiring similar treatment by the use of rollers with fluted or corrugated
surfaces substantially as described.
In witness whereof I the said James Worsnop have hereunto set my hand and
seal this tenth day of September One thousand eight hundred and eighty three.