IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC BREWING APPARATUS."
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Job Brecknell, of 98, Hill Street, Peckham, in the
County of Surrey, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF DOMESTIC BREWING APPARATUS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Job Brecknell at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st September 1877.
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JOB BRECKNELL, of 98, Hill Street, Peckham, in the County of Surrey. IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC BREWING APPARATUS."
My Invention has for its object certain improvements in the construction of
brewing apparatus, whereby not only is very great economy secured, but also great
simplicity in working.
I propose, in carrying out my Invention, to arrange each distinct vessel or vat
above one another, the wort boiler being placed on the ground floor or level, next
comes the mash tun or section, and above this again the water boiler; by so doing
not only can a communication be readily established from one vessel to another, but
also the temperature of the mash tun regulated as required.
I propose also to fit a cold water jacket around the wort boiler, by which means
its contents can readily be cooled, and I may cover the boiler and mash tun with
felt or some other non-conducting material.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawings is shewn a sectional elevation of my
apparatus, A being the water boiler; B is the mash tun; C, the wort boiler;
D, gas
or Bunsen burner; E, air tube; F, gas pipe; G, pipe leading from boiler A to
mash tun B; H, coil; I, steam pipe; K, betwell or outlet valve.
The water having been heated in the boiler A is allowed to pass down through
the pipe G into the coil H, whence it flows out upon the grain in the mash tun B.
It is then drawn out from this tun B through the betwell or valve K, into the wort
boiler C below. Steam is then driven from out the boiler A down the pipe I into
the wort, until the whole becomes sufficiently heated. After this operation the

page_text: wort is cooled down and drawn off to ferment, or the fermentation may be carried
on in the vessel C.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Job Brecknell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th March
1878.
JOB BRECKNELL, of 98, Hill Street, Peckham, in the County of Surrey. "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC BREWING APPARATUS."
My Invention has for its object certain improvements in the construction of
brewing apparatus, whereby not only is very great economy secured, but also great
simplicity in working.
I propose, in carrying out my Invention, to arrange each distinct vessel or vat
above one another, the wort boiler being placed on the ground floor or level, next
comes the mash tun, and above this again the water boiler; by so doing not only can
a communication be readily established from one vessel to another, but also the
temperature of the mash tun regulated as required.
I propose also to fit a cold water jacket around the wort boiler, by which means
its contents can readily be cooled, and I may cover the boiler and mash tun
with felt, or some other non-conducting material. I also propose to apply gas to
the bottom of the wort boiler, through the perforated plate on the top of the
chamber containing the supply of gas, by which means I can boil the wort without
the aid of steam, if I desire, and the steam pipe I may be removed.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawings is shewn a sectional elevation of my
apparatus, A being the water boiler; B is the mash tun; C, the wort boiler; D, gas or
Bunsen burner; E, air tube; F, gas pipe; G, pipe leading from boiler A to mash
tun B; H, coil; I, steam pipe; K, betwell or outlet valve.
The water having been heated in the boiler A is allowed to pass down the pipe
G into the coil H, through perforations which can be opened or shut at pleasure,
or down the inner pipe, by removing a portable cap on the end of the pipe. I can
also use the coil H as a sparger if required. The wort is then drawn out from the
tun B, through the betwell K, into the wort boiler C below. Steam can then be
driven from out the boiler A down the pipe I into the wort or otherwise, the gas
used until the whole becomes sufficiently heated. After this operation the wort is
cooled down and drawn off to ferment, or the fermentation may be carried on in the
vessel C.
Be it known also that I, Job Brecknell, claim as my Invention the errection
of a complete brewing apparatus in one structure.
As witness my hand and seal, this 25 day of March, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight,
JOB BRECKNELL. (L.S.)