A CIRCULAR CHRAND
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Antonio Pelez, of 94, Mortimer Street, Cavendish
Square, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "A CIRCULAR
CHRAND" A communication
Sealed the 17th September 1858, and dated the 3rd April 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Antonio Pelez at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd April
1858.
I, ANTONIO PELEZ, of 94, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
CIRCULAR CUTTER," a communication, to be as follows:-
A, A, presents the longitudinal section of the circular cutter intended for
cutting fine all kinds of fruits, grain, seeds, pulse, &c., used in domestic
economy as well for eatables as for forage, excepting the overplus from the
rollers a, a, a, a.
The present Drawing shows the double apparatus, consequently producing
a double quantity in the same space of time. As to barley, for instance, each
grain is divided into two parts, which passing through the rollers No. 1, 2,
pearl barley is produced. If this be performed with care a given quantity of
barley supplies a quantity of pearl barley, being double the quantity produced
by the old methods. B are the reservoirs for the chopped substances. A,
lateral or transverse cut from A, A, representing the roller a, a, with its
hollow parts indented; it has a collector c, c, to prevent the seeds lodged in

page_text: the hollow places a, a, of the rollers from passing through, and may be there
cut again by the blades a¹, a', a¹, a', which are circular. In order to give to
this combination at once the resistance and elasticity necessary to deal with
substances of different nature, the cross b, b, (v, b, b, in A, A,) receives the
pressure of the springs X, X, X, X, which can be strengthened or regulated
by the assistance of the screws 2, 2, 2, 2. n, n, n, n, are rollers which can
move up and down in a groove of the frame v, v, v, v, in case any small
stones should get under the blades a¹, a', a¹, a', which they might injure.
i, i, i, i, are the upper combining parts of the frame or sash u, v, v, v, fixed
by the assistance of the screws 8, 8, 8, 8, in order to facilitate the taking to
pieces of all the parts as seen in A, A. K, K, are the funnels which receive
the seeds through p. p, p, p, upon the rollers a, a, a, a. In q, q, q, q, is a
second regulator which manages the distributing of substances upon the rollers
a, a, a, a, insuring the regular placing of the seed in the hollow places a, a, a, a.
In D, D, D, D, are shown the screw springs acting on the levers F, F, F, F,
during the movement of the wheels, the axles of which are indicated in o, o, o, o.
a², a, are pinions catching in the wheels a³, a³, a³, a³. The dotted circle a', a',
shows the junction of the strap pulley with the pinion a³. The motive power
may be indifferently mechanical or animal, whether the arm of man, horse,
water, or steam. v, v, v, v, are iron supporters which attach the reservoir
funnel K, K, K, K, to the wooden H, H.
9, 9, are the pads of the axles of the wheels and rollers seen in A'. A2, A3,
view of the plan of Drawings AA, and A', as above explained, the same
letters explain the same details in these three projections A A, A¹, and
A², A².
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Antonio Pelez in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
23rd September 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ANTONIO
PELEZ, of 9A, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Antonio Pelez, Her special licence that I, the said Antonio Pelez, my execu-

page_text: tors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Antonio
Pelcz, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A CIRCULAR CUTTER," (a communi-
cation,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Antonio Pelez,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Antonio Pelez, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say):-
A, A, presents the longitudinal section of the circular cutter intended for
cutting fine all kinds of fruits, grain, seeds, pulse, &c.; used in domestic eco-
nomy, as well as for eatables as for forage, without requiring the rollers to be
changed a, a, a, a.
The present Drawing shows the double apparatus, consequently producing a
double quantity in the same space of time, barley for instance, cach grain is
divided into two parts, which passing through the rollers No. 1-2, pearl barley
is produced. If this be performed with care a certain quantity of barley would
give about double the quantity of pearl barley than produced by the old
method.
B, the reservoirs for the chopped substances. A¹, lateral or transverse cut
from A, A, representing the roller a, a, with its hollow parts indented; it has a
cover or cap c, c, to prevent the seeds lodged in the hollow places a, a, of the
roller from passing through, in order that they may be there cut again by the
blades a¹, a¹, a', a', which are circular, in order to give to this combination at
once the resistance and elasticity necessary to deal with substances of different
nature; the crosses b, b, (see b, b, in the Fig. A, A,) receives the pressure of the
springs X, X, X, X, which can be regulated by means of the screws r, r, r,r;
u, u, u, u, are rollers which can move up and down in a groove of the frame
v, v, v, v, in case any small stones should get under the blades a', a', a', a',
which they might injure.
i, i, i, i, are the upper parts of the frame or sash v, v, v, v, fixed by the

page_text: assistance of the screws 3, 3, 5, s, in order to facilitate the taking to pieces of
all the parts as seen in A, A.
K, K, the funnels which receive the seeds, through p, p, p, p, upon the
rollers a, a, a, a. In q, q, q, q, is a second regulator for distributing the sub-
stances upon the roller a, a, a, a, insuring the regular placing of the seeds, &c.
in the hollow place a, a, a, a.
d, d, d, d, represents the screw springs acting on the levers F, F, F, F,
during the movement of the wheels of the axles which are represented by
0, 0, 0, 0; a, a, are pinions catching in the cog wheels a³, a³, a³, a³. The
dotted circle a, a, shows the junction of the strap pulley with the pinion a².
The motive power may be either horse, water, steam, or the arm of man.
u, u, v, v, are iron fastenings which attach the receiving funnel K, K, K, K,
to the wooden frame H, H; g, g, are the cushions of the axles of the wheels
and rollers seen in A¹. A2, A3, the plan of the Drawings A, A, & A', as
above explained. The same letters refer to the same parts in all three of
the plans A A-A, & A², A.
In witness whereof, I, the said Antonio Pelez, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 22th day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
ANTONIO PELEZ. (L.S.)