IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF MALT
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert and Company, Patent
Agents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION
OF MALT, to be as follows:-
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This invention has for its object to ensure a uniform and simultaneous
germination of every individual grain of barley in the production of malt.
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For this purpose the barley, which is treated and heaped up on the floor in the
usual manner, is sprinkled over with a fine spray by means of which the water is
so finely divided over the heaps of barley that the grains while not rendered too
moist are not in immediate contact with the open air and consequently prevented
from becoming dry too rapidly which would arrest the germination of the grains.
The spray is produced by the combination of a current of compressed air and
a spray of water at a temperature which may be regulated according to given
circumstances.
The spray may be produced by means of any suitable apparatus adapted to
produce a fine spray and to control the feed of air and water."
If the spray is applied after each working of the floor, the grains on the surface
of the heap are thus sufficiently moistened and at the same time prevented from
contact with the open air.
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page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert and Company, Patent
Agents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION
OF MALT," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The process for causing the germination of barley, hitherto applied in the
production of malt, has the drawback, that the greater part of the barley on the
surface of the heaps spread in malt-cellars or on malt floors is prevented from
germinating, owing to the too rapid drying of the grains, in consequence of the
unlimited contact with the air, thus constituting a serious loss. In order to avoid
this loss, water is usually poured on the surface of the heaps spread out for
germinating, which expedient is, however, incomplete and under certain circum-
stances even more harmful than the drawback above mentioned.
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This invention has for its object to ensure a uniform, complete and simultaneous
germination of every individual grain of barley.
For this purpose the barley, which is treated and heaped up on the floor in the
usual manner, is sprinkled over with a fine spray, by means of which the water is
so finely divided over the heaps of barley that the grains, without being rendered
too moist, are not in immediate contact with the atmospheric air and consequently
prevented from drying too rapidly, which would arrest the germination.
The spray is produced by the combination of a current of compressed air and
a jet of water at a temperature which may be regulated according to given
circumstances.
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The spray may be obtained by means of, any suitable apparatus adapted to
produce a fine spray and to control the feed of air and water.
If the spray is applied after each working of the floor, the grains or seeds on the
surface of the heaps are sufficiently moistened and at. the same time cut off from
immediate contact with the atmospheric air. In this manner even barley which
has not been sufficiently steeped may be caused to germinate uniformly.
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 :
Applying a fine spray of compressed air and water upon the surface of the grain
or seed in malt cellars, germinating apparatus and analogous places, for the purpose
of obtaining a uniform germination.