NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS. FOR DISINTEGRATING HOPS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM BARNETT of Court Street, Favershamn in the County of Kent do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS.
FOR DISINTEGRATING HOPS' to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for disintegrating or preparing hops for
brewers previous to using the same in casks or otherwise. The new or improved
apparatus consists of two spiked rollers revolving in proximity to one another but
at different surface speeds; they are mounted in bearings in suitable iron or other
frames, and are operated by gearing or other suitable mechanical devices. The
hops are passed between these rollers and are disintegrated or broken up by the
spikes thereon, the differential speeds of the said spikes facilitating the required
action.
W. H. BECK,
115, Cannon Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I, WILLIAM BARNETT, of Court Street, Faversham, in the County of Kent,
Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR DISINTEGRATING HOPS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon that is to say:—
This invention relates to apparatus for disintegrating or preparing hops for
brewers previous to using the same in casks or otherwise. The new or improved
apparatus consists of two spiked rollers revolving in proximity to one another but
at different surface speeds; they are mounted in bearings in suitable iron or other
frames and are operated by gearing or other suitable mechanical devices. The
hops are passed between these rollers and are disintegrated or broken up by the
spikes thereon, the differential speeds of the said spikes facilitating the required
action.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings show in cross section and plan
respectively an apparatus constructed in accordance with this invention. A A¹ are
the disintegrating rollers provided with spikes B B¹ preferably arranged in helical
rows. These rollers may be of wood or other material, and the spikes, which may
be of iron or other suitable material, may be driven into the said rollers or fitted
and fixed thereto in any convenient or suitable manner. The rollers are driven by
means of either the hand wheel C or the fast and loose driving pullies D D' on the
shaft E which carries the disintegrating roller A. The pinion F on the shaft E
imparts motion to the spur wheel G on the shaft H and the disintegrating roller A¹
is thus rotated at a much slower speed than the roller A and the disintegrating
action is thereby greatly facilitated. The hops are introduced into the machine
through the hopper K, the amount of feed to the rollers A A¹ being regulated by
means of the adjustable plate L and notched lever M (which are removed in
Figure 2). As the rollers revolve, and the hops are caused to pass between the
teeth and the rollers, they are broken up or disintegrated in a very short space of
time, and the hops are also in much better condition than when broken by hand or
thrashed with sticks as has been the practice heretofore.
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
The new or improved hop disintegrating or separating apparatus consisting of
the rollers A A¹ having spikes B B¹ on their circumferences and caused to
revolve at differential speeds, combined, arranged and operating substantially
as herein before described, and illustrated in the Drawings hereto annexed.