A MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR DRYING MALT
Year: 1833

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ELSE, of the City of Bath, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the
Fourth, by His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great
Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the Seventh day of September, in
the fourth year of His reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Richard Else, His especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Richard Else, my exors,
admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard Else, my exors,
adors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A
MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR DRYING MALT;" in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso that I, the said Richard Else, shall cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within two calendar months next and immediately after the date

page_text: of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Richard Else, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being had
to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon (that is to say):-
My Invention consists in the application of a reticulated cylinder, as will
be hereafter fully described, for more evenly drying malt.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal view of a machine or apparatus constructed
according to my Invention; Figure 2 is a cross section thereof; and in each
of these Figures the same letters of reference indicate similar parts, A being
a cylinder of wirework, having longitudinal recesses B, more clearly shown in
Figure 2, and the object of these recesses is to change the position of the malt
within the cylinder as it revolves, and thus offer different surfaces to the action
of the heated air. The manner in which I consider best to construct the
apparatus is by means of a series of hoops or ribs similar to C, on to which
the wirework is to be fastened, leaving an opening from end to end for putting
in and taking out the malt, having a cover of wirework hinged to fit the
opening.
Having now described the nature of my improvements, I will proceed to
describe the manner of using the same. I take a quantity of malt in the
state in which it would be considered ready for the kiln in the ordinary
process of making malt, and place it within the reticulated cylinder above
described, about half filling the same) and having closed the door or cover,
the cylinder is caused slowly to revolve on its axis, by which means the position
of any quantity of the malt will be continually changing, whilst at the same
time, by the cylinder A and the recesses B being wholly of open wirework,
the heated air will pass amongst the grain, and more evenly dry the same, and
the steam or vapour will pass freely off through the cylinder A. The com-
pletion of the operation of drying will be readily judged of by any competent
maltster.
I should observe that the cylinder or apparatus is to be placed within an
ordinary kiln, or in any convenient situation where the proper degree of heat
may be obtained to the same.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, I would have it under-

page_text: stood that what I claim is, the applying an apparatus consisting of a reticulated
cylinder, as above described, to the purposes of drying malt.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Else, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.