AN IMPROVED CONCEPCION OF BOLTED PAD DIRECTA LANDSTRUC OF BOLTER FOR DRESSING FLOUR
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Bradford Morris, of Stanley End, William
Bright Price, of Dudbridge, and John Lane George, of Cainscross, all
near Stroud, in the County of Gloucester, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED CONCEPCION OF BOLTED PAD DIRECTA LAND"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Bradford Morris,
William Bright Price, and John Lane George at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 16th June 1864.
We, GEORGE BRADFORD MORRIS, of Stanley End, WILLIAM BRIGHT PRICE,
of Dudbridge, and JOHN LANE GEORGE, of Cainscross, all near Stroud, in the
County of Gloucester, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF BOLTER FOR DRESSING FLOUR," to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is to ensure an equable distribution of meal
over the entire surface of the bolter cloth, and to discharge at the end of the
bolter any extraneous matters that the meal may contain, by which means we
not only diminish the wear and tear of the bolting cloths, but greatly expedite
the dressing of the meal. To this end, instead of using the ordinary shallow
net at the feed end of the bolter to screen and distribute the meal as it is fed
to the bolter, we insert inside the reel or framing of the bolter a taper tube of
netting extending from end to end thereof or nearly so. This tube is open at
both ends, and for convenience is composed of longitudinal sections sewn
together, the radial arms of the reel passing between the seams. The tube

page_text: of netting is held open by metal rings at its extremities, the larger ring being
provided with tenter hooks on to which the netting is caught. The tension
of the tube is maintained at various points by means of strings attached to the
reel. As the meal is fed into the bolter it will be distributed over the inner
surface of the bolting cloth, and any extraneous matters entering with the
meal will be discharged at the tail end of the tube.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Bradford 'Morris, William Bright Price, and John
Lane George in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th December
.1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, wė, GEORGE
BRADFORD MORRIS, of Stanley End, WILLIAM BRIGHT PRICE, of Dudbridge,
and JOHN LANE GEORGE, of Cainscross, all near Stroud, in the County of
Gloucester, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said George Bradford Morris, William Bright Price, and John Lane
George, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we,
the said George Bradford Morris, William Bright Price, and John Lane
George, our 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 "AN IM-
PROVED CONSTRUCTION OF BOLTER FOR DRESSING FLOUR," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said George Bradford Morris, William Bright
Price, and John Lane George, by an instrument in writing under our hands
and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, should particularly describe
and ascertain 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said George Bradford Morris, William
Bright Price, and John Lane George do hereby declare the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference.
being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures
marked thereon (that is to say):-
The object of our Invention is to ensure an equable distribution of meal
over the entire surface of the bolter cloth, and to discharge at the end of the
bolter any extraneous matters that the meal may contain, by which means we
not only diminish the wear and tear of the bolting cloth but greatly expedite
the dressing of the meal. To this end instead of using the ordinary shallow
net at the feed end of the bolter for screening and distributing the meal as it
is fed to the bolter, we feed the meal to the bolter through a taper tube of
netting which is inserted inside the reel or framing of the bolter, and is
open at both ends, and extends from end to end of the bolter or nearly so.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 shews in side view a bolting cylinder
fitted with a tubular net according to our Invention, the cloth of the cylinder
being removed in order to exhibit the interior arrangement, and Fig. 2 is an
end view of the same.
A is the reel, constructed in the usual manner of longitudinal bars braced
together by a transverse ring at head and radial arms, and thus forming a
skeleton cylinder. This cylinder or reel is mounted on an inclined shaft B,
and is covered by the ordinary bolting cloth; within this reel is placed the
taper tube of netting C, which for convenience is composed of longitudinal
sections sewn together. Through the seams of this netting the radial arms of
the reel project. The tube of netting C is held open and kept at tension by
means of tenter hooks driven into the transverse ring at the head of the
reel (on to which the netting is caught) and by a series of metal rings of
graduated sizes at convenient distances apart (say ten inches) threaded
through the meshes of the net. The tube is maintained in a central position in
the reel by means of tightening cords passing from the rings to the longitudinal
bars or ribs.
It will now be understood that on rotary motion being given to the bolter
by means of a strap on the driving pulley E, keyed to the shaft B, the meal
as it is fed into the bolter will be screened by the netting, and distributed over
the whole or the greater portion of the inner surface of the bolting cloth, and
that any extraneous matters contained in and entering with the meal, instead
of accumulating in the netting and interfering with its action, will pass down

page_text: the tube C and be discharged at the tail end thereof into any suitable
receptacle.
Having now set forth the nature of our Invention of "An Improved Con-
struction of Bolter for Dressing Flour, and explained the manner of carrying
the same into effect, we wish it to be understood that under the above in part
recited Letters Patent we claim, the means above described for screening the
meal, and distributing it over the bolting cloth, and discharging extraneous
matters from the bolter.
In witness whereof, we, the said George Bradford Morris, William Bright
Price, and John Lane George, have hereunto set our hands and seals,
the Fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
WILLIAM BRIGHT PRICE.
JOHN LANE GEORGE.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)
GEORGE BRADFORD MORRIS. (L.S.)