IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE TREATMENT OF THE HOP PLANT IN ORDER TO CURE OR STOP THE SPREAD OF MOULD' AND OTHER DISEASES THEREON."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas James Wall, of Laura Place, Southampton, in
the County of Hants, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE TREATMENT OF THE HOP PLANT IN
ORDER TO CURE OR STOP THE SPREAD OF MOULD' AND OTHER DISEASES
THEREON."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas James Wall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th December 1880.
THOMAS JAMES WALL, of Laura Place, Southampton, in the County of Hants.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE TREATMENT
OF THE HOP PLANT IN ORDER TO CURE OR STOP THE SPREAD OF 'MOULD' AND
OTHER DISEASES THEREON."
The Invention has for its object improvements in machinery or apparatus
employed in the treatment of the hop plant in order to cure or stop the spread of
"mould" and other diseases thereon.
For this purpose I construct a frame or chamber supported upon wheels, and
provided with handles to enable the same to be wheeled about by hand, or it may
be provided with necessary attachments to enable the same to be drawn about by
animal or other power.
In the lower part of the frame or chamber I provide a small furnace or fire place,
and above the latter place a tray supplied with sulphur or other material or
composition of such a character that in burning it will give off fumes which, when
coming into contact with the plant, will cure or stop the spread of "mould" and
other diseases thereon.
On the axis of the supporting wheels or on one of the latter I fix a toothed
wheel, which gears with and gives motion to toothed pinions on the axes of fan
wheels, preferably four, mounted in pairs on two shafts, and so arranged and
formed as to draw the fumes from the interior of the frame or chamber and throw
them outwards from each side of the machine or apparatus on to the plants;
suitable openings are provided in the frame or chamber to support combustion
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page_text: and to enable the fumes to pass out therefrom to the fan wheels, whilst other
openings are provided to give access to the fire and to the tray.
Means are also provided for throwing the apparatus into and out of gear when
required.
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I also mount removeably on the top of the aforesaid machine or apparatus an
ordinary "sulphuring machine," but I form an opening or openings in the top of
the aforesaid frame or chamber to supply heated air to the said sulphuring
machine," whereby the latter is caused to direct a stream of heated air on to the
plants, instead of a stream of cold air as heretofore.
I prefer however to mount the fan wheel of the "sulphuring machine" on the
axis of one pair of the fan wheels before described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas James Wall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th June 1881.
THOMAS JAMES WALL, of Laura Place, Southampton, in the County of Hants. 1
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE TREATMENT
OF THE HOP PLANT IN ORDER TO CURE OR STOP THE SPREAD OF 'MOULD' AND
OTHER DISEASES THEREON."
The Invention has for its object improvements in machinery or apparatus
employed in the treatment of the hop plant in order to cure or stop the spread of
"mould" and other diseases thereon.
For this purpose I construct a frame or chamber supported upon wheels and
provided with handles to enable the same to be wheeled about by hand, or it may
be provided with necessary attachments to enable the same to be drawn about by
animal or other power.
In the frame or chamber, preferably in the lower part thereof, I provide a small
furnace or fire place, and above the latter or at any suitable place in connection
therewith I place a tray supplied with sulphur or other material or composition
of such a character that in heating or burning it will give off fumes together with
small particles of the sulphur or other material or composition which, when coming
into contact with the plant, will tend to cure or stop the spread of "mould" and
other diseases thereon.
On the axis of the supporting wheels or on one of the latter I fix a toothed
wheel, which gears with and gives motion to toothed pinions on the axes of fan
wheels, preferably four, mounted in pairs on two shafts, and so arranged and
formed as to draw the fumes together, with small particles of the sulphur or other
material or composition from the interior of the frame or chamber, and throw them
outwards from the machine or apparatus on to the plants; suitable openings are
provided in the frame or chamber to support combustion in the furnace or fire
place, and to enable the fumes together with small particles of the sulphur or other

page_text: Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Figure 2 is a vertical cross section on the
line 1, 1, of Figure 1, representing my improvements in machinery or apparatus
employed in the treatment of the hop plant, and Figure 3 is a side elevation of
an ordinary sulphuring machine, minus its usual carriage and driving gear; like
parts are marked with similar letters of reference in all the Figures.
a, a, is the framing of the machine; b is the supporting and driving axle ; and
c, c, are the supporting wheels, one of which is by preference keyed to the shaft
or axis b whilst the other runs loosely thereon; d¹, d, are two pairs of fans, which
work in short open ended cylinders a' fixed in the sides of the framing a; such
fans d', d', are fixed one at each end of the shafts or axes d, d*, and receive rotary
motion in any convenient manner from the driving axle b. Such rotary motion
may be given to the fans d¹, d', in the following manner :-
On the axle b is fixed a toothed wheel e which gears into and gives rotary
motion to a toothed pinion f¹ fixed on a shaft or axle f, on which is, also fixed a
chain wheel, which latter by a chain h passing partly around the same and partly
around a chain wheel d² fixed on the shaft or axle d, gives motion to such latter
shaft, which in its turn gives motion to the shaft or axle d* by means of a chain i
passing partly around the chain wheel d³ fixed on the shaft or axle d, and partly
around a chain wheel d fixed on the shaft or axle d. The arrangement of
gearing described in my Provisional Specification may however be employed in
lieu of the above, but I prefer that above described. k is a fire place or furnace
which may be of any convenient construction, and to which air is admitted through
a grating or openings in the bottom or sides of the framing a, or through the
door l, and m is a tray on which sulphur or other suitable material is placed as
may be required. This tray m is shown placed above the fire place or furnace k,
but may be otherwise placed so long as the heat from the fire is caused to act
upon the material placed in the tray m. When using sulphur the heat of the fire
acting thereon is generally so regulated as to prevent combustion of the sulphur,
and this regulation of temperature is further secured by means of slides n above the
furnace or fire place, which are so arranged as to enable the heat from the fire to
be more or less intercepted as may be required.
The tray m can be inserted and removed through an aperture covered by the
door o to enable a fresh supply of sulphur or other material to be placed thereon;

page_text: pare handles by which the machine can be wheeled and steered by hand, and g
represents one of a pair of links by which animal or other power can be attached.
If desired a separate sulphuring machine of the ordinary character, minus its
usual carriage and driving gear, such as that represented at Figure 3, may be
mounted and fixed on or in the top of the machine hereinbefore described, in which
case motion may be communicated to the 'fan wheel thereof by a chain band or
gearing operated by one of the shafts d, d*, but I prefer to combine the sulphuring
machine with the machinery or apparatus herein before described in the manner
shown at Figures 1 and 2, in which case I mount the fan wheel of the sulphuring
machine on the axis d*, and motion is given to the axis s of the sulphuring machine
by means of the toothed wheel e on the axis b gearing into a toothed wheel s¹ on
the axis s of the circular brush 82, which latter in revolving throws sulphur
through an opening into the casing t, from which it is forced out by the fan wheel r
through the openings t¹.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-Fire is made in the furnace or fire
place k and sulphur or other suitable material is placed on the tray m, then on the
machine being moved forward the fumes together with small particles of the
sulphur or other material or composition rising from the contents of the tray m,
together with the heated air and products of combustion from the fire, will be
thrown out sideways from the machine by the fans d³, d, and if the sulphuring
machine is being used, powdered sulphur or other material or composition will be
projected from the openings t¹ of the sulphuring machine on to the plants.
Means are provided for throwing the fans d', d', into and out of gear with the
driving wheel, and if desired similar means may be provided for throwing the
sulphuring machine into and out of gear with the rest of the apparatus, thus
enabling the combined machine to be wheeled about without giving motion to
any part of the apparatus, and enabling the fans d', d, to be worked when
required without operating the sulphuring machine.
I have not thought it necessary to show the above arrangements in the Drawings,
as such will be well understood by a competent mechanic from the above
description.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode in which
I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details herein shown and described, as such may be varied
without departing from the peculiar character of my Invention, but what I do claim
is the improved machinery or apparatus provided with a fire place or furnace, a
tray to contain sulphur or other material to be heated or burned, and with fans
for throwing off the fumes together with particles of sulphur, or other material or
composition and heated air from the machine against or amongst the plants, such
fans being put in motion by the act of wheeling the machine about, and by the aid
of suitable connections from the driving wheel, all substantially as herein shown
and described, and I also claim the above in combination with the operative parts
of a sulphuring machine, substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas James Wall, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.