IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MASHING AND STIRRING APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN BREWING, DISTILLING, AND OTHER LIKE PROCESSES.
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Philip Ronayne Conron, of Lewisham, in the
County of Kent, for the Invention of “IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MASHING
AND STIRRING APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN BREWING, DISTILLING, AND OTHER
LIKE PROCESSES.".
Sealed the 4th October 1872, and dated the 20th July 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Philip Ronayne Conron
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 20th July 1872.
I, PHILIP RONAYNE CONRON, of Lewisham, in the County of Kent,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MASHING AND STIRRING APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN BREWING, DISTILLING, AND
OTHER LIKE PROCESSES," to be as follows:-
It is well known that the rakes at present employed for stirring and
agitating the malt or other matters contained in the mash tun and other
similar apparatus do not act so effectually as to stir up the grain or
other matters (which subside and form a layer) upon the bottom surface
of the mash tun or other similar vessels where such stirring rakes are
employed, the consequence being that the holes through which the

page_text: liquor drains becomes covered, charged, and clogged with the grain and
other matters, thus preventing the outflow of the liquor.
Now the object of my improvements is so to construct the end of
the rake that it will act upon the bottom surface of the mash tun or
other like vessel and sweep aside the grain and other matters, thus
clearing the holes and permitting the liquor to flow away through them,
effecting at the same time a more perfect agitation of the contents of
the vessel, thereby saving time in the operation. The malt or other
materials may in consequence of my improvements be ground finer, the
"setting" being avoided, a larger yield being also obtained from the
materials used.
For this purpose according to my improvements I apply a flexible strip
or brush of pliable material to the end of cach arm of the rake
(vulcanized india-rubber being found the most suitable), which in its
revolution sweeps aside and effectually stirs up the grain and other
matters contained in mash tuns or other similar vessels in which such
apparatus is or may be employed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Philip Ronayne Conron in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th January 1873.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PHILIP
RONAYNE CONRON, of Lewisham, in the County of Kent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Philip Ronayne Conron, Her special license
that I, the said Philip Ronayne Conron, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Philip Ronayne Conron, my
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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MASHING AND STIRRING APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN BREWING, DISTILLING, AND

page_text: OTHER LIKE PROCESSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Philip Ronayne Conron, my executors or administrators, by an in-
strument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
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.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Philip Ronayne Conron, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, that is to say :—
It is well known that the rakes at present employed for stirring and
agitating the malt, or other matters contained in the mash tun and other
similar apparatus do not act so effectually as to stir up the grain or
other matters which subside and form a layer upon the false bottom or
surface of the mash tun or other similar vessels where such stirring
rakes are employed, the consequence being that the holes through which
the liquor drains becomes covered, charged, and clogged with the grain
and other matters, thus preventing the outflow of the liquor.
Now the object of my improvements is so to construct the end of the
rake that it will act upon the false bottom or surface of the marsh tun
or other like vessel and sweep aside the grain and other matters, thus
clearing the holes and permitting the liquor to flow away through them,
effecting at the same time a more perfect agitation of the contents of
the vessel, thereby saving time in the operation. The malt or other
materials may in consequence of my improvements be ground finer,
the "setting" being avoided, a larger yield being also obtained from the
materials used.
For this purpose according to my improvements I apply a flexible
strip or a brush of pliable material to the end of each arm of the rakes
(vulcanized india-rubber being found the most suitable), which in its
revolution sweeps aside and effectually stirs up the grain and other'
matters contained in mash tuns or other similar vessels in which such
apparatus is or may be employed.
And in order that my Invention may be clearly understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a vertical section of an ordinary mash tun and rotary
mashing apparatus as is well understood, to which revolving rakes a are
applied constructed in accordance with my Invention. Figure 2 shews
side and edge views of one of the rakes a separately drawn on a larger
scale.
a is a strip of vulcanized india-rubber or other suitable flexible
material fixed to the end of each of the revolving mashing arms or
rakes a in any convenient manner, the strips or brushes a¹ being so
arranged as to act in their rotation upon the false bottom of the mash
tun or other vessel and thus sweep aside the grain or other matters,
thereby clearing the holes and allowing the liquor to flow more readily
through them, at the same time ensuring a more thorough mixing of the
contents of the mash tun or other vessel to which such stirring apparatus
is applied.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing or carrying the same into practice, what I claim is, the
application of a flexible strip or brush a¹ or its equivalent to the ends of
the revolving arms, rakes, or stirring apparatus employed in brewing,
distilling, or other like processes, substantially in the manner and for
the purpose herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Philip Ronayne Conron, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of January, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
Patent Agent,
P. RONAYNE CONRON. (L.S.)
34, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.