A Method of and Apparatus for Cleaning Malting Tiles and Brewing and other Coppers and Refrigerators.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 13th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th July, 1888
A Method of and Apparatus for Cleaning Malting Tiles and Brewing
and other Coppers and Refrigerators.
We FREDERICK GEORGE BURTON of Burton on Trent Maltster and THOMAS SHELDON
COLEMAN of Union Street Burton on Trent aforesaid Engineer do hereby declare the
nature of our invention for "A METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING MALTING
TILES AND BREWING AND OTHER COPPERS AND REFRIGERATORS" to be as follows:-
It is well know that in the course of steeping Barley or other grain for Malting
purposes a considerable sediment or deposit finds its way into the cells and perforated
boles of the tiles and in the course of time partially or completely blocks up the same
and thus prevents the water draining off as it is required to do. And that when the steep-
ing and draining process is finished and the germinated Barley or other grain is placed
on the Tiles in the kiln for drying or becoming Malt particles of the grain and useless
substances find their way into and partially or entirely block up or interfere with the
effective purposes of the Tiles and that it is necessary to expend a considerable amount
of time and labour in pricking out by hand the sediment or deposit and in brushing
and washing the Tiles previous to their being used again for Malting purposes. Even
with this slow and costly plan the cells in the underneath parts of the perforated
portion of the Tiles laid over the Kiln cannot be cleaned and in course of time
coatings of dust and deleterious substances are formed. The present plan of cleaning
coppers and refrigerators is by hand scouring and washing entailing a great amount of
labour and not producing results so effectually as are desirable.
The object of the present invention is to clean Malting Tiles and also coppers and
refrigerators and to remove all the sediment or deposit coatings of dust and other
substances formed therein and thereon in an expeditious cheap and effectual manner.
The invention enables the cells of the underneath parts of the Tiles on the Kiln to be
cleaned as completely as the steeping Tiles. For the purpose of the invention we
apply Steam and Sand or hot water and sand by means of an Injector with branches
according to size required. The Injector is made of brass, copper, zinc, iron or steel
and is connected with a portable boiler or can be attached to a fixed boiler. A box
for sand is placed over or connected with the Injector and the sand and steam or sand
and hot water passes through pipes and the sand is brought to play upon the parts of
the Tiles coppers or refrigerators required to be cleaned. In the same way coppers
and refrigerators are cleaned and all coatings glutinous and other substances are
effectually removed.
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page_text: and other Coppers and Refrigerators.
We, FREDERICK GEORGE BURTON of Burton on Trent, Malister, and THOMAS
SHELDON COLEMAN of Union Street, Burton on Trent, aforesaid, Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this Invention is to provide "a method of, and apparatus for cleaning
malting Tiles, and brewing and other coppers and refrigerators" and to remove all
the sediment or deposit of coatings of dust and other substances formed therein and
theron, and for removing and cleaning off from Iron, Stone and Wood old paint
previous to repainting, in an expeditious, cheap and effectual, manner, in lieu of the
present less effective mode of so doing by means of hot irons or spirit lamp or fire of
Hame. This invention enables the cells of the underneath parts of the Tiles on the
Kiln to be cleaned as completely as the Steeping Tiles. For the purpose of the
invention we apply steam and sand or hot water and sand by means of an injector
with branches according to size required. The injector is made of brass, copper,
zinc, iron or steel, and is connected with a portable Boiler, or, it can be attached to
a fixed Boiler. Á box for Sand is placed over or connected with a portable Boiler,
or, it can be attached to a fixed Boiler. A box for sand is placed over or connected
with the injector and the sand and steam, or sand and hot water passes through pipes
and the sand is brought to play upon the parts of the Tiles, coppers and refrigerators
required to be cleaned. In the same way coppers and refrigerators are cleaned, and
all coatings, glutinous and other substances are effectually removed, and the fuller
description of the said apparatus is as follows:-The vessel marked A in the accom-
panying Drawing is a Hopper to contain the Sand. B is a valve fixed between the
Hopper A. and the sand chamber marked C. D is the valved inlet steam pipe from the
Boiler. E is the sand and steam outlet pipe. F is the hot water coiled and valved
inlet pipe (perforated) and is connected with the Boiler at a point between the bottom
of the Boiler and the low water line inside the Boiler. G is a jet pipe (perforated).
The sand after being sifted through a fine sieve is put into the Hopper A, the steam and
water connections D and F are then closed by their respective valves, and the valve B
is opened, the sand is thus let into the chamber C, the valve B is now closed, and the
apparatus is ready for work. (The jet pipe G may be coupled direct on to the pipe E,
and the subject to be treated brought under the jet or, there may be a length of hose
pipe applied between the pipe E, and the jet pipe G carried to the subject to be
treated

page_text: To work the apparatus, namely:-After the subject to be treated and the jet pipe G
have been brought together, the valves on the pipes D and F are thrown open, and
the steam rushes through the pipe D, and into the pipe E, and thence into the jet
pipe G.
It will be noticed that there is a space (regulated at will) between the pipe D
and the end of the pipe E, this space is always full of sand, and thus the steam in
rushing through the pipe D and into the pipe E, carries with it a spray of sand, and
coming out of jet pipe G we have a number of fine jets of sand and steam. The hot
water pipe F coiled as shewn on the accompanying Drawing, is perforated top and
bottom of the coiled part and is simply to ensure the sand falling and filling the space
between the inlet pipe D and the outlet pipe E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The peculiar mechanical combination or arrangement of the various parts of our
said Invention and more particularly the invention of the application of steam and
sand, or, hot water and sand, as set forth in the above particulars and in the accom-
panying Drawing, so as effectually to complete the process as we have above
described.