IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN DRYING MALT AND HOPS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Andrew Jackson Reynolds, of Chicago, in the State of
Illinois, in the United States of America, but at present of 23, Southampton
Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN DRYING MALT AND HOPS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Andrew Jackson Reynolds
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th May 1880.
ANDREW JACKSON REYNOLDS, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, in the United
States of America, but at prosent of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN DRYING.
MALT AND Hors."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means or apparatus employed
in drying malt and hops, and relates to means whereby the construction of the
apparatus is simplified and improved, and the manipulation of the trays and their
contents greatly facilitated.
The present Invention refers to improvements upon an Invention for which
Letters Patent were granted to me dated October 22, 1879, No. 4301, in which the
heating chamber was formed with double ports, through which long trays were
passed to and fro as required for drying the material thereon, and my first improve-
ment consists in providing unjointed trays with a hinged end capable of being fixed
in position during the drying operation, and of being turned down when it is
required to discharge the tray of its contents.
My second improvement consists in combining the frame of the heating chamber
with the frame of the apparatus for loading and discharging the trays, and in
placing the winch barrel for raising and lowering the trays in a position between
the two frames; I also provide the heating chamber with catches which are capable
of being turned into position for holding one end of the tray which is about to be
discharged, such end being supported at such time on a suitable ledge or in one of
the ports of the heating apparatus, the other end being supported preferably on
rollers carried by the loading and discharging apparatus. Thus when it is desired
to discharge a tray of its contents, it is placed on the moveable frame of the loading
and discharging apparatus, by which it is adjusted in height to correspond with the

page_text: port or ledge for supporting one end thereof; it is then just slightly entered into
such port or is placed on the ledge; the catches are then moved into position to hold
such, end of the tray, the hinged end of the latter is turned down, and the moveable
frame is lowered until the tray assumes such an angle that the contents thereof are
discharged; then the tray is again levelled by raising the moveable frame, the hinged
end turned up and locked in position, and the tray again filled, when it is run into
position in the heating chamber. The ledge and catches for holding one end of the
tray may if desired be fixed in other position than to the heater.
Or the tray and frame may be provided with means whereby the tray can when
when required be readily centred on the frame, when the tray can be readily tipped
for emptying.
For stirring the contents of the trays I, according to my present Invention,
employ lever stirrers, which are mounted on axes and are pin jointed at their upper
ends to a bar capable of being moved either slightly to and fro for stirring, or
further in order to raise the stirrers when it is desired to move the trays to and
fro without stirring the contents thereof.
At other times the stirrers will be lowered into position for stirring the contents
of the trays either by moving the trays or by moving the stirrers.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Andrew Jackson Reynolds in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th November 1880.
ANDREW JACKSON REYNOLDS, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, in the United
States of America, but at present of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN DRYING
MALT AND HOPS."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means or apparatus employed
in drying malt and hops, and relates to means whereby the construction of the
apparatus is simplified and improved, and the manipulation of the trays and their
contents greatly facilitated.
The present Invention refers to improvements upon an Invention for which
Letters Patent were granted to me dated October 22nd, 1879, No. 4301, in which
the heating chamber was formed with double ports, through which long trays were
passed to and fro as required for drying the material thereon, and my first improve-
ment consists in providing unjointed trays with a hinged end capable of being
fixed in position during the drying operation, and of being turned down when it is
required to discharge the tray of its contents.
My second improvement consists in combining the frame of the heating chamber
with the frame of the apparatus for loading and discharging the trays, and in
placing the winch barrel for raising and lowering the trays in a position between
the two frames; I also provide the-heating chamber with catches which are capable.

page_text: Figure 1 is a side elevation with part of the side broken away in order to show
the internal arrangements. Figure 2 is a plan partiy in section, and Figure 3 is
an end clovation also partly in section of my improved means or apparatus for
drying malt and hops. Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged views of part of one of the
trays, and Figures 6 and 7 are sectional elevations of slight modifications in the.
method of supporting one end of a tray for emptying the same.
a, a, are the furnaces for heating the drying chamber b, the walls of which are by
preference built of brick; c, c, are ports in such heating or drying chamber b, and
d, d, are wheels to support the trays e in the interior of the drying chamber, and to
enable the same to be readily moved in and out thereof. These trays cinstead of
being jointed in the middle to facilitate the emptying thereof are made rigid in
their length, but are provided with a hinged end e¹ which is capable of being
raised and locked in position when the tray is to be placed in the drying chamber b,
but can be unlocked and turned down when it is desired to discharge the same
of its contents. f is the frame of the loading and discharging apparatus which is
connected to the frame of the drying chamber; g is a moveable platform to receive
and raise and lower the trays e for loading and discharging the same, and such
platform g is guided in the frame f, and is capable of being raised and lowered by.
chains or ropes h, operated by the winch i, which receives motion from the chain ¹
and chain wheel through the worm i³ and worm wheel it, counterbalance weights i³
being employed to assist the action of the parts.
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I also provide the heating or drying chamber b with catches j, which are capable
of being turned into position for holding one end of a tray e which is about to be
discharged, such end being supported at such time on a suitable ledge k or in one of
the ports of the heating or drying chamber, the other end being supported preferably
on rollers g' carried by the moveable platform g of the loading and discharging
apparatus; ratchets and ratchet wheels may be employed to retain the catches j in
position.
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Thus when it is desired to discharge a tray e of its contents, it is placed on the
moveable frame g of the loading and discharging apparatus, by which it is adjusted"
in height to correspond with the port c or ledge k for supporting one end thereof; it
is then just slightly entered into such port c or is placed on the ledge the catches j
are then moved into position to hold such end of the tray, the hinged end e¹ of
the latter is turned down, and the moveable frame is lowered until the tray e
assumes such an angle that the contents thereof are discharged; then the tray e is
again lovelled by raising the moveable frame g, the hinged end e¹ turned up and
locked in position, and the tray e again filled, when it is run into position in the
.

page_text: heating or drying chamber b. The lodgo k and catches j for holding one end of
the tray e may, if desired, be fixed in other position than to the heater.
Or the trays e may be formed, as shewn at Figure 6, with a hole or recess e² on each
side and near one end thereof, in which case studs ffixed to the frame fare caused
to enter such holes or recesses e² to act as pivots for the tray e, to enable the same to
be lowered to the required angle for discharging the contents thereof; or, as shewn
at Figure 7, one end of the tray e may have eyes es fixed thereto to act in connection
with hooks j¹ fixed to the drying chamber b.
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For stirring the contents of the trays e I employ lever stirrers & mounted on axes
and jointed to bars m capable of being moved, either slightly to and fro for
stirring, or further in order to raise the stirrers & when it is desired to move the
trays to and fro without stirring the contents thereof. At other times the stirrers
will be lowered into position for stirring the contents of the trays e, either by
moving the trays e or by moving the stirrers l'.
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 what I
claim is,―
First. Providing unjointed trays e with a hinged end e', substantially as herein
shown and described and for the purpose stated.
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Second. Combining the framing of the loading and discharging apparatus with
the framing of the heating or drying chamber, and placing the winch barrel for
raising and lowering the trays between the drying chamber and the charging and
discharging apparatus...
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Third. Providing the apparatus with hooks or other means for holding one end
of a tray, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
Fourth. Employing stirrers mounted and operated in manner substantially as
heroin shown and described and for the purpose stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Andrew Jackson Reynolds, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.