Improvements in Treating Barley for Alimentary Purposes, including Brewing and Distilling.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 29th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Treating Barley for Alimentary Purposes,
including Brewing and Distilling.
I, JOHN DUNN, of Kelso Mills, Kelso, in the County of Roxburgh, North Britain,.
Corn and Flour Miller and Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows, that is to say :-
This invention comprises an improved combination of operations for treating barley.
to obtain a product advantageously applicable for alimentary and like purposes such
as brewing and distilling.
In the new combination of operations the barley is first treated as in the ordinary
operations for forming "pot" and "pearl" barley. The prepared barley is then cut
or broken to divide each grain into two or more parts by passing it through one or
more pairs of grooved rollers having eight or more longitudinally or helically cut
grooves to the inch, after which it is passed over a sieve or through suitable sifting
apparatus. Or, if considered necessary, it is again put through a pearl or barley
mill to remove sharp angles or edges, and is again sifted to remove dust or small
particles.
The barley granules thus obtained are moistened, preferably by steam, and are
then passed through one or more pairs of smooth rollers, which may be heated by
steam, hot water, or hot. air, the granules being thereby pressed into thin flakes.
The flakes obtained as described may be dried by any suitable drying apparatus or
by exposure to the atmosphere.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of July 1896.
EDMUND HUNT,
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Applicant's Agent.
Improvements in Treating Barley for Alimentary Purposes,
including Brewing and Distilling.
I, JOHN DUNN, of Kelso Mills, Kelso, in the County of Roxburgh, North Britain,
Corn and Flour Miller and Merchant, 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, that is to say :-
This invention comprises an improved combination of operations for treating barley
to obtain a product advantageously applicable for alimentary and like purposes such
as brewing and distilling.
In the new combination of operations the barley is first treated as in the ordinary
operations for forming "pot" barley. The prepared barley is then cut or broken to
divide each grain into two or more parts by passing it through one or more pairs of
grooved rollers having preferably eight or more longitudinally or helically cut grooves

page_text: to the inch, after which it is passed over a sieve or through a suitable sifting
apparatus.
The barley granules thus obtained are moistened, preferably by steam, and are then
passed through one or more pairs of smooth rollers, which may be heated by steam,
hot water or hot air, the granules being thereby pressed into thin flakes. The flakes
obtained as described may be dried by any suitable drying apparatus or by exposure
to the atmosphere.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Preparing barley for alimentary purposes including brewing and distilling by the
new combination of operations in which barley is first treated as in the operations for
forming "pot" barley, the pot barley being next cut or broken to divide each grain
into two or more parts and sifted, and the granules thus obtained being moistened
and passed between smooth rollers and formed into thin flakes, substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated this Twenty mirth dow of Anvil 1907
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.