IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO BOLTS AND REELS FOR DRESSING MEAL AND FLOUR
Year: 1878

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LETTERS PATENT to Henry Beaufort Sears, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
APPLICABLE TO BOLTS AND REELS FOR DRESSING MEAL AND FLOUR."
communication from abroad by Mortimer Cherbury Cogswell, of New York,
and Willian Henry Finn, of Oswego, both in the State of New York, United
States of America.
Sealed the 30th August 1878, and dated the 10th June 1878.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Beaufort Sears at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th June 1878.
HENRY BEAUFORT SEARS, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman,
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO BOLTS AND REELS FOR DRESSING
MEAL AND FLOUR." [A communication from abroad by Mortimer Cherbury
Cogswell, of New York, and William Henry Finn, of Oswego, both in the State of
New York, United States of America.]
The object of the Invention is to provide apparatus whereby the openings in reels
will be kept free and in the best condition for work, as well when the produce of
moist wheat or grain is being dressed as when the atmosphere is charged with
moisture. The said apparatus is as applicable to existing bolts and reels as to new
ones.
A brush or series of brushes arranged to act on the exterior surface of the bolt or
reel is so hinged, made adjustable, and rendered resilient, that uniformly beneficial
action is ensured.
In carrying the Invention into practice the arrangement of parts now to be
described is used. A brush placed across the reel outside is attached by means of
one or more arms (preferably two) to a shaft or bar supported and free to work in
stationary bearings. To the said shaft or bar is secured a toe-piece, provided at its
outer end with an adjusting screw or its equivalent; the said adjusting screw is pro-
ferably provided at its lower end with a pulley, which rests on a form fitted on,
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page_text: secured, or attached to the outside of the reel. A spring or springs is or are
attached to the carrying shaft or bar and to a stationary support.
By the above arrangement of parts the brush is pressed with a constant pressure
against the cloth of the reel, and is free to give to every inequality of the surface
thereof by the means of the spring or springs. The toe-piece and adjusting screw,
or its equivalent, allows of the amount of pressure of the brush on the reel being
regulated.
A series of brushes may be used with one carrying shaft or bar, or more than one
carrying shaft or bar may be used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Beaufort Sears in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th
December 1878.
HENRY BEAUFORT SEARS, of Liverpool, in the County, of Lancaster, Gentleman.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO BOLTS AND REELS FOR DRESSING
MEAL AND FLOUR." A communication from abroad by Mortimer Cherbury
Cogswell, of New York, and William Henry Finn, of Oswego, both in the State of
New York, United States of America.
The object of the Invention is to provide apparatus whereby the openings in
reels will be kept free and in the best condition for work, as well when the produce
of moist wheat or grain is being dressed as when the atmosphere is charged with
moisture. The said apparatus is as applicable to existing bolts and reels as to new
ones.
A brush or a series of brushes arranged to act on the exterior surface of the bolt
or reel is so hinged, made adjustable, and rendered resilient, that uniformly beneficial
action is ensured.
In carrying the Invention into practice the arrangement of parts now to be des-
cribed is used. A brush placed across the reel outside is attached by means of one
or more arms (preferably two) to a shaft or bar supported and free to work in
stationary bearings. To the said shaft or bar is secured a toe-piece, provided at its
outer end with an adjusting screw or its equivalent; the said adjusting screw is pre-
ferably provided at its lower end with a pulley which rests on a form put on,
secured, or attached to the outside of the reel. A spring or springs is or are attached
to the carrying shaft or bar, and to a stationary support.
By the above arrangement of parts the brush is pressed with a constant pressure
against the cloth of the reel, and is free to give to every inequality of the surface
thereof by means of the spring or springs. The toe-piece and adjusting screw, or
its equivalent, allows of the amount of pressure of the brush on the reel being
regulated.
A series of brushes may be used with one carrying shaft or bar, or more than one
carrying shaft or bar may be used.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is an end view; and Fig. 2, a side elevation, showing a reel for dressing
meal and flour fitted with my improved apparatus; 1 is a shaft supported in
bearings 2. To the shaft 1 are fitted, attached, or secured, the arms 3, carrying tho
brushes 4, which rest on the surface of the reel 5; 6, toe-piece, provided at its outer
end with the adjusting screw 7. The screw 7 is fitted at its lower end with the
pulley 8, which rests on the form 9, secured or attached to the reel 5. The pressure
of the brushes on 5 is regulated by adjusting the position of the screw 7, by means
of the nuts 10; 11 are springs attached to the bearings 2 and to the collars 12, on
the shaft 1, so as to keep the brushes 4 pressed against the recl 5, and allow the
said brushes to give to every inequality of the surface thereof and maintain a
constant pressure thereon.
It will be evident that a series of brushes may be employed, or that more than
one toe-piece may be used in connection with each brush. The toe-piece, though
shown placed so as to be acted upon by a form fitted on the centre of the reel, may
be so placed as to be acted upon by a form at the end of the reel or attached to the
shaft carrying the said reel and separate therefrom.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention in such manner that
others will be enabled to carry my improvements into effect, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to details of construction, but what I
claim is,―.
The combination of a brush or brushes carried by a shaft or shafts, and held in
position by a spring or springs with a toe-piece or toe-pieces resting on and actuated
by a form or forms, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.
Second. The combination of an adjustable toe-piece or adjustable toe-pieces with
a brush or brushes and spring or springs, arranged and operating substantially in
the manner and for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Beaufort Sears, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
J. JOHNSON,
Patent Office,
Witness.
4, Clayton Sq.,
Lpool.
HENRY BEAUFORT SEARS. (L.S.)