Improvements in Bolting Reels.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 10th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bolting Reels.
I ARTHUR MAURICE ROBINSON of Railway Works, Rochdale in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The invention relates to bolting reels for meal and flour in which a central drum
or cylinder is used and the main objects are to improve the feed so as to prevent
leaking and to provide superior means for elevating, disintegrating and conveying
the meal and flour within the reel.
My improvements in feeding consist in carrying the feed spout for the reel down
within the case to the delivery spout which is arranged so as to shoot the meal or
flour well into the reel. The delivery spout is similarly arranged to carry off the
tailings.
My improvements in lifting, disintegrating, and conveying the meal or flour
within the reel consist in the combination of an outer silk-clothed reel and inner
solid drum or cylinder with interlinked spirals or coils of wire secured to the outer
reel or inner drum.
The drum and reel may rotate at the same or different speeds or the said drum
may be stationary.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bolting Reels.
I ARTHUR MAURICE ROBINSON of Railway Works, Rochdale, in the County
of Lancaster, 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 invention relates to bolting reels for meal and flour in which a central drum
or cylinder is used, and the main objects are to improve the feed so as to prevent
leakage, and to provide superior means for elevating, disintegrating, and conveying
the meal and flour within the reel.
My improvements in feeding consist in carrying the feed spout for the reel down
within the case to the feed delivery spout or shoot which is arranged so as to shoot
or deposit the meal or flour well into the reel. The delivery or discharge spout or
shoot is similarly arranged to carry off the tailings.
My improvements in lifting disintegrating and conveying the meal or flour within
the reel consist in the combination of an outer silk clothed reel and inner solid drum
or cylinder with interlinked spirals or coils of wire secured to the outer reel or
inner drum.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section
at the line A A of my improved apparatus.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the reel at the line B B, and
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the interlinked wire coils.
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page_text: secured to the frame. d are discs secured to the shaft b carrying a metal drum e.
fare discs secured to the discs d by bars and continuations e¹ of the metal
drum. is the sifting silk or its equivalent carried by the discs fand hoops i. j is
the feed spout carried well down within the case, and k is the shoot leading from
the said spout well into the space between the discs d and f well within the reel.
7 is the tailings delivery spout also entering through the case at the opposite end
well within the space between the two discs d and f. m are lifting pieces secured
to the said discs d and f for raising the tailings and depositing them in the shoot l.
n are division pieces between the discs to ensure that the lifted tailings fall into the
shoot. o are interlinked spirals or coils of wire secured to the drum e. These coils
might be secured to the hoops i but not so advantageously. The apparatus might
be so made that the inner and outer portions of the reel might rotate separately or
so that the drum might be stationary, but it is not advisable so to make it. p is the
usual worm at the bottom of the case for removing the sifted or bolted material,
and is the usual brush for cleaning the meshes of the sifting silk or its equivalent.
These parts receive motion by means of belts or cords and pulleys t in the usual or
in any desired way.
When the apparatus is in operation the meal and flour enter the reel by the
spout and shoot k and pass between the continuation pieces el on to the bolting silk
or its equivalent. As the reel rotates the said meal is carried along by the spiral
interlinked coils and the tailings are lifted at the further end into the shoot I and
carried away, whilst the flour passing through the meshes is removed by the
worm p.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is.
First. Constructing bolting reels with feed and discharge spouts and shoots
substantially as set forth.
Second. The combination of a solid internal drum and outer sifting or bolting
silk or its equivalent with coils or spirals of wire substantially as set forth.
Third. Bolting reels constructed and operating substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 8th day of April 1893.
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent.
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent.