IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF PEAT AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Johnson, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of
" IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF PEAT AND IN THE MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."-A communication from abroad by
Benicio Alamos Gonzalez, of Valparaiso, Chili.
Sealed the 30th December 1873, and dated the 18th July 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Johnson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th July 1873.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF PEAT AND IN THE
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," a communication to me from
abroad by Benicio Alamos Gonzalez, of Valparaiso, Chili, to be as
follows:-

page_text: of climate, and consists in triturating and working thoroughly the
natural peat by subjecting it to a pair of cylinders having helves thereon,
and contained in a closed casing, such cylinders being driven by gearing
or straps from any prime mover. A hopper is placed on one end of the
casing, into which the peat to be triturated is fed, and a discharge
mouth is provided at the opposite end for the exit of the peat after it has
been operated upon. The peat on issuing from the said casing falls into
a receiver below, whence it is elevated by an elevator and discharged
into a hopper, which supplys it to waggons underneath running along
rails.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Henry Johnson in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 17th January 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Henry Johnson, Her special license
that I, the said John Henry Johnson, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said John Henry Johnson, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TREATMENT OF PEAT AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN,'
a communication to me from abroad by Bernicio Alamas Gonzalez,
of Valparaiso, Chili, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said John Henry Johnson, my executors or administrators, by an
"

page_text: instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Henry Johnson, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to
say:
.
The said Invention relates to a mode of and apparatus for producing a
non-friable peat, which shall also be capable of withstanding the changes
of climate, and consists in triturating and working thoroughly the natural
peat by 'subjecting it to a pair of cylinders having helices thereon, and
contained in a closed casing, such cylinders being driven by gearing or
straps from any prime mover. A hopper is placed on one end of the
casing, into which the peat to be triturated is fed, and a discharge
mouth is provided at the opposite end for the exit of the peat after it has
been operated upon. The peat on issuing from the said casing falls into
a receiver below, whence it is elevated by an elevator, and discharged
into a hopper which supplies it to waggons underneath, running along
rails.
The upper shaft of the elevator may be driven by a strap or otherwise
from the axis of one of the triturating cylinders.
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall
now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose
shall refer to the several Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the
same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in both the
Figures.
Figure 1 is an elevation and partial section of the apparatus, and
Figure 2 is a corresponding plan of same.
The machine proper is composed of a case A, in which are mounted
two cylinders B, B', provided with helices. These cylinders are mounted
in a firm and solid manner, and one of them carries a spur wheel b, which
is actuated by a pinion c, fast on the shaft C, which may be driven from

page_text: any prime mover by means of the pullies p, p¹. The peat is introduced
in its natural state through the aperture D, and after having been worked
up or triturated it leaves by the aperture E, and falls into the depositing
pit F. The peat is elevated by a chain of buckets G, which dips into
the pit, and discharged into a hopper H, disposed above the tramway L',
along which run wagons or any other suitable receptacles. The axis at
the upper end of the chain of buckets carries a pully L, to which motion
is imparted by a belt or strap which is driven by a pulley M fast on the
shaft of one of the triturating cylinders.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the
said Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or
carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider
to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to
me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
First. The peculiar arrangement and combination of machinery or 1
apparatus employed in the treatment of peat, as herein-before described.
and illustrated by the Drawings annexed.
Second. The peculiar construction of triturating apparatus herein-
before described and illustrated by the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Henry Johnson, have to this 2
my Specification set my hand and seal, the Sixteenth day of
January, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
J. HENRY JOHNSON. (L.S.)