IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DRYING GRAIN
Year: 1861

page_text: and Son, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand,
sex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DRYING
GRAIN." A communication from abroad by Casimir Druart, of No. 15,
Pasando dos Petites Ecuries Paris France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th September 1861.
1, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR DRYING GRAIN," (communicated to me from abroad by Casimir
Druart, of No. 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France,) to be as
follows:-
This apparatus will consist of a vertical column supporting at intervals a
number of cones, each alternate one being reversed. and .forming a sort of
funnel; beneath the column (which is perforated at intervals) will be a fire-
place, the chimney of which may or may not pass vertically through the
column; an outer circle or casing envelopes the whole. This apparatus being
placed between two floors or stages and a fire lit in the fire-place beneath the
column. any description of grain or seed (germinating or not) may be thrown
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page_text: into a trough or hopper at the upper extremity of the column; from thence
the grain will, by its own weight, descend from cone to come (the reversed
cones serving to guide it), and will escape through a trap to the floor beneath
the trap, regulating the speed of the grain in its passage over the cones. The
caloric from the fire heating the space between the cones and the outer
envelope or casing, and also being disengaged through the perforations in the
central column, the grain becomes heated during its passage and issues in this
state through the trap: it is then passed through a ventilator and cooled for
some hours, when it is perfectly dry and fit to be piled.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 15th March 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of No. 11, Wel-
lington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex. Patent Agent, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
Une thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself. Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Gedge, Her special licence that 1. the said
William Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators,
and 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 "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DRYING GRAIN," (a com-
munication to me from abroad by Casimir Druart, of No. 15, Passage des
Petites Ecuries, Paris, France,) upon the condition (amongst others)
that 1, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
sculs, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Gedge, 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 Sheet of Drawings here-
unto annexed and, forming part of this my Specification, and to the figures
and letters of reference marked thereon: -
This apparatus, which will dry every sort of grain or seed, whether ger-
minating or not, as well as coffee, rice, and other produce, and which acts
without the aid of any mechanism, may be placed between two floors or stories.
From the upper the grain is poured into a hopper or funnel, aud after passing
from cone to cone, moving by its own weight, it escapes at the lower story
through a shoot, which, by means of a small trap, regulates the rapidity of its
passage through the apparatus. The "drying column," which may be specially
arranged for each kind of grain or seed by bringing the cones nearer to each
other or placing them farther apart, and giving greater dimensions to the
apparatus, is within reach of everybody. Constructed of sheet iron, it is easily
transported from place to place, and its reasonable price will permit small
agriculturists as well as corn and seed merchants to use it with advantage.
The grain issuing from the apparatus in a heated state, it is prudent to pass
it into a ventilator, and allow it to remain some hours on the floor before
piling into heaps, where it will preserve, as in dry seasons, without further
manipulation.
In the Drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of the apparatus,
and Figure 2 a horizontal section of the same.
A, upper story or floor; B, lower story; C, column enclosing the apparatus.
It may be surrounded with masonry about half a brick thick to prevent loss of
heat. D, fire-place, the construction of which will depend upon the description
of fuel to be used. Steam may be used if an engine be at hand. E, ash box;
F, smoke pipe, passing through the roof or into a chimney; G, sheet-iron
tube; pierced here and there to permit the escape of heat from within.
Through this tube passes the smoke pipe, and upon it are fixed the cones H;
H, H', cones, forming funnels, placed successively in inverse directions to give
motion to the grain passing through the apparatus; I, metal plate, placed on
the cones forming funnels, serving to confine the grain to its natural inclination
or fall when flowing; J, supports, on which are fixed the funnel shaped cones I';
J', supports serving to uphold the cones H and the tube G: K, space filled
with warm air; L, aperture for cold blast; M, openings for escape of heat;
N, hopper or funnel. into which the grain is poured from the upper floor;
O, shoot which receives and conducts the grain on to the lower floor: P, ther-

page_text: mometer, indicating the degree of heat within the apparatus; Q. door for the
purpose of inspecting the progress of the grain; R, cap, which may be slid
from c to d, when it is desired to retain the heat and there is no grain in the
hopper or funnel N.
In witness whereof, I. the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of the Firm of John Gedge
and Son, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middle-
sex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DRYING
GRAIN." A communication from abroad by Casimir Druart, of No. 15,
Passage des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France.
Sealed the 14th March 1862, and dated the 16th September 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th September 1861.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED.
APPARATUS FOR DRYING GRAIN," (communicated to me from abroad by Casimir.
Druart, of No. 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France,) to be as
follows:-
This apparatus will consist of a vertical column supporting at intervals a
number of cones, each alternate one being reversed and forming a sort of
funnel; beneath the column (which is perforated at intervals) will be a fire-
place, the chimney of which may or may not pass vertically through the
column; an outer circle or casing envelopes the whole. This apparatus being
placed between two floors or stages and a fire lit in the fire-place beneath the
column, any description of grain or seed (germinating or not) may be thrown

page_text: into a trough or hopper at the upper extremity of the column; from thence
the grain will, by its own weight, descend from cone to cone (the reversed
cones serving to guide it), and will escape through a trap to the floor beneath
tho trap, regulating the speed of the grain in its passage over the cones. The
caloric from the fire heating the space between the cones and the outer
envelope or casing, and also being disengaged through the perforations in the
central colunin, the grain becomes heated during its passage and issues in this
state through the trap; it is then passed through a ventilator and cooled for
some hours, when it is perfectly dry and fit to be piled.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 15th March 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedgo and Son, of No. 11, Wel-
lington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent. Agent, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reigu, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Gedge, Her special licence that I, the said
William Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators,
and 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 "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DRYING GRAIN," (a com-
munication to me from abroad by Casimir Druart, of No. 15, Passage des
Petites Ecuries, Paris, France,) upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Edward, Gedge, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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.
.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Gedge, i 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 Sheet of Drawings here-
unto annexed and, forming part of this my Specification, and to the figures
and letters of reference marked thereon:-
This apparatus, which will dry every sort of grain or seed, whether ger-
minating or not, as well as coffee, rice," and other produce, and which acts
without the aid of any mechanism, may be placed between two floors or stories.
From the upper the grain is poured into a hopper or funnel, and after passing
from cone to cone, moving by its own weight, it escapes at the lower story
through a shoot, which, by means of a small trap, regulates the rapidity of its.
passage through the apparatus. The "drying column," which may be specially.
arranged for each kind of grain or seed by bringing the cones nearer to each
other or placing them farther apart, and giving greater dimensions to the
apparatus, is within reach of everybody. Constructed of sheet iron, it is easily
transported from place to place, and its reasonable price will permit small
agriculturists as well as corn and seed merchants to use it with advantage.
The grain issuing from the apparatus in a heated state, it is prudent to pass
it into a ventilator, and allow it to remain some hours on the floor before
piling into heaps, where it will preserve, as in dry seasons, without further
manipulation.
In the Drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of the apparatus,
and Figure 2 a horizontal section of the same.
A, upper story or floor; B, lower story; C, column enclosing the apparatus.
It may be surrounded with masonry about half a brick thick to prevent loss of
heat. D, fire-place, the construction of which will depend upon the description
of fuel to be used. Steam may be used if an engine be at hand. E, ash box;
F, smoke pipe, passing through the roof or into a chimney; G, sheet-iron
tube, pierced here and there to permit the escape of heat from within.
Through this tube passes the smoke pipe, and upon it are fixed the cones H;
H, H', cones, forming funnels, placed successively in inverse directions to give
motion to the grain passing through the apparatus; I, metal plate, placed on
the cones forming funnels, serving to confine the grain to its natural inclination
or fall when flowing; J, supports, on which are fixed the funnel shaped cones H²;
J',supports serving to uphold the cones H and the tube G; K, space filled
with warm air; L, aperture for cold blast; M, openings for escape of heat;
N, hopper or funnel, into which the grain is poured from the upper floor;
O, shoot which receives and conducts the grain on to the lower floor; P, ther-

page_text: mometer, indicating the degree of heat within the apparatus; Q, door for the
purpose of inspecting the progress of the grain; R, cap, which may be slid
from c to 'd, when it is desired to retain the heat and there is no grain in tho
hopper or funnel N..
mometer, indicating the degree of heat within the apparatus; Q, door for tho
purpose of inspecting the progress of the grain; R, cap, which may be slid
from c to 'd, when it is desired to retain the heat and there is no grain in tho
•hopper or funnel N.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto 5
set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.