AN IMPROVED MILL. OR APPARATUS FOR GRINDING GRAIN, WITH OR WITHOUT SIFTER OR DRESSER; ALSO FOR COBLING, BRUISING, CRUSHING, CUTTING, SPLITTING, OR DIVIDING SEED,PULSE BERRY, OR OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1844

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
STUDLEY, of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Twenty-fourth day of February (1844), in the seventh.
year of. Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Francis Studley, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Francis Studley, my exors, admors, and assigns, and such others as I, the.
said Francis Studley, my exors, admors, and assigns, should at any time agree.
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of
years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within that part. of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
called England; Her Dominion of Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Man, and in all Her.
said Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad, my Invention of "AN IMPROVED
MILL. OR APPARATUS FOR GRINDING GRAIN, WITH OR WITHOUT SIFTER OR DRESSER;
ALSO FOR COBLING, BRUISING, CRUSHING, CUTTING, SPLITTING, OR DIVIDING SEED,
PULSE, BERRY, OR OTHER ARTICLES;", in which said Letters Patent there is.
contained a proviso obliging me, the said Francis Studley, to particularly

page_text: describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, and to cause the same to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Francis Studley, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be fully described and set
forth in and by the following statement and Specification thereof, reference
being had to the accompanying Drawing (which I declare to be and to form
part of this my statement and Specification), by the letters and figures marked
thereon for the purpose of such reference, that is to say:--
My Invention consists in, and has reference to, the principles of construc-
tion and the modes of arrangement of mechanical parts, and the combination
of the same, as herein-after described, as regards my application of the same
to the objects set forth in and by the title of the Letters Patent granted unto
me, as herein-before recited.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The Figure 1 represents in side elevation the mill in entire construction.
D is the feeding hopper of the mill, having an opening at its lower extremity,
in which is fixed a valve which allows the matters poured into the hopper to
pass thence into the conducting passage E, leading from the hopper to the
body of the mill. A, A, is a solid wooden wheel, mounted on a spindle or
axle at its centre. On one extremity of the axle a spur wheel F is keyed.
The wheel F is driven by the pinion F, on the spindle of which the winch
handle H is fixed, and by the winch handle and the action of the pinion F
the mill receives its working action. A hoop or plate of steel a, a, a, is
fixed on the outer rim or circumference of the wooden wheel A, A. The
steel hoop or plate is cut or chased into channels or furrows having sharp
cutting edges, and so constitute the wheel A, A, a grinding wheel, or wheel
capable of grinding the substances applied to and pressed or held against the
steel channels. At B the wooden back shewn in the Figure is firmly fixed to
the framework of the mill, and this holds a piece of steel b, b, corresponding
with or equal to a section or part of the circumference of the wheel A, A.
The piece of steel b, b, is cut on its face into channels or furrows, in the same
manner as the steel hoop or plate a, a, of the wheel A, A, and the cutting
edges of its channels are placed in the opposite direction to those of the wheel

page_text: A, A. Substances pressed or held against the steel cutting edges of the channels
of the wheel A, A, by this sectional piece b, b, will, when the wheel A, A, is
put into action, be of necessity crushed and ground. The piece b, b, is held
securely to the back B by a joint and screw C, and is adjusted to any required
distance from the cutters of the wheel A, A, by two pairs of regulating and
adjusting screws C, C, working in the back B, and pressing against its hinder
face. The steel rim and its cutters fixed upon the wheel A, A, I term the
grinder; the steel sectional piece b, b, and its cutters I term the antagonistic
grinder. The mill is supplied with the substances to be submitted to its
action by pouring them into the open mouth of the hopper D. The sub-
stances descend in the hopper and pass through the valve at its lower
extremity. Directly below this valve there is attached a small leather funnel
or foot (this is shewn separately and more distinctly in Figure 3, and is
marked Q); it has a swell or gussetting at its inner extremity, or next to the
hopper, and it is fitted with a metal rim or nozle piece to assists its action and
use. A small line x, x, is attached to the nozle piece, and afterwards passes
over two small pulleys or rollers R, R, fixed in the covering or case of the
mill, and thence beyond the extremity of the conducting passage E, and out-
wards through the case to any convenient place or position in which the hand
of the operator can seize it. Its use is to enable the operator to stop the
running of the substance falling from the hopper at pleasure; this is effected
by pulling its mouth or nozle piece against the upper side of the conducting
passage E.
I is a wire dresser or sifter, which is hung obliquely below the
grinder, and is worked by a crank fixed on the spindle of the wheel A, A, by
a rod passing between the crank and the dresser, and a hook or bend attaching
them to each other; or the dresser may receive its power from the spindle
jointly or separately at pleasure. The upper part of the dresser hangs on a
chain suspended from the under side of the table M, M, and is poised by chains
J, J, placed one on each side near the lower extremity of the frame of the dresser.
These chains afford the means of giving the dresser any required inclination.
It receives its charge from the mill, and discharges its contents of flour into
the receiving drawer K, which is divided into separate chambers, and its bran by
its extremity. It strikes on a cross bar or stay z by the action of the crank
rod before mentioned, to clear itself the more effectively. O is a cup or small
basket having an exit valve at its lower aperture; it is suspended from the
upper side of the cover or case of the mill, and is used to regulate the feed of
the mill by the adjustment of the exit valve. G, G, shews one of the cheeks
or side boards, within which the mill grinders are partially enclosed. N, N,
shews the covering case enclosing the cheek or side boards G, G. This

page_text: covering case may be dispensed with, and the hopper, &c. stand on the
checks. P, P, is the panelling of the case of the mill, and L, L, its legs and
stanchions.
Figure 2 is a separate and more distinct view of the wooden wheel A, A,
with its steel cutting channels, the back B with its holding screw C, and its
adjusting screws C, C. b, b, is the antagonistic grinder.
Figure 3 is a separate and more distinct view of the hopper D and its
appurtenances, having the same parts marked respectively with the same
letters of reference.
I declare that I claim as of my Invention the construction and arrange-
ment of mechanical parts, taken with reference to their combination, as it is
described and set forth in the Drawing and Specification, and for the organised
machine resulting from such construction and arrangement of parts, and the
combination thereof, as herein described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Studley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-four