Improvements in Apparatus for Disinfecting or similarly Treating Grain or Seeds and other Materials.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Disinfecting or similarly Treating
Grain or Seeds and other Materials.
I, JOHANNES THEODOR WÄGENER of Suderode a/ H in the German Empire,
Gentleman and Magistrate, 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 :-
This invention relates to apparatus for treating plants or parts of plants such as
grain or seeds with disinfectants in solution, as, for example, formaline and
ammonia.
An apparatus constructed to embody these improvements consists of a rotary
cylinder or other receptacle to which the grain or seed is supplied. The cylinder
is preferably mounted upon a sloping axle and contains one or more spraying
devices through which the disinfecting solution is forced by a pump driven from
the main shaft of the machine. The internal walls of the rotating cylinder are
formed with projecting plates or the like so as to scatter, mix, or distribute the
seeds, and expose them all equally to the action of the spray.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings to which I make reference hereinafter.
Figure 1 illustrates the improved apparatus partly in side elevation and partly
in section.
Figure 2 shews the apparatus in end elevation.
The material to be treated is supplied to the hopper f whence it passes to the
rotary cylinder t. To ensure that the material shall travel from one end of the
cylinder to the other and be discharged, the cylinder is mounted upon an axle a
which slopes downwards from the entrance end to the discharge end. During its
passage the material is distributed and mixed by the beaters or projections upon
the inside of the cylinder wall.
The disinfecting solution is contained within the vessel e and is forced into the
cylinder through the pipe d and the spraying device or devices z by means of
the pump p.
The main shaft of the machine is rotated by the handle k. This shaft gears
with the cylinder axle and is also cranked to operate the pump as illustrated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An apparatus for disinfecting or similarly treating plants or parts of plants
such as grain or seeds, consisting of a conveying cylinder or the like containing one
or more spraying devices, constructed arranged and operated substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. In an apparatus for disinfecting or similarly treating plants or parts of plants,
a rotary conveying cylinder or the like mounted upon a sloping axle and provided
with internal beaters or distributing plates, substantially as hereinbefore described
aud as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 3. Apparatus for disinfecting or similarly treating plants or parts of plants,
. constructed arranged and operated substantially as herein before described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated 11th 1
AD 1900
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.