AN IMPROVED TILE FOR KILNS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Woods, of the Foundry, Wells, in the
County of Norfolk, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED TILE FOR
KILNS."
Sealed the 15th February 1875, and dated the 21st August 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Woods at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st August 1875.
I, JOHN WOODS, of the Foundry, Wells, in the County of Norfolk, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED TILE FOR
KILNS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved manufacture of tiles for forming
the floors of malt or other kilns, and it has for its object the so making.
them as to combine great strength with light weight, to allow of a more.
condensed and better draught or supply of air for the drying of the
malt or other material (which is spread upon the tiles), and to allow of:

page_text: the drying being accomplished to a considerable extent by heat pre-
viously absorbed by and subsequently radiated from the tiles.
The Invention consists materially in making or forming the tiles of
cast iron, with the floor surface perforated with fine holes tapering
upwards from broad openings made in the under surface.
This latter improvement has the further special advantage of enabling
the draught holes more readily to clear themselves of any malt or
matter which may happen to get in them. The tile is also cast in one
piece with the necessary projections or supports.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Woods in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 18th February.1876.....
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
Woods, of the Foundry, Wells, in the County of Norfolk, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said John Woods, Her special
licence that I, the said John Woods, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Woods, 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 "AN IMPROVED TILE
FOR KILNS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
John Woods, 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 Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the

page_text: 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 Woods, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement in writing, and on reference being had to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, that is to say :—
This Invention relates to an improved manufacture of tiles for forming
the floors of malt or other kilns, and it has for its objects the so making
them as to combine great strength with neatness and lightness of
weight, to allow of a more condensed and better draught or supply of
air or heat for the drying of the malt or other malt material which is
spread upon the tiles as usually, and to allow of the drying being accom-
plished to a considerable extent by heat previously absorbed by and
subsequently radiated from the tiles.
The improved tile is illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings (in Figures 1 to 3), of which Figure 1 represents a plan
view of the upper surface; Figure 2, a similar view of the under
surface; and Figure 3, transverse sections through the lines A, B, and
B, C, Figure 2.
The Invention consists in making or forming such tiles by casting
them of iron, with a smooth clean floor surface 1 perforated with fine
holes 2 tapering upwards thereto from broad holes or openings 3 made
or cast in the under surface 4.
Forming these draught holes thus has the further special advantage
of enabling them to more readily clear themselves of any malt or
matter which may happen to get in them, and of preventing them
getting choked. The tile is also cast together with the necessary and
usual projections or supports 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and
objects of my said Invention, together with the manner in which the
same is to be or may be carried into practical effect; I would remark
in conclusion that I claim as my Invention the making of tiles for
forming the floors of malt or other kilns by casting them with the usual

page_text: appurtenances or supports of iron with a smooth clean floor surface, per-
forated with fine holes tapering upwards thereto from broad holes or
openings in the under surface, substantially as and for-the purposes and
objects above specified and as illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Woods, have hereunto set
hand and scal, this Eleventh day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
my