IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MASHING OR BREWING BEER, ALE, OR OTHER SIMILAR LIQUOR."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Barton, of Dewsbury, in the County of York, for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR
MASHING OR BREWING BEER, ALE, OR OTHER SIMILAR LIQUOR."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Barton at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th April 1880.
JOHN BARTON, of Dewsbury, in the County of York.
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MASHING OR BREWING BEER, ALE, OR OTHER
SIMILAR LIQUOR."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
This Invention consists in a combination and arrangement of apparatus for
mashing or brewing beer, ale, and other beverages, and its principal object is to
commence and complete the various operations of boiling the water, mashing or
brewing the malt and hops, also in cooling and working or fermenting in one and
the same vessel; and the apparatus is chiefly intended for doinestic or honic use,
but is capable of being used on a much larger scale. The construction of the
apparatus is somewhat as follows:-A vessel having a convex bottom is employed,
into which the water is first placed and heated by means of gas lights or other
heating media. A perforated tray or sieve is placed in the vessel, and capable of
moving vertically up and down therein by screw lever or other means, and in
commencing to brew the malt is placed upon this perforated tray and lowered or
partially lowered into the heated water, where it is allowed to remain sufficiently
long as to extract the saccrine or juicy matter therefrom; or the perforated tray
may be moved up and down by the screw lever or other means, so as to hasten on
the brewing. When this operation has been successfully accomplished the grain
is removed, and the hop or other substitute is placed on the tray and lowered into
the liquor, and the operation of boiling or mashing is again performed. The liquor
is afterwards cooled by passing cold water through a coiled pipe, also placed within
the vessel, or the coil may be around the outside of the vessel, forining the rim
thereof, and when sufficiently cool the balm or yeast is introduced for fermenting
purposes; and the perforated tray is here specially useful, as the fermented balm
forces its way through the perforations and rests on the said tray instead of on the
liquor, as at present, whereby the weight of the balm is kept off the liquor.
Suitable taps and valves are arranged for admitting the water and removing the
liquor. By this means the liquor is not transferred from vessel to vessel for each
operation, as is now the case.
This apparatus is equally applicable for making wines or other home made
beverages.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Barton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th October
1880.
JOHN BARTON, of Dewsbury, in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MASHING OR BREWING BEER, ALE, OR OTHER
SIMILAR LIQUORS."
This Invention consists in a combination and arrangement of -apparatus-for
mashing or brewing beer, ale, and other beverages, and its principal object is to
commence and complete the various operations of boiling the water, mashing or
brewing the malt and hops, also in cooling and "working" or fermenting in one
and the same vessel; and the apparatus is chiefly intended for domestic or home
use, but it is capable of being used on a much larger scale.
In order that the Invention may be better understood reference is made to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is elevation of a machine con-
structed according to my Invention, and Fig. 2 is section of same.
A is the copper
or other metal vessel having a convex bottom, as shewn, and B is the tray or siove,
which is raised up and down in the said vessel by means of a screw C operated by
-hand wheel D through the medium of bevil wheels E supported by rails and
brackets F, which for convenience are connected to the sides of the vessel. Care
the copper coiled pipes, through which cold water is passed for cooling the liquor,
H being the inlet, and I tho outlet. J is a pipe for conveying gas or other heating
media for heating the liquid, and K is the tap for removing the liquid when
ready.
The action of the apparatus and mode of proceeding is as follows:-In com-
mencing to brew the malt is placed upon the perforated tray B and lowered or
partially lowered into the heated water, where it is allowed to remain sufficiently
long as to extract the saccrine or juicy matter therefrom; or the perforated tray
may be moved up and down by the screw C, so as to hasten on the brewing.
When this operation has been successfully accomplished the grain is removed, and
the hop or other substitute is placed on the tray B and lowered into the liquor, and
the operation of boiling or inashing is again performed. The liquor is afterwards
cooled by passing cold water through the coiled pipes G, also placed within the
vessel, and when sufficiently cool the balm or yeast is introduced through the
sliding door L for fermenting purposes; and the perforated tray B is bere especially
useful, as the fermented balm forces its way through the perforations and rests on
the said tray instead of on the liquor, as at present, whereby the weight of the
balun is kept off the liquor.
By this arrangement the operation of brewing is very quickly performed, and
the liquor is not transferred from vessel to vessel upon each operation, as is now
the case, whereby the inconveniences and dirt which arises from transferring from
one vessel to another is avoided. This apparatus is equally applicable for making
wines or other home made beverages.
Having thus described my improvements, and the best means I am acquainted
with for carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details shewn and described, as these may be varied
without departing from the peculiar character of the Invention, but what I do
claim is,―
Firstly. The sliding tray or sieve B for the purpose substantially as shewn and
described

page_text: Secondly. The combination of the parts A, B, and G for the purpose substan-
tially as shewn and described, whereby the several operations of boiling, mashing,
cooling, and fermenting is accomplished in one vessel.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Barton, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.