IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRESSING, CLEANING, OR SIFTING GRAIN
Year: 1862

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 Middlesex,
Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DRESSING, CLEANING, OR SIFTING GRAIN."-A communication from abroad
by Louis Appolinaire Haton, of No. 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries,
Paris, in the Empire of France, Merchant.
Sealed the 27th June 1862, and dated the 3rd January 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd January 1862.
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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR DRESSING, CLEANING, OR SIFTING GRAIN," (a communication to me from
abroad by Louis Appolinaire Haton, of No 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries,
Paris, in the Empire of France, Merchant,) to be as follows:-
The improved apparatus forming the subject of the said Invention is
illustrated in the Drawing hereunto annexed, to which the following description
refers.
a, balance weight; b, pulley carrying the band or cord of the roller c;
d, right toothed wheel commanding the pinion e, which gives motion to the
toothed gearing f, f, and cylinder g, which is fixed at each end by the cross
bars m, m; h, h', toothed gearing, moved by the cross bar m³, and giving
motion to the small toothed cones i; j, small drums, moved by the cones, and
carrying a band k, which serves to conduct the grain to the end of the cylinder

page_text: by means of a bucket or trough ; n, n¹, n, small chairs or bearings fixed on
the shaft o, serving to support the interior apparatus; q, sole or bottom piece,
joined by four jambs to the uprights P, P'; O, fixed shaft resting on the
uprights P, P₁; r, hopper by which the grain is supplied to the cylinder g;
s, part of the cylinder, covered with a sheet of metal cut rectangularly;
t, adjoining part, covered with a sheet of metal pierced with round holes;
u, last part of the cylinder, also covered with sheet iron or other metal pierced
with triangular holes; v, sheet of metal receiving the grain, which is carried
to the extremity of the cylinder by the band k; x, crank (placed at the
extremity of the drum j¹), by which a come-and-go motion is given, causing
the grain to fall and lodge in the holes of the cylinder; y, y¹, y", y¹¹, small
toothed gearing, giving motion to a metal plate, which acts as a
regulator.
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 1st July 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 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, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
adid, 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 there-
after 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR DRESSING, CLEANING, OR SIFTING GRAIN," (communicated to me
from abroad by Louis Appolinaire Hatou, of No. 15, Passage des Petites
Ecuries, Paris, in the Empire of France, Merchant,) upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under ny, 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 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 hereunto
annexed and forming part of this my Specification, and to the letters of refer-
ence marked thereon. And as the construction and arrangement of the grain
dressing, cleaning, and sifting apparatus forming the subject of this Invention
will be best understood by reference thereto, I will at once proceed to describe
them :-
a denotes a balance weight or counterpoise, which assists in starting the
apparatus; b, pulley carrying the cord of the roller or arbor c; d, upright
toothed wheel gearing into the pinion e, which transmits motion to the toothed
gearing f and cylinder g, which is fixed at each extremity by the cross bars
m, m; h, h, toothed gearing moved by the cross bar m², and giving motion to
the small toothed cones i, i; j, j, small drums moved by the cones, and
carrying a band k, which serves to conduct the grain to the end of the cylinder
by means of a trough or tray l; n, n¹, n", small chairs or bearings fixed on
the shaft o, and serving to support the inner mechanism; q, sole or bottom
piece of framing joined by four jambs to the uprights p, p'; o, fixed shaft rest-
ing in bearings on the uprights p, p'; r, hopper by which the grain is supplied
to the cylinder g; s, part of the cylinder covered with a sheet of metal cut
rectangularly; t, adjoining part of cylinder covered with a sheet of metal pierced
with round holes; u, last part of the cylinder also covered with a sheet of metal
pierced with triangular holes, and which acts the part of a smut machine;
v, recipient, or sheet of metal receiving the grain, which is carried to the
extremity of the cylinder by the band k; a crank is placed at the extremity of
the drum j, which gives a come-and-go motion, and causes the grains to fall
and lodge in the holes of the cylinder; y, y', y", y, small toothed gearing
giving motion to a metal plate, which acts as a regulator.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this First day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.