IMPROVE- MENTS IN MILLS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR FROM GRAIN
Year: 1864

page_text: Filed Jith August 1805.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LEWIS
FREDERIC GOODBODY, of Clara, King's County, Ireland, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Lewis Frederic Goodbody
Her special license that I, the said Lewis Frederic Goodbody, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Lewis
Frederic Goodbody,my executors, administrators, or 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MILLS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR FROM GRAIN," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Lewis Frederick Goodbody, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, shouldparticularlydescribeaudascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the 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. And whereas I, the
said Lewis Frederic Goodbody, in pursuance of the said condition, did by a
Dice

page_text: Specification, being an instrument in writing under my hand and scal, par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of my Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, and did cause the same iustr. inent to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office on the Twenty-eighth day or
February One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. And whereas since
the filing of the said Specification I have been advised that there are doubts
whether so much of the said Specification as describes and claims the
machinery or apparatus and the process for moistening grain as set forth in
the first and second claiming clauses of the said Specification is new; I am
therefore desirous of disclaiming such portions of the first and second claims
of the said Specification as have reference to the moistening of grain, and
otherwise altering the said Specification to render the same consistent with
such altered claims in manner herein-after shown.
."
NOW KNOW YE, therefore, that I, the said Lewis Frederic Goodbody,
by and with the leave of Her said Majesty's Solicitor General, do hereby
disclaim the words "moistening grain previous to its being ground, and for
in the first claim, and also the words "moistening the grain previous to its
being ground, and for " in the second claim, and by and with the leave afore-
said. and for the reason aforesaid, I do hereby alter the said Specification in
manner as follows:-I introduce the words "for re-drying grain when in the
condition of flour" after the words "My said Invention relates to certain
improved arrangements employed." I also introduce a full stop after the
words "manufacture of flour from grain," and strike out the portion of the
Specification which begins with the words "the chief feature of which," and
euds with the words "effectually damped or moistened." And I further alter
'the said Specification by inserting the words "but I do not claim as my
Invention either the process of moistening grain, or the apparatus described
for that purpose" after the words "by means of the ducts K ;" and I strike
out from the first claim the word "it," and insert the words" grain when in
the condition of flour" after the word "re-drying; "and, lastly, I substitute
the word "grain" for the word "it" in the second claim.
Aud in order that it may be clearly understood what is the Invention which
I now consider to be secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent, I shall proceed to repeat (omitting preamble and testing
clause) my said Specification as amended by this present Disclaimer and
Memorandum of Alteration as follows:-
My said Invention relatos to certain improved arrangements employed for
ro-drying grain, when in the condition of flour, in mills adapted for the manu-
cture of flour from grain. When the flour is ready to be dried it is passed

page_text: through a medium of heated air as it travels in the finished state from the
silk or "wire-dressing machine," the remaining part of the process being the
same as that at present employed. The flour is dried by means of causing it
to pass through a chamber heated by hot water or steam pipes, and thus the
air contained therein becomes elevated in temperature, so that when the flour
is passed through the chamber the moisture contained in it is driven off;
but instead of using hot water or steam pipes, heated air may be used, a
current of such air being impelled through the chamber by fanners or other-
wise;
it is however obvious that the chamber through which the flour is
passed may be heated in various other ways besides those hercin-before
referred to.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood I shall
now proceed to describe the system or mode under which the same is or may be
used or carried into effect, and for the purpose of thoroughly elucidating the
same, I shall hereafter refer to the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the Figure
on which represents a vertical section of a building containing the mill to
which my improvements are applied. As the chief features of this mill are
similar to those ordinarily in use for the grinding of grain, I do not consider it
in the present instance necessary to particularly specify them, except in so far
as the mention of any existing piece of mechanism in combination with any
part of my said improvements may tend more completely to explain these
improvements. As the grain is brought from the cleaning machinery it falls
into that end of the trough marked A, which is nearest to the walls of the
building contained in the stock-hopper A. Within the trough A there is
contained the screw-bladed shaft B running throughout its entire length, and
on that end of the shaft B, projecting through the inner extremity of the
trough A, there is keyed or otherwise fixed the driving palley C, to which
motion is imparted by the belt D driven from an adjacent shaft of the mill, it
is therefore obvious that as the screw-bladed shaft B rotates, it carries forward
the grain which has entered at one end from the cleaning machinery, and at
the further end of the trough; in its under side an opening is made, through
which the grain falls, as indicated in the Drawings, thence it passes on to the
stones in the usual manner. At one end or side of the building there is
situated the steam boiler E, from which the steam pipe F extends, and
passing up into the chamber containing the "silk or wire dressing machine"G
it is conducted down through the spout H, through which the flour passes
from the "silk or wire dressing machine" into the bags I. At the lower part
of the spout H it turns backwards towards the steam boiler E, and thence
any steam that may have become condensed is discharged. At the upper part

page_text: of the steam pipe F contained within the spont II, the branch pipe J is led off,
and connected to the upper part of the trough A in the manner shewn. The
action of the entire apparatus is as follows:-After the grain is cleaned it
passes into the trough A, in which it becomes moistened by contact with the
steam led therein by means of the pipe J falling into the stock hopper in a
completely moistened state; it passes to the grindstones by means of the
ducts K; but I do not claim as my Invention either the process of moistening
grain, or the apparatus described for that purpose. When leaving the stones
as flour it is conveyed by a lifting apparatus to the upper part of the building
whence it is conducted by the ordinary screw creeping machinery L to the
"silk or wire dressing machine "G as it passes through the "silk or wire
dressing machine," and the chamber containing it, the moisture that is in it is
driven off by the radiated heat from the steam pipe F, and falling on the floor
of the heated chamber, it is carried by the chain of buckets N to the top of
the spout EI, whence it falls into the bags in a finished state.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is or may be used or carried into practical effect, I would
observe in conclusion that I do not confine or restrict myself to the precise
details herein-before described and referred to, as it will be necessary to modify
them in part to suit the arrangements of many existing mills; but what I
consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
First, the general arrangement and construction of machinery or apparatus
for re-drying grain when in the condition of flour, in the manner substantially
as herein-before described, or any mere modification of the said arrangements
Second, the process of re-drying grain when in the condition of flour, by
which its strength is regained, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Lewis Frederic Goodbody, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Sth day of July, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty five.

page_text: To the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions.
I hereby grant my fiat giving leave to the above-named Lewis Frederic
Goodbody to file in the Great Seal Patent Office, with the Specification to
which the same relates, the above written Disclaimer and Memorandum of
Alteration
Temple, August 10th 1865.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lewis Frederic Goodbody, of Clara, King's County,
Ireland, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MILLS FOR
THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR FROM GRAIN,"
Sealed the 29th November 1864, and dated the 10th September 1864.
PROVISIONAL: SPECIFICATION left by thesaid Lewis Frederic Goodbody
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th September 1864.
I, LEWIS FREDERIO GOODBODY, of Clara, King's County, Ireland, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MILLS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR FROM GRAIN," to be as follows, that is
to say:
This Invention relates to certain improved arrangements employed iu mills
adapted for the manufacture of flour from grain, the chief feature of which
is the passing of the grain to be ground through a current of steam adjusted
in such manner as to damp or moisten the grain most thoroughly and to any
extent that may be required. This process in itself would, however, be
injurious to the strength of the flour, and for the purpose of counteracting this
weakening effect, a process of re-drying the flour is made use of by means of
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page_text: passing it through hot air, the same heated air being used for "reeking" the
silk dressing machines dry, thereby enabling them to do a larger amount of
work and in better order than hitherto. This process is far more simple than
that hitherto employed, namely, the moistening of the grain by means of
sprinkling it by water or other liquid, whilst another important advantage is,
that the grain need never be touched from the time it is first put into
the cleaning machine until it comes into the flour bag ready for weighing.
The apparatus omployed for effecting the moistening of the grain consists
of a casing or trough placed in the "stock hopper," and in which a screw-
bladed shaft or some such similar inechanism is arranged, which by its revo-
lution causes the grain to travel along the trough, the grain itself being
admitted at one end from a spout, through which it falls, an-opening being
made in the further end of the trough through which the grain falls into the
"stock hopper" after having travelled through the trough. A steam pipe
communicates with the trough or casing at or near to the place where the
grain is admitted, and steam thus flows amongst the grain during its passage
through the trough or casing, which in it becomes effectually damped or
moistened. When the flour is ready to be dried it is passed througha medium
of heated air as it travels in the finished state from the silk dressing machine,
the remaining part of the process being the same as that at present employed.
The flour is dried by means of causing it to pass through a chamber heated
by hot water or steam pipes, and thus the air contained therein becomes
elevated in temperature, so that when the flour is passed through the
chamber the moisture contained in it is driven off. But instead of using hot
water or steam pipes, heated air inay be used, a current of such air being
impelled through the chamber by fanners or otherwise; it is, however
obvious that the chamber through which the flour is passed may be heated
in various other ways besides thoso herein-before referred to.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Lewis Frederick Goodbody in the Great Seal Patent g
Office on the 28th February 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LEWIS
FREDERICK GOODBODY, of Clara, King's County, Ireland, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters 3
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord

page_text: One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Lewis Frederick Goodbody, Her special licence that I, the said
Lewis Frederick Goodbody, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Lewis Frederick Goodbody, 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 expresserl, 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 MILLS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOUR FROM
GRAIN," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Lewis Frederick
Goodbody, 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 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 Lewis Frederick Goodbody, 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, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
My said Invention relates to certain improved arrangements employed in
mills adapted for the manufacture of flour from grain, the chief feature of
which is the passing of the grain to be ground through a current of steam
adjusted in such manner as to damp or moisten the grain most thoroughly
and to any extent that may be required. This process in itself would, however,
be injurious to the strength of the flour, and for the purpose of counteracting
this weakening effect, a process of re-drying the flour is made use of by means
of passing it through hot air, the same heated air being used for keeping the
"silk or wire dressing machines" dry, thereby enabling them to do a larger
amount of work and in better order than hitherto. This process is far more
simple than that hitherto employed, namely, the moistening of the grain by
means of sprinkling it with water or other liquid, whilst another important
advantage is, that the grain need never be touched from the time it is first
put into the cleaning machine until it comes into the flour bag ready for
weighing.
The apparatus employed for effecting the moistening of the grain consists
of a casing or trough placed in the "stock honner" and in which a screw-

page_text: bladed shaft or some such similar piece of mechanism is arranged, which
by its revolution causes the grain to travel along the trough, the grain
itself being admitted at one end from a spout, through which it falls direct
from the cleaning machinery, an opening being made in the further end
of the trough through which the grain falls into the "stock hopper." A
steam pipe communicates with the trough or casing at or near to the place
where the grain is admitted, and steam thus flows amongst the grain during
its passage through the trough or casing, which in it becomes effectually
damped or moistened. When the flour is ready to be dried it is passed
through a medium of heated air as it travels in the finished state from
the silk or "wire dressing machine," the remaining part of the process
being the same as that at present employed. The flour is dried by means
of causing it to pass through a chamber heated by hot water or steam pipes,
and thus the air contained therein becomes elevated in temperature, so that
when the flour is passed through the chamber the moisture contained
in it is driven off. But instead of using hot water or steam pipes, heated
air may be used, a current of such heated air being impelled through the
chamber by fanuers or otherwise; it is, howover, obvious that the chamber
through which the flour is passed may be heated in various other ways besides
those herein-before referred to.
And in order that my said Invention may be proporly understood I shall
now proceed to describe the system or mode under which the same is or
may be used or carried into effect, and for the purpose of thoroughly cluci-
dating the same 1 shall hereafter refer to the annexed Sheet of Drawings,
the Figure ou which represents a vertical section of a building containing the
mill to which my improvements are applied.
As the chief features of this mill are similar to those ordinarily in use
for the grinding of grain, I do not consider it in the present instance
necessary to particularly specify them, except in so far as the mention of
any existing piece of mechanism in combination with any part of my
said improvements may tond more completely to explain these improvements.
As the grain is brought from the cleaning machinery it falls into that
cud of the trough marked A, which is nearest to the walls of the building,
contained in the stock hopper A³. Within the trough A there is contained
the screw-bladed shaft B, running throughout its entire length, and on that
end of the shaft B, projecting through the inner extremity of the trough A,
there is keyed or otherwise fixed the driving pulley C, to which motion is
imparted by the belt D, driven from an adjacent shaft of the mill; it is
therefore obvious that as the screw-bladed shaft B rotutes, it carries forward

page_text: the grain which has entered at one end from the cleaning machinery, and
at the further end of the trough in its under side an opening is made,
through which the grain falls as indicated in the Drawings, thence it passes
on to the stones in the usual manner. At one end or side of the building
there is situated the steam boiler E, from which the steam pipe F extends,
and passing up into the chamber containing the "silk or wire dressing
machine "G, it is conducted down through the spout H, through which the
flour passes from the "silk or wire dressing machine" into the bags I.
At the lower part of the spout H it turns backwards towards the steam
boiler E, and thence any steam that may have become condensed is dis
charged. At the upper part of the steam pipe F, contained within the
spout H, the branch pipe J is led off and connected to the upper part of
the through.A in the mauner shown.
The action of the entire apparatus is as follows:-After the grain is
cleaned it passes into the trough A, in which it becomes moistened by
contract with the steam lead therein by means of the pipe J, falling into
the stock hopper in a completely moistened state, it passes to the grind-
stones by means of the ducts K. When leaving the stones as flour it is
conveyed by a lifting apparatus to the upper part of the building, whence
it is conducted by the ordinary screw-creeping machinery L to the "silk
or wire dressing machine" G. As it passes through the "silk or wire
dressing machine" and the chamber containing it, the moisture that
is in it is driven off by the radiated heat from the steam pipe F, and
falling on the floor of the heated chamber it is carried by the chain of
buckets N to the top of the spout H, whence it falls into the bags in a
finished state.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is or may be used or carried into practical effect, I
would observe in conclusion that I do not confine or restrict myself to the
precise details herein-before described and referred to, as it will be necessary
to modify them in part to suit the arrangements of many existing mills;
but what I consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as
the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent, is,
First, the general arrangement and construction of machinery or
apparatus for moistening grain previous to its being ground, and for
re-drying it in the manner substantially as herein-before described, or any
mere modification of the said arrangements.

page_text: Second, the process of moistening the grain previous to its being ground,
and for re-drying it when in the condition of flour, by which its strength is
regained, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Lewis Frederick Goodbody, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of February, in the
year of our Lord Oue thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
LEWIS FREDERICK GOODBODY. (L.S.)