Improvements in the Preparation of Malt.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Preparation of Malt.
I, GUSTAV REININGHAUS, Brewery manager of 23, Mathilden Terrasse, Mainz
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
The soaking or steeping of the grain (barley) in breweries and brandy distilleries
takes place in the soaking or steeping troughs.
The grain separated from water is introduced into the said troughs and then mixed
with water therein.
In this process it is necessary that the grain be transported to the soaking or
steeping troughs by some particular means such for instance as elevators, carts,
spirals etc. Here it is mixed with water and by a continual stirring cleaned of
any dirt it may contain.
This separated work, the transport and then stirring of the grain is avoided in
the invention herein after described. I introduce a water pipe into the grain supply
pipe and thereby cause the grain to be transported to the soaking or steeping troughs
by the pressure of the water.
In this manner the grain will be thoroughly cleaned in passing through the supply
pipe to the troughs and further becomes properly damp. The amount of water
entering the supply pipe can be regulated to correspond with the amount of grain.
In order to make my invention more clear, I refer to the accompanying drawing.
A is the grain floor from whence the grain passes by means of the funnel into
the pipes aa which lead into the troughs. The water pipe b coming from a
reservoir or cisterne, joins the pipe a so that the water and grain are mixed in these
transport pipes aa and the grain is carried along by the force or pressure of the
water until it reaches the soaking or steeping troughs ff.
In transporting the grain by means of water pressure the pipes can be bent in
any desired manner so that the grain floor may lie at any distance from the troughs.
Of course the water may be driven into the transport pipe by means of a
centrifugal pump or any other means.
Dated Berlin this 97th day of Manah 1980
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Preparation of Malt.
I, GUSTAV REININGHAUS, Brewery Manager of 23 Mathilden Terrasse, Mainz,
German Empire, 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:-
The soaking or steeping of the grain (barley) in breweries and brandy distilleries
takes place in the soaking or steeping troughs.
The grain, separated from water is introduced into the said troughs and then mixed
with water therein.
In this process it is necessary, that the grain be transported to the soaking or
steeping troughs by some particular means, such for instance as elevators, carts,
spirals, etc. Here it is mixed with water and by a continual stirring cleaned of any
dirt it may contain.
This separated work, the transport and then stirring of the grain is avoided in the

page_text: invention hereinafter described. I introduce a water pipe into the grain supply pipe and
thereby cause the grain to be transported to the soaking or steeping troughs by the
pressure of the water.
In this manner the grain will be thoroughly cleaned in passing through the supply
pipe to the troughs and further becomes properly damp. The amount of water
entering the supply pipe can be regulated to correspond with the amount of grain.
In order to make my invention more clear, I refer to the drawing sent in with the
provisional application and to the accompanying sheet in which similar letters de tote
similar parts throughout the several views.
Fig. 1 is a view of my improved grain conveyer.
Fig. 2 shows a modification.
Fig. 3 shows an end elevation of the tank in Fig. 2.
A is the grain floor from whence the grain passes by means of the funnel Cinto
the pipes a a, which lead into the troughs ff. The water pipe b coming from a
reservoir or cistern joins the pipe a, so that the water and grain are mixed in these
transport pipes a a and the grain is carried along by the force of the water until it
reaches the soaking or steeping troughs ff.
In transporting the grain by means of water pressure the pipes can be bent in any
desired manner so that the grain floor may lie at any distance from the troughs.
The water may be driven into the transport pipe by means of a centrifugal pump
or any other means.
On the modification shown in figs. 2 & 3 A is the grain floor from whence the grain
passes through pipe a into the mixing box 6. Mixing box b¹ is connected with
the water supply at c¹ and has a coarse sieve over its upper end by means of which
the grain is separated so that it is thoroughly mixed with the water; the grain then
passes along the pipe connection a under the pressure of the water and out at the
end into the separater d. The separater d, as will be seen from fig. 1, has a number
of vertical ribs and a water outlet e; this water outlet stands a little below the height
of the opposite side of the separater so that the grain will pass over the side into
the steeping tank whilst the water will run out at e taking with it all the dust and
impurities, which were in the grain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to he performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :
1. The method of transporting grain in breweries or distilleries from the grain
floor to the soaking or steeping tanks and cleansing the same, by means of driving
the grain through a system of pipes by water pressure, in the manner and for the
purpose, substantially as described.
2. The transport of grain in breweries and distilleries from the grain floor to
the soaking tanks and cleansing the same by means of water pressure originated
by a centrifugal or other power, in the manner and for the purpose substantially
as described.
3. In a grain conveying and cleaning apparatus, the combination of the
conveying pipes a, communicating with an opening in a grain floor and with a
separater, the mixing chamber 6, provided with a water inlet, the separater d
provided with a water outlet and the steeping tank beneath the separater, substantially
as described.
Dated Berlin this fith day of January 1800