An Improved Travelling or Revolving Apparatus and Kiln for Drying Malt, Grain, Maize, Beans, Peas, Seed, Rice, Brewer's Grains or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1899-Acoepted, 16th Dec., 1899
An Improved Travelling or Revolving Apparatus and Kiln for Drying
Malt, Grain, Maize, Beans, Peas, Seed, Rice, Brewer's Grains or
the like.
We, GEORGE GARNISIL and JOIN ROCK LEMON, both Millwrights and Engineers,
of Pilton, Barnstaple, in the County of Devon, and SAMUEL DYMOND, Miller, of
4, Albion Terrace, Cumberland Road, Bristol, in the County of Gloucester, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a novel and ingenious idea of a series of
revolving or travelling perforated platforms, on which the malt, grain, or other
material is carried through the kiln during the process of drying. And the above
platforms which are made of wire gauze, perforated metal, or any other suitable
material, are designed and worked by means of two or more revolving spindles
on which are fixed a number of chain wheels or band & web pulleys or drums,
on which the perforated metal or wire platforms travel and designed so that the
wire or perforated platforms can be worked in sections, hinged to travelling
chains, webs, or bands, or to work in one continuous perforated metal band plat-
form. The above apparatus is fixed in a kiln made of brick, stone metal, or
other material, the kiln being specially designed and constructed to receive the
apparatus, with one or more fireplaces, provided with hot air outlets.
The hot air from the fire or fires to be drawn up through the perforated travelling
platforms by means of a high stack or chimney made of metal or other material,
or by means of an exhaust fan or fans.
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GEORGE GARNISH.
JOHN ROCK LEMON.
SAMUEL DYMOND.
An Improved Travelling or Revolving Apparatus and Kiln for Drying
Malt, Grain, Maize, Beans, Peas, Seed, Rice, Brewer's Grains or
the like.
GEORGE GARNISH and JOHN ROCK LEMON, both Millwrights and Engineers,
of Pilton, Barnstaple, in the County of Devon, and SAMUEL DYMOND, Miller, of
4, Albion Terrace, Cumberland Road, Bristol, in the County of Gloucester, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
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page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
Our invention has for its object a very novel and ingenious apparatus consisting
of a series of revolving or travelling perforated platforms on which the material
to be dried is carried during the process of drying. The above travelling plat-
forms which are made of wire gauze, perforated metal or other suitable material
are designed and worked by means of two or more revolving spindles or shafts
(driven by suitable spur gear) on which are fixed a number of chain wheels, bands
web pulleys rolls or drums on which the perforated metal or wire platform travels
and designed so that the perforated platforms can be worked in sections or parts
hinged to travelling chains, bands webs or ropes but if desired it can be worked
in one continuous perforated platform.
The above apparatus. being fixed in a specially designed kiln made of brick,
stone, metal or other material arranged and constructed with one or more fire
places provided with dampers to admit hot or cold air to the above moving plat-
forms, the said hot or cold air being drawn through the perforations of the plat-
form and the material to be dried by means of a high stack or chimney or by
means of a fan or air propeller.
And the dried material when leaving the platforms drop into a collecting worm
or conveyor which runs the whole length of the kiln & delivers it outside the
kiln and during the passage of the dried material through this worm or conveyor
it is exposed to a strong current of cold air which perfectly cools the dried material
in leaving the kiln.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.
Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal elevation section.
Fig. 2 is a plan,
Fig. 3 the end elevation section.
In these 3 drawings we show the principle & form of our invention in which
the platforms a, a¹, a², are operated by gear wheels & pinions b, b, b, b, mounted
on several seperate & independent shafts c, c, c, c, c, one of these being a driving
shaft, the power being transmitted from this shaft to the others by means of
the gearing b, b, b, b, & the belt & pulleys d, d, d, or any other suitable drive.
The apparatus consists of one or more travelling or revolving platforms a, a, a²
each platform fitted with 2, 4, 6 or more chain wheels e, e, e, e, e, e, & 1, 2, 3,
or more chains f, f, f, which travel on the wheels e, e, e, e, e, e, & the plat-
forms a, a, a, consists of a number of wire gauze or perforated metal flaps or
leaves g, 9, 9, 9, 9, g, hinged in sections to chains f, f, f, & these flaps or leaves
as they pass under the feed hopper h, overlap & form a level & continuous
platform from feed hopper h, to discharge spout i when the hinged wire gauze
or perforated metal flaps or leaves 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, drop down in their return
and hang in a perpendicular position which form a number of channels to convey
the hot air & heat through the perforations of the platforms a, a¹, a³, & the
material to be dried & thence to the fan j (which is fixed in roof) and discharged
into the open air.
The feed to the platform a is regulated by means of an adjustable slide k, which
is operated by spur & bevil gearing or otherwise. When the material to be dried
passes from hopper hit travels very slowly along on platform a to discharge
spout when it is thoroughly turned & delivered on platform a¹ where it is again
carried slowly along on platform a¹ to discharge spout when it is again
thoroughly turned & delivered on platform a² where it is again slowly carried
along to discharge spout 22 when it is delivered & passes down over perforated
kiln tile m, or other perforated material into the conveyor 777 where it is again
slowly carried through conveyor to discharge spout n. During its passage
through conveyor it is exposed to a strong current of cold air & is delivered
from the kiln perfectly dry & cold.
We have not hereinbefore spoken of the fire which generates the heat. We use

page_text: one or more fires p, p, as shown in Fig. 1, built with brick work. Fire bars rr
& bearing bars, s, s. The openings tttt are to allow the hot air which is
generated by the fires to pass through, being drawn by fan ; in roof through
the various platforms & materials. We regulate the heat & currents of air
operating on the material by means of adjustable dampers w, w, worked by
chains & weights w², w², & shave pulley's w³ w³.
And the openings admit a current of cold air which is also regulated
by dampers & chains²²weights ³ ³ ³ & sheave pulleys, a, ª,
these being adjusted according to the quantity of air required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
Apparatus for drying malt grains, grain & other substances, consisting of a
kiln built of brick masonry metal or other material fitted with revolving plat-
forms a, a, a, made of gauze or kiln wire or other perforated material con-
tinuous or hinged in sections leaves or flaps such as g, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, hinged in
sections to chain f, f, f, & driven by shafts, supported on sides of kiln such
as cccccc gear wheels & pinions such as bbbb chain wheels such as e, e, e̟, e, e̟, e̟,
& chains such as f, f, f, on which the malt grains, grain or other material is
conveyed during the process of drying.
The heat & hot air being drawn by the fan or air propeller from the fires p, p,
& dampers, , through the perforated platforms a, a¹, a² to the fan j & thence
to the open air.
And the dried material after leaving the platforms a, a', a² drops on perforated
tile hopper m, or other perforated material into the conveyor which is exposed
to a strong current of cold air which cools the material after being dried.
Substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
sheet of drawings.
Dated this Sixteenth day of October 1899.
GEORGE GARNISH.
JOHN ROCK LEMON.
SAMUEL DYMOND.