DOING AWAY WITH THE SMELL ARISING FROM THE MELTING FAT, TALLOW, &C., AND ALSO POR AN IMPROVEMENT IN STIRRING AND STRAINING THE SAME
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Parsons, of Bittern, near Southampton,
in the County of Hants, Bricklayer, for the Invention of "DOING AWAY
WITH THE SMELL ARISING FROM THE MELTING FAT, TALLOW, &C., AND ALSO POR
AN IMPROVEMENT IN STIRRING AND STRAINING THE SAME."
Sealed the 27th May 1859, and dated the 29th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Parsons at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th November 1858.
I, WILLIAM PARSONS, of Bittern, near Southampton, in the County of
Hants, Bricklayer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"DOING AWAY WITH THE SMELL ARISING FROM THE MELTING FAT, TALLOW, &c.,
AND ALSO FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN STIRRING AND STRAINING THE SAME," to be
as follows:-
A copper marked A is covered in by a metal dome B; from the
dome runs a flue C, which carries the steam to the furnace D, where it is
consumed. The tallow is stirred by a quadrant E furnished with cutters,
which may be worked either by hand or machinery with a crank & wheel,
& the copper is supplied by a feed pipe F, the mouth of which is closed by a
damper, and the melted fat is drawn off through a tap, having holes counter-
sunk on the outside of the copper to communicate with same, thus acting also
as a strainer.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Parsons in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, WILLIAM
PARSONS, of Bitterne, near Southampton, in the County of Hants, Bricklayer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Parsons, Her special licence that I, the said William
Parsons, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said William Parsons, 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 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 "DOING
AWAY WITH THE SMELL AND STENCH ARISING FROM THE MELTING FAT, TALLOW,
&c., AND ALSO FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN STIRRING AND STRAINING THE SAME,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Parsons,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing, under
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.
"
ог
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Parsons, 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 fol-
lowing statement :-
A copper for receiving and melting the said tallow, marked A in the
sectional portion of the plan accompanying this Specification, is covered in by
a metal dome marked B; from the dome runs a pipe or flue C, which carries
the steam and smell or stench to the furnace D, where it is consumed, the
tallow by a quadrant E furnished with cutters, which may be worked either by
hand or machinery with a crank and cog wheel marked F. The mouth of
the feed pipe is covered in with a sliding metal top, and the feed pipe is also
closed with a damper marked G in that portion of the plan shewing the

page_text: elevation, and the melted fat is drawn through the tap marked H, which has
holes countersunk on the outside of the copper to communicate with same,
thus acting as a strainer. On the top of the dome, communicating with the
shaft or chimney, is another pipe or flue, marked in the sectional portion of the
plan I, and this is closed or opened by a valve marked K, acting alternately
with the pipe or flue C, and worked by a handle from the outside, so that when
the pipe or flue C is open, the pipe or flue I is shut, and vice versa. The
object of this is, that when the refuse or graves of the melted fat or tallow is
removed from the door of the dome, which is shewn in the said plan, and
marked L, the steam should not rush out upon the man removing it, but
should be carried up the pipe or flue I into the shaft, the pipe or flue C being
closed by the alternating valve above referred to.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Parsons, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
WILLIAM PARSONS. (L.s.)