Improvements in Apparatus for Screening Malts, Barleys, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 20th Jan.,
1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Screening Malts, Barleys, and
the like.
We, RICHARD PEACH, Junior, ALBERT RICHARD STEVENSON, THOMAS JOHN
BINDLEY, and THOMAS SEDDON JOHNSON, trading together as The Burton Screen
Manufacturing and Repairing Company, of 206, Station Street, Burton-on-Trent,
in the County of Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of this invention is principally to keep the top bed of the screen
clear as will be hereinafter explained for the reception of the unscreened malt,.
barley or the like. Our invention refers more particularly to such apparatuses
as consist of a top and bottom inclined screen or bed with a hopper at the head
and a box at the foot of the top bed the malt or the like is run out of the hopper
down and through the top screen or bed to the lower one the large stones or
other hard refuse running down the top bed to the box at the foot thereof which
has to be constantly cleaned out, an attendant having to be kept at hand for the
purpose.
In carrying out our invention we arrange on the top side of the top screen two
inclined pieces of metal or other suitable substance, commencing at or near the
two outer bottom edges and meeting a little distance up the top bed, thus the
stream of stones and other foreign matter that runs down the screen is divided
and runs away to the side and along suitable shutes to any desired point: there is
thus no need of an attendant and the top bed of the screen is always clear and
the box dispensed with.
Dated this 20th day of February 1899.
W. SWINDELL,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Apparatus for Screening Malts, Barleys, and
the like.
We, RICILARD PEACH, Junior, ALBERT RICHARD STEVENSON, THOMAS JOHN
BINDLEY, and THOMAS SEDDON JOHNSON, trading together as The Burton Screen
Manufacturing and Repairing Company, of 206, Station Street, Burton-on-Trent,
in the County of Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-

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clear (as will be hereinafter explained) for the reception of the unscreened malt,
barley or the like.
In describing our invention reference will be had to the accompanying sheet
of drawings upon which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section upon line a a of
Figure 2.
Figure 2 is a general perspective view of our improved device or apparatus.
Our invention refers more particularly to such apparatuses as consist of top and
bottom inclined screens or beds A and B respectively with a hopper C at the
head and a box at the foot of the top bed; the malt or the like is run out of the
hopper down and through the top screen or bed A to the lower one B, the large
stones or other hard refuse running down the top bed to the box at the foot thereof
which has to be constantly cleaned out, an attendant having to be kept at hand
for the purpose.
In carrying out our invention we arrange on the top side of the top screen A
two inclined pieces of metal or other suitable substance D D commencing at or
near the two outer bottom edges and meeting a little distance up the top bed
I such as at the point E, thus the stream of stones and other foreign matter that
runs down the screen is divided and runs away to the sides and along suitable
shutes F to any desired point or points: there is thus no need of an attendant
and the top bed of the screen is always clear and the bottom box dispensed with.
Instead of tapping the screens with a shovel or other instrument. we arrange
a "knocking" device consisting of the toothed wheels G fixed to a shaft H and
operated from the side by means of the handles K.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
I what we claim is:-
In an apparatus for screening malts, barleys and the like the combination
of upper and lower screens or beds with means such as the diagonal pieces D D
for parting and leading away the stones and other larger refuse to the shutes F
and the means for "knocking" or agitating the upper screen substantially as
described and illustrated.
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