IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FININGS FOR FINING BEER AND OTHER LIQUORS
Year: 1870

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LETTERS PATENT to St. George Augustus Terry, of Burnham, in
the County of Bucks, Brewer and Malster, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FININGS FOR FINING BEER
AND OTHER LIQUORS."-A communication from abroad by Alfred
Terry, of the Carlton Brewery, Bouverie Street, Melbourne,
Australia.
Sealed the 24th September 1870, and dated the 18th July 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said St. George Augustus
Terry at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 18th July 1870.
I, ST. GEORGE AUGUSTUS TERRY, of Burnham, in the County of
Bucks, Brewer and Malster, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FININGS FOR
FINING BEER AND OTHER LIQUORS," to be as follows:-
1.
In the preparation of finings for fining beer, wines, and other liquors
it is usual to rub the finings through a sieve or a set of sieves by '
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page_text: hand labour in order to strain the liquid portion from the lumps and
undissolved particles which are always found in it. Now this process is
very tedious and irksome and it limits the quantity of finished finings
made during a given time.
Now the object of this Invention is to employ an apparatus for
preparing the finings mechanically, and this is accomplished by means
of a cylindrical casing composed of wirework or other open woven
material in which brushes are caused to revolve by steam or other
power. The cylinder is preferably arranged in a frame which can be
moved from place to place by hand, or that it can be lifted so that
tubs or other vessels can be placed under it to be filled. The frame
of the cylinder is provided with a hopper, trough, or funnel by which
the finings can be admitted into the cylinder, when the brushes are
caused to revolve and rub the finings against the meshes of the wire-
work to cause the liquid portion to exude through them and fall into
the tub or vessel beneath, the lumps or undissolved portion remaining
in the cylinder to be removed in any convenient manner.
By the use of my Invention I am enabled to prepare a larger quantity
of finished finings in a given time than at present, the finings are
likewise of better quality from the quickness with which they are a
prepared.
I do not desire to limit my Invention to the employment of a
cylinder of wirework as revolving brushes may be made to act in a
close or open chamber in a circular horizontal manner, or they may
travel to and fro in a rectangular or other shaped frame fitted with 2
wirework for straining purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said St. George Augustus Terry in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 18th January 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ST. GEORGE 30
AUGUSTUS TERRY, of Burnham, in the County of Bucks, Brewer and
Malster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of July, in the year

page_text: of our Lord. One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said St. George Augustus Terry, Her special
licence that I, the said St. George Augustus Terry, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said St. George
Augustus Terry, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FININGS
FOR FINING BEER AND OTHER LIQUORS," (communicated to me from abroad
by Alfred Terry, of the Carlton Brewery, Bouverie Street, Melbourne,
Australia,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said St..
George Augustus Terry, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their bands 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 St. George Augustus Terry, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being
had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to say :—
In the preparation of finings for fining beer, wines, and other liquors
it is usual to rub the finings through a sieve or a set of sieves by hand
labour in order to strain the liquid portion from the lumps and undissolved
particles which are always found in it. This process is very tedious and
irksome, and it limits the quantity of finished finings made during a
given time.
Now the object of this Invention is to employ an apparatus for
preparing the finings mechanically, and this is accomplished by means
of a cylindrical casing composed of wirework or other open woven
material in which brushes are caused to revolve by steam or other
power. The cylinder is preferably arranged in a frame which can
be moved from place to place by hand, or that it can be lifted so that

page_text: tubs or other vessels can be placed under it to be filled. The frame
of the cylinder is provided with a hopper, trough, or funnel, by which
the finings can be admitted into the cylinder when the brushes are
caused to revolve and rub the finings against the meshes of the wire-
work to cause the liquid portion to exude through them and fall into
the tub or vessel beneath, the lumps or undissolved portion remaining
in the cylinder to be removed in any convenient manner.
By the use of this Invention a larger quantity of finished finings
can be prepared in a given time than at present, the finings are
likewise of better quality from the quickness with which they are
prepared.
The Invention is not limited to the employment of a cylinder of
wirework, as the brushes may be made to act in a close or open chamber
in a circular horizontal manner, or they may travel to and fro in a
rectangular or other shaped frame fitted with wirework for straining
purposes.
The Invention will be better understood by referring to the annexed
Drawings which form part of this Specification.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cylindrical vessel A. supported
upon a frame B which rests upon a tub or receiver C so that the finings
can fall from the cylinder into it. The cylinder A is composed wholly
or partially of wirework or perforated metal and has within it a brush
arranged upon a spindle or central piece D, as seen in the sectional
view, Figure 2. The spindle carries a strap pulley E so that the brush
can be rotated and rub itself against the meshes of the cylinder and
force the finings through in an expeditious manner.
The finings
are admitted to the cylinder by the funnel F, which is fitted in the
top of it, and they become spread over the interior by the brush. The
ends of the cylinder are formed of sheet metal and they are caused
to hold the cylindrical portion between them by tie rods or screws as
found convenient, as will be seen on reference to Figure 3, which is a
plan of the apparatus. The frame for supporting the cylinder is
shown as being made of four pieces of timber with rounded ends so
that it can be lifted from place to place, but of course it may be made
of metal and mounted upon wheels if desired to facilitate its removal.
The meshes of the wire or perforated portion may be of any desired
size or gauge so that the liquid portion only of the finings will pass
through them by the action of the brush, the more solid portions being

page_text: retained in the cylinder to be removed by hand when sufficient bas
accumulated.
Figures 4 and 5 represent a pan-like apparatus in which a flat
circular brush is caused to force the liquid finings through the meshes
of the bottom plate into a tub or receiver placed beneath. This appa-
ratus from its portability will be found of service for small breweries,
and for private families who brew their own malt liquors, as it does not
require so much power to work the brush as is the case with the large
apparatus first described. The brush in this last-mentioned apparatus
is rotated by a strap from any prime mover, but the other is shewn as
being rotated by a crank handle G.
There is of course no restriction as to the shape of the apparatus,
nor to the mode of driving the brush, as they would vary to suit circum-
stance or the position of the portion of the building in which it has to
be worked, and therefore I do not claim the special construction or mode
of action as shown, but what I do claim is, preparing finings by
rubbing them mechanically through the meshes of sieves, substantially
in the manner herein-before described and shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said St. George Augustus Terry,
have hereunto set my band and seal, this Seventeenth day of
January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one.