Improvements in the Manufacture of Food for Cattle and other Animals.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Food for Cattle and other
Animals.
BURTON RICHARD PHILLIPSON Engineer 10 Lower Baggot Street Dublin
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My present invention refers to the manufacture of food for cattle & other
animals which is known as dreg or slummage. It is a sediment made from spent
liquor which has been used to make spirit which liquor is known as wash. The
ordinary method of preparing this material is by allowing wash to stand in large
shallow ponds made of concrete or brickwork until the solid particles fall to the
bottom. The clear top liquor is then run off & the thicker portion from the bottom
is pressed in sacks for the purpose of further solidifying it.
In the working of this method the liquor becomes chilled & the extract has to be
pressed in a cold state or to be reheated, it is also exposed for a considerable time
to light & air while it stands in the shallow open tanks which exposure is injurious
to the quality of the material. According to the method which I have invented
pass the wash through deep covered vats made of timber where it is protected
from light & air. I introduce the wash to the vats through inlets placed near the
bottom or through a dip tube having its outlet near the bottom & allow it to rise
in the vats & continue to overflow from the top.
By using large vats in which the wash rises slowly I get the sediment to fall to
the bottom while there is a continuous upflowing of the thinner part of the wash,
the continued inflow of fresh hot wash keeps up the temperature of the sediment
-the sediment is drawn off from the bottom of the vat & is bagged & pressed hot.
Where this is done it is possible to extract much more of the liquor than when it
is pressed cold & a better article is produced than where it has to be exposed to
light & air. When the sediment has been reduced to a firm close mass I add to it
ground seed of finagreek of coriander or annaseed or a mixture of two or more of
these seeds for the purpose of improving its flavour. I also manufacture a food
for poultry from unspiced sediment mixed with ground oyster shells.
Dated this Nineteenth day of October 1894.
BURTON RICHARD PHILLIPSON.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Food for Cattle and other
Animals.
BURTON RICHARD PHILLIPSON of 10 Lower Baggot Street Dublin Engineer
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 :-
My present invention refers to the manufacture of food for cattle and other
animals, which is known as "dreg" or "slummage," it is a sediment made from
spent liquor which has been used to make spirit which liquor is known as
"wash"

page_text: The ordinary method of prepairing this material is by allowing wash to stand
in large shallow ponds made of concrete or brickwork, until the solid particles fall
to the bottom, the clear top liquor is then run off, and the thicker portion from the
bottom is pressed in sacks for the purpose of further solidifying it.
In the working of this method the liquor becomes chilled and the extract has to
be pressed in a cold state or to be reheated, it is also exposed for a considerable
time to light and air while it stands in the shallow open tanks, this exposure is
injurious to the quality of the material.
According to the method which I have invented I pass the wash through deep
covered vats made of timber where it is protected from light and air. I introduce
the wash to the vats through inlets placed near the bottom of the vat in each case
and allow it to rise in the vat and continue to overflow from the top.
By using large vats in which the wash rises slowly I get the sediment to fall to
the bottom while there is a continuous up flowing of the thinner part of the wash,
the continued inflow of fresh hot wash keeps up the temperature of the
sediment, the sediment is drawn off from the bottom of the vat and is bagged and
pressed hot.
Where this is done it is possible to extract much more of the liquor than where
it is pressed cold and a better article is produced than where it has to lie exposed
to light and air. When the sediment has been reduced to a firm close mass I add
to it ground seed of fenegreek, coriander, or anniseed, or a mixture of two or more
of these seeds in the proportion of about 10 lbs. seed to one ton of sediment for the
purpose of improving its flavour.
I also manufacture a food for poultry from unspiced sediment mixed with ground
oyster shells, in the proportion of about one tenth part by weight of shell to one
part of sediment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The separation of the solid matter from the wash by passing the wash
through a tank or tanks the wash being introduced from below and drawn off
from above.
2. The extraction of dreg or slummage from wash by passing the wash through
a vessel or vessels a continuous current being maintained so that the temperature
of the contents of the vessel or vessels is maintained.
3. The extraction of dreg or slummage substantially in the manner described.
4. The manufacture of a cattle food formed of a mixture with dreg or slummage
of fennegreek seed, coriander seed or anniseed either separately or in combination.
5. The manufacture of fowl food formed of a mixture of dreg or slummage with
the crushed shells of oysters or other shell fish.
Dated this the 19th day of August 1895.
B. R. PHILLIPSON.