AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR BREAKING ICE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FISH AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Emerson Barton, of 173, King Edward
Street, Great Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR BREAKING ICE FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF FISH AND OTHER PURPOSES."
Scaled the 18th November 1870, and dated the 26th May 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Emerson Barton.
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 26th May 1870.
I, CHARLES EMERSON BARTON, of 173, King Edward Street, Great
5 Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR BREAKING ICE FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF FISH AND OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a machine composed of an iron framework
or box, inside of which are three iron rollers, more or less according to

page_text: the degree of fineness required. These rollers are studded with rows
of steel prickers which break the ice as it comes in contact with the
rollers. The said machine can be made either with fixed or moveable
mouth piece to regulate the feed. Above this is placed an hopper for the
purpose of receiving the blocks of ice intended for breaking. The whole
to be mounted upon a wooden or iron frame or box for the purpose of
transferring the broken ice into a vessel or retaining on the spot till
required. A fly wheel is attached to the said machine to be worked
either by hand or steam power.
This Invention is specially adapted for the use of all fish merchants,
will be very useful on board trawling vessels and cutter boats belonging
to fishing fleets, also to lemon, ice, and cream manufacturers, &c.
Directions in Using the Machine.—In order to break the large blocks
of ice give them two or three pricks with the hand pricker, then lift into
the hopper, and by turning the fly wheel the ice will be broken quite
small without destroying the crystals. One man can break as much by
this machine in three minutes as would take him half an hour to break by
the ordinary means, besides doing its work in a much superior manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Emerson Barton in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 23rd November 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
EMERSON BARTON, of 173, King Edward Street, Great Grimsby, in the
County of Lincoln, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Charles Emerson Barton, Her special licence
that I, the said Charles Emerson Barton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Emerson Barton,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree

page_text: 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
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR BREAKING ICE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FISH AND
OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Charles Emerson Barton, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Emerson Barton, 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 following statement ;—
My Invention consists of a machine composed of an iron framework
or box, inside of which are three iron rollers, more or less, according to
the degree of fineness required. These rollers are studded with rows of
steel prickers or knives, which break the ice as it comes in contact with
the rollers. The said machine may be made either with fixed or
moveable mouth piece to regulate the feed. Above this is placed an
hopper for the purpose of receiving the blocks of ice intended for
breaking. The whole to be mounted upon a wooden or iron frame or
box for the purpose of transferring the broken ice into a vessel or
retaining on the spot till required. A fly wheel is attached to the said
machine to be worked either by hand or steam power.
This Invention is specially adapted for the use of all fish merchants,
will be very useful on board trawling vessels and cutter boats belonging
to fishing fleets, also to lemon, ice, and cream manufacturers, &c., &c.
Directions in Using the Machine.-In order to break the large blocks
of ice give them two or three pricks with the hand pricker, then lift
into the hopper, and by turning the fly wheel the ice will be broken
quite small without destroying the crystals, one man can break as much
by this machine in three minutes as would take him half an hour to

page_text: break by the ordinary means, and will do its work in a much superior
manner.
:
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Emerson Barton, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of
November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy.
CHARLES EMERSON BARTON. (L.S.)
Witness,
H. E. ALLISON,
HENRY EDWARD ALLISON,
4, West Parade,
Grimsby.