IMPROVEMENTS IN ARRANGE- MENTS FOR MALTING
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Walker, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Distiller, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ARRANGE-
MENTS FOR MALTING."
Sealed the 28th February 1865, and dated the 6th September 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Walker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
September 1864.
I, DAVID WALKER, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Distiller,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MALTING," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improved arrangements for malting, whereby
space and labour is greatly economised.
And the Invention consists in using shallow troughs, trays, or boxes, and
in arranging these in tiers one over the other, but with sufficient space
between for the passage of air over or across each. The barley or other
grain is laid in the troughs in thin layers, and is steeped in them and after-
wards allowed to germinate sufficiently, being turned or furrowed occasionally
when required, as is well understood. Or the steeping may be effected in the

page_text: ordinary way, and the grain be afterwards laid in the troughs to germinate.
The troughs may be of a simple rectangular or other convenient form, and
the tiers which may be of any convenient height may be arranged in rows
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said David Walker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th
March 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DAVID
WALKER, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Distiller, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Hor heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said David Walker, Hor special licence that 1, the said David
Walker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said David Walker, 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
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MALTING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said David Walker, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the samo to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Offico within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, tho said David Walker, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to improved arrangements for malting, whereby
space and labour are greatly economised. And whereas in malting it has
hitherto been the common practice to occupy only the floor of each chamber

page_text: or apartment with the malt, this plan requiring very extended floor space,
and involving considerable labour.
Now my present Invention consists in using shallow troughs, trays, or
open boxes, and in arranging these in tiers one over the other, but with
sufficient space between for the passage of air over or across each, and to
admit of turning or furrowing the layers of grain when required; and with
these improved arrangements any malting chamber or apartment of a given
size and of the ordinary height can contain much larger' quantities of malt
than when the floor only is occupied thereby, whilst the malt will be more
conveniently accessible, so that labour will be saved.
And in order that my said Invention and the manner of performing the
same may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended an explanatory
Drawing, to be herein-after referred to, and representing a modification of my
improved arrangements. In the said Drawing I have shown what I believe
to be very suitable and convenient proportions of the parts, but I by no
means restrict myself to such proportions, as they may be greatly varied
without sensibly affecting the beneficial results due to the arrangements,
whilst they will greatly depend upon the size and form of the chambers or
apartments in which the troughs are arranged. The Drawing is in per-
spective, and is made approximately to the scale of one inch to one foot, and
if it is viewed at a distance of eighteen inches, will present the exact
appearance of the troughs as viewed at a distance of eighteen feet. The
troughs A are supported by vertical standards B and horizontal cross
bearers C, and they may be made of wood or other suitable material. The
troughs may be of the simple rectangular form shown, or of any other
convenient form, and the tiers, which may extend to any convenient height,
are arranged in rows, with spaces D between the tiers to give access to the
separate troughs. In using the apparatus the barley or other grain is laid
in the troughs in thin layers, and is steeped in them, and afterwards allowed
to germinate sufficiently, being turned or furrowed occasionally, as is well
understood. Or the steeping may be effected in the ordinary way, and the
grain be afterwards laid in the troughs to germinate, in which caso the
troughs may be constructed either wholly or in part of wire cloth or perforated
metal. It will be most convenient to have the barley stored in a room or
chamber above that in which the troughs are arranged, so that it can be
easily run into them as required by means of shoots or hose.
Having thus particularly described my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is or may be performed, I have to repeat that I do not

page_text: restrict myself to the precise details herein described or delineated, and to
state that what I believe to be novel and original, and claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is, the
application and use for malting of troughs, trays, or open boxes arranged
substantially as herein-before describod.
In witness whereof, I, tho said David Walker, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
DAVID WALKER. (L.B.)