A NEW ANTI-MILDEW GRAIN AND SEED PROTECTOR
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Methodios Joannides, of No. 24, New
Broad Street, in the City of London, Agricultural Engineer, for
the Invention of "A NEW ANTI-MILDEW GRAIN AND SEED PROTECTOR."
Sealed the 8th December 1871, and dated the 13th July 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Methodios Joan--
nides at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 13th July 1871.
I, JEAN METHODIOS JOANNIDES, of No. 24, New Broad Street, in the
City of London, Agricultural Engineer, do hereby declare the nature.
of the said Invention for "A NEW ANTI-MILDEW GRAIN AND SEED PROTECTOR,"
to be as follows :-
This Invention has for its object the prevention of mildew and rotting
of seed or grain of all kinds during the period of being stored on board
of ship or other similar circumstances, and this by an apparatus so
arranged that fresh atmospheric air is conducted into and about the
mass of sced or grain thus stored.

page_text: The apparatus consists of a perpendicular cylinder of metal, wood,
or other suitable material, with 8 (more or less) horizontal cylinders or
pipes of like material, all connected with and branching from the perpen-
dicular cylinder. The said cylinders, both perpendicular and horizontal,
are perforated with small holes for the circulation of the air, but so as
not to allow of the grain or seed passing through. A series of small
tubes are laid along the insides of the large ones for the return the
confined air and to keep up the circulation. The apparatus thus formed
is placed in the compartment of the ship or where the grain or seed
may be stored. The perpendicular cylinder projecting above the deck
into the open air having attached to it a funnel mouthed ventilator
fitted with wind cowls of reverse motion, also sponges chemically
prepared for purifying the air before its admission into the cylinder.
Thus fresh atmospheric air is introduced down the perpendicular into
the horizontal cylinders, the air passing through the small perforated
holes into and generally about the seed or grain that may be stored, and
by this means it has been found to secure the object in view.
To more fully explain the Invention reference is made to accom-
panying Drawings, the same letters referring to like parts throughout.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
A, a funnel-shaped ventilator; B, section of perpendicular cylinder
with small holes or perforations; C, sections of horizontal cylinders
with same; D, interior pipes for keeping up the circulation; E, mouth
or opening of pipes D; F, standards for supporting horizontal pipes; G,
cowls for forcing the air into the interior; H, inner openings of pipes D;
I, a compartment in the ship containing the grain or seed with the
apparatus introduced; K, deck of ship; L, sponges chemically prepared
for purifying the air as it passes into the cylinders; M, a moveable cap
for the upright cylinder in stormy weather when the ventilator A can be
removed; N, supports for the apparatus generally.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jean Methodios Joannides in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 12th January 1872.

page_text: London, Agricultural Engineer, a subject of the Kingdom of Greece,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Jean Methodios Joannides, Her special
licence that I, the said Jean Methodios Joannides, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jean Methodios
Joannides, 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 Inven-
tion for "A NEW ANTI-MILDEW GRAIN AND SEED PROTECTOR," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jean Methodios Joannides,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing, under
my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, 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 Jean Methodios Joannides, 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:-
This Invention has for its object the prevention of mildew and rotting
of seed or grain of all kinds during the period of being stored on board
ship or in other positions or places, and this by an apparatus so arranged
that fresh atmospheric air is conducted into and about the mass of seed
or grain thus stored.
The apparatus consists of a perpendicular cylinder of metal, wood,
or other suitable material with eight (more or less) horizontal cylinders
or pipes of like material, all connected with and branching from the
perpendicular cylinder. The said cylinders, both perpendicular and
horizontal, are perforated with small holes for the circulation of the air,
but so as not to allow of the grain or seed passing through. A series

page_text: of small tubes being placed in the insides of the large ones for the
return of the confined air and to keep up the circulation. The apparatus
thus formed is placed in the compartment of the ship or where the
grain or seed may be stored. The perpendicular cylinder projecting
above into the open air, having attached to it a funnel mouthed
ventilator fitted with sponges chemically prepared for purifying the
air before its admission into the cylinder. Thus fresh atmospheric air
is introduced down the perpendicular into the horizontal cylinders, the
air passing through the small perforated holes into and generally about
the seed or grain that may be stored, and by this means it is and has
been found to secure the object in view.
Fig. 1, side elevation with two of the horizontal cylinders shown in
dotted lines; Fig. 2, transverse sectional elevation; Fig. 3, front view
of funnel-shaped ventilator.
A, a funnel-shaped ventilator; B, perpendicular cylinder with small
holes or perforations; C, horizontal cylinders with same; D, interior
pipes for keeping up the circulation; E, mouth or opening of pipes D;
F, standards for supporting lower horizontal pipes and apparatus
generally; G, inner openings of pipes D; H, a compartment in the
ship or other place containing the grain or seed with the apparatus
introduced therein; I, deck of ship or roof; K, sponges chemically
prepared for purifying the air as it passes into the cylinders; L, a
moveable cap for the upright cylinder in stormy weather when the
ventilator A can be removed; M, hinged cover to the mouth E of
interior pipes D; N, supports for the upper horizontal pipes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and
object of my said Invention, and in what manner the same may be per-
formed or carried out in practice, I hereby declare that I claim the said
Invention for "A New Anti-mildew Grain and Seed Protector," as
the nature of the same is described in this Specification by the words
preceding the words Description of the Drawings; it being understood

page_text: that the individual mechanical details per se are not claimed except as
constituents of the Invention as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Methodios Joannides, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Second day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
ένα
J. METHODIOS JOANNIDES. (L.s.)
Witness,
THOMAS MORGAN,
Secretary,
Inventors' Patent Right Association, Limited,
21, Cockspur Street.