Flour dresser

[1]: 303  Flour dressers appear in water-powered mills in the United Kingdom dating to the 17th century, and their use continued into the 20th century in the UK and other countries as the grain-milling industry converted from water power to steam and other forms of power to drive mill machinery.

Inside of the cloth-covered cylinder are beaters which stir and toss the ground grain against the cloth.

[4]: 1053 [5]: 171, 172 Separating the bran and other parts of the grain from the desired flour is a difficult and time-consuming process to carry out manually.

John Milne patented a machine in 1765 which used several grades of wire mesh or cloth to separate flour from bran.

A machine for manufacturing bolting cloth, used to filter the flour from bran and other parts of the grain, was patented in 1783 by Benjamin Blackmore.

Flour dressers open showing reels for separation and cleaning brushes, Easton Roller Mill, West Virginia , U.S.
A flour dresser in the Pakenham Windmill , 2010