US77494A - Improvement in corn-husker, sheller - Google Patents

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QED-45 PATENTED MAY 5, 1868. M. JONES. CORN HUSKBR, SHELLEH, Gas.

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Letters Patent No. 77,494, dated ilfay 5, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MARTHA JONES, of Amelia county, and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Hashing, Shelling, Cutting up, and Separating the IIllSliS from the Corn at one operation; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, and

Figure 2 a side elevation taken in the line a: a: of fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to the construction of a. machine capable of husking, shelling, cutting up the basics, and separating them from the grain at one operation;' or the devices for shelling and separating the husks from the corn may either or both be dispensed with, and the corn be hushed, and the huslcs SOPMELt-Jl. from the ears, or merely the basking-devices and those used to cut up the huslcs be employed.

The invention further consists in the employment of certain devices to accomplish the results above referred to, hereinafter more fully described.

It is well known that much nutriment is contained in corn-husks, and when properly cut up and mixed with water and. meal, or millfeed, the husksAhus prepared are deemed an excellent substitute for hay or straw, which are ordinarily cut up to mix with water and milldeed for horses or other farrnnnimals. The cut husks are also employed alone, at times, as a substitute for hay or straw for farm-stock, and it is found more economical to feed them when cut up, as great waste, caused by their being pulled from the manger or rack, and trodden under the feet of the animals, arises from using them without being cut up. The out husks may like- Wise be used for mattresses and other like purposes.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent two standards firmly attached to the bed 0, between which the wheel 13, hung on the axle (I, having its hearings, r r, on the standards A A, is made to revolve. The Wheel B has projections b b on its circumference, which are employed to tear the husks on the ears introduced separately into the spout s, and said projections also are used to give a rotary motion to the ear. That portion of the spout s which lies opposite the face of the wheel B is left open on the side next the wheel, and the spring 0 is employed to press the ear of corn against the face of the wheel. 0 c are circular knives, spirally arranged on the face of the wheel, and designed to cut up the husks, and assist in husking the ears. These knives are attached separately to the wheel by any ordinary fastening, so that any one or more may be readily replaced if broken. at d are projections, similar to those ordinarily employed in shelling corn, and arranged around the axle a of the machine, as fully shown in fig. 1 of the drawing. is is an axle, having itsbearings K K in the standards A A, and carrying a pulley, e, connected by an endless belt, c, with the pulley q on the axle a of the wheel 13., Attached to the axle h are the beater-arms n of the separator. The heater-arms are surrounded by a casing, open at the-mouth 2, just below the bottom of the spouts. m is an inclined board under the lower end of the spout, on which the corn drops by reason of its gravity. P is a crank, to which power may be applied to give a rapid rotary motion to the axle of the wheel B, and, through the endless belt 0, to the separator.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The cars of corn are introduced at the upper end of the spout, and the ears are pressed by the spring against the face of the wheel, and the cars of corn receive a rotary motion, and are cut somewhat by the projections 11 b. The ears, by reason of their gravity, are then operated upon by the spirally-arranged knives cc, which thoroughly husk the cars, and cut up the husks; the projections d on the wheel then shell the ears, the corn falling upon the inclined board m. The blast from the fan-wheel drives the lighter husks away from the corn.

It is obvious that the shelling-device or projections d 0! may be dispensed with, and I design constructing wheels without these projections, so that the corn may be husked, and the husks cut up, and separated \rithout shelling the corn, or both the shelling and separating-devices may be dispensed with, and the corn be husked only, and the husks cut up at the same operation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent Es- 1. A machine, so constructed as to be capable of bushing the ears of maize or Indian corn, am! at ill same operation cuttingup the husks, for the purposes set forth.

2. A machine, so constructed as to be capable of bushing and shelling the ears of maize or Indian c n. and, at the same operation, cutting up the husks, for the purposes set forth.

3. A machine, so constructed as to be capable of bushing and cutting =up the llllSliS of maize or Indian corn, and, at the same operation, separating the e'ut husks from the ears, for the purposes set i'orlln 4. A machine, so constructed as to be capable of bushing shelling, and cutting up the lmslzs of maize or Indian corn, and, at the same operation, separating the cut husks from the corn, for the purposes set forth.

5. The knives c 0, arranged spirally on the wheel, in combination with the projections L b, substantially as described.

6. The knives c c, in combination with the projections b b, for touring and giving a rotary motion to the ear, and the projections d d for shelling the corn, substantially sadescribed 7. The knives c c, arranged spirally on the wheel, in combination with the projections b b and separator, substantially as described.

8. The knives c c, in combination with the projections b b, for basking, and projections d d for shelling,

and separator, substantially as described.

9. The knives c c, arranged spirally, and attached separately to the face of the wheel, as and for the purposes set forth.

19. The wheel B, provided with the projections b b and d d, and spirally arranged knives, in combination with the spout s and separator, substantially as described.

MARTHA JONES.

Witnesses:

P. F. BOISSEAU, W. S WILKINSON.

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