US83033A - David bookwalter - Google Patents

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`that the following tion thereoi; reference being had to the accompanying l/stm stroll Memes-W DIPRVEIWENT IN CORN-HUSKING MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to kx these Lettera Patent and making part of the am To all whom 'it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, DAVID BooKwArJTER, of Gardner, in `the county of Grundy, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gor1i-Husking Machine; and I do hereby declare is a full, clear, and exact descripdrawings, makingpart of this specification, and to the let-ters of reference marked thereon, like letters inditing like parts wherever they occur. u

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my'invention, I will proceed to describe it.

Figure 1 is a cross-section, and

Figure 2 arear elevation of the machine.

The nature of my invention consists in' providing the husking-rollers with grooves, so disposed on said l rollers that the pegs of one roller would be opposite the'grooves of the other roller. It consists alsoin the arrangement of the cleaners to clean the pegs from the libres of the husks.

In order to secure satisfactory results from the operation of the corn-bushing machines operating with rollers` these last ought to he provided with projecting teeth, of'eonsidereble length, to grasp not only the outer but also the inner husks of the ears, while the rollers at the ,same time should be brought close to each othertwo `conditions which miltete against each other in the ordinarily-constructed rollers.

To remedy this defect, I provide my rollers, A A, with grooves or recesses o a., and grasping-pegs B B,

in such a manner that, when the rollers are in operation, the grasping-pegs of one roller will passthrough and move in the recesses of theother roller. The rollersthus arranged, by being brought close -together, drsw the corn-stalks through, while the pegs i pegs a c pass through said slots or notches,

. grasp the husks, and hold them firmly while the ears are forced out. 4 il 'To prevent the husks and leaves to Wrap around the pegs and rollers, and thus clog the machine, cleaners C C are secured to the cross-pieces N N of ythe frame of the machine. The cleaner consists of a metallic plate, properly curved, and provided with narrow slots or notches, D D, in one of its sides, while the other side is secured to the frame.

The cleaners are applied'to the rollers in'suoh a manner that, as the rollers revolve, their grasping-4 aud free themselves from substances attached to them.

The rollers are provided with a proper gear, and the machine can be operated by hand or horse-power, and the rollers can be made of cest-iron or steel.

The operation of the machine consistsA in this,

.the stalks with the'ears .on are placed on the feedboard E, and presented to the rollers when in motion, butt-end foremost, and, as the rollers revolve, the stalks are drawn through between said rollers, and, the eals being too large to pass through, are forcedout of the husks, and drop down through the C, all constructed and arranged as shown and described.

Witnesses; n. BOOKWALTEE.

MARTIN S. Finney, /f S. A; Boonvmmnn.Y ,K

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open space between the rollers and the feed-board' into' a receptacle.

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