US108532A - Improvement in separating attachments for husk-hackling machines - Google Patents

Description

Separator for Husrk Haokling Machine.

Gr.' B. STACY.

(l U s hackling Machines.

' and the utilization thereof.

' the stubs or stems, a vlarge amount of dirt and grit ,ting for mattresses, Sarl .taehed fibers for rctreatment.

'to have it, and in a better condition than it could be `receive the material therefrom, and, as above despecifictiori-fA 'Ltters Patent No. 108,532, dated October 18, 1870.`

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame n I, GERGE ESTACY, of Richmoud,jin the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Separating Attachment for HushK Nain-re and Objects. The object of my invention is the complete separation from the hackled husk of all foreign mattei',

The com husk, as gathered, contains, iu addition to with nubbins, loose grains, and cobs, which have to he removed to lit thc material for market asa stuf- The waste, including all these and a large nnouut oi' the fiber discharged from thc buckling-machines, is commonly sold at'a nominal price for manure.

No. other inode of utilizing or saving this waste has been employed, heretofore, other than the expensive process ot' haud-bolting, 'to regain the stubs and' atlt has been found that, by first sepa-rating thc dirt and grit, a very valuable feed for stock may be advantageously separated from this waste, being the gra-ins ot' corn, ground cobs, and fine particles of the husk. The remainder of the waste forms a most excellent paper stock. The value of corn husks'for making paper is well known. This waste, freed from the dirt and grit, corn and cobs, is in the very condition it is desirable put in by any other process for the paper manufacturers use. It is thus practically of more value for this purpose than the rawfhusks.

The invention consists in the combination, with a husk-hackliug machine, of au apparatus, adapted to scribed, or in an equivalent manner, separate it.

The apparatus in the proposed form consists oi' 'a rotary screen, of proper size, supported externally, inclined so as to feed and discharge automatically, and provided with one or a. series of circumferential sieves of equal or graduated mesh, as required for the discharge of the mattei' to he separated.

Description of Drawing. In theaccoinpanying drawing, made a part of this Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the apparatus, and au adjoining portion of a i1ackling-ma chineadapted to discharge directly into the separator.

Figure 2 represents a front view of General Description. l

The separator A, as consisting of a rotary screen,

the apparatus.

as shown. is mounted in two parallel iuclinedframes B, jointed inthe floors C C, between which it 1s to: be located, or iu an requivalent support, is supported by externalfriction-rollers D in such support, and i provided with a pulley, E, for the reception ofl a driving-band, F, by which to rotate it, or its equivalent.' Its flame or skeleton is preferably composed of anunlarcastfirou heads orends G, and wooden longitudinal ribs H, wooden lling-blocks I, between sockets g of the ribs H, serving,in connection with said ribs, for the reception of the fasteuings of wirecloth to formthe sieves or'screens proper J J 1 J 2, the

joints of which (when there are more than one) may The Weight of the screen may thus serve to tighten the driving-band l". v

PulieysM M, in thc frame'v B of the screen, may support the driving-hand i" at the proper angle for thc screen.

The apparatus `is sojarranged as to receive the niaterial from the hackling-machiue N, `which ls adapted to discharge thereinto. l

Any separate handling of the materia-l is thus dispensed with, and the operation rendered continuous.

To enable the material to he thus introduced, the hackling-maehine may be provided with a cover, N, an cnd wall, N2, to arrest the material, and a. downlyprojccting discharge, N3.

XVith thcsc provisions the material may be dropped on thc screens at the extreme front cud, and its com plete treatment thus be secured.

The sienes or screens proper J J l J2 ot the screen or separator A are preferably three inuuiuber, as

represented, each forming a circumferential belt, and.,l

being respectively of such mesh as to pass through In this case separate receptacles or conduits` will receive the discharge of the respective sieves.v Y Aunularl slides, or their equivalent, may serve to regulate the length of the sieves, to vary the extent" 'of treatment as required, for different qualities of husk.`

The form of the apparatus is not essential, and it may be Vemployed with any form of buckling-machine,

l aration.Y

The operation of the apparatus, as represented, is

as follon:

The /hackiing-machine N being-in operation, and lmotion imparted to-the screen A through its drivincband F, the` haekled husk, with its mingled dixt, &o`., as discharged by the former, 'is received by thelatter.

Falling on thejirst'si'eve J, it is rolled and tossed bythe motion of the'screcn, and has separated :from it all the contained dirt and grit. Passing to the see; ond sieve J1, the portion of the waste suitable forstocl feed is passedV through and collected; when Vthe remainder rolling over the last vsieve J2, has separated from itfthe-heavy particles which 'arc passed through its suciently-largemesh' as they scttlqand saved for paper stock. l

lhe clean hn'sk is finally discharged VVat--the" open rear end of the screen, the actiomof the sei-cm1 siercs being repeated meanwhile'dnringtheoperation. Q

cess, with no' appreciable additional expenditure of gled mass and its handles, to completely clean the moved waste, heretofore at least comparatively lost, into two valuable marketable commodities. mense increase inprots is apparent.

A' l Claim.

The combination, with a husk-hackling machine,

of a separator, arranged to receive the haokled husk'di-` rcctly therefrom,'and constructed to operate substantially as herein described, fonthe purpose set forth.

I am thus enabled by an automatic, continuous propower, and in space otherwise occupied by' the `min haokled husk, 'and lat the same time separate the re.

To the above specification of my'iuvention, I have Y

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