US1444882A

US1444882A - Seed-corn sheller

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Publication number: US1444882A
Application number: US442939A
Authority: US
Inventors: Andrew E Olson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-02-07
Filing date: 1921-02-07
Publication date: 1923-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 1940-02-13

Description

Feb. 13, 1923. A. E. OLSON.

SEED CORN sHELLER. Y

FILED FEB?, 1921.

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Ee 'hi l A Nnnnrr in i* s citizen oi the United States7 residing at o a tagaT in the county of Knox and lil illinois, hare invented certain new and use` 'ful Improvements in Seed-Corn ihellers, ot which the following a specification.

M invention relates to shellers and consists in a plurality oit roughened shelling elements mounted in pairs upon a longitudinal 'frame adapted to be supported upon a barrel or box and to adjust cooperating shelling elements to and 'i irom each oth My Sheller especially.7 adapted i use in shelling seed corn, ln such use it 's de` sirable to remove the defective which are present on the rounded butt and tip of each car and one object oit my i vention is to provide shelling elements which will etiiectiveljf remove such grains. y i

Anotherobject ofrny invention to vide a sheller in which different sized ti and butt ends of the ears maybe shell without readjustment oi" the shelling ela ments.

Another object oic my invention is to prcvide an arrangement of shelling elements so that not only the ends' of the ears may be shelled but also the intermediate portions. ln the accompanying drawings illustrat` ing my invention- Fig. i is a plan ot my complete slieller and f F ig. 2 is a vertical transverse section take. on the line .2-2 of lig. l and shown on au enlarged scale.

rl`he frame oit the Sheller consists preterably or an angle iron having a portion ot CII one flange cutaway intermediate its ends lo and which 1s bent into lil-shape at the cutaway portion. lhe shelling elements i, 2, 3, and a are mounted in pairs along the

legs

5 and 6 of the frame, one pair being located near the base ot the il and the other pair being substantially spaced from the pair. The base of the frame tends-to spring the two legs apart and bolt 7 provided with a nut 8 is used to limit the movement ot' the legs from each other,

Each shelling element consists of a block having a tapered concave surface 9 and is 7, 1921. Serial No. 42,939.

conical cups with their axis at right angles to the planekofthe frame.

By tightening or loosening nut 8 on bolt 7 the opposed shelling elements are adjusted towards and from each other thus providing means for accommodating unusual varia` tions in the size of the ear to be shelled.v i

Each shelling element is provided with an exterior spur l2 adapted to shell out a single row of grains which are not desired' As

legs

5 and 6 are flexibly united at one end oit the frame, the space between elements yl and 2 will vitry from the space between elements 3 and 4 at all times except ywhen the iframe legs are parallel. Consequently` there will always loevtwo` sizes of shelling cups available without adjustment, onel 'for shelling the tip and the other for shelling the butt oic an ear oiE corn. By spacing the outer elements sinliciently7 they may be used Vtor shelling thebody oit the ear while, at the same time, the inner shelling elementsl will be adapted for shelling the-butt or tip of i the ear.

The free ends of the

members

5 and 6 of the frame constitute handles whereby the frame members and the shelling elements may be adjusted toward and from each other. Y

lt will be noted that the cooperating shell-` ing elements are positively limited in Vtheir movement from each other irrespective of the pressure applied by the Workman. I consider this a more advantageous arrangement than the usual construction in which by a spring or springs.

My device is exceedingly simple and economical in construction as it consists of a length of angle iron, four simple castings or forgings and an ordinary bolt. It is adapted to be placed across a barrel or box and the shelled grains are delivered through the separation of similar elements is restricted cov iframe to the receptacle. lt is easily shitted 'from one receptacle to another or clamped thereon. l have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, but l reserve the right to maire therein any changes or modications which Yfairly fall Within the scope of the following claims.`

l claim:

l. ln a corn sheller, a trame comprising a pair of members flexibly connected at one end7 the other end of said members constituting handles Ytor moving the members toward each other. and-a plnrality oi' shelling cups spaced apart lengthwise of said iframe and each comprising a pair or shelling elements mounted on said members, the cup adjacent the dexibly connected. ends or the frame members having its shelling elements arrai'iged sn'lliciently close to receive the tip oi an ear-or' corn. and the shelling elements of the cup located adjacent the handle end of the 'trame being separated sntliciently to receive the butt of an ear of corn.

il ln a corn sheller5 a iframe adapted to extend across 'the open end of a receptacle and provided with pairs oi? adjnstably spaced shelling elements adapted to discharge shelled corn through the frame into the receptacle, and a single adjusting means cooperating with said iframe Whereb.7 the spacing of the individual elements of each pair may be changed and the spacing oit the elements ot one o'fA said pairs may he changed to a greater extent than the spacing of the elements of another of said pairs.

3. A corn Sheller comprising anangle iron bent to form a U-shaped frame, and shelling elements mounted opposite each other on the respective legs or said frame and presenting tapered concave surfaces to each other, the

axis or said surfaces extending at right angles to the plane ot said frame.

t. ln a corn Sheller, longitudinal frame members iexibly connected at one end, a

, pair or cooperating shelling elements mount ed opposite each other on said members, and a secondL pair of cooperative shelling elements mounted opposite each other on said members at a point spaced from said first mentioned elements.

L corn sheller comprising an angle iron having one. flange cnt away intermediate the ends ot the angle yiron and the other ange `bent et this point to form a U-shaped frame, and shelling elements mounted opposite each other on said lrame and presenting tapered,

concave, ronghened surfaces towards each' other.

'6. :i corn sheller comprising an angle iron bent into a llJ-shape, pairs ofshelling elements spaced alone the straight portions ot the angle With 'the elements of each pair presenting roughened concave surfaces towards each other, and a. member extending transversely of the straight portions o the angle and limi ting the movement of said elements away from each other.

7. A corn Sheller comprising a pair ot substantially parallel Jframe members con A ne Led together at one end and spaced apart at the other end, a pair of shellers each comprising a air or' co-operating shelling elements mounted upon said frame members, one oil said shellers being located adjacent the connected end of said frame members, and the other orf said shellers being located between said iirst mentioned sheller and the free end o; said frame members.

ANBRFVV E. OLSON.