US1503612A - Bean-snipping machine - Google Patents

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Aug. 5

K. R. TAYLOR BEAN SNIPPINGKACHINE Fi l 'ed May 22. 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aiug. 5 1924 K. R. TAYLOR BEAN SNIPPING MACHINE Filed May 22. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Augv 5 K. R. TAYLOR BEAN SHIPPING MBCHINE Filed May 22 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 A/ug, 5. 924.- 1,503,612

' K. R. TAYLOR BEAN SNIPPING MACHINE Filed May '22. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet L (lite-z nut Patented Aug. 5, 1924.

Km-say R. TAYLOR, or PATAPSCO, MARYLAND.

BEAN-SNIPPING- MACHINE.

ap naafion fiiea lviay 22, 1923. 'Seria1'N'o.- 640,703.

T "all whom it ma concern Be it known that I, KINsEY R. TAYLOR, a-='citizen of the United States, residing at Patapsc'o, in the county of Carroll and State of h Ia'ryland, have invente'da new and useful BeanwSnipping Machine of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bean snipping machines and has for its object the provision of a machine for'removing the ends of beans preparatory to canning the beans, thus eliminating the costly and laborious operation heretofore performed by hand.

Another object is the provision of a machine of th-e"class"described that is automatic in operation and one the manufacture of which is comparatively inexpensive.

Other objects' will present themselves as thedescription proceeds; it being within the 21) province of the disclosure to enhance the utility of devices of that class to which the present'invention' relates.

The preferred embodiment of the invention hasbeen shown, butit is to be understood that changes maybe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spiritof the invention ors'acrificing any of -the advantages thereof. Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is -a "side elevation of the niachine.

=Figure 2 :is'a :plan view of the same. Eigure 3-is a longitudinal sectional view. 'E-igure'4- is ca transverse "sectional view. ig'ures -5 and'G'are detail views "of-apertion ofthe machine,

Referring to the drawings by characters of areference, the numeral -1 designates a frame o'f any form designed tosupport the various parts of the machine. At 2 is shown a cylindrical member =or drum comprising end plates 3,. a series -of longitudinally spaced intermediate plates 4 anda plurality ofipartitions 5 radially "disposed between the several intermediate plates and end plates. Theplates -3 andn4c are-in the form of rings, the plates and'l partitio'ns being secured together to form a concrete structure having anop ening Gtli'rough the center and providing along its :peripher'y a multiplicity ofopenend compartments 7 the numberjof which "is limited only the length 'of the drum and by the diameter thereof.

"Secured to the-opposite ends of the drum any are ringsfipeach hawing aninternal gear rack 9 and an outer track surface '10. PiniOns ll-mou'nted on a shaft 12 mesh with the gear rack for the purpose of revolving the drum. The shaft 12 is mountedin bearings13 supportedo'n'the frame WOI'kOf the machine.

Other shafts let rotatable inbearings 15, likewise supported on the frame, carry flanged roller "Wheels 16 which support the weight of the drum -'on the track 10.

Snipping knives 17 and 18 are located at approximately diametrical opposite points around the drum. In order toeflecta shear cut the knives are angularly disposed with relation to the longitudinal axis of the drum, the knife 17 being located above the center of the drum and having its cuttin edge closely associated with the inner en of the conveying "compartments 7 and the knife 18 being located below the center "of the drum and also having its cutting edge engaging the drum at theouter end of the compartments 7.

If desired the knives may be mounted for reciprocatory motion and to provide therefor the ends of the knife bars are extended as "shown "at 19 parallel with the axis of the drum, the said extensions being slidable in bearing boxes 20 secured to the frame work of the machine. To one end of each knife is pivotally connected a rocker arm 21 the arm being mounted at 22, on a bracket 23 securedto the frame 1.

A connecting rod '24 attached at one end to the rocker arm at 25, is provided at its other end with a yoke 26. A ring 27 is secured to one of the track rings 8 at the end of the-drum adjacent the rocker arm 21.

The periphery of the ring being formed with a series of oppositely disposed cam surfaces 28 with which the "yoke 26 engages to rock the arm 21 "and thus reciprocate the knives.

4A gage plate "29. is disposed in advance of each knife '17', the receding edge '30 of the gage plates being slightly 'to the rear of the cutting edge ofthe knife "as shown. The gage plates are pivoted at 31 in the frame 1 and extend the full length of the drum. The *pi'vots 31 at one end of the machine are extended outside the frame and each has secured thereto a lever 32.

For adjusting the edge 30 of the gage plates with respect to the knife, to provide for removal of more or less and from the bean, rods 33 have their outer ends oppositely threaded in nuts 34, which are swivele d at 35 in the bifurcated end of the levers 32. A sleeve 36 is internally threaded to receive the inner ends of the. A circumferential groove 37 in rods 33. the sleeve is engaged by the forked end of a bracket 38 secured to the frame, the bracket preventing longitudinal ,movement of the rods and thus retain th gage plates in adjusted position.

A housing plate 39 extends between the end walls of the frame and in close proximity to the outer surface of the drum the plate terminating at the hinged edge of the lower gage plate. A plate 40 at the inner end of the pockets 7 extends from the rear'of the upper knife 17 to the hinged end of the upper gage plate 29. The plates 39 and 40 serve to retain the beans in the compartments 7 and direct them to the cutting mechanism.

Any suitable means may be used for delivering the beans in a longitudinal position to the pockets 7 stance a conveyor 41 is shown mounted at the front of the machine, one end being supported on the frame work of the machine, the other end on a feeding table 42.

The conveyor includesatrough 43 through which an endless belt 44 travels the same being trained over guide rollers 45 and a drive roller 46. The trough 43 terminates over the drum 2 in a downturned chute '47, the end of which lies closeto theouter end of the pockets 7, and the belt 44 is trained over one of the rollers 45 parallel with, the chute 4'7. Longitudinal ribs or separators 48 extend the length of the conveyor to the end of the chute, the ribs being spaced apart approximately less than the length of the shortest bean pod that will be fed to the machine, these members being thus spaced serve in the first place as bafies to prevent a bean pod from entering the conveyor in any other than an approximate longitudinal position and further to maintainthe same position to the end of the chute where the pods gravitate into the pockets in a vertical position.

"A conveyor 49 is provided for removing the beans as they dro from the pockets 7 after being operated on by the lower knife 17. A pulley 50 secured to the drive shaft 12 receives motion from a prime mover of convenient form y-A belt 51 connecting the feed roller 46 and the main shaft 12 serves to move the feed conveyor 44" and a belt 52 drives the conveyor 49 from the feed roll 46. A trough 5'3i-is' located under each knife 17 whereby the severed .ends'of the beans are directed from the machine. 1

In-operation beans in the pod are fed from the table 42 to the conveyor 44, and

In the present in- 'what is claimed as new is 1. A device of the class described compris.

,are deposited in the compartments 7, the

lower end of the bean resting on the gage plate, as the drum revolves the bean is moved against the cutting edge of the knife and the projecting end is severed, dropping in the trough 53 to be carried out of the machine. As the drum continues to rotate and the beans in the pockets 7 arrive at a point below the axis of the drum they gravitate to the other end of the pocket from that previously occupied, the'amount projecting from the pocket being limited as before by the gage plate, the lower knife then severs the end and the snipped beans fall from the drum on the conveyor 49.

Beciprocation of the cutting members insure complete and effective severance of the bean pod .even after the knives become dulled bvlong service.

It will be evident that the machine may be used for other purposesfor instance it maybe used forcutting bean'pods in short lengths as 18 commonly done preparatory to canning;

Having thus described the invention,

ing a drum having a plurality of open end pockets formed radially of the-axis-of' the drum, a gage plate at the inner end of the pockets and a second gage plate at the outer end of the pockets, a cutting member for each end of the pocketsand disposed in.

spaced relation to "the gage plates, means for simultaneously adjusting the gage plates with respect to the cutting members, and means for rotating the drum. :1

2. A device of the class described compris ing a cylindrical rotatingmember having a series of receptacles,each receptacle having opposite open ends, cutting members located at approximate oppositediametricalpoints on the drum at the inner and outer ends respectively of the receptacles, gage plates: associated with the cutting members, meansfor,

mg a conveyor, means for severing theends 7 of anobject projecting from the conveyor,

means at opposite sides ofthe'conve'yor for determining the length of 'the object pro} jectinglfrom the conveyor: andmeans for simultaneously adjusting the said determin- 7 ing means with respect to thecutting means.

4. A device of the class described c'ompris l ing a: drum having a series ofradial open end compartments,means for delivering objects in a longitudinal posit'ion,into the pockets, gage plates for determining the length of the object projecting from the' open ends of the compartments, means for simultaneously adjusting the gage plates, cutting members for severing the projecting ends of the objects, means for reciprocating the cutting elements, and means for rotating the drum.

5. In a device of the class described a frame, a drum having a series of radial open end compartments mounted on the frame for rotary movement, cutters located at approximate diametrical opposite points on the drums, a rocker-arm connected to the cutters, means carried by the drum for moving the rocker-arm to reciprocate the cutters, gage plates located adjacent the cutters, and means for rotating the drum.

- 6. In a device of the class described a frame, a drum mounted on the frame, the drum having a plurality of open end compartments, knives mounted for reciprocatory motion on the frame, the cutting edge of the knives being ang'ularly disposed With relation to the axis of the drum, means for reciprocating the knives, and means for rotating the drum.

7. In a device of the class described, a

frame, a drum mounted for rotary movement on the frame, the drum having a plurality of open end pockets, cutters mounted on the frame for reciprocal movement transversely of the frame, the cutters coacting With the ends of the pockets to sever objects projecting from the pockets, gage plates adjustably mounted on the frame, the gage plates determining the length of an object projecting from the pockets, a rocker arm connected to the cutters for reciprocating the cutters, a cam plate carried by the drum, a member connected to the rocker arm and actuated by the cam whereby rotation of the drum and cam effects a reciprocatory motion of the cutters, and means for rotating the drum.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my sig11ature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

K. R. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

OORA ADAMS, EDWARD O. WEANT.

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