US2649A

US2649A - Machine for oleabtistg graibt of garlic

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Publication number: US2649A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1842-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 1859-05-28

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FLICKENGER & KRIM. 4 sheetksheet Grain Winnower.

No. 2,649. Patented May 28, 1842.

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` "UNITE SFATES Ol ill IGE DANIEL FLICKINGER AND SEBASTIAN KRIM, OF HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA..

i MACHINE FOR oLEANiN GRAIN QF Ganu@ Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,649, dated May 28, 1842.

To all 'whom it may concem: a

Be it known that we, DANIEL FLICKINGER and SEBASTIAN KRIM, of Hanover borough,

York county,` and State of Pennsylvanim; have invented a new and useful Machine for Cleaning Grain of Garlic, Smut, Cockle, Cheat, and other Foreign Substances, which is described as follows, reference being had to the anneXed drawings ofthe same, making part of this specification.

parts.

The frame A for containng and supporting the severalparts of the machine is made of suitable size, strength, and material: for

an ordinary machine say about 5 feet long 2 feet wide, and 5` feet high, being composed of four posts united transversely at bottom by two parallel cross timbers and at top by two transverse Caps, and longtudinally by the boards composing the sides-covered at top by a horizontal board in which the feeding hopper B is placed-ethe back end being closed by boards part of which is Secured firmly and part by hinges` to enable the operator to have access to the interior of the 'machine, the front end being closed by two hinged doors C, D, the lower one C solid, and the upper one D of wire ganze to allow a free passage of the wind from the fan and at the sametine to prevent the escape of the chafi", and the bottom being closed by the inclined adjustable board hereafter described. a

The vibrating` shoe E containing the inclined sieves F, G, H for separating the grain from the foreign substances and the inclined conductors, boards, or plates I, J,j

placed below the sieves Gr, H, for conducting the cheat, the garlic, the cockle &0. to the side jspouts a, b, and for conductng the grain to the fan and the hinged conductor K and trough ,a for conducting the large garlic to one of the side spouts 'v is composed of two boards E placed nearly as far apart as the width of the space between the two side boards of the frame between which the shoe moves being connected together by cross bars, said shoe moving longitudinally over onto friction rollers 7" arranged in inclined tnbers t fastened to the inner side of the frame below the shoe and against other rollers L whose aXes are inclined arranged in inclined mortses in the sides of the machine-by means of a cranl shaft M to which the shoe is connected by a connecting rod N at top-s`aid crank shaft extending through the sides of the machine having on its outer extremities a pulley' o.` around which passes a band P leading to a pulley Q, on the shaft of one of the pressing or crushing rollers R' the. other roller R being turned by the friction of roller R' -alarge pulley S being put on the aXle of the first n entioned roller R around which passes a band T leading to a small pulley U o n the aXle of the fan V which is arranged below the rollers R' R surrounded by a scroll case W except the opening for the tangential tube f the driving pulley X being on the other end of the fan shaft at the opposite side of the machine.

The upper sieve F through which the wheat, the small garlic, cockle and cheat and the smut are to pass and over which the large garlic is to be conducted to the upper inclined spout 'u outside the france is coma posed of meshes of wire sufliciently large for the purpose intended and arranged in the shoe near the top. thereof at an angle of about 10 or 15 degrees with a horizontal plane extending about two-thirds the length of the shoe the remaining third being occupied by the hinged conductor Ic and transverse trough n before mentioned arranged at the same angle of inclination with said sieves. The hinged conductor is .a plate arrangecl at the same angle as said sieve F and hinged to the lower cross bar of the frame thereo-f turned up at the sides to prevent the escape of the grain &0. and bent at the lower edge and formed into an inclined trough a which leads transversely into the mouth of 4 the inclined spout o `for conveying away the small garlic, cockle &e` said' mouth being inside the rame at the rear of the shoe.

The second sieve Gr through which the cockle, small garlic and cheat pass and over which the wheat and garlic which are as large as the wheat pass to the rollers R' R is composed of wire meshes smaller than those of the upper sieve F and is arranged in the shoe below the sieve F at an angle of about 15 or 20 degrees and is of the same length and breadth-a chute or conductor Y being arranged at the lower extremity of -against the surfaces of the rollers.

inclination for conducting the wheat and garlic to the hopper Z placed over the roller R' R The conductor Y is a plate Secured to the bottom of the frame of sieve G and The hopper Z is composed of two inclined plates in the manner hereinafter described.

An inclined conductor I is placed below the sieve G about an inch therefrom 'for conducting the cockle, cheat and small garlic tothe lower edge of the same where the conductor is ;tormed into a trough m having an inclination toward the side of the machine through which it extends and leads into a vertical side conducting pipe b on the outside of the machine which conducts the said subst-ance'to a receiver--the aforesaid conductor I being` nailed to the bottom of the frame of the sieve Gr leaving a space of about an inch between the said conductor and the screen. The aforesaid trough m is made in a similar manner to trough m-before described.

The rollers R' R between which the wheat and garlic are passed together, without altering the size of the tormer or injuring it and at the same time fiattening and increasing the length and breadth of the latter for the purpose of preventing it passing through the neshes of the sieve H while the wheat passes through them, are composed of wood covered 'with gum elastic-or india rubber arranged transversely and parallel-with their surfaces touching, or nearly touching,

as they revolve-the aXle of one of the.

rollers turning in permanent boxes and the aXle of the other roller turning in sliding boxes made adjustable by horizontal screws 8 for setting the rollers nearer to or farther from each other to correspond with the size of the garlic and wheat to be passed be-j tween them, in the manner hereinafter described.

Two transverse brushes d (Z for brushing ofi' the grain and garlic from the surfaces,

of the rollers are arranged in the frame These brushes are parallel and Secured to the insides of the frame' by fianges on the ends of the stocks of the'brushes screwed or bolted to the frame.

The hopper Z for conducting the grain and garlic to the rollers is compose'd of two inclined plates inelining toward each other and fastened to the inside of the trame by having their edges turned up at right angles forming fianges which 'are nailed to the inside of the frame. They are placed over the rollers a sufiicient distance apart to allow the grain and garlic to pass freely to the rollers.

The lower sieVe H through which the grain passes to the fan V and over which screen the crushed garlic passes to a transverse inclined trough p fastened to the lower end of the frame of the said screen H which conducts it through the side of the frame into a short vertical spout a for the collec-` tion of the garlic. The meshes of this screen Hare the same as those of the upper screen F and is of the' same size but inclines in a contrary direction at an angle of about 20 degrees. This trough is made like other troughs and is nailed or otherwise secured to the bottom of the lower cross bar of the frame of the' screen H. It inclines to the side of the frame and discharges the crushed *garlic into the short spout a.

chine inclines back in a contrary direction to the conductor J at an angle of about 35 degrees sliding on inclined ways y fastened to the inner sides of the frame, being raised on said ways for the purpose of elevating the upper edge of the board in order more effectually to catch the grain by means of a strap g fastened to the under side of the board and wound around a` transverse aXle k eXtending through the side of the trame having on one of its ends a ratchet wheel 7,' into which a pawl j gears attached to the side of the frame for holding the aXle from turning back after the strap is wound upon it, or when the aXle is turned in a con trary direction for again lowering the board being brought against a tooth of the wheel for holding it in its required position.

The fan V for creating the blast for blowing away the mashed garlic and cha is arranged in the rear of the machine between the two conducting boards (Z and e and is surrounded by a scroll caseVV open on the side toward the front having a tan ential spout f for directing the blast up tie inclined board e and through the space at the end of the machine and by which it is ar rested and conducted to the inclined trough Z under the upper end of the inclined board e, over which end the remaining impurities i are blown into sai-d trough Z, which conducts them to the short vertical spout a on the sideof the frame through a branch tube 'w into which said trough Z leads, the cleaned grain being heavier than the garlic and chaff descends through the blast of wind or current to the inclined board e which conducts it to the dischargng spout g.

The machine may be operated by any convenient power.

The transverse trough n at the lower end of the hnged conductor K conducts the large garlic to the inclined spout v and by it into the short spout c, both arranged outside the machine. The transverse trough m at the lower end of the conductor I leads into the vertical pipe Z) outside the machine and is for the purpose of conducting the cookie, cheat, and small garlic to a separate receiver. The trough p leads into the short spout a for conductng the garlic into said spout a. The trough (Z leads into an inclined spout w which leads into the short spout a for conducting thereto the chafi', garlc, drt, &0. The spout g receives the cleaned grain from the inclined board e and conducts it to a receiver outside the Inachine. The adjustable screws s for moving the boxes of the axle of the roller E toward or from the roller R' for altering the space between said rollers, are operated in the usual manner of such adjustable screws by having two metallic stationary frames that will mash the garlic and at the same i time not injure the wheat but increase the size of the garlic and prevent it from passing through the meshes of the inclined screen through which the gran passes, in i th manner before described, or in any other mode substantially the same and in combination therewth the arrangement of the several inclined screens, conducting boards, spouts and-tubes as herein set forth.

DANIEL FLICKINGER. SEBASTIAN KRIM.

Wtnesses WM. P. ELLroT,

PETER F LICKINGER.