US552674A - Grain-separating machine - Google Patents

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GRAIN SEPARATING MACHINE. No. 552674 Paten Jan .7, 1896.

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GRAIN SEPARATING MACHINE.

No. 552,674. Patented Jn. 7, 1896.

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LE ROY \V. STEVENS, OF AUBURN, NIHV YORK.

GRAiN-SEPARATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,674, dated January *7, 1896.

Application filed March 9, 1895. $erial No. 541,093. (No model.)

To a whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, LE ROY IV. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain Separating Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illus trate one form in which I have contemplated embodying my invention, and said invention is fully disclosed in the following description and claims.

Referring to the said drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a corn-husking machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the same. Fig. represents an end elevation, partly in section.

The object of my invention is to provide a corn husking or thrashing machine with means whereby an operator or feeder may stand at the side of the feeding-table of the machine to feed the material to the machine and the material may be fed to the table preferably from the side and deposited in front of the operators. To this end I provide the main frame A of the machine with a platform B on the side of the same adjacent to the feeding-table O of the machine, upon which the corn or grain is to be deposited by a con veyer.

The platform B may be supported in any desired manner. As shown in the drawings, it is secured to a portion of the frame A A by hinge connections at Z) Z), so that it may be folded up against the side of the machine when not in use, and is further supported by links I) b which are pivotally or movablyconneeted at one end to the platform and have their other ends provided with hooks b Z) to engage suitable eyes on the upper part of the main frame, as shown, or they may be connected with the frame and engage eyes in the platform if preferred.

The platform may be supported in other ways if desired, and it may be removable instead of folding. In some instances I may also desire to employ another platform B constructed and supported in all respects like the platform B. In this case the operator may stand at either side of the platform or an operator may stand upon each platform, thus making the feedin gtable accessible fro in both sides.

D represents a conveyer of ordinary construction carried by a suitable frame D, which is supported at one end by standards d d removably secured to the machine-frame by means of straps d d forming sockets in which the said standards are inserted; but they may be supported in any other desired manner. The other end of the conveyer-frame is sup ported in this instance by a pair of standards (Z (1 having notched portions for engaging suitable pins or projections 011 the conveyerframe.

d (1 represent the conveyer-shafts, the upper shaft being driven by means of a beltpulley and belt from a countershaft A and pulley a 011 the machine.- (See Fig. 3.)

Just below the upper end of the conveyer is a chute or inclined deflector supported by the standards (Z d or the conveyer-frame, which serves to deflect the material into the center of the feed-table C.

It will be noticed that the conveyer D is supported directly over one of the platforms B B where two platforms are employed, and the operator standing upon that platform will be directly beneath the conveyer, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that the material will be deposited upon the table 0 without in any way interfering with the operator beneath the conveyer.

I prefer to provide straps or sockets d d on both sides of the machine to receive the standards (Z (Z, as shown, and means may be provided for operating it from either side, so that the conveyer may be set up on either side of the machine, as found most convenient.

I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as variations may be made in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention.

While I have shown my invention as applied to a corn-husking device, it is obvious that it may be applied to a thrashing-machine for thrashing various kinds of grain without departing from my invention.

hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a corn huski n g machine, of a feeding table in front of the husking mechanism, a conveyer extending to one side of the machine and having its delivery end above the said table, a platform on the side of the machine opposite the conveyer for supporting an operator, the said table being accessible to the operator from the side of the machine provided with said platform substantially as described.

2. I11 a corn husking machine the combination with the feeding table, of a conveyer extending to one side of the machine and having its delivery end above the table for delivering corn centrally to the table, said table being accessible to an operator at each side of the machine, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a corn huslcing machine of a feeding table in front of the hushing mechanism, a conveyer extending to one side of said table having its delivery end a suflicient distance above the table to admit of an operator having access to the table beneath the conveyer, said table being accessible to an operator adjacent to the corn husking mechanism at the side of the machine opposite the said conveyer, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a corn bushing machine having a feed table in front of the same, of a conveyer extending to one side of the said table and having its delivery end above the same, said table being accessible to an operator below the conveyer and also accessible to an operator on the side opposite the same, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a grain separating machine having a feeding table, of a conveyer extending to one side of the machine having its delivery end above said table to deliver material thereon, the said machine conveyer and connecting devices providing an opening at the side of the machine (below the conveyer) giving the operator access to the table, substantially as described.

6. A grain separating machine having a feeding table accessible to an operator on the side of the machine, means at one side of the machine adjacent to the table for attaching a platform for the support of the operator and a eonveyer having its discharge end above the table and its other end extending to one side of the machine above the said platform attaching means, the said construction giving the operator access to the table between said elevator and said attaching means, substantially as described.

7. A grain separating machine having a feeding table accessible to an operator at each side of the machine, means for the attachment of an operator supporting platform at each side of the machine, a conveyer having its delivery end above the table located to deliver material to be fed centrally of the table, said conveyer ext-ending to one side above one of said operator supporting platforms, said construction giving the operator on the same side as the conveyer access to the table beneath said conveyer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LE ROY W. S'IEVEXS. \Vitnesses CHARLES E. QUICK, WALTER L. FAY.

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