US62694A - Improvement in gbain sepabatoes - Google Patents

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H.' H. SBELY. GRAIN SBPARATOR.

No, 62,694. Patented Mar. 5, 1.867.

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A Qtr-itch' Vtstrs getest @ffice H. H. SEELY, 0B" HUDSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 'TO F'. SWIFT, 0F

' LENAWEE. COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 62,694, zia-ted lllarch 5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 1N GRAIN semences.-

To ALI. WHoM. 1r M AY ooNoERN.

Be. itV known that I, ILH. SEELY, of Hudson, in the county of Lenawee, and State of, Michigan, have invented certain new and usefull improvements in"iGruin separators and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, 'and to the letters of reference marked thereon. In the annered drawings, making -part ot'this specificution A represents the frame of the machine. The side bbards of this frame are made of' one piece of board',

including vthe hopper, side and drum-head. An opening, the shape ot' the shoe, is cut in each ofthe sidc'boards,

andthe piece thus cut from the said board, after beingreduced a very little in size so as to give itroom to play, isusedifor forming the end of the shoe. The ends ofthe shoe B, as will be seen, are hung in the openings made in the side board, and thus form a portion of the sides of the machine. The shoe B is hung in thc frame by means of two springs which lie across the' said frame.- Thesesprings are secured to the shoe, and have their ends 'resting in ths frame. I represents one of' the above-mentioned springs, the other being,l similar to it inform and mode of attachment. D represents the fan-shaft, which is driven by suitable gearing. On the end of this shaft, opposite the gesrng, is'a short crank, to which is connected a rod, F, which said rod attaches at its other and to the upper end of an arm on a collar, M. E represents a shaft which lies across the frame of the machine,

having its hearing in the 'sides o fsnid frame. Upon this shaft are two collars, and N, made similar in shape, as 'shown in iig. 3; one of suid collars, vM, being on` the'louteil end of the shaft, and one being placed about centre M, one end. o'fa rod," G, is attached, the other en d of said rod beingl attached to ourl arm of an elbow-lever, H, asI shown. J represents a. rod, one end vof` whioh secures tothe other arm of-lever H, while its inner end secures with the shoe for' the purpose of giving said .shoe a lateral shake. K and L represent two rods, which connect at theirv inner ends to the two arms oi'V collar N, one to the lower and the other to the upper. The outer end of -rod K 'attaches to the lower screen P, and serves-to give motion to it.- The outer end of rod L, connects with the shoe B, and serves to give anl endwise motion to the said shoe. When the rods J and L'both connect with the shoe,V they .serve to give it three motions, an endwse, a lateral, and a partial rotary motion, but when one of the rods is disconnected the shoe has only one motion, either endwise or lateral. C represents the shoe-bottom, seen in dotted line, iig. l1. This bottom is hinged at the upper end of the shoe, its lower end being adjustable. b repre sents a rod, which is secured in the bottom at one end, and passes through the shoe. The other-end of' this rod is bent sp as to catch into holes in a plate, c, secured upon the shoe by means of the rod b. The shoe-bottom is set nt any required angle. R represents s rod-which passes across the i'ramc at its rear end, resting upon springs, S S, which are placed in slots, as seen in the said i'rame. .This rod serves to sustain the upper end of the lower screen P. VThis'rodis provided vwith smali friction-rollers, against which pins upon -the under side of screen P strike, for the purpose of giving said' screen nu up-and-down motion, in addition to its longitudinal motion. By constructing the sides of themachineas described, the cost is diminished, .and the manufacture rendered more easy and simple; By placing the shoe ends in theopenings 'in the side boards, more room is gained in the machine and the shoe is worked to bevsttefrmvantage.A y

Having thus fully describedI my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters atent,l is- 1. The adjustable shoe-bottom C, rod b, `and. perforated plate a, upon-the shoe, arranged and used as andA for the purpose herein specified',

2. The arrangement of this rodG, l'ever H, and rods and L,'with the shoe,.i`or the purpose of givingsaid shoe three motions, or one, as may be desired, substantially as set forth'.

I i As evidence that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hsndin the, presence of two' witnesses. H. H. sEELY.

Witnesses:

S. S. Nrs, L. R. Persson.

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