US81957A

US81957A - Improvement in faming-miiis

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Publication number: US81957A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-09-08
Anticipated expiration: 1885-09-08

Description

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Patented Sept. 8, 1868. x

:ro ALL WHoM Ir MAY Getrennte;v

, .but which ere too short to sllow oats, rye, or other llong graine, to pssshn 'so near to the screen C as to eect the desired object. b

@when greift, @um @mr Lener) Patent No. 81,957, dazed .september s, isos;

IMPR0VVEMBN T IN FAN N IN G-MILLS,

die Schemi: reftmt to in fliegt ttitts @anni imo making purl'ttttcram'r.

Be it lm own that I, WILLIAM Sronvenn, ofv Winona,- in .the county o Winona, ond"S'tate ot' Minnesota,

have invented af new and usefullmprovement 1in Fnnning-Mills; and do hereby declare lthat the' following ie efull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the nrt to make and use theame,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings-forming part of this specification, in which-w Figure 1 .represents e sectional elevation', taken on-the line n: a of 6&2. 4 Figure 2 represents a. horizontal section on the line y y of 63.1, and Figure 3 represents n detail vew, showing one o f thescrewwand the epouts leading thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. Y

Theobjectofthis-infection iste provide en' improved fsnnngLmill fol 'cleaning gram.' Y

It consists of on improved agitating-oppnratus, for facilitatingthe' feeding of the groin fron the hopper. 'Also' an improved appar-etno for vseperatingcwts or other longA grain' fromwheat.

. Also, in 'oombination therewith; of an improved screeni'ngmppaatu, for separat-ing cockl and other 5mg grains from the wheat'. f v

represents an oscillating feedingbiirfdriienged iin'der the. month `ci' the hopper on h-shoft, wbichis actu; 'e'd by a vibrating forked arm, Brwhich 'tsks onv imeccentric'enthe shaft of the fen-blower.'

C represents-e curved screen, provided witiililresof su'icient diameter to'ollow the groin to fall through,A

n lessl they happen to rise up sutlicieutly to be presented endwise, for the preventio'n of which en endless epron, D, is-prvided, and wronged to more The chad' and light material are delivered over the chute E', being separated from the grain inits'vertcsl descent through the blast of air fromY the fan ,from' the hopper to the screen G. v

The oats and` other similar material which are separated bythe screen are delivered over. the chute F, and

the' grninis delivered by, the chute G either to the spout-H orI, the-valve K determining yhich. By the spout H it is delivered to the rotating screen L, ond by the spout I to another screen Mqrhich `may have nermeshes than'the screen L. I i

The screens L and M mny be operated by a cord', N, frorfn the crankshaft, or in any other suitoble'mnnner; Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Potent- 1, The combinotion, ,with the hopper of n farming-mill, ofthe oscillating feeding-bar A, substantially all end for' the purpose described 2. The combination, with the screen C', of theendles's apron or belt D, substantially as and for the purpose described'.

blower, substantially as and for the purpose described.

, l WILLIAM STODDARD. Witnesses: v

WM. B. Antes, WM. H. ALLEN.

3. The rotary screens L and M, arranged as described, inctmibnstion4 with chute G, screen C, and fan-l