US86618A

US86618A - John womeldorff

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Publication number: US86618A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-02-02
Anticipated expiration: 1886-02-02

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J. WOMELDORFF.

Grain Wi'nnower.

Patented Feb. 2, 1869.

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JOHN WOMELDORFF, OF WARSAW, INDIANA.

4 Letters Patent No.86",6 18, dated Februa/ry 2, 1869.

s IMPROVEMENT IN, COMBINED WHEELBARROWfIANNING-MEL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

1 Be it known that I, J onu WOMELDORFF, of Warsaw, in the county of Kosciusko, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Wheelbarrow Fanning- Mill; and I do hereby declare the followin g to be a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this specification.

The fanning-apparatus and the shaking shoemay be of any usual or approved construction, with changeable riddles and screens to suit various kinds and conditions of grain or seed to be cleaned; but my invention particularly consists in so constructing the machine that, when the fan, shoe, and upper part of the frame are removed, the lower part will constitute a convenient and eii'icient wheelbarrow for separate use, and, when the whole is together, the wheel'or wheels of the barrow afford means for conveying it from place to place.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a vertical-longitudinal section of the complete machine, and

Figure 2, a perspective view of the wheelbarrow detached.

The fan A, hopper B, gearing G, tail-board T, and the shoe 0, with grain-boards D, changeable riddles E,

and screen F may be of common form, and do not need specific description.

To secure the parts in proper relative position for use as a fanning-mill, and at the sametirne to adapt them for ready separation, the front part of the upper frame is supported on horizontal lugs or cars H H, fig. 2, and held laterally between shoulders I I.

The rear end of the mill is held against horizontal displacement in any direction by tenons K, projecting downward beneath the fan-cylinder into mortises L L p in the lower or wheelbarrow-frame.

The floor M of the wheelbarrow constitutes the bottom of the screening-box when the fanning-mill is in use, and a door, N,-is formed in one of the sides, for the purpose of removing the screenings.

The barrow is so constructed that either one or two wheels, 0, may be used, and common handles? P are employed for use in wheeling the barrow, either with or without the upper part of the mill.

To separate the mill, its rear end is lifted straight up until the teuons are clear of their mortises, and it can then be taken ofi.

By my invention, I am enabled to provide the farmer with twouseful and necessary implements for the cost of one. My fanning-mill itself possesses a high degree of eiiiciency in cleaning any kind of grain or-seed,

and the great additional advantage of portability, as it may be moved from place to place by hand, even at long distances, without requiring a horse and wagon, as tanning-mills usually do.

When the fanning-mill is not needed, the upper part can be lifted off and set away, when a complete and convenient wheelbarrow is ready for use.

The cylindrical fan-case is connected and strengthened by segmental straps of iron, R, shownin dotted lines in fig. 1, which fit the recesses s in the sides S of the wheelbarrow, to steady and support the upper part. As an additional means of security, screws or pins may be inserted, through the iron straps R, into holes s in the barrow-sides, so as'to prevent the separation of the parts until said pins are taken out.

Handles are applied at or near the four corners of the upper frame, for convenience in lifting it off.