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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
ALFONSO AGUILAR, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.
APPARATUS FOR CLEANING LECHUGUILLA, HENEQUEN, AND ANALOGOUS FIBROUS
PLANTS.Specification of Letters Patent,
Patented Sept. 3,1918.
Application filed August 30, 1916. -Serial No. 117,730.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ALFONSO 'AGUiAR, a
citizen of the United States of Mexico, re-
siding at El Paso, in 'the county of El Paso
5 and State of Texas, have invented new and
useful' Improvements- in Apparatus for
Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Anal-
ogous 13brous Plants, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
10 This invention relates to an improved ap-
paratus for scraping lechuguilla, henequen
and analogous-fibrous plants.
In 'carrying 'out the .present invention, it
is my purpose to provide 'an apparatus of
15 the -class described whereby the stalks of the
plants may be scraped mechanically and the
pulp separated from the fiber of the plant
so that the.fiber will be cleaned and ready
for use.
20 " With the above and other objects in view,
- the invention consists in the construction,
combination and arrangement of parts here-
inafter set forth in and falling within the
scope of the claims.
25 In the accompanying- drawings:
Figure 1 is a- view in front elevation of
a machine constructed in accordance with
the present invention.:
Fig. 2 is a-top plan view of the same.'
30 Fig. 3 is a view in' side elevation thereof.
Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing
the manner-in which the cables or cords are
arranged.
Fig: 5 is a similar view.
35 Fig. 6 is a similar view.
Fig. 7 is an enlarged side elevation-of the
drums.
The' manner or mode of treatment of the
material consists in' pounding the stalk.of
40 the' plant into a substantially flat shape;
then-feeding the stalk to- a moving 'element
and' subjecting one side of 'the stalk to the
action 'of &a scraper and' then transporting
the stalk to' another moving' element with
45 the previously scraped side against such ele-
ment and' subjecting the other side' of the
stalk to ,the action of a scraper; thereby
removing the pulp from the fiber and clean-
ing the latter so that the fiber may he used'
50 for its 'intended purpose.:
In the- accompanying drawings, I have'
shown one. form of apparatus for carrying
my improved method into practical- use and
in this connection I wish"it to be understoodthat the construction of the apparatus may 55
be changed without departing from the
spirit of my invention or exceeding the
scope of the claims.
Referring now to the drawings in detail,
1 designates a" frame suitably constructed to 60
support the 'mechanisin of the apparatus
illustrated in the drawings. Journaled in
vertically alining bearings carried by the
frame 1 is a vertical shaft 2 and surround-
ing' the shaft 2 and fixed thereon is a cylin- 65
drical dr m 3, while journaled in vertically
lining bearings and .arranged alongside of
the shaft 2 is a.vertical shaft 4 parallel with
the shaft 2.1 Keyed upon-the shaft .4 is a
cylindrical ;drum 5 adapted to rotate in a 70
direction reverse to. the drum 3. Keyed
upon the upper end of the shaft 2 is a worm
wheel 6 meshing with aworm 7 fast upon
the' horizontal shaft 8 journaled in horizon-
tally alining bearings ,carried. by the upper 75
end of the frame 1.. 'Also fixed. upon the
shaft 8 is a belt pulley 9. The drum 3 is
arranged in a plane above the drum 5 and
the lower end portion of the drum 3 alines
with the upper end portion'of the drum 5, 80
- as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.
Journaled in horizontally alining bearings
carried by the frame 1 and disposed con-
tiguous to the outer portion of the respective
drums_3 and 5 are transverse'shafts 12 and 85
13 and fixed upon the corresponding ends
of the shafts 12 and 13 are pulleys 14. Also
fixed upon the shaft 12 is a belt pulley 15
arranged adjacent to the pulley 14, -while
Axed upon the' outer end of the shaft 12 is 90
a belt pulley 16 adapted to be belted up to
a suitable source of power.' Trained over
the" pulleys 14, 14 is a crossed belt ' 17
whereby the motion may. be - transmitted
from' the shaft 12 to the shaft 13 to rotate 95
'the shaft 13 in a direction reverse to the di-
rection of rotation of the shaft 12. Trained
over the belt pulleys 15 and 9 is a belt 18
whereby motion may be transmitted from
the shaft 12 to the belt 8 to revolve the shaft 100
2 and the drum 3 thereon. Fixed upon each
shaft 12, 13 is-a cleaning or scraping device
embodying; in the present instance, a drum
19 having the 'periphery thereof equipped
with outwardly extending wire bristles 20 105
and'mounted upon the frame between each
cleaning device and' the adjacent drum is a
segmental supporting iron 21 that conforms1,277,816.
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Aguilar, Alfonso. Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants., patent, September 3, 1918; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258143/m1/5/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.