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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEe
LOUIS ROSSELL WHITING, OF FORT WORTH, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH
TO ALFRED MUCKLE, OF BOBBIN, TEXAS.
MACHINE FOR SHUCKING AND SHELLING CORN.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,285, dated May 1, 1888.
Application filed May 6, 1886. Renewed November 7, 1887. Serial No.254,579. (No model.)To all whonm it may concern:
Be it known that I, Louis ROSSELL WIIT-
ING, a citizen of the United States, residing at
Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Improvement in Machines for Shucking
and Shelling Corn, of which the following is a
specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in
ro machines for shucking and shelling corn; and
it consists in the peculiar construction and
combination of devices, that will be more fully
set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed
out in the claims.
'5 In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end eleva-
tion of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sec-
tional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical
section on the plane at right angles to Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a detailed elevation of the rib-frame.
20 Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of
the ribs. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the cyl-
inder-teeth.
A represents a rectangular vertical inclos-
ing-case, which is provided on its upper side
25 with an inlet-opening, B. On one side of the
said opening is aninclined feed-board, C. On
one side of the case A is a discharge-opening,
D, in the lower side of which is located an in-
clined delivery-board, E. The bottom of the
30 case is formed by inclined boards F and G,
which converge downwardly, and between the
lower edges of the said boards is a discharge-
opening, H. I represents a cylindrical case,
which is located below the board G, and in the
35 said case isjournaled a rotary fan orblower, K.
Horizontally and in the center of the case is
journaled a shaft, L, carrying a cylinder, M,
which is provided on its periphery with lon-
gitudinal rows of teeth n. The said teeth are
40 made by serrating the upper edges of angle-
plates N, as shown in Fig. 6, and then bolting
the said angle-plates to the face of the cylinder,
and arranging them parallel with each other.
On one end of the shaft L, which projects be-
45 yond the case A, is secured a band-pulley, O,
and a crank-handle, P, and on one end of the
shaft of the fan K, on the same side of the case
with the pulley O, is secured a small pulley,
R, which is connected to the pulley O by means
50 of an endless belt, S.T represents a concave frame, of which T'
are the end walls, which are located in the case
A and secured on the shaft L near the ends
thereof. Each end wall has its outer edge pro-
vided with serrations T3, having the long tan- 55
gential sides t', and the shorter sides, t', ar-
ranged at an obtuse angle with relation to the
sides t'. On the opposing sides of the end
walls are flanges t, which project inwardly
from the sides t' of the serrations, and on the 6c
said flanges are bolted ribs U, which connect
the end walls together. Thesaid ribs U each
have a long side, u, and a short side, u', the
said sides being arranged nearly at right an-
gles to each other. The width of the long 65
sides u of the ribs is somewhat less than the
flanges t, and when the said ribs are bolted on
the said flanges t openings u' are left between
the edges of the ribs, which openings extend
longitudinally across the rib-frame and are 70
parallel with each other. The ribs U project
inwardly from the outer rims of the concave
or rib frame toward the cylinder M, thereby
forming abrading-shouldersui. The end walls,
T', of the rib or concave frame are provided 75
on their lower sides and on the sides opposite
the discharge-opening D of the case A with
pivoted or hinged sections T. Springs V bear
against the free upper edgesof the said hinged
or pivoted sections and press the same toward 83
the cylinder. The tension of the said springs
may be regulated by the set-screws V', which
extend through a flange, e, which depends from
the inclined delivery-board E. On the outer
end of the shaft L is secured a large fly- 85
wheel, W.
The operation of my invention is as follows:
When the shaft L is rotated in the direction
indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, the cylinder
is caused to rotate in the rib or concave frame, 90o
and the fan K is also caused to rotate in its
case I, thereby creating a blast of air, which
strikes against the inner side of the board F,
and proceeds upwardly along the said board,
and through the opening below the inclined 95
delivery-board E, as indicated by the unfeath-
ered arrows in Fig. 2. The corn to be shucked
and shelled is fed through the opening B, and
the ears are grasped by the teeth of the rotat-
ing cylinder and forced between the face oo
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Whiting, Louis Rossell. Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn, patent, May 1, 1888; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171761/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.