US235364A - Corn-husking and shuck-making machine - Google Patents

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Corn Hu sking and Shuok Making Machines.

'No. 235,364. Patented Dec. 14, 18 80.

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JOHN L. L. KNOX, .OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORN-HUSKING AND SHUCK-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,364, dated December 14, 1880, Application filed September 17, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. L. Knox, of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented 'a new and useful Improvement in Gorn-Hu'sking and Shuck-Makiug Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact de scription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in corn-husking and shuck-making machines; and it consists in the combination of a feeding-apron, circular saw, carrying and stripping apron, and stripping-belts, arranged and operating with relation to each other as will hereinafter more fully appear.

To enable others skilled in the art with which myinvention is most nearly connected to make and use it,-I will .proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification, Figure 1 is aside ele-- vation of my improvementin corn-husking and shuck-making machines. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, representing the opposite sidefrom that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view or plan of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of the machine, in which, on suitable bearings, is mounted a shaft, B, on which is placed a pulley, O, and a drivingwheel, D, which gears into wheels l m n on the shafts 0, p, and q. On the shaft 0 are pulleys 5 and 6 and idle- pulleys 3 and 4, and on the shaft 19 are pulleys 7 and 8 and idle-pub leys 1 and 2. The pulleys 5 and 6 and idlepulleys 1 and 2 carry the stripping-belts e e, and the pulleys 7 and 8 and idle-pulleys3 and 4 carry the stripping-belts ff. The strippingbelts are armed with sharp projecting points 1 as shown in Fig. 2, and the direction of travel of said belts is indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1 and 2-'that is to say, the strippingbelts c 0 travel in one direction, and the stripping-belts f f travel in an opposite direction.

The feeding-apron B consists of two belts, which pass around pulleys s t, to which is secured a series of strips, to. On the shaft of the pulley t is a pulley, 4, upon which is placed a belt, e, which passes around the pulley G on the shaft B.

The carrying and stripping apron D consists of two belts, which pass around pulleys 11 j, to which are secured strips to, provided with sharp points 00, which operate in conjunction with the points y on the stripping-belts 6 eff. The pulleys j are mounted in adjustable bearin gs h, which are held up through the medium of springs s. The shaft 0, upon which is secured the wheel I, pulleys 3, 4, 5, and 6, is mounted in adjustable bearings g, which hold the pulleys 3, 4, 5, and 6, with the forward part of the stripping-belts 6 eff, down to their work by the weight of the shaft 0, wheel I, and pulleys 3, 4, 5, and 6.

O is a circular saw, the shaft of which is provided with a pulley, 1, around which passes a cross-belt, a, on the end of the shaft 1;.

The construction and arrangement of the several parts constituting my improvement in cor'n-husking and shuck-making machines will be readily understood by the skilled mechanic from the foregoing description and by reference to the accompanying drawings. I will therefore proceed to describe the operation, which is as follows:

The unhusked corn is placed upon the feeding-apron B with the butt of the ear or husk on a line with the circular saw 0. Power is applied to the crank 1 which revolves the pulley G and the wheel D, which imparts mo-' tion to the wheels l m n, and through the medium of the belts n '22 motion is imparted to the pulleys r, m, l, and t,- th ereby through the medium of pulleyss lj and pulleys 1 2 4 5 motion is imparted to the feeding-apron B, carryin gand strippingapron D, stripping-belts 00 f f, and circular saw 0. The apron B carries the unh usked corn forward toward the circular saw 0. The unhusked corn drops upon the carrying and stripping apron D, which carries it in between said apron and the stripping-belts 66 f f, which carry it forward to the circular saw 0, which cuts the butt off, which drops from the machine. The apron D and stripping-belts e e ff traveling at diflerent rates of speed, and the stripping-belts e e ff traveling in opposite directions, cause a pulling,

drawing, and tearing action upon the husks,

which strips them from the ear of corn, and

the husks and ear of corn are discharged at tially as herein described, and for the purpose the opposite end of the machine, the husks, set. forth. being in the form of shreds, forming shock of 2. In a corn-hashing and shock-making maa superior quality for upholstering purposes. chine, the combination of the carriers 9 h, It will be readily observed that by arrangmounted in adjustable bearings, and the apron ing a circular saw on each side of the machine, 1 I) and longitudinally-moving stripping-belts with increased width of the feeding-apron B, e f, traveling in opposite directions, substancarrying and stripping apron D, and corretially asherein described,and for the purpose sponding increased number of stripping-belts set forth. 0 eff, the capacity of the machine would he 3. In a corn-husking and shack-making madoubled Without greatly increasing the cost l chine, the combination of the stripping-apron of construction. D and a series of longitudinally-moving strip- Having thus described my improvement, 5 ping-belts traveling in opposite directions, what I claim as of my invention is-- 1 substantially as herein described, and for the JNO. L. L. KNOX.

1. In a corn-husking and shuck-making ma- 1 purpose set forth. chine, the combination of the feeding-apron B, circular saw (3, longitndinally-moving stripping-apron D, and a series of stripping-belts, e f, traveling in opposite directions, snbstan- \Vitnesses A. (J. JOHNSTON, JAMES J. JOHNSTON.

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