USRE11866E - Corn-shredder - Google Patents

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No. mass. l w Reissued but. 30, I900.

r. HAGEN.

CORN SHREDDER.

(Application filed June 5, 1900) 2 Shuts-Sheet I.

V S n U a Won To all whom, it may concern: V

UNITED STATES FREDERICK-paces, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

PAT NT CORN-SHREDDERQ- SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11366.net was 36. fm. J Original No. 813,676, dated Novembexi. 1898. Application for relslno filed June 1800. serial lo- 19,128.,

Be it known that I. FREDERICK Hanan. a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Belvidere, in the connty'of Boone and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Corn-Shredders, of which mechanism. t

the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the production of a corn-shredder wherein the danger of catching the hands 'of the operator in the mechanism is practically abolished. This result- I have accomplished by attaching to the corn-sln-edder in common use a device by means of which the cornstalks are held down and fed evenly to the snapping-rolls, more evenly than such feeding could be done by hand, and whereby the operator is kept back from the dangerousmechanism. I

My improvements consist in supporting a presser in a pivotal manner, so that-it may .he moved bodily toward the feeding end of the sh red ders'i n order t hat access may be had to the suappipg-rollersand other parts of the In the corn-shredders in common use continuous uniformity as to qu'antilyin feeding is practically impossible, and uneven feeding clogs the mechanism and invites the intervention of the operatoflshand to remedy the difliculty. I have guarded the basking-rolls of the shredder by placing the rcturningtuuder) portion of the endless feeding-carrier just above these rolls, so that there can be no clogging at these points, the weight of the carrier pressing the ears of corn into engage-- ment wilhthe husking-pegs of these rolls.

In the accompanying.drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of that portion of a cornshredder to which my invention appertains, showingthe application'of my improvements thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the presser-roller and its means pf connection with the shredder. Fig. 3 Ts a plan view of the supports.

A is the supporting-frame. g

B is the shredder-cylinder, B its supporting-shaft, and B the driving-pulley thereon? 0 indicates the snapping-rolls for snapping the nnhusked, ear from the stalks as the lat ter are passedbetweenthe rolls. Motionis imparted to these rolls fr'om the driving-shaft D represents the hnskin'g rolls, with the basking-pegs D thereon, driven by the train of ,erearingD from the shaft B. i

' -E is an endless carrier monntedonthesupporting-wheels E and driven -by thef'e'ndl'ess chain-belt connection 11 without; of'the gears of the train D K E indicates stationary side fo carrier E. v 34 E indicates movable upper side' boards F is the presser roller of my i'nventioi is largest in the'middle, tapering slightly ward each end in order to spread the eo .1 stalks evenly upon the carrier as they .under the roller. The roller F isnot posh ti'vely driven but merely. rotates; with the passing stalks. It is mounted in bearingsin the rigid framework I at either end of the roller, the under si'd'eo the framework F being covered "livith the sheet-iron piece F. This framework F is; pivoted in the upper-side boards E pintle near the end opposite the presser-roller leav 15' ing the latter free to rise and fall to accom: modate itself to the varyiii .amonntof the .feed.

carrier E and at their upper ends'to'th'mof-QB; I

able upper boards. There are two ol these arms on each side of the side boards, andth'ey permit the bodily movement of the frame- P work F, carrying with it the presser-roller E. Thus the framework F may'occupy either one of two positions-to wit, the position shown by the full lines in Fig. 1-- or the position indicated by the dotted lines in the same figure. The first is its operative position and the lalteFis the position it may be caused to assume when access to the snapping-rolls O is desirable. By the arrangement-list described it will be seen that the up "rside boards E, wlueh carry the'pivoted frame and B by means of the intermediate gearing C.

being of such a length that the upper side F upon the yndgeonsF' "c.

F is a stop-block limiti'n' the downward..- movement of the roller F. This block sets 89 I for the pivoted framework boards rest Hush and are in a position of rest upon the lower .side boards only in either of the two extreme opposite positions of their movement. I

In operation the'cornstalks are scattered as evenly as possible upon the carrier E after motion has been imparted to the shredding mechanism and are. carried thereby under the presser-roller F, which bears upon the .IC stalksa-iid tends by reason of its crowning form tot-brow the stalks from the middle of the carrier E, where they usually lie thickest. to the sides of the carrier. The position of -th'is roller just forward of the snapping-rolls prevents the operator from placing his hands in proximity thereto and by feeding the stalks evenly to those rolls prevents ctlongin g at this point.

The carrierE is locatedjust above the husk- 2o ingrolls D to prevent. the piling up of. ears of corn thereon, to hold the ears against the rolls, and to prevent. the placing of the hand of the operator in contact therewith.

I claim as my invention- 1. In acorn-shredder,incombination,asupporting-frame, a shredding mechanism, a carrier for presenting the cornstalks to thrash redding mechanism, lower side boards and upper side boards which latter are movably 0 mounted over the carrier by a pair of pivotal links loosely pi otod t0 the upper and lower side boards respectively, and a presser carried by the upper side boards and adapted to be moved therewith, substantially as and for '35 the purpose specified.

' 2'. In a corn-sln-edder, the combination of a support ing-d'rame, a carrier for presenting cornstalks to a shredding mechanisima freely- Inounted presser located over the carrier and 40 pivotally connected to the main frame, said connection permitti ng the pressertobe moved bodily in a lengthwise direction of the main frame and supporting said presser in either of the two extreme opposite positions.

45, 3-; Ina corn-shredder, the combination of a supporting-frame, a carrier for presenting cornstalks to a shredd ing' mechanism, supplemental frames located over the main frame, a presser pivotally supported at one end to 0 thesu pplemental frames, its other end being self-adjustable, and a suitable connection between the main frame and supplemental frames, said connection permitting the said supplemental frames to be moved bodily to and from the shredding mechanism and supporting the same in either of the two extreme opposite positions. 1 4. In a corn-shredder, the combination of a supporting-frame, a shredding: mechanism, a carrier for presenting cornstalks to the shredding mechanism, supplemental frames located over the main frame and supported thereby, a presser pivotally supported atone end to the supplemental frames, its other end being self-adjustable, and links (.(llliltkfllllfl the supplemental frames and main frame, the connertion being such that the said supplemental .frames and presser may he moved bodily to and from the shredder mechanism and supported in either of lhe'two extreme opposite positions of their movement.

5. In a mrn-shredder, the (:ombinalion of a supporting-frame, a shredder mechanism, a carrier for presenting cornstalk-s to the shredder mechanism, a pivot-ally-mounted presser supported over the carrier, and a movable connection between said main frame and presser, permitting the latter to be moved to and from the shredder mechanism.

6. The combination of a supporting-frame,

a shredding mechanism E, a frame including.

side boards E secured to the main frame, a

carrier between said side boards, a pair-of upper side boards normally resting upon the side hoards E and connected to each other by a framework F, and a shield W, a pressur- 'roller F, stop-blocks secured to said sideboards E to support the framework i and prevent the roller from fallin into contact. with the carrier, and two pairs of links each pivoted at one end 'to the side boards E and at the other end to the upper side boards E and of such a length as to permit the presser to rest either in normal position and yield to excess of 'feed, or to be drawn back and at the other end of its movement to rest on the side boards E out. of the-way to permit access to the shredding: mechanism.

FREDERICK H'AGEN. Witnesses:

A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL.

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