Patent ID: 8371914
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. Corn-shelling machine able to harvest the kernels from the cob, the machine having a front head able to shell the cobs and a rear auger able to gather and channel the cobs after shelling, wherein the front head comprises at least one sheller roller rotating in relation to a relative rotation axis so as to pull downwards the cobs, the at least one sheller roller extending from a front extremity facing towards the front head, to a rear extremity, facing towards the rear auger, the at least one sheller roller being fitted with blades to pull a stalk of a corn on the cob plant downwards, the machine being fitted with sheller plates, positioned above said at least one sheller roller, on the side opposite the ground, the sheller plates having an upper wall, opposite the ground able to receive the cobs upon thrashing and to retain them during the shelling phase, and a lower wall, opposite the upper wall flanking the ground, the sheller plates being distanced so as to identify, between respective lateral rims, a cavity suitable for permitting the passage of the stalk and preventing the passage of the cobs, during the shelling of the same, wherein the machine comprises blowing devices and nozzles which generate and send a flow of air to channel the kernels of corn removed from the cobs during shelling, towards the rear auger, said air flow being directed from the front head of the machine towards the rear auger, wherein said nozzles are attached directly below the sheller plates, on said lower walls of the sheller plates, and wherein the nozzles are inclined upwards, away from the ground, so as to direct the air flows above the sheller plates, on the side of the upper wall, towards the rear auger.