Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 29th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 19th Feb., 1898
I, CARY STITH Cox, Inventor, of 101, Clark Street, Fresno, California, United
States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a hand raisin seeder of simple construction
which may be readily attached to any convenient support, which will comprise but
very few parts, and which will effectually and quickly extract the seeds from raisins
and deliver the seeded raisins and seeds into separate receptacles.
The frame of the seeder consists of two side pieces which support a hopper which
is usually made integral therewith. A cross bar extends at the rear of the hopper to
which a supporting arm is attached or made integral therewith, said arm being curved
upwardly and rearwardly and then carried downwardly and terminating at its lower
end in a clamp. Below the hopper, near the rear of the frame, a shaft is journalled.
and a second and preferably horizontally aligning shaft is located near the front of
the machine at the opposite side of the hopper the shaft turning in bushings sliding
in slots in the side pieces of the frame. The said shaft is adjustable towards the
rear shaft by screws which act on the bushings, turning in lugs on the front edges of
the side pieces.
The saw or carrying roll is carried on the rear shaft and consists of a series of discs
which are secured to the shaft, each disc being provided with peripheral teeth inclined
in a direction opposite to the direction of motion and either given a sharp inclination
or curved or crooked. The discs are spaced apart by means of eccentric washers
secured on the shaft. Stripping arms are provided at the rear of each washer which
are pivoted at their rear ends upon a fixed shaft extending from one side of the frame
to the other. The front ends of the stripping arms are bifurcated and their members.
so spaced that their inner faces will engage with the peripheral surfaces of the
washers. The saw or carrying roll operates in conjunction with an elastic roll which
comprises a series of discs closely grouped and constructed of rubber or a like material
and secured upon the front shaft. The rear shaft may be revolved by any suitable
means, but usually by means of a crank.
A knife is provided for removing seed, that may cling to the teeth of the saw or
carrying roll and for conducting the seeds as they drop from the elastic roll out
preferably to the front portion of the frame. The knife is adjustable to and from the
carrying roll in grooves made in the frame. The knife or blade is also provided upon
its under face with elongated eyes through which, and through the side cheeks passes
an adjusting shaft or screw having a head at one end and threaded at the opposite end
to receive a lock nut or its equivalent.
In operation, the raisins to be seeded are placed in the hopper and thereupon drop
down to the point where the teeth of the saw or carrying roll engage with the
periphery of the elastic roll. The teeth as they travel downward force the seeds from
the raisins which drop upon the knife or blade and slide down its upper surface, the
knife likewise serving to detach from the teeth any seeds that may cling thereto.

page_text: The raisins are stripped from the carrying roll by reason of the vertical movement of
the stripping arms which movement is imparted to said arms by their engagement
with the eccentric washers.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.
I, CARY STITH Cox, Inventor, of 101, Clark Street, Fresno, in the County of
Fresno, and State of California, United States of America, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide a hand raisin seeder of simple construction,
which may be readily attached to any convenient support, which will comprise but
very few parts, and which will effectually and quickly extract the seeds from raisins;
deliver the seeded raisins into the desired receptacle and discharge the seeds into
a separate receptacle.
"The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several
parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved raisin seeder, a portion of the frame
being broken away.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the raisin seeder.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the body portion of the seeder, and
Figure 4 is a section through the saw or carrying roll, illustrating the application
thereto of stripping arms..
The frame of the seeder consists of two side pieces 10 which support a hopper 11
at their upper central portion, the hopper being usually made integral with the side
pieces. A cross bar 12 extends from one side piece to the other at the rear of the
hopper 11 and a supporting arm 13 is attached to this side piece or made integral
therewith, the supporting arm being curved upwardly and rearwardly and then
carried downwardly and terminating at its lower end in a clamp. 14 of any approved
type. Below the hopper, near the rear of the frame, a shaft 15 is journalled and a
second and preferably horizontally aligning shaft 16 is located near the front of the
machine at the opposite side of the hopper, the shaft 16 turning in bushings 17
which are loosely placed in slots 18 made in the side pieces of the frame. The
shaft 16 is adjustable toward the shaft 15 through the medium of screws 19 acting
on the bushings 17 and turning in lugs 20 located at the front edges of the side
pieces, the adjusting screws terminating at their outer ends in heads 21 preferably
milled..
The saw or carrying roll A is mounted on the rear shaft 15 and consists of a
series of 'discs 22 which are secured to the shaft 15, each disc being provided with
peripheral teeth 23 inclined in a direction opposite to the direction of motion and
either given a sharp inclination or curved or crooked. The discs 22, are spaced
through the medium of eccentric discs or cams 24 secured on the shaft 15. Stripping
arms 25 are provided at the rear of each cam 24, which arms are pivoted at
their rear ends upon a fixed shaft 26 extending from one side piece of the frame
to the other. The front ends of the stripping arms are bifurcated and their members

page_text: so spaced that their inner faces will engage with the peripheral surfaces of the cams,
as is particularly shewn in Figure 4. The saw or carrying roll A operates in con-
junction with an elastic roll B. This roll comprises a series of. discs.27 closely.
grouped and constructed of rubber or a like material secured in any suitable
manner upon the shaft 16. The shaft 15 may be revolved by any suitable means
but usually, a, crank 28 is, secured to one end of the shaft for that purpose, as
illustrated. A knife 29 is provided for removing seed that may cling to the
teeth 23 and for conducting the seeds as they drop from the elastic roll, out
preferably to the front portion of the machine. The knife 29 is rendered adjustable
to and from the carrying roll by being fitted to slide in grooves made in the inner
faces of the sides of the frame. For this purpose the knife or blade is provided
upon its under face with elongated slots 30 through which, and likewise through the
side pieces of the frame, passes the adjusting shaft or screw 31 having a head at one
end and threaded at the opposite end to receive a lock nut 32 or its equivalent.
In operation, the raisins to be seeded are placed in the hopper 11 and thereupon
drop down to the point where the teeth of the saw or carrying roll engage with the
periphery of the elastic roll. The teeth as they travel downward force the seeds
from the raisins which drop upon the knife or blade 29 and slide down the upper
surface thereof, the knife likewise serving to detach from the teeth any seeds that
may cling thereto. The raisins are stripped from the carrying roll by reason of the
vertical movement of the stripping arms 25, which movement is imparted to said
arms by their engagement with the cams 24.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A raisin seeder, constructed substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In a raisin seeder, a carrying roll having peripheral teeth inclined in a direction
opposite to the direction of motion, and an elastic roll arranged for engagement with
the said teeth, as and for the purpose specified.
3. In a raisin seeder, a carrying roll having peripheral teeth inclined in a direction
opposite to the direction of motion, an elastic roll arranged for engagement with
the said teeth, and a blade arranged to receive and conduct seeds in a direction
contrary to that in which the seeded raisins are delivered, as and for the purpose set
forth.
4. In a raisin seeder, a carrying roll consisting of a shaft, disks secured upon the
shaft, having crooked teeth, and an elastic roll engaging with the said crooked teeth
at one point in the revolution of the carrying roll, as and for the purpose set
forth.
5. In a raisin seeder, a carrying roll consisting of a shaft, disks secured upon the
shaft, having crooked teeth, and an elastic roll engaging with said crooked teeth at
one point in the revolution of the carrying roll, and strippers held to reciprocate
upon the carrying roll adjacent to its teeth, as and for the purpose specified.
6. A carrying roll for raisin seeders, consisting of a shaft, and a series of disks
located on the shaft, provided with crooked teeth, as and for the purpose specified.
7. In a raisin seeder, a carrying roll consisting of a shaft, and disks secured upon
said shaft, having peripheral teeth crooked in a direction opposite to the direction of
motion, as and for the purpose set forth.
8. In a raisin seeder, a carrying roll consisting of a series of disks having their
teeth inclined in a direction opposite to the direction of motion, a support for the
disks, cams located between the disks, revolving with them, and strippers operated
by the cam washers, as and for the purpose specified.
9. In a raisin seeder, the combination, with a frame having a hopper, and a roll
aving an elastic face located below the hopper, of a carrying roll consisting of a
haft, disks secured upon the shaft, having peripheral teeth crooked in a direction
pposite to the direction of motion, cams secured on the shaft between the disks, and

page_text: stripping arms pivoted in the said frame, an arm being provided for each cam, and
the front ends of the arms being bifurcated to receive the said cams, as and for the
purpose specified.
Dated the LL
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A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents.