Grain, or other like Produce.
Year: 1886

page_text: Grain, or other like Produce.
We NATHANIEL CLAYTON and ALFRED SHUTTLEWORTH, of the firm of Clayton
and Shuttleworth of Lincoln in the County of Lincoln Engineers do hereby declare
the nature of this Invention which has been communicated to us from abroad by
George Russell Brown of Buenos Ayres to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to provide a convenient and efficient apparatus
for shelling or hulling maize or other produce.
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According to the said Invention a drum or cage is provided the sides or periphery
being formed of bars or rods or equivalent surfaces with spaces between.
produce to be acted upon is fed into this drum or cage by means of a hopper or in
any convenient way. Inside the said drum or cage is a revolving dasher which is
preferably helical and which acts upon the produce so as to cause it to be shelled
or hulled by being 'dáshed against the bars of the drum or cage the grain falling.
through the spaces there between onto or into any suitable receptacle or screens or
riddles which may be such as are usually used for such a purpose the shells stalks
or other refuse being delivered from the end of the cage or drum which may be
provided with any suitable arrangement of doors.
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J. HENRY JOHNSON,
Agent for the said N. Clayton and
A. Shuttleworth.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Shelling or Hulling Maize,
Grain, or other like Produce.
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We NATHANIEL CLAYTON and ALFRED SHUTTLEWORTH of the firm of Clayton
and Shuttleworth of Lincoln in the County of Lincoln Engineers do hereby declare
the nature of this invention which has been communicated to us from abroad by
George Russel Brown of Buenos Ayres and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention has for its object to provide a convenient and efficient apparatus
for shelling or hulling maize or other produce According to the said Invention a
cage or drum is provided the sides or periphery being formed of bars or rods or
équivalent surfaces with spaces between."
The produce to be acted upon is fed into this cage or drum by means of a hopper
or in any convenient way. Inside the said cage or drum and preferably with its
axis coincident with that of the cage or drum is a revolving dasher which is
preferably helical and which acts upon the produce so as to cause it to be shelled
or hulled by being dashed against the bars of the cage or drum the grain falling
through the spaces there between directly on to or into any suitable receptacle or
⚫ screens or riddles which may be such as are usually used for such a purpose the
shells stalks and other refuse being delivered from the end of the cage or drum
which may be provided with any suitable arrangement of doors.
.
Figs. 1 & 2 of the accompanying drawing illustrates in sections at right angles
to each other a shelling or hulling machine arranged or constructed in accordance
with this Invention. A is a cage or drum formed by rods a (which are preferably
round as shewn) with spaces between. It is covered at the upper part by a
hood A. B is a hopper by means of which the produce to be shelled or hulled is
fed into the said cage or drum. A shaft C runs lengthwise through the centre of
the cage or drum and has on it a dasher D.preferably of a helical form as shewn.
The said shaft and dasher can be rotated by means of a band passed over the
pulley c or otherwise as may be convenient from any suitable motor. Beneath the
cage or drum A are situated riddles or screens and receptacles and a blowing
apparatus which may be arranged as shewn or in any suitable or usual manner.
As these arrangements of riddles and receptacles and blowing apparatus are well
known they need no further description here. a² are doors provided in the cage
or drum A for gaining access to the interior.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our Inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
First In machines or apparatus for shelling or hulling maize grain or other
like produce a cage or drum formed of rods bars or the like with spaces between in

page_text: combination with a helical or other shaped dasher rotating therein substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
Second-In machines or apparatus for shelling or hulling maize grain or other
like produce a cage or drum formed of rods or bars as described and illustrated
having a helical or other shaped dasher running centrally and longitudinally there-
through in combination with an arrangement of sieves or riddles and if necessary
a blower substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Dated his OL
CT 1000
NATHANIEL CLAYTON.
ALFRED SHUTTLEWORTH.