A New or Improved Pea and Bean Shelling Machine.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 20th May, 1889-Accepted, 22nd June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Pea and Bean Shelling Machine.
We, GEORGE SALTER of the firm of George Salter and Company of West
Bromwich in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of
Arcade Chambers Snow Hill Birmingham in the County of Warwick Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object, the shelling of peas and beans, or the removal of
peas and beans from their pods.
Our invention consists broadly in shelling or removing peas or beans from their
pods, by means of rollers working within bearings, and geared together with a space
between their peripheries, wherethrough a pod is drawn, and the outer end thereof
burst, by the squeezing outwardly of the contiguous peas or beans, by the action of
the rolls, upon the inner end one.
In carrying out our invention, we mount within a bearing frame, two high rolls,
whose peripheries are ribbed or corrugated, and with the underside of the one coming
within a short distance of the top side of the other, thus forming a rectangular shaped
eye, wherethrough a pod is drawn, stail foremost. These rolls are geared together, so
as to work at the same rate of motion, by a winch or handle, connected with the axis
of the top roll.
Fitted in front of the eye of the rolls, is a downwardly directed inclined guide or
shoot (hooded or open) up which the pods are fed to the rolls, to be shelled, and down
which the peas are conducted to a receptacle, on being forced from the outer end of
the pod.
The bearing frame of the ribbed shelling rolls is mounted at the top of an upright
bracket, whose base rests within, and at the bottom of a hopper shaped pan, which is
a receptacle for the juice pressed from the pods during the process of shelling.
The juice pan has connected with it, a clamping device, consisting of a horizontally
directed U shaped arm, with a vertically working screw passing upwardly through a
circular boss at the terminal end of the lower arm.
The bracket bearing frame of the rolls, pan and clamping arm are preferably cast
all in one piece.
The shelling rolls may be made sufficiently broad to feed more than one pod at a
time.
The peripheries of the rolls instead of being ribbed, may be faced with rubber.
Or the bearings of the rolls may be made yielding, so as to accommodate the said
rolls to varying thicknesses of pods.
The removal of the peas from their pods may be facilitated by a slitter, consisting
of a small blade or point, directed outwardly from the frame, in front of the eye of
the rolls.
Dated this Fourteenth day of August 1888
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GEORGE SALTED
FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Pea and Bean Shelling Machine.
We, GEORGE SALTER of the firm of George Salter and Company of West
Bromwich in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER of
Arcade Chambers, Snow Hill Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Engineer, do
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page_text: hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention has for its object, the shelling of peas and beans, or the removal of
peas and beans from their pods.
Our invention consists broadly in shelling or removing peas or beans from their
pods, by means of rollers, working within bearings, and geared together with a space
between their peripheries, wherethrough a pod is drawn, and the outer end thereof
burst, by the squeezing outwardly of the contiguous peas or beans, by the action of
the rolls upon the inner end one.
In carrying out our invention, we mount within a bearing frame, two high rolls,
whose peripheries are ribbed or corrugated, and with the underside of the one, coming
within a short distance of the top side of the other, thus forming a rectangular shaped
eye, wherethrough a pod is drawn stale foremost. These rolls are geared together, so
as to work at the same rate of motion, by a winch or handle, connected with the axis
of the top roll.
Fitted in front of the eye of the rolls, is a downwardly directed inclined guide or
shoot (hooded or open) up which the pods are fed to the rolls, to be shelled, and down
which the peas are conducted to a receptacle, on being forced from the outer end of
the pod.
The bearing frame of the ribbed, shelling rolls is mounted at the top of an upright
bracket, whose base rests within, and at the bottom of a hopper shaped pan, which is
a receptacle for the juice pressed from the pods, during the process of shelling.
The juice pan has connected with it, a clamping device, consisting of a horizontally
directed U shaped arm, with a vertically working screw passing upwardly through a
circular boss at the terminal end of the lower arm.
The bracket bearing frame of the rolls, pan and clamping arm, are preferably cast
all in one piece.
The shelling rolls may be made sufficiently broad to feed more than one pod at a
time.
The peripheries of the rolls instead of being ribbed, may be faced with rubber.
Or the bearings of the rolls may be made yielding, so as to accommodate the said
rolls to varying thicknesses of pods.
The removal of the peas from their pods may be assisted by a slitter, consisting of a
small blade or blades, directed inwardly.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents in vertical section, a pea sheller,
constructed according to, or provided with improvements, made according to our
invention In the said sectional view, a pea pod is shown in the act of being shelled,
and the peas rolled, or squeezed out-It will also be seen, that the lower roll of the
two bigh-rolls is plain, whilst the upper one is corrugated, and with the corrugated or
ribbed periphery, made of rubber.
Figure 2 represents an end elevation of the said pea sheller or machine, which is
applicable for shelling beans as well as peas-Figure 3 shows an end view and gear
side of the said machine-Figure 4 is a plan of the same-Figure 5 is a front view of
the said pea sheller, whilst figure 6 represents a modification, in which both of the
pod squeezing or pea removing rollers are faced with rubber-Figure 7 represents a
yielding bearing, and figure 8 represents a modified form of slitter, disposed within
the spout.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a, al are two-high-rolls, of which a is plain, and preferably made of wood, whilst a¹
is corrugated or ribbed, and with the said corrugated periphery preferably made of
india-rubber, or other like yielding material.
The axes a² of these said rolls, work in rigid bearings made within, and through,
upright brackets 62, carried at the summit of a pillar bracket b, whose base 63, rests
within, and is surrounded by, a juice or moisture trough 64, to which a U shaped
clamping arm. 6 is connected-This clamping arm is provided with, a clamping

page_text: screw 66, with a thumb or lever turn 67, and by means of which said device, the
appliance is capable of being affixed or secured to a table or bench.
The pea removing rollers are driven or coupled together, by spur wheels c, c', made
tight upon the respective axes of the rolls, and with the axis of the top roll extended
outwardly and provided with a winch handle d.
The said rollers are separated from each other by a space or rectangular shaped
eye e, wherethrough the pea pods f are passed and drawn, stale foremost.
The pea pods are conducted to the eye of the rolls, by a spout or lead g, which acts
both as a conductor to the rolls, and a spout or shoot, for the shelled peas, to roll
down.
h is a yielding slitter, with a blade 2 at its free and underside end, which on a pea
pod being introduced into the roll, its skin or pod is slit up as it is advanced
forward.
The operation of shelling consists in placing the stale end of a pea pod, up the
spout, and through the eye of the rolls, and then rotating the handle, which imparts
motion to the rolls, which draw the pea pod through them, and presses or forces the
peas out of the shell as represented in figure 1.
The slitter also assists the opening of the shell, where the peas are very new, and
are unable to resist the pressure necessary for the bursting of the said shell; and
further, the slitter h, h², in being made yielding, accommodates itself to all sizes of
pea pods, and when in use, the blade only penetrates skin or shell deep.
In figure 6, the rolls are plain, and have their peripheries faced with rubber or
other yielding material.
In figure 7, the lower roll of the pair of rolls, is provided with a yielding bearing,
so as to admit of any sized pea pods being passed through the shelling rolls.
a is a lower plain roll, and a' an upper corrugated roll, preferably faced with
rubber-a are the axes of the said rolls, with the lower one working within a
movable and sliding bearing a³, kept up to its work, by a spring a, disposed between
the bottom of a gap within the frame 6, and the underside of the bearing a³.
In figure 8, 9 is the spout, and is a double armed yielding slitter, with opposite
blades h, and which when in use, slits a pea pod, on its two opposite sides.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
First.-A pea or bean sheller, consisting of two geared together rolls, or rollers,
with an eye or space left between their peripheries, wherethrough a pea pod on being
shelled, is drawn, as described and set forth.
Secondly.-A pea or bean sheller, consisting of two geared together rolls or rollers,
of which one of them is corrugated, and the other plain, substantially as described and
set forth in figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Thirdly. A pea or bean shelling machine, consisting of geared together rolls or
rollers a, pillar bracket b, 62, 63, 64, clamping device 6, 66, and spout f, with or
without slitter h, h²; and which said parts are arranged, and the machine constructed,
substantially as described and set forth in figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Fourthly. A pea or bean-splitter, consisting of a yielding arm or arms, with a
blade or blades inwardly directed, as set forth in figures 1 and 8.
Fifthly. Facing the rollers of pea or bean-shelling machines, with india-rubber or
other like yielding materials, for the purpose as specified and set forth.
Lastly. Providing the axes of pea-shelling rollers, with yielding bearings, or
making the bearings of pea-shelling rollers, yielding, as set forth in figure 7.
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GEORGE SALTER.
FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.
GEORGE SALTER.
FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.