Shelling machine
OwnerGeorge F. Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A machine is disclosed for shelling beans, peas and other legumes. The machine comprises a frame and a lid mounted atop the frame for movement between lid open and lid closed positions. A drum which includes removable sections is rotatably mounted to the frame beneath the lid. Shrouds are mounted about and in spaced relation with the drum. Sets of beaters are rotatably mounted to the frame for rotation within the drum. The beaters themselves have swing arms rotatably mounted thereto. Drive means are provided for rotating the drum and the beaters at diverse speeds. A baffle is pivotably mounted to the frame beneath the drum for movement between first and second baffle positions for alternatively deflecting fruit of shelled legumes into a sieve and their hulls into collection bins.
Claims11
A machine for shelling beans, peas and other legumes comprising a generally cylindrical, rotatable screen drum;
- shroud means mounted about said cylindrical screen in spaced relation therewith for restricting the passage of legumes therethrough;
- a plurality of axially spaced sets of paddles mounted for rotation within said cylindrical screen;
- and drive means for rotating said drum and said sets of paddles.
In a shelling machine, a rotatable screen drum, a plurality of beaters mounted for rotation within said drum, power drive means coupled with said drum and beaters to drive them in unison, the beaters having radially extending arms in the drum, bearing elements on said radially extending arms, and generally U-shaped free-swinging elements journaled in said bearing elements of the arms, the free-swinging elements turning with the arms in said drum and swinging independently relative to the arms.
A machine for shelling legumes comprising a frame, a pervious drum rotatably mounted on said frame, a shaft rotatably mounted on said frame and extending axially through said pervious drum, a plurality of axially spaced beaters rigid with said shaft within said drum and having shanks extending radially from the shaft, rotatable swing elements on the shanks near the outer ends of the shanks, the swing elements being substantially U-shaped and each swing element having a pair of paddles on opposite sides of the shank joined as a unit with the body of the U-shaped swing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.