Apparatus for sizing particulate material
OwnerWillibald Schmidtinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for sizing or separating different types of particulate material such as grain, seeds and the like without the need for replacing the sizing screens includes a movable diverter disposed between upper and lower sets of screens. When the diverter is in a first position, material passing through a first sizing screen is directed to the top of a second sizing screen and material which has not passed through the first sizing screen is directed to a discharge pan. When the diverter is in a second position, material which has passed through the first sizing screen is directed toward a discharge pan and material which has not passsed through the first sizing screen is directed toward a second sizing screen.
Claims4
An apparatus for sizing particulate material comprising:
- a first downwardly inclined sizing screen;
- a first collecting conduit for receiving material from the surface of said first sizing screen;
- a first discharge pan disposed beneath said first sizing screen to receive, advance and discharge material passing through said first screen;
- a second collecting conduit for receiving material from the first discharge pan;
- a second sizing screen downwardly inclined in an opposite direction from and disposed below said first discharge pan;
- a second discharge pan disposed beneath said second sizing screen to receive, advance and discharge material passing through said second screen;
- a third discharge pan disposed above said second sizing screen operable to receive, advance and discharge material independently of said second screen;
- a discharge opening disposed below said second discharge pan;
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- a first movable diverter disposed between the first and third discharge pans for receiving and diverting material from the first and second collecting conduits, the first diverter diverting material from the first collecting conduit to the upper end of the third discharge pan and material from the second collecting conduit to the upper end of the second sizing screen when the diverter is in a first position and diverting material from the first collecting conduit to the upper end of the second sizing screen and material from the second collecting conduit to the discharge opening when the diverter is in a second position.
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