White cap removal unit for a grain cleaner
OwnerOleksandr Lehaninventor
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Abstract
A white cap removal unit for a grain cleaner for eliminating multiple steps otherwise necessary to properly clean grains. The white cap removal unit for a grain cleaner includes a separator assembly including a grain receiver having a side wall, an open top, an open bottom, an open side and a passageway extending therethrough, and also including a planar mesh screen removably disposed in the passageway for removing white cap from grain.
Claims7
A white cap removal unit for a grain cleaner comprising a separator assembly including a grain receiver having a side wall, an open top, an open bottom, an open side and a passageway extending therethrough, and also including a planar mesh screen removably disposed in the passageway for removing white cap from grain, wherein the separator assembly also includes an agitator fastened to the mesh screen for vibrating the mesh screen to remove the white cap from the grain with the grain passing through the mesh screen and the open bottom, wherein the planar mesh screen has a bottom side with the agitator fastened to the bottom side of the mesh screen, wherein the separator assembly also includes a shield attached to the bottom side of the mesh screen and disposed about the agitator.
A white cap removal unit for a grain cleaner comprising a separator assembly including a grain receiver having a side wall, an open top, an open bottom, an open side and a passageway extending therethrough, and also including a planar mesh screen removably disposed in the passageway for removing white cap from grain, wherein the separator assembly includes rigid elongate support strips forming ledges and disposed in the passageway of the grain receiver and attached to the side wall, wherein the mesh screen is removably supported upon the elongate support strips.
A method of using a white cap removal unit for a grain cleaner comprising the steps of:
- providing a grain cleaner, a grain receiver disposed upon the grain cleaner, a mesh screen, an agitator fastened to the mesh screen, and a chute coupled to the grain receiver;
- inserting the mesh screen in a passageway of the grain receiver;
- loading grain into the grain receiver and upon the mesh screen and energizing the agitator which vibrates the mesh screen and removes the white cap from the grain;
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- dispensing grain through the grain receiver into the grain cleaner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.