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US2047508A US684017A US68401733A US2047508A US 2047508 A US2047508 A US 2047508A US 684017 A US684017 A US 684017A US 68401733 A US68401733 A US 68401733A US 2047508 A US2047508 A US 2047508A
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  • drum herein referred to or -that.,mays;bel em Patented July 14, 1936 PiefreNfr oasi-ee*
  • My invention provides fanfimprovedimachinefor apparatus-for l thef: separation;T of 2 d iierent kinds of grain'and for-the separationr-therefrom oil-smalle: seedsa
  • the :inventiom consists iof thenovel devices; :combinations :of ⁇ -.de,vices-.fand arrangement .fof :parts ihereinatter-e described;tandak f, Y dened in..thetclsaiirnssil 4 n y It is thought:v tnat ⁇ the combinationvfor" relativa-e; cooperative construction -:and.,Larrangementtot; ⁇ Y the several..
  • separatingf instrurnentaltiessv willfsbesi, made' salient by the following@introduotorydisma cussion. of therelative merits,-f,foi:: somewhatidif ferent. kinds of separation, yof -pocketed .l erwin- ⁇ dented separating discs and pocketed or indentede.', ⁇ separatingl drums.,.. 1 Y y l l As illustrative ⁇ of .1 the? .type of ,separating ,dises-1: herein referred to, attention is calleditoithfeiCarff.
  • chine The kernels of grain. aremoradiitlicg measured by the pockets' of the discs, and the' kernels of barley 4and-oats, beinglonger.. than the wheat kernels, ⁇ are not picked upby'the'-poclrets4 of the discs. ⁇
  • dented cylinders will' not make as completelsepfj ara-tion ⁇ of barley from Wheat as Will'disc sepa- 15' 4?? ratorsrn Neither will v they make "as complete a;
  • smalllweedlseeds such. as Wild buckwheat..ball 40 l whioli-'areeto 'beremovedf suchas barley'andioatsr
  • the durum wheat will al-so-oontain-tsmall'weed f seedsswh-ich willliavertofbe removed'.I
  • the cylinder while not doing as well on cleaning wheat, will when it comes to cleaning barley, excel the work of the disc separator because of its ability to remove oats from the barley without the loss of much barley.
  • pocketed discs are arranged in groups with the pockets of the discs of different groups of such size as to accomplish different kinds of grades of separation; means is provided for delivering to certain of the groups of pocketed discs, that part of the grain that can best be separated by ⁇ such drums; and these several instrumentalities together with their driving mechanisms, and cooperating elements, are combined in a complete or self-contained machine.
  • This housing is divided into several compartments.
  • Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 'I-'I of Fig. 2.
  • the several separating elements and immediately co-operating parts are shown as mounted within a rectangular The upper portion of to wit: as shown, into three separating compartments I I, I Ia and IIh by means of transverse vertical partitions I2 and I3.
  • the commingled stock to be separated is delivered to the compartment II through a suitable spout I4 that delivers directly into a distributing hopper I5 that is open at its bottom and, as shown, extends from end to end of the compartment l I.
  • a spiral distributing conveyor I6 is arranged to work in the distributing hopper'l 5 immediately above the open bottom thereof.
  • This conveyor I6 is shown as carried by a long shaft I'I extended completely through the housing IIJ and provided at one end with a sprocket I8.
  • a shaft I9 shown as provided at the head end of the machine with a sprocket 20 and at its rear end With a beveled gear 2
  • the shaft I9 carries three groups of pocketed separating discs 22, 22a and 22h, the said groups of discs being located, respectively, in the compartments II, IIa and IIb.
  • the pockets in these discs are preferably formed substantially as illustrated in my prior Patent No. 1,665,549 of April 10, 1928.
  • the pockets in the discs 22 are larger than the pockets in the discs 22a and the pockets in the discs 22a are larger than the pockets in the discs 22h.
  • the pockets in the discs 22 are larger than the pockets in the discs 22a and the pockets in the discs 22a are larger than the pockets in the discs 22h.
  • the discs, in the arrangement illustrated. will be driven in a counter-clockwise direction, in respect to Figs. 5, 6 and 7; and the cam blades on the spokes of the discs 22 are beveled in a direction to propel, the stock in a direction from left toward the right, in respect to Fig. l, whereas the 1 fcam blades on the'spokes of the discs 22a and 22b arebeveled in a direction to cause the stock to move from right toward the left, in respect to Fig. l, as will hereinafter more clearly appear.
  • the spiralconveyorslf 3i and 3 I2l have a left#hand trendor thread While-"1 the conveyor 3 I*O hasa right-hand trend or thread'H so that the latter will .force-triegrain-deliveredA into pocket. 25b not -only' toward. the ⁇ discharge-i... spout 36e, but toward ⁇ theelevatorf-pocket -28,l causing a certain. amount of grain'.to.bere-HY delivered to elevator 33.1'-
  • the separating compartment II is provided 'at its front endwithf anoverflowdischargeY spout- ⁇ V34, see Figs. l and 5'; thev separating"compex-t-vv ment II@ -at .its delivery end, tofwit:'atthe-fpare-y tition I3, is provided with an overflow discharge.”
  • spout 35 see'Figs. l and 2; *and"thefseparatingY compartment IIb at its ldelivery end, to' wit: ati4 the rear endV of the housing 1H);Jis.provided. with:
  • the overflow dischargespout34f is arranged.. to deliver to one or more separating drumsr
  • I have provided two su'chri ⁇ drums.
  • drums, byvrneans of spider-like heads are secured to and rotated witha shaft .38 .suitablyjou-rna-ledf at its ends in bearings on the endsofithe housing..
  • Iii. On its inner surface, thedrum 3'I ⁇ is formed with pockets or indentations 39. These pockets and also the pockets of the above described. discs. are, of course, closely positioned on, the entire separating surface of the said drums and discs.
  • the shafts38 carry spiral conf veyors 4! that work in non-rotary catchtroughs- 4i. lThese troughs lare loosely-'hung on rotary shaft 33and are shown as provided with projecting sleeves 42, see Fig. 1, ⁇ capable of being lock-ed or held against rotation With respect to the shafts. 38 and drums 31.
  • Fon deliveryfromzthe overowspout 34fsimul f taneouslystotthe: two-ifdrumsasaid spout 3431s giros;
  • the main body of wheat commingled with the small seeds, such as noted, will, as stated, be delivered into the catch trough 25.
  • to be delivered into the pocket 26 and by the paddleacting elevator 32 will be delivered into the second containing hopper 242".
  • the pockets of the second group of discs 22a all of the small seeds and small materials, such as broken wheat and small wheat, will be lifted, carried over and delivered into the catch trough 25YL while the clean wheat will be tailed over and discharged from the machine through the spout 35.
  • the small seeds and broken and small wheat and the like delivered into the catch trough 25a will, by the feed screw 3
  • the small seeds Will be lifted, carried over and discharged into the catch trough 25b and ultimately discharged through spout 3&1n while the larger materials, such as very small kernels of whole wheat and larger portions of broken wheat, will be tailed over and discharged through spout 36.
  • the stock in the ilrst containing hopper 24 Will be continuously fed or worked toward the right, in respect to Fig. 2, that is toward the spout 34, by the propelling blades 23 of the discs 22 and at the same time, the stock in the containing hoppers 24a and 24b will be continuously fed or worked toward the left, in respect to Fig. 2, by the propelling blades of the discs 22a and 22h.
  • the grain or stock in the containing hoppers will be at an altitude above the bottoms of the large openings in the discs so that the progressive feed of the stock therethrough is made possible.
  • the separating action will be as follows: The major part of the barley and all of the small seeds will be lifted by the rst set of discs 22 and will be delivered to the second set of discs by separating actions already described, while all of the oats and larger barley, if any, will be tailed over and delivered to the separating drums,
  • the mixture received thereby will be discharged in two streams, to wit: the oats will be tailed over and delivered through spout 56 while the wheat separated from thev oats by the drums will be discharged from the machine through the spouts 51.
  • instrumentalities are assembled in a self-contained machine wherein the discs and the drum or drurns are driven at the proper predetermined relative speeds necessary for eflicient separating actions, for example, with the driving connections designed substantially as shown, the drums will be driven at the proper speed to take care of the commingled seeds or grains delivered thereto from theseparating discs and the said discs will be driven at the proper relative speed to effect their several separations.
  • drum or drums By combining the drum or drums with the several groups of discs having pockets of diierent size for different classes of separations, it is made feasible to perform the major separations by the discs and to cause the drum or drums to perform very efciently the function for which they are best adapted, such as the separation of oats from barley.
  • a hopper-like container having an overflow conduit for tailings and having a catch trough at one side thereof, of a plurality Vof pocketed separating discs working in said container and adapted to pick up and deliver into said catch trough small seeds and relatively short grains such as wheat and to reject long grains such as oats and barley, an internally pocketed drum located adjacent said discs and container, the latter having an overflow spout for delivering directly into one end of said drum, the pockets of said drum being constructed and adapted to 70 reject long grains such as oats, but to pick up and carry over shorter grains, means co-operating with said drum for maintaining separation of the grains picked up and the grains rejected by the pockets of said drum, and driving connections for 75 simultaneously rotating said discs and drum, whereby the said discs and drum simultaneously and continuously perform their different separating actions.
  • first and second hopperlike grain containers first and second groups of pocketed discs working, respectively, in said grain containers, means for delivering commingled stock to the first container, the discs of the first group having pockets that are larger than the pockets of the second group, means whereby grain and seeds picked up by the discs o-f said first group will be delivered to said second container and subjected to the discs of the second group, an internally pocketed separating drum located below said discs and containers, said first noted container having an overflow conduit leading to one end of said separating drum, means for maintaining the separation effected by the discs of said second group, means for maintaining the separation effected by 4the pockets of said drum, and driving connections for simultaneously rotating said two groups of discs and said drum, whereby the several classes of separation will be simultaneously and continuously carried out.
  • first and second hopperlike containers first and second groups of pocketed discs working respectivelyv in said grain containers, the second set of discs having pockets that are smaller than the pockets of the first set of discs, a distributing hopper for the first container extending along one side of the rst group of discs, said first container having an overflow conduit at one end and a catch trough at one side of the set of discs, a bafiie extended below one end portion of said distributing hopper for causing the grain to bank up and maintain an approximate upper surface level in said container, means for delivering from said catch trough the grain picked up by the first group of discs and for delivering the same to the said second container, the latter having an overflow conduit for the tailings, and means for catching the grain elevated by the second group of discs and delivering the same from said second container.
  • groups of pocketed separating discs and an internally pocketed separating drum combined with stockcontaining and separation maintaining devices, said groups of discs and drum having pockets differing in character or design and' thereby adapted to receive and carry from commingled stock different shapes or sizes thereof, means feeding the commingled stock first to certain of said groups of pocketed discs, said certain groups of pocketed discs having pockets larger than the remaining groups and serving to classify said stock for delivery to said remaining groups of discs and to said separating drum, and means for simultaneously rotating said groups of discs and drum whereby the consecutive separating operations are simultaneously and continuously carried out.
  • first and second sets of pocketed separating discs and a pocketed separating drum constituting three separating devices, the pockets of said drum differing from those of said discs and the pockets of the two discs differing the one set from the other, and thereby adapted to receive and carry from the commingled stock different shapes and sizes thereof, means for feeding the commingled stock rst to one of said three sets of separating devices and for maintaining the separation effected thereby, and means for delivering the stock separations effected by the rst receiving set of separating devices, the one class thereof to said drumand the other to the other or second receiving set of discs, and means for maintaining the separations effected by said drum and second receiving set of discs, said feeding means being arranged to deliver stock into the interior of said drum so that the separations effected therein will be influenced by centrifugal force due to rotation of said drum.
  • first and second sets of pocketed separating discs and an internally pocketed separating drum the pockets of said drum and second set of discs differing from those of the first set of discs and thereby adapted to receive and carry from the commingled stock different shapes and sizes thereof, means for first feeding the commingled stock to said first set of discs and for maintaining the separations effected thereby, means for delivering the stock separations effected by said first disc, the one class thereof to said second set of discs, and the other class to said drum, and means for maintaining the separation effected by said drum and second set of discs, said feeding means being arranged to deliver stock into the interior of said drum so that the separations effected therein will be inenced by centrifugal force due to rotation of said drum.
  • the stock containing and lseparation maintaining devices include a catch trough within said drum and a trough-like container in which said discs work, said trough-like container having one edge over which the stock carried over by the discs will be delivered out of said containers.
  • the means for maintaining the separations effected by said drum and discs includes a catch trough Within said drum and a trough-like container in which said discs work, said trough-like container having one edge over which the stock carried over by the discs will be'delivered out of said containers.

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*July 14, 1936.
c:t c. INGRAHAM v 2,047,508
` GRAIN SEPARATOR .Filed Aug. 7; 1955 s sheeis-sheet 1 l 172119. j A 58 July 14, 1936. c. c. INGRAHAM GRAIN SEPARATOR Filed Aug. 7, 1935 3 SheetSheet 2 July 14,' 1936- c. c. INGRAHAM 2,047,508
GRAIN SEPARATOR Filed Aug. 7, 1933 3 sheets-sheet 3 K o /0 o 5 /4 ZZ 9,/ /5
drum herein referred to or -that.,mays;bel em Patented July 14, 1936 PiefreNfr oasi-ee* My invention provides fanfimprovedimachinefor apparatus-for l thef: separation;T of 2 d iierent kinds of grain'and for-the separationr-therefrom oil-smalle: seedsa Generallyfstated: the :inventiomconsists iof thenovel devices; :combinations :of\-.de,vices-.fand arrangement .fof :parts ihereinatter-e described;tandak f, Y dened in..thetclsaiirnssil 4 n y It is thought:v tnat` the combinationvfor" relativa-e; cooperative construction -:and.,Larrangementtot;` Y the several.. separatingf: instrurnentaltiessv willfsbesi, made' salient by the following@introduotorydisma cussion. of therelative merits,-f,foi:: somewhatidif ferent. kinds of separation, yof -pocketed .l erwin-` dented separating discs and pocketed or indentede.',` separatingl drums.,.. 1 Y y l l As illustrative` of .1 the? .type of ,separating ,dises-1: herein referred to, attention is calleditoithfeiCarff. ter Patent :Nov 1,364,247.of;`.-Janua1;y 4i .1921; fands: as illustrative of .the ,generahtype ofilseparatin played, attentionis calledztoithelwjolsness Baten-t N01.'1,625008,0f"Aprlvl91927r Y In the` indented.. drum..or. cyllrlder,v.,centrifuga1t forceplays a greatenpart inimakingsthe separa.- V-
Because of .this fact,V thereareertinlseparatinsit WhiclLcan be more eiectively'madegbyi one om. the' other of the two principlesrlaccording'ttovae` rious factors, suoli ,as whatlthe' materixa.ls`;mza.r and Whatseparation may beidsiredg.
To. illustrate this' point; we. miglitznaka corne'. parison inthe separation. off,."c'ertairtmaterials;It@h mayV be desired to separate '.oa'ts 1and barleyfrml;. wheat; and' We will, say thatlthewhat isjir'ntlile;M majority as to"quantity. Experience hasishown s that, af disc separator with 'pockets ,0L-a .size.`suit= able 'for` the separation4 willmake' a .more accurate. if( separation ofith'e Wheat'from.th oatsandlbarly than can be' done by WanI indented cylindnrnae. chine. The kernels of grain. aremoradiitlicg measured by the pockets' of the discs, and the' kernels of barley 4and-oats, beinglonger.. than the wheat kernels,` are not picked upby'the'-poclrets4 of the discs.`
If the same separation of" thissame'materiaiisf" attempted 'by-means of-an=lndented le'ylixiderh-v' ingl pockets f ocomparable sizei-f-it wlllffbeefound-l; that-f more' barleyr fke'rnels will 2be @lifted ifbyi-itli indented cylinderN pockets anddiseharged with the: wheat kernels @than wasithewaserinlthe disc' separator.v The-pockets of:'thefindntedcylndemz" do :not rmeasure g as f; accuratelje as rtoiflengtli. e Because fof these..characteristicsf irre'theetwe different; systems,. eachr systemtrhassadxantages over.: themther in certaixrfseparationsmiusteasfaw indentedcylin'der rwill not-make as.-close.a 'lengthH f separation asthedisc :separator but, as mentioned-l, y above; :inta particular finstance would tendto lift i more barley infzthepookets ratherthan reject it withitheoats, it .is morefadaptablefon making-a ,v5 separation, of oats from..barley,u Consequently,V it I is ndingimore and more-favor in barleycleaningi,r operations-,particularly in t the', malting industry, Tostateit briely.indented cylinders .willlmake a more [complete separation of oats fromsbarleyr l0 than Wil-[discr separatcrseven 4though there. maynot be a very great difference in the .length of the,
Atwo varieties of "grain By the same token, inx
dented cylinders will' not make as completelsepfj ara-tion` of barley from Wheat as Will'disc sepa- 15' 4?? ratorsrn Neither will v they make "as complete a;
separation'of-small seedsV from Wheat or from" barley'onoats-as will -disoseparatorsr Ir'sspeakingof the-'iseparationfoi fine seeds from-grains bythe-twoInethodsgweshouldcmene" 2e if Y tion v`tlatfa more" precise-measuring method is ree4 quiredfetlian'inwthe separation of; for `insta-nce; barley-fandioats; and Vthis exactitudedmmeasure ing-'-tlie sizes` of I thev seedsand' `grain vkernels is-"- more effectively done by the discs ltl1an-by-the-25 :.-e
cylinders;IV Experience has shown that-'disc' sep-j aratorslwil'l more-effectively separa-te grai'ns'thancylinders in "practically every required separation witirr thevexception of that of barley and oatsin f whichrseparationethe indented-cylinders seem1tol-30 1 excel.
Tcrrill'nstratef110Wv axcombination machine. of` f rtl'1is;-1.kindtmight .rbe.oflmore'valuez-in; thezicleaningcx of ya-riousgrains zthanweitherea disc-r separator z or ar-eylinder. .-separator,l lWe rmay lconsiderI asma?" a country; elevator. .Let ,us sayfthat there, willbef. required the cleaning of .hard spring ,wheat, ree. movingvitherefrom, oats,.wld...oats, barley; alsa.:
smalllweedlseeds, such. as Wild buckwheat..ball 40 l whioli-'areeto 'beremovedf suchas barley'andioatsr The durum wheat will al-so-oontain-tsmall'weed f seedsswh-ich willliavertofbe removed'.I
Let 'itabe lassumed lthatth'e 'machine-Pis alsoto barley, oats as Well asfsmall weedsseeds.: In the first requirement;.mentionedethatiof cleaningstheehardzsprin-g? wheat-aadisc separators, willarlbea entirelyisuitablegnandi ino fact: excel imi-ifi' quality vof work any otheremachineenowsion;thea
35 if: lchineesuchasfl have: here `,illustrated for usez-:inp
either the hard spring wheat or the durum wheat,
experience has shown that the discs make the separation much more eiciently than cylinders, both from the standpoint of the cleanliness of the Wheat and from the standpoint of the less waste of small wheat with the weed seed dockage.
In mentioning the small seed separation from grains, it might be well to remark on the diculty found in attempting to remove small round seeds from grains by means of cylinders. Round seeds such as ball mustard and wild peas cannot beas effectively removed by cylinders as by discs because of the fact that the round seeds tend to roll out of the indented cylinder pockets be' fore being carried high enough to be discharged into the trough. This difficulty is not encountered in the disc method as the undercut pocket of the disc holds the round seed and carries it up to be discharged with the ne screenings.
To go on with the illustration respecting a country elevator machine, we will say that in the attempted cleaning of barley on this machine a straight disc separator, if the machine were such, would not make a good clean-cut separation of the oats from the barley, and it would be found that too large a quantity of barley would pass off with the oats. This would naturally happen inasmuch as a disc separator fitted with discs for country elevator work would, as has been shown, reject barley from wheat better than a cylinder machine would do. It is only logical, therefore, that it would reject barley with the oats when cleaning barley.
The cylinder, on the other hand, while not doing as well on cleaning wheat, will when it comes to cleaning barley, excel the work of the disc separator because of its ability to remove oats from the barley without the loss of much barley.
In my improved machine, I have combined pocketed discs and pocketed drums or cylinders in such way that the two types of the pocketed separating devices simultaneously perform the functions for which they are best adapted. The pocketed discs are arranged in groups with the pockets of the discs of different groups of such size as to accomplish different kinds of grades of separation; means is provided for delivering to certain of the groups of pocketed discs, that part of the grain that can best be separated by` such drums; and these several instrumentalities together with their driving mechanisms, and cooperating elements, are combined in a complete or self-contained machine.
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate sheet metal housing I0.
this housing is divided into several compartments.
' on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1; and
Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 'I-'I of Fig. 2.
In this commercial form of the improved machine illustrated in the drawings, the several separating elements and immediately co-operating parts are shown as mounted within a rectangular The upper portion of to wit: as shown, into three separating compartments I I, I Ia and IIh by means of transverse vertical partitions I2 and I3. The commingled stock to be separated is delivered to the compartment II through a suitable spout I4 that delivers directly into a distributing hopper I5 that is open at its bottom and, as shown, extends from end to end of the compartment l I. A spiral distributing conveyor I6 is arranged to work in the distributing hopper'l 5 immediately above the open bottom thereof. This conveyor I6 is shown as carried by a long shaft I'I extended completely through the housing IIJ and provided at one end with a sprocket I8.
Extended longitudinally and completely through the housing III, and journaled in suitable bearings thereon and on the partitions I2 and I3, is a shaft I9 shown as provided at the head end of the machine with a sprocket 20 and at its rear end With a beveled gear 2|. In this preferred form of the machine the shaft I9 carries three groups of pocketed separating discs 22, 22a and 22h, the said groups of discs being located, respectively, in the compartments II, IIa and IIb. The pockets in these discs are preferably formed substantially as illustrated in my prior Patent No. 1,665,549 of April 10, 1928. However, the pockets in the discs 22 are larger than the pockets in the discs 22a and the pockets in the discs 22a are larger than the pockets in the discs 22h. In pracnected to hub structures by radial spokes equipped with beveled propelling blades or surfaces 23.
. The discs, in the arrangement illustrated. will be driven in a counter-clockwise direction, in respect to Figs. 5, 6 and 7; and the cam blades on the spokes of the discs 22 are beveled in a direction to propel, the stock in a direction from left toward the right, in respect to Fig. l, whereas the 1 fcam blades on the'spokes of the discs 22a and 22b arebeveled in a direction to cause the stock to move from right toward the left, in respect to Fig. l, as will hereinafter more clearly appear.
The separating compartments I I, II3 and IIb aiimbaa;
are-:providedfz withli hopper-like .bottomsirZIlQlZdeet andl v24b:.th`at;affordsgrain containers throught-fi which .theilower p'ortionsof th'e respectiveediscssy on the housing Iii and carrieslspiral Conveyors 3 I, 3 I .a and .3 Ib arranged..i tobworkf, .respectively-,2 in the catch.tr'ouglfis25f,.l2landd25;A Shafti is drivenvin a directionto'causethespiral.cone veyors 3i r and vilaitofeed. thestockor.- grainsv in ar direction fromright toward thef left,- vin..rev spect to Fig..2. As shown, the spiralconveyorslf 3i and 3 I2l have a left#hand trendor thread While-"1 the conveyor 3 I*O hasa right-hand trend or thread'H so that the latter will .force-triegrain-deliveredA into pocket. 25b not -only' toward. the` discharge-i... spout 36e, but toward` theelevatorf-pocket -28,l causing a certain. amount of grain'.to.bere-HY delivered to elevator 33.1'-
The elevator pockets 26land 28-`are formed'alike,-. f see Figi, and arearranged to directthelstock"; respectively, into the hop-pers 24a and.Y 24h. Shaftif 3%] within thepockets 26 and-'28*is .providedlwi-th paddle-acting elevator 'blades 32; andi 331` which;l under rotation of shaft 30'in thedirectonof... the varrow marked onfFig. 7, lwill'lift the stock Y and crowd the sameinto the-.communicating'-fL hopper.
The separating compartment II is provided 'at its front endwithf anoverflowdischargeY spout-` V34, see Figs. l and 5'; thev separating"compex-t-vv ment II@ -at .its delivery end, tofwit:'atthe-fpare-y tition I3, is provided with an overflow discharge." spout 35, see'Figs. l and 2; *and"thefseparatingY compartment IIb at its ldelivery end, to' wit: ati4 the rear endV of the housing 1H);Jis.provided. with:
an overilow discharge spout 36;1 see Fig. 1.
The overflow dischargespout34f is arranged.. to deliver to one or more separating drumsr In' thev preferred arrangement :for `co-operation Iwithzr the group of discs 22, I have provided two su'chri` drums. These drums orY cylinders 31 'are located.'l in the lower portion ofthe-housing I -just below the hoppers-or containers 24, 24a. and 24b and are set infrearwardly inclined-positions... These. drums, byvrneans of spider-like heads, are secured to and rotated witha shaft .38 .suitablyjou-rna-ledf at its ends in bearings on the endsofithe housing.. Iii. On its inner surface, thedrum 3'I`is formed with pockets or indentations 39. These pockets and also the pockets of the above described. discs. are, of course, closely positioned on, the entire separating surface of the said drums and discs.
Within the drums the shafts38 carry spiral conf veyors 4! that work in non-rotary catchtroughs- 4i. lThese troughs lare loosely-'hung on rotary shaft 33and are shown as provided with projecting sleeves 42, see Fig. 1,`capable of being lock-ed or held against rotation With respect to the shafts. 38 and drums 31.
Catch troughiib has a discharge spouto'ri'open-I-- ing 36a. f
The spout 34'at' thev junction z of itsqdeliveryy;v branches, Yas shown, is providedlwithrapivotedfi gate 34adapted.to se set.toproperlyfdistributei` rows. marked ffoni' the several. viewsf the1;1grain\;to.'.the resp'ectvesbran'chesf-zand: hence 1' to the frespective; cylinders :for fdrumsz;
Fon deliveryfromzthe overowspout 34fsimul=f taneouslystotthe: two-ifdrumsasaid spout 3431s giros;
deliver fdirecctlydntozthezreceiving ends ,of therez-n spectiveidrums. l
Shaftseiraregftdriven. through:l intermeshingz: bevel gears. A431` .fronrfa .transverse f. shaft .44; see',A i Figs'al .andzc'i on Ithefrearfendoffthe ihcusing: I Gaf.: Shaft Mfzalsos;
respectivelyfopposite.l the :pockets 26 'andi28iaref-.20 shown asrprovidedi witlficircumferentially `spaced lifting-. flights .'-581that .assist inf carrying. :the Lgrai from.'saidffpocketsiinto=the1containers 24a an'dsZd Alisprocket chainfiiiiruns' over the `'sprocketJZ on .disc'ffshaft I9and'over -theisprocket I8Jon the distributor `shaft I 1, Another I sprocket chain 152i` runsfuover. a. large. sprocket 531on `shaft I9.' andi" over a smaller sprocket 54 on conveyor shaft 30..
The' driving# connections i described.; f while'they may; of lfcourse,l bel' vari-edi, serveA tof drive the. severV eral :running parts' ofi the machine.v in'wthev direc-2. tions indicated lor in thedirections of the yarV With the` drivingi.4 connections` illustrated-*power V"will" be showirfasapplied to vthe projecting end of--the`V` upper transverse' shaft 48. 1 y
As best-i sh'owrr in: Figf.- A1,` rthe lowerends ofV thiee lowereendsof-flth'e troughs 4I vdeliver to discharge =40 spouts 51'. i
Operation As'thef rstrillustration :of `v`the operationroithe machine: weiassurnefrthat `the incorningrstream. of145 stock-.to'bei` separatedlzconsists chiefly of. wheatf commingled '.with 1*1iore4 or less oats,Y wild'f-oats, possibly:somebarleyand small-seeds-such as ball, mustard; wild 1 peas; .-wild buokwheatt and cockie-.wv
Thisp.commingledfj,stream` will" be delivered-15ML journaled l.ein suitable hearings: 451.10
willf'be pickedffup, carried over, and under. tlreo In the. use of the .machineillustrated-,fi-"I fhaveff.:
.obtainecttheebest resultsawithithe.separating discss driven approximately sixty R. P. M` and the cylinders driven at approximately 56 R. P. M. Y
The main body of wheat commingled with the small seeds, such as noted, will, as stated, be delivered into the catch trough 25. This commingled material by the feed screw 3| to be delivered into the pocket 26 and by the paddleacting elevator 32 will be delivered into the second containing hopper 242". By the pockets of the second group of discs 22a all of the small seeds and small materials, such as broken wheat and small wheat, will be lifted, carried over and delivered into the catch trough 25YL while the clean wheat will be tailed over and discharged from the machine through the spout 35. The small seeds and broken and small wheat and the like delivered into the catch trough 25a will, by the feed screw 3|, be delivered into the pocket 28 and by the paddle-acting elevator 33, will be discharged into the third containing hopper 241. By the relatively small pockets of the discs 22b the small seeds Will be lifted, carried over and discharged into the catch trough 25b and ultimately discharged through spout 3&1n while the larger materials, such as very small kernels of whole wheat and larger portions of broken wheat, will be tailed over and discharged through spout 36.
In the actions above described the stock in the ilrst containing hopper 24 Will be continuously fed or worked toward the right, in respect to Fig. 2, that is toward the spout 34, by the propelling blades 23 of the discs 22 and at the same time, the stock in the containing hoppers 24a and 24b will be continuously fed or worked toward the left, in respect to Fig. 2, by the propelling blades of the discs 22a and 22h. By reference to Fig. 6 it will be noted that the grain or stock in the containing hoppers will be at an altitude above the bottoms of the large openings in the discs so that the progressive feed of the stock therethrough is made possible.
By combining the pocketed drums with the discs, it is made feasible and desirable to crowd the stock contained in the Wheat as the major seed through the rst separating compartment at a very high speed, thereby obtaining high capacity. This crowding of the commingled stock through the rst separating compartment and past the iirst group of pocketed discs, very greatly increases the capacity of the machine. It makes possible the removal of all of the relatively long grain and seed such as oats, wild oats, and barley from the Wheat and Small seeds, but will result in carrying to the drums more or less wheat, which, however, may be readily and rapidly separated from the longer grains such as above noted.
In the use of the machine for separating cornmingled stock consisting chiefly of barley mixed with oats, wild oats, small amount of wheat and small seeds, such as buckwheat and cockle, the separating action will be as follows: The major part of the barley and all of the small seeds will be lifted by the rst set of discs 22 and will be delivered to the second set of discs by separating actions already described, while all of the oats and larger barley, if any, will be tailed over and delivered to the separating drums,
By each drum the mixture received thereby will be discharged in two streams, to wit: the oats will be tailed over and delivered through spout 56 while the wheat separated from thev oats by the drums will be discharged from the machine through the spouts 51.
From the foregoing it is evident that the sev-I.
instrumentalities are assembled in a self-contained machine wherein the discs and the drum or drurns are driven at the proper predetermined relative speeds necessary for eflicient separating actions, for example, with the driving connections designed substantially as shown, the drums will be driven at the proper speed to take care of the commingled seeds or grains delivered thereto from theseparating discs and the said discs will be driven at the proper relative speed to effect their several separations.
It will be understood that in the use of this machine it will be the common practice to remove from the commingled stock not only the straw and chaff and large foreign particles, but also the light dust and which operations may be accomplished by well known or any suitable scalping and aspirating devices.
From the foregoing it will also be understood that the commercial machine illustrated is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention defined in the appended claims.
In this improved machine, I have co-operatively arranged two classes of separating devices, to wit: pocketed discs and pocketed drums or cylinders with co-operating devices and connections whereby the one class of separating elements rst performs its function and then delivers the partly separated stock to the second class of separating devices, thereby relieving the latter from a large part of the work of separation. While the two classes of separations are performed in sequence, both classes of separating elements, to wit: the discs and the drums, operate continuously and simultaneously and the respective classes of separations are properly proportionate as between the disc and the drum or drums.
By combining the drum or drums with the several groups of discs having pockets of diierent size for different classes of separations, it is made feasible to perform the major separations by the discs and to cause the drum or drums to perform very efciently the function for which they are best adapted, such as the separation of oats from barley.
The above described arrangement produces a machine of capacity far beyond that of either discs alone or drums alone. Moreover, the said elements are naturally and conveniently combined into a self-contained machine of very high capacity in respect to cost and space occupied.
What I claim is:
lr. In a grain separator, a hopper-like container having an overflow conduit for tailings and having a catch trough at one side thereof, of a plurality Vof pocketed separating discs working in said container and adapted to pick up and deliver into said catch trough small seeds and relatively short grains such as wheat and to reject long grains such as oats and barley, an internally pocketed drum located adjacent said discs and container, the latter having an overflow spout for delivering directly into one end of said drum, the pockets of said drum being constructed and adapted to 70 reject long grains such as oats, but to pick up and carry over shorter grains, means co-operating with said drum for maintaining separation of the grains picked up and the grains rejected by the pockets of said drum, and driving connections for 75 simultaneously rotating said discs and drum, whereby the said discs and drum simultaneously and continuously perform their different separating actions.
2. In a grain separator first and second hopperlike grain containers, first and second groups of pocketed discs working, respectively, in said grain containers, means for delivering commingled stock to the first container, the discs of the first group having pockets that are larger than the pockets of the second group, means whereby grain and seeds picked up by the discs o-f said first group will be delivered to said second container and subjected to the discs of the second group, an internally pocketed separating drum located below said discs and containers, said first noted container having an overflow conduit leading to one end of said separating drum, means for maintaining the separation effected by the discs of said second group, means for maintaining the separation effected by 4the pockets of said drum, and driving connections for simultaneously rotating said two groups of discs and said drum, whereby the several classes of separation will be simultaneously and continuously carried out.
3. The structure defined in claim 2 in further combination with a third hopper-like container, a third group of separating discs rotatable in unison with said first and second groups of discs and having pockets smaller than the pockets of the second group, and means for maintaining the separation effected by said third group of discs.
4. The structure defined in claim 2 in which there are two separating drums and co-operating elements, such as above defined, and in which the overflow from said first container is simultaneously delivered to both of sai-d rotary drums, the said second drum being driven simultaneously with said first noted drum and said separating discs.
5. In a grain separator, first and second hopperlike containers, first and second groups of pocketed discs working respectivelyv in said grain containers, the second set of discs having pockets that are smaller than the pockets of the first set of discs, a distributing hopper for the first container extending along one side of the rst group of discs, said first container having an overflow conduit at one end and a catch trough at one side of the set of discs, a bafiie extended below one end portion of said distributing hopper for causing the grain to bank up and maintain an approximate upper surface level in said container, means for delivering from said catch trough the grain picked up by the first group of discs and for delivering the same to the said second container, the latter having an overflow conduit for the tailings, and means for catching the grain elevated by the second group of discs and delivering the same from said second container. 1
6. In a self-contained machine for the separation of grain and like commingled stock, groups of pocketed separating discs and an internally pocketed separating drum, combined with stockcontaining and separation maintaining devices, said groups of discs and drum having pockets differing in character or design and' thereby adapted to receive and carry from commingled stock different shapes or sizes thereof, means feeding the commingled stock first to certain of said groups of pocketed discs, said certain groups of pocketed discs having pockets larger than the remaining groups and serving to classify said stock for delivery to said remaining groups of discs and to said separating drum, and means for simultaneously rotating said groups of discs and drum whereby the consecutive separating operations are simultaneously and continuously carried out.
7. In a machine of the class described, first and second sets of pocketed separating discs and a pocketed separating drum, constituting three separating devices, the pockets of said drum differing from those of said discs and the pockets of the two discs differing the one set from the other, and thereby adapted to receive and carry from the commingled stock different shapes and sizes thereof, means for feeding the commingled stock rst to one of said three sets of separating devices and for maintaining the separation effected thereby, and means for delivering the stock separations effected by the rst receiving set of separating devices, the one class thereof to said drumand the other to the other or second receiving set of discs, and means for maintaining the separations effected by said drum and second receiving set of discs, said feeding means being arranged to deliver stock into the interior of said drum so that the separations effected therein will be influenced by centrifugal force due to rotation of said drum.
8. In a machine of the class described, first and second sets of pocketed separating discs and an internally pocketed separating drum, the pockets of said drum and second set of discs differing from those of the first set of discs and thereby adapted to receive and carry from the commingled stock different shapes and sizes thereof, means for first feeding the commingled stock to said first set of discs and for maintaining the separations effected thereby, means for delivering the stock separations effected by said first disc, the one class thereof to said second set of discs, and the other class to said drum, and means for maintaining the separation effected by said drum and second set of discs, said feeding means being arranged to deliver stock into the interior of said drum so that the separations effected therein will be inenced by centrifugal force due to rotation of said drum.
9. The structure defined in claim 6 in which the stock containing and lseparation maintaining devices include a catch trough within said drum and a trough-like container in which said discs work, said trough-like container having one edge over which the stock carried over by the discs will be delivered out of said containers.
l0.. The structure defined in claim 8 in which the means for maintaining the separations effected by said drum and discs includes a catch trough Within said drum and a trough-like container in which said discs work, said trough-like container having one edge over which the stock carried over by the discs will be'delivered out of said containers.
CHARLES C. INGRAHAM.
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