US Patent: 671,043
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| Grain Separator and Cleaner
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Patentee:
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| Daniel Best (exact or similar names) - San Leandro, Alameda County, CA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Oct. 02, 1899 |
| Granted: |
Apr. 02, 1901 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for Best Mfg. Co.
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Description: |
| Abstract:
My invention relates to an apparatus for separating grain from chaff and foul material with which it may be associated after threshing and for cleaning it.
Claim:
In a grain threshing and cleaning apparatus, the combination with the threshing-cylinder, inclined grain-carrier, and separate straw- carrier approximately in line therewith, of a stationary horizontally-disposed screen located below and receiving grain from the carrier upon its front end, an endless traveling belt having transverse slats moving over the upper surface of the screen and in close contact therewith, and one or more fans located beneath and discharging an air-blast upwardly and rearwardly through the screen. |
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