Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Machines – For fruit – vegetables – meat or eggs
Patent
1986-10-27
1988-12-20
Roberts, Edward L.
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Machines
For fruit, vegetables, meat or eggs
15 21D, 15 39, 15 56, 15 70, 15 74, 15 75, A23N 1200, A46B 1302
Patent
active
047916931
ABSTRACT:
A corn silking apparatus designed to remove the silk from ears of corn, which is characterized by a housing containing a drive gear and a driven, or idler gear. The drive gear is driven by an electric motor and carries a drive shaft and the idler gear carries an idler shaft, which drive shaft and idler shaft are spaced from each other in parallel relationship and each receive a pair of brushes that rotate in different directions. The silk is removed from individual ears of corn by placing the ears on top of and between the rotating brushes. In a first preferred embodiment, the drive shaft and idler shaft extend through the housing and are journalled for rotation in bushings located in a removable front plate and a rear end plate and the motor is located externally of the housing. In a second preferred embodiment the housing is molded in one piece, the motor and gears are contained therein and bushings are molded in the front and rear panels of the housing, in order to support the rotating drive shaft and idler shaft.
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Harrison John M.
Roberts Edward L.
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