1857. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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CORK HTJSKIEG MACHINE. 



This figure ic a perspective view of a machine for 

 husking corn, for which a patent has been granted 

 to Messrs. Taggart & Grover. A is the frame of 

 the machine, and B is a table for holding the ears 

 of unhusked corn ready to the hand of the opera- 

 tor. C is a revolving endless apron of adjustable 

 clamps to receive and hold the ears of corn firmly, 

 to have their butts cut off by a circular saw, D, to 

 sever the husks where they are attached to the 

 root ends of the cobs. The cut off stubs of the cobs 

 fall on the inclined board, E, and roll down upon 

 the floor or into a receptacle. The clamps are 

 made of wood, secured on the flexible endless apron, 

 and are so formed that they open out when pass- 

 ic|g over the end roller where the ears are put in. 



as shown, and then close as they move along. 

 iThey are of a round form, to hold the ears firm 

 I when passing on a level to the action of the saw, as 

 shown. The ears of corn, after their butts are cut 

 off, drop down at the back end of the apron, C, up- 

 on the inclined board, F, thence into an inclined 

 'grating, G. Below the grate there is a revolving 

 I roller, H, which has projecting spikes in its periphe- 

 ry. As the ears pass down on the grate, G, the 

 'spikes on this roller, projecting between the wires 

 jof the grating, catch the husks and strip them ofl^, 

 land the clean ears then drop down as represented, 

 while the husks are carried below the roller. There 

 is a back bar, L, on the frame of the inclined grat- 

 'ing, in which are a series of small, strong wire rods 



