Patent Model - Corn-Sheller
Maker and role
Jacob Valentine, Patentee
Production date
Jun 21 1881
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, iron
Measurements
9 1/4 x 8 x 4" (23.5 x 20.3 x 10.2cm)
Description
Valentine's patent "relates to improvements in corn-shellers in which upon one shaft are mounted the driving-pulley, shelling-cylinder, a rotary blower, and a crank-disk containing a wrist-pin, whereby reciprocating motion, through suitable connections, is communicated to the sieve underneath, and is provided with a yielding concave hinged over the top of the cylinder, and the required pressure, as it extends down over one side of the cylinder, is attained by weights." (Patent Number 243,176)
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Object number
2015.14.3341a,b
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