The above is a cut of our No. 1 Centrifugal Corn Sheller and Cleaner. The operation of this Sheller is as follows:
The ears of corn are shoveled direct into the Sheller, and fall on to the center of a flat Perforated Shelling Wheel where they are thrown by centrifugal force towards the outside, but being caught by guides held down by a spring plate working between them are, “by the action of the wheel,” made to revolve, the corn shelled off, and the cobs forced off the wheel endwise and without being broken, fall on the Cob Carrier, and are carried away from the Sheller; while the shelled corn passes through the Cob Carrier to the Shaker, and thence to the Conveyor, into the Elevator, when it is raised into bags, wagons or cars.
In cleaning the shelled corn they cannot be excelled. In addition to our Cob Carrier, we have a Shaker with a sieve made of perforated iron, which is preferable to a wire sieve, as no silks will adhere to and clog it. While falling on and passing through the Shaker, the grain is subjected to a strong blast from the fan, which thoroughly cleans it of all chaff, pieces of cobs, dirt, etc., leaving it in prime order for market.
Our No. 1 will shell and clean from 700 to 1200 bushels of shelled corn per day, with two to four horse power.
THE VETERAN.
Two-Hole Separating Sheller.
For these we have a steady demand at all times of the year, and send them to all parts of the country.
They do not operate in the loose rattling way of ordinary Two-Hole Hand Shellers, got up to sell cheap, but work as closely and effectively as any of the most effective Power Shellers; and no hand sheller has been so much relied on for regular business as the Veteran.