Grain Separator Rack Cleaning Device (Patent No: 248962)

Inventor: Bell, Arthur John A.

Location: Okotoks

Comments: N/A

Description: Arthur John A. Bell, Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, 28th April, 1925. Filed 30th April, 1924. Serial No. 287,548.

Claim.—1. The combination with a grain separator having a driving belt, of a guide frame secured to the separator body, a blower having a pulley adapted to be driven from the drive belt, said blower being slidably mounted upon the frame, and means to cause the blower to slide on the frame for moving the driving pulley into and out of contact with the driving belt.

3. A rack cleaning attachment for grain separators comprising a fan blower attached to the separator by means permitting bodily shifting of the blower to different positions, means for effecting the aforesaid shifting of the blower and means serving to automatically establish a driving connection between the blower and the drive belt of the separator in one position of the blower and to automatically disrupt said connection in another position of the blower.

6. A rack cleaning attachment for grain separators, comprising guide rods attached to the separator frame, a plate slidable on said rods, spring means serving to hold the plate in a predetermined position on said rods, means for shifting the said plate in the direction of and against the resistance of said spring means and a fan blower carried by and movable with the plate and including a pulley on the fan shaft adapted to engage or disengage a drive belt of the separator dependent upon the position of the plate.

Claims allowed, 6.