CORN COB CONVEYOR SYSTEM WITH POSITIVE DE-HUSKING CAPABILITY

申请公布号：: US2010291980(A1)
申请号：: US20090550224
申请日期：: 2009.08.28
申请公布日期：: 2010.11.18
申请人：: RICKETTS JONATHAN E
发明人：: RICKETTS JONATHAN E.
分类号：: B02B3/00;B08B5/00
主分类号：: B02B3/00
摘要：: A conveyor system for receiving corn cobs with husks still attached thereto after harvesting of the corn from the cobs, and detaching the husks from the cobs, including a conveyor inclined at an angle of at least about 30 degrees and bounding a passage for receiving a flow of the cobs including the husks attached thereto, the conveyor including apparatus configured and operable for mechanically grasping and detaching the husks from the cobs and pulling the detached husks through the conveyor, and at least one blower configured and operable for urging the husks within the passage toward the apparatus. The conveyor system can be provided in connection with a cob collection device, such as on a trailer to be towed by a harvester. The conveyor system can also include an additional conveyor or conveyors, optionally including apparatus for removing or cleaning crop residue from the cobs.