Screening machine
First Claim
1. A screening machine for earth materials comprising:
- a frame member;
a screening drum mounted on said frame member and rotatable about a longitudinal axis;
said screening drum having a screen peripheral wall with openings therethrough to separate the materials being screened as to size;
means to support said drum for rotation about the longitudinal central axis with ends of the drum open to receive and discharge material to be screened;
a first rotary brush having an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and mounted on the interior of the screening drum and having bristles engaging the screen peripheral wall;
a second rotary brush having an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and mounted on the exterior of the screening drum and having bristles engaging said screen wall, the second brush being offset along the circumference of the screen peripheral wall from the first brush;
beater means mounted for rotation on a central shaft within said screening drum and having a plurality of spaced beater flaps thereon, each comprising a flexible material flap fixed to the shaft and hammer means fixed to outer ends of the flap to engage material being screened; and
means for rotating said beater means independently of rotation of the drum at a speed to cause the beater flaps to extend radially under centrifugal force to break up clods of the earth material, and the beater flaps being of size and mounted to move in a path adjacent to but clear of said screen peripheral wall of the screening drum and clear of the first brush as the beater means is rotated.
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Abstract
A screening machine has a rotating screening drum for screening dirt or other material to a desired size through the screen openings, and is made so that it reduces clogging of the screen, even when rocks, dirt clods, and moist dirt is being screened. The rotating drum has interior brushes and a beater bar for keeping the material moving on the interior of the drum. A holding bin and feeding conveyor is used at the input end of the machine and is positioned to empty into an input pulverizer or shredder, that has a powered drum that will break the dirt clods up. The holding bin has a cover grate to remove excessively large rocks and the like. The output from the pulverizing roller also drops material onto a grate through which the material passes before reaching the screening drum. These grates are called "grizzly bars" and help in the classification process. The screening drum can be converted to a mixer drum by lining the screen wall with sheet metal and removing the normally used interior brushes.
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14 Claims
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1. A screening machine for earth materials comprising:
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a frame member; a screening drum mounted on said frame member and rotatable about a longitudinal axis;
said screening drum having a screen peripheral wall with openings therethrough to separate the materials being screened as to size;means to support said drum for rotation about the longitudinal central axis with ends of the drum open to receive and discharge material to be screened; a first rotary brush having an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and mounted on the interior of the screening drum and having bristles engaging the screen peripheral wall; a second rotary brush having an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and mounted on the exterior of the screening drum and having bristles engaging said screen wall, the second brush being offset along the circumference of the screen peripheral wall from the first brush; beater means mounted for rotation on a central shaft within said screening drum and having a plurality of spaced beater flaps thereon, each comprising a flexible material flap fixed to the shaft and hammer means fixed to outer ends of the flap to engage material being screened; and means for rotating said beater means independently of rotation of the drum at a speed to cause the beater flaps to extend radially under centrifugal force to break up clods of the earth material, and the beater flaps being of size and mounted to move in a path adjacent to but clear of said screen peripheral wall of the screening drum and clear of the first brush as the beater means is rotated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
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11. The apparatus as specified in claiim 1, wherein said flexible material flap comprises a length of heavy belting, and the hammer means comprise a hardened steel hammer attached to the outer end of said belting.
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13. A screening machine for earth materials comprising:
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a frame member; a screening drum mounted on said frame member and rotatable about a longitudinal axis;
said screening drum having a screen peripheral wall with openings therethrough to separate the materials being screened as to size;means to support said drum for rotation about the longitudinal axis with ends of the drum open to receive and discharge material to be screened; beater means mounted for rotation on a central shaft within said screening drum and offset beneath said longitudinal axis of said screening drum toward said earth materials and having a plurality of spaced beater flaps thereon, each comprising a flexible elongated material flap fixed to the shaft at one end and hammer means fixed to outer ends of the flaps to engage material being screened; and means for rotating said beater means independently of rotation of the screening drum at a speed to cause the beater flaps to extend radially under centrifugal force to break up clods of the earth material, and the beater flaps being of size and mounted to move in a path adjacent to but clear of the screen peripheral wall of the screening drum as the beater means is rotated. .Iaddend. .Iadd.14. A screening machine for earth materials comprising; a frame member; a screening drum mounted on said frame member and rotatable about a longitudinal axis;
said screening drum having a screen peripheral wall with openings therethrough to separate the materials being screened as to size;means to support said drum for rotation about the longitudinal axis with ends of the drum open to receive and discharge material to be screened; a rotary brush having an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drum and mounted to the frame and having bristles engaging the screen peripheral wall of the screening drum; beater means mounted for rotation on a central shaft within said screening drum and offset beneath said longitudinal axis of said screening drum towards said earth materials and having a plurality of spaced beater flaps thereon, each comprising a flexible elongated member fixed to the shaft and hammer means fixed to outer ends of the elongated member to engage material being screened; and means for rotating said beater means independently of rotation of the screening drum at a speed to cause the beater flaps to extend radially under centrifugal force to break up clods of the earth material, and the beater flaps being of size and mounted to move in a path adjacent to but clear of the screen peripheral wall of the screening drum as the beater
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14. means is rotated. .Iaddend. .Iadd.15. The screening machine of claim 14 and means for mounting the brush on the interior of the drum in a position spaced from the path of rotation of the beater means. .Iaddend.
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