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 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
CONSTANTINE ALEXANDER HEGE, OF SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR
TO C. A. HEGE & CO., OF SAME PLACE.
MACHINE FOR H U LNG coFFEE, & C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,588, dated August 13, 1901.
Application filed September 26, 1899, Serial No. 731,729. (No model.)
To all, Luhon, it Togy concern: lating the discharge of coffee from the ma
Be it known that I, CONSTANTINE ALEXAN chine. Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view
DER HEGE, a citizen of the United States, re of the separating-leg, and Fig. 8 is a plan view 55
siding at Salem, in the county of Forsyth and and sectional view, respectively, of the ribbed
State of North Carolina, have invented cer side concave, the screen, the lower half of
tain new and useful Improvements in Ma the hulling-cylinder casing, and also a plan
chines for Hulling Coffee and for other Pur and end view of the upper half of the hulling
poses; and I do declare the following to be a cylinder casing.
full, clear, and exact description of the in In the drawings the numerals 1 and 2 des
IO vention, such as will enable others skilled in ignate the leg-castings, which are connected
the art to which it appertains to make and together by the bolts 3. These legs support
use the same, reference being had to the ac the shell or casing for the hulling-cylinder,
companying drawings, and to the figures of which case is formed of a lower section or
reference marked thereon, which form a part half 4, formed with boxes 5 to receive the
of this specification. journals of the hulling-cylinder and provided
My invention relates to machines for hull with flanges 6, through which and into the
ing and cleaning coffee and for other pur legs will pass bolts 7, so as to secure the sec
poses; and it has for its object to provide a tions to the legs, the upper section or half 8
machine simple in construction and efficient of the casing being secured to the lower half
for the objects in view and in which the by means of bolts 9, passed through lugs 10,
hulls and chaff are separated from the coffee formed on the opposite sides of the two parts
and drawn off, while, the coffee will be dis of the casing, and removable caps 11, placed
charged separate from the hulls and chaff, over the journals of the hulling-cylinder at 75
and in which also the hulling-cylinder will be the opposite ends of the casing and secured
kept cool, so that the quality of the coffee to the boxes 5 by screws or bolts 12.
will not be seriously impaired by being sub The lower half 4 of the casing is formed
jected to undue heat from the friction dur with an open bottom 13, across which extend
ing the operation of being hulled and cleaned, curved ribs 14, which serve to strengthen and
and also in which the several parts will be brace a concave screen 15, which will fit in
3O under the easy control of the operator and side of the section 4 of the casing above the
may be adjusted and manipulated to give the ribs and having side flanges 16 resting upon
best results under the conditions existing at the ledges 17, formed on the inside of the
the time that the machine is in operation. casing, the ends of the screens resting upon
To the accomplishment of the foregoing the endledges 18, formed on the inside of the
35 and of such other objects as may hereinafter casing and curved to conform to the curve
appear the invention consists in the con of the screen.
struction and also in the combination of parts The upper section or half 8 of the casing
hereinafter particularly described and then is provided at one end with a hopper 19, dis
sought to be specifically defined by the claims, charging through the opening 20 into the in
o reference being had to the accompanying terior of the casing and at such point pro
drawings, forming a part hereof, and in vided with adjustable slide-valve 21 for regu
which lating the inflow of the unhulled coffee, and
Figure 1 is a perspective of the machine at the opposite end with an opening 22, formed 95
complete with a suction fan-cleaning attach in its top for the discharge of the coffee from
45 ment used in connection there with. Fig. 2 is the casing, a trough or spout 23, leading from
a longitudinal vertical section through the said discharge-opening and formed, prefer
machine. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on ably, with an inclined bottom, as shown
the line cla of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, for receiving OO
section on line bib of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a ver and directing the coffee received from said
tical central cross-section through the ma outlet. This discharge-outlet is provided
chine on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a detail with a slide-valve 24, which is formed with
perspective view of the slide-valve for regu a deflector 25, designed to direct the coffee in
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the direction of the discharge end of the spout ings, the same being designated by the nu
23 as the coffee is impelled through the out meral 42 in the drawings. This separator
let 22. This valve is adjustable, so as to con comprises a leg 43, which is open at the bot
trol the discharge of the coffee, and is held at tom, as indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings,
its adjustment by means of a hand-screw 26, and closed at the top and is provided with a
which bears against a rib 27, formed on the partition 44, extending from the bottom of
valve. The spout or trough 23 is open at its the leg or thereabout and nearly to the top
top, so that coffee can be inspected and its thereof. This separator-leg on the side next 75
condition ascertained to determine the char to the machine is provided with a lateral ex
acter of the work being done, and which if tension 45 in communication with the leg and
not entirely satisfactory can be remedied having a downward extension 46, which at
by adjustment of the discharge-valve to suit its lower portion has an opening 47 on one
the conditions of the particular lot of coffee side which will communicate with the fan, as
being hulled. hereinafter described, the top of the exten
Beneath the lower section or half 4 of the sion 45 being formed with an opening 48,
casing is the shell 28, bolted to the section 4 by which will register with the opening 34 in the
bolts 29, passing through the ears or lugs 30 bottom of the exhaust-chamber shell 28, as
and forming an exhaust-chamber 31 beneath indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The sep
the open bottom and screen of the hulling arator-leg 43 has also an opening 49 formed
cylinder casing. This exhaust-chamber shell in its side, through which will communicate
is provided with an opening 32 at the bottom, one end of a throat 50, the other end of Which
controlled by slide-valve 33, regulating the in communicates with the trough 23, which leads
take of air at that point, and also provided from the discharge-opening 22 in the Casing 90
with an opening 34, which will communicate of the hulling-cylinder, said throat 50 being
25 with the separator-leg hereinafter described secured to the leg 43 by bolts passed through
when a separator is used, and when a separa ears 51, formed on the throat. In this Way
tor is not used said opening may be closed the hulled coffee and the hulls passing out of
or entirely omitted. the machine with it are directed into the Sep 95
The hulling-cylinder casing is provided in arator-leg between the partition 44 and the
teriorly on opposite sides with ribbed con outside wall of the leg. The separator is
caves 35, adjustable to and from the hulling held in position by means of a rod 51*, con
cylinder by threaded bolts 36 and nuts 37, nected at one end with a block 52, secured to
so as to vary the space between the hulling the separator-leg, and at the other end to a OO
cylinder and concaves to suit the conditions cross-piece 53, formed as a part of the side
35 of the coffee heing hulled. Adjusting-serews walls of the trough 23, and also by means of
38 pass through nuts 39 and through the sides a bolt 54, passing through a flange 55 of the
of the casing and bear against the concaves leg, and an ear 56, formed on the exhaust
35, so as to hold the same in proper position chamber shell 28. This construction admits
in relation to the hulling-cylinder. of the separator-leg being easily and quickly
40 The hulling-cylinder is designated by the attached to the machine and separated there
numeral 40 and is provided with ribs 41, from when desired.
which pass spirally around the hulling-cyl The supporting-leg 2 of the machine has
inder at the end next to the hopper 19 and cast as a part thereof one side 57 of a fan O
about the middle of the hulling-cylinder ex casing 59, the other side 60 of the fan-casing
45 tend in lines parallel with the cylinder to its being made separate and the two parts of the
opposite end, where the coffee is discharged. fan-casing being secured together by bolts
In other words, the spiral portions of these 61 passing through flanges 63, formed on the
ribs merge in the straight or parallel portions, two parts of the casing. The side 60 of the II5
the ribs being continuous from end to end of fan-casing has a flange 64, which extends
So the cylinder, and thus a better feeding of through the opening 47 in the lower extension
the coffee from end to end and the more effect of the separator - leg, said flange affording
ive hulling of the same obtained. some support for the separator-leg, and thus
In some forms of the machine it is desirable serving to assist in holding the separator-leg
to use in connection with it a separator and firmly in position. Within the fan-casing
55 a fan for the purpose of drawing the hulls are the fan-blades 65, extending from the
and chaff out of the machine and separating sleeve 66, which is keyed to the fan-driving
the coffee therefrom while passing through shaft 67, said sleeve having cast there with
the separator and also for the creating of the rings 68 and 69, which are cast with the I25
such a suction of air through the machine fan-blades, the ring 69 being dished, so as to
that the working parts of the machine and fit to the concave portion 70 of the side 57 of
the coffee will be kept cool during the oper the fan-casing, thus insuring the fan-blades
ation of hulling, thus increasing the efficiency always moving true.
of the machine and preventing discoloration When the separator is used, the machine
of the coffee, which might be caused by un is driven by power, and in that event a drive
65 duly heating the coffee in the operation of pulley 71 is affixed to one end of the journal
hulling. For that purpose I have devised a or shaft of the hulling-cylinder, the other end
separator such as is illustrated in the draw of the shaft or journal being provided with a

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pulley 72, from which a belt 73 transmits to the machine said parts can be readily de
power to a pulley 74 on the drive-shaft of the tached and the machine operated without
fan, said drive-shaft being supported by a them, although in large machines said parts
bracket 76, which is divided at the point are employed, as much better results are ob
where the pulley 74 is located, so that said tained by their presence and use when coffee
pulley may thus revolve in the bracket, the is being hulled in large quantities. The con
bracket being bolted to the side of the fan struction and mode of assembling the parts
casing, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, also admits of their being readily separated 75
and being provided with a suitable boxing for for the purpose of transportation and also for
IO the drive-shaft fan, as illustrated in the same the purpose of enabling easy access to the
figure. different parts when necessary for any reason.
In operation the unhulled coffee is placed I have illustrated and described with par
in the hopper 19, from which it passes into ticularity the preferred details of construc
the machine, and being received by the spiral tion and arrangement of the various parts;
ribs of the hulling-cylinder it is fed forward, but it is obvious that changes can be made
being carried around and around by the ro therein and the essential features of my in
tation of the hulling-cylinder and having the vention employed.
hulls rubbed and broken and detached from Having described my invention and set
the berry, the berries and the hulls traveling forth its merits, what I claim is
in the space between the hulling-cylinder and 1. In a machine for hulling coffee and other
the casing and finally discharged through the purposes, the combination with the casing
opening in the top of the casing and then having a feed-opening at one end and a dis
through the trough and throat into the sepa charge-opening at the other end, and a ribbed 9o
rator-leg, where the coffee-berries by reason hulling-cylinder within said casing, of a slide
25 of their heavier weight drop down the leg valve controlling the discharge-opening, said
and are discharged at the lower end, the valve having an upwardly-inclined deflector
lighter hulls being carried up the leg by air for directing the course of the material pass
suction and over the partition into the space ing through the discharge-opening, substan 95
on the opposite side thereof and thence down tially as described.
ward, any coffee-berries that are carried over 2. In a machine for hulling coffee and other
the partition falling to the bottom of the leg purposes, the combination with the casing
and escaping at that point, while the hulls having a feed-opening at one end and a dis
are carried from the leg by the air-suction charge-opening at the other end, and a ribbed IOO
through the extension 45 and into the lower hulling-cylinder within said casing, of a regu
35 extension 40 and thence into the fan-casing, lating-valve to the discharge-opening, and a
where they are discharged through the outlet trough for receiving the discharged material,
of the fan-casing by the air-blast. While a portion of said trough next to said valve
this operation is progressing, the Smaller chaff being open for the inspection of the material
is sucked through the perforated bottom of passing through the same to determine the
the hulling-cylinder casing and into the ex adjustment of the valve to the discharge
haust-chamber, from whence it is carried by opening, substantially as described.
the air-suction into the lower extension of 3. In a machine for hulling coffee and other
the separator-leg and thence out through the purposes, the combination with the casing IO
fan. The suction through the exhaust-cham formed With a feed-opening at one end and a
45 ber creates an air circulation through the discharge-opening at the other end, and a
hulling-casing, so as to keep the parts and ribbed hulling-cylinder within said casing, of
also the coffee-berry cool as well as carrying a regulating-valve to the discharge-opening
off the chaff from the casing. The suction provided with an inclined deflector, and a II5
through the exhaust-chamber is controlled trough provided with an inclined bottom for
and more or less air admitted to maintain the receiving and delivering the material passing
temperature desired by adjustment of the through said discharge-opening, substantially
valve 33 to the air-inlet opening 32 at the as described.
bottom of the exhaust-chamber, and the rate 4. In a machine for hulling coffee and other
of discharge of the coffee and hulls from the purposes, the combination with the casing
55 leg is regulated by the slide-valve 24, as pre having a feed-opening at one end and a dis
viously mentioned. A valve may also be charge-opening at the other end, and a ribbed
provided in the upper part of the separator hulling - cylinder within said casing, of a
leg, so as to regulate the force of the air-suc trough leading to said discharge-opening, a I 25
tion in the leg. slide-valve having a deflector for controlling
In small machines embodying some features and directing the passage of material through
of my invention the separator-leg and fan said discharge-opening in the trough and pro
may be omitted and the hulling-cylinder may vided with a rib, and means bearing against
be turned by hand instead of by power, and said rib for holding the valve to its adjust
in such case the exhaust-chamber shell 28 ment, substantially as described.
may be omitted. It will be observed that by 5. In a machine for hulling coffee and other
the manner described for securing the sepa purposes, the combination with the casing
rator-leg and also the exhaust-chamber shell having a screen-bottom, of the ribbed hull
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ing-cylinder within said casing, the ribbed municating with a portion of the separator
concaves on opposite sides of saidribbed cyl leg below its lateral extension, substantially
inder, and means for moving said concaves as described.
to and from said cylinder, substantially as 10. In a machine for hulling coffee and other
described. purposes, the combination with the hulling
6. In a machine for hulling coffee and other cylinder casing having a screen-bottom and
purposes, the combination with the casing an exhaust-chamber beneath the screen-bot
having an open bottom, and inwardly-extend tom, the casing and exhaust-chamber having 75
ingledges, of the ribbed hulling-cylinder with discharge-openings at the same end, of the
O in said casing, the concave screen extending separator-leg having a portion located to one
across the open bottom and formed with side of the casing and extending above and
flanges resting upon the said ledges, and the below the same and provided with a lateral
ribbed concaves fitting on opposite sides of extension lying beneath the exhaust-chamber
said ribbed cylinder and extending over the having an opening registering with the dis
flanges of said screen, substantially as de charge-opening of the said chamber, a fan
Scribed. communicating with said leg, and means for
7. In a machine for hulling coffee and other detachably supporting said leg in position,
purposes, the combination with a casing hav substantially as described.
ing a screen-bottom and provided with a feed 11. In a machine for hulling coffee and other
opening at One end and a discharge-opening purposes, the combination with the hulling
at the other end, and an exhaust-chamber cylinder casing and the exhaust-chamber both
beneath the screen-bottom of the casing, of provided with discharge-openings at the same
a separator located at the discharge end of end, of the separator-leg open at its lower end 9o
the casing and in communication with the and provided with a vertical partition ter
25 discharge-opening thereof and also with the minating below the top of the leg and having
opening in the discharge end of the exhaust a lateral extension communicating with the
chamber whereby said separator will receive discharge-opening of the exhaust-chamber, a
the hulls from the discharge-opening of the trough leading from the discharge-opening in 95
casing and the chaff from the exhaust-cham the casing, a throat leading from said trough
ber without the hulls of the discharge-open and opening into the side of the separator
ing of the casing passing through the ex leg back of the partition therein, and a fan
haust-chamber, and a fan in communication for creating an air-current through the leg,
with the separator for creating an air-cur substantially as described. OO
rent therein, substantially as described. 12. In a machine for hulling coffee and other
35 8. In a machine for hulling coffee and for purposes, the combination with the casing of
other purposes, the combination with the cas the hulling-cylinder, and the exhaust-cham
ing having a screen-bottom and provided with ber, of the separator-leg, the fan-casing hav
a feed-opening at one end and a discharge ing one portion thereof formed as a part of
opening at the other end, an exhaust-cham one of the legs of the machine and the other
ber beneath the screen-bottom, and a ribbed portion made separate therefrom and having
hulling-cylinder within the casing, of a sepa a flange entering the side of the separator
rator-leg open at its lower end and provided leg, substantially as described.
with a partition and having a lateral exten 13. In a machine for hulling coffee and other O
sion in communication with the discharge purposes, the combination with the casing of
45 end of the exhaust-chamber, an extension be the hulling-cylinder and the exhaust-cham
low said discharge end and in communica ber and the legs for supporting the same, of
tion with the fan, means for delivering the the separator-leg communicating with the ex
material from the discharge-opening in the haust-chamber and the casing, and the fan IIS
casing and into the separator-leg between its for creating an air-current through the sepa
partition and outer Wall, and a fan for creat rator and exhaust - chamber, said fan com
ing an air-current through the separator-leg, prising a casing having a portion thereof
substantially as described. formed as a part of one of the legs, said por
9. In a machine for hulling coffee and other tion having a convex inner face, the other
purposes, the combination with the casing of portion of the casing being provided with a
55 the hulling-cylinder having a screen-bottom, flange engaging the separator-leg, a rotating
an exhaust-chamber beneath the screen-bot shaft having two rings fitting against the in
tom, the casing and the exhaust- chamber side of the casing, one of said rings being
having discharge-openings at the same end, dished to conform to the convex face of the I25
of the separator-leg open at its lower end and casing, and both of said rings having the fan
provided with a vertical partition terminat blades connected thereto, substantially as
ing below the upper end of the leg, said leg described.
having a lateral extension formed with an In testimony whereof I affix my signature
opening registering with an opening in the in presence of two witnesses.
exhaust-chamber, means for collecting the CONSTANTINE ALEXANDER HEGE,
material from the discharge-opening of the Witnesses: .
casing and delivering it into the separator CAREY BROWN,
at one side of its partition, and a fan com W. W. BROWN.

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