International review of the science and practice of agriculture . AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY 1007 785 - Vasino Winnowing Machine. - Tarchetti a. in Gimnulc di Risicoltura. Vlth Year,No. 8, pp. 136-14::, lig. W-iCL-lli, Ajjril 30, lyib. This simple appliance possesses the follo-\ving advantages over ord-inary winnowers : i) It only riins at a given speed, which prevents excessive increaseof the quantity fed in, and hasty and bad work. 2) The product leaving the machine is put up automatically in avery easy way into bags at the rear end. 3) The machine is full) equal to other winnowers in yield, but
International review of the science and practice of agriculture . AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY 1007 785 - Vasino Winnowing Machine. - Tarchetti a. in Gimnulc di Risicoltura. Vlth Year,No. 8, pp. 136-14::, lig. W-iCL-lli, Ajjril 30, lyib. This simple appliance possesses the follo-\ving advantages over ord-inary winnowers : i) It only riins at a given speed, which prevents excessive increaseof the quantity fed in, and hasty and bad work. 2) The product leaving the machine is put up automatically in avery easy way into bags at the rear end. 3) The machine is full) equal to other winnowers in yield, but fur-nishes a much cleaner product wdth better separation of the screenings. Winnoiiing Machine Fig. I : Longitudinal Section. ¥ig. 2 : Transverse Section. 4) It can be used both for paddj^ and other cereals without distinc-tion, it being only necessary to change the screens and the direction ofthe air current. 5) It consumes less driving power ; a boy can work it for a long shown by the 2 figures appended, this machine (which IMessrs Va-sino afterwards improved in its details) consists essentially of the followingparts : a wooden frame, a fan V, a feed hopper T, and two screens, A and B. The machine is hand-driven by me;uis of the crank m. the movementof which is transmitted through the gearings I and I, to the shaft 0, whichin turn transmits it to the screens through the elbow-joint and the con-necting rod e f] and to the fan through the pulleys P, P and the belt. The material contained in the hopper T falls on the ist screen A, whichis a cast iron plate, suspended to the frame by the springs r and the 2 armlevers h, one being short for the purpose of regulating the .
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