Hop separation flights

Claim 1

IN HOP SEPARATING FLIGHTS FOR SEPARATING HOPS FROM FOREIGN MATERIAL INCLUDING LEAVES AND FRAGMENTS OF LEAVES, A MOVABLE MOUNTED INCLINED ENDLESS SCREEN UPON UPPER RUN OF WHICH RAPIDLY MOVING MIXTURES OF HOPS AND FOREIGN MATERIAL ARE DEPOSITED FOR MOVING DOWN AND OFF THE LOWER END THEREOF, MEANS FOR MOVING THE UPPER RUN OF SAID INCLINED ENDLESS SCREEN COUNTERCLOCKWISE, AN INCLINED IMPERFORATE PLATE SUPPORTED BELOW THE LOWER END OF SAID INCLINED ENDLES SCREEN AND IN A PLANE AT LOWER ELEVATION THAN AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLED TO THE PLANE OF SAID INCLINED ENDLESS SCREEN FOR RECEIVING THE LEAVES AND FRAGMENTS OF LEAVES MOVING OFF THE LOWER END OF SAID INCLINED ENDLESS SCREEN AND RETARFING THE RATE OF MOVEMENT THEREOF, AND MEANS FOR DIRECTING RAPIDLY MOVING CURRENTS OF AIR TOWARD THE LOWER END OF SAID IMPERFORATE PLATE FOR BLOWING LEAVES AND FRAGMENTS OF LEAVES MOVING OFF THE LOWER END OF SAID IMPERFORATE PLATE AWAY FROM THE PLANE OF SAID IMPERFORATE PLATE.