Corn conveying, orienting and husking machine

Claim 1

A CORN HUSKING MACHINE COMPRISING A HOPPER FOR RECEIVING EARS OF CORN IN BULK, A DRIVEN ELEVATOR IN SAID HOPPER FOR LIFTING THE EARS OF CORN OUT OF SAID HOPPER, A DRIVEN ROTARY PADDLE DISPOSED ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF SAID ELEVATOR FOR DEFLECTING EXCESSIVE EARS OFF SAID ELEVATOR, A CONVEYOR DRIVEN AT A HIGHER SPEED THAN SAID ELEVATOR AND HAVING AN UNOBSTRUCTED CONVEYING SURFACE FOR RECEIVING AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING THE EARS OF CORN FROM SAID ELEVATOR AND PERMITTING UNRESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF THE EARS OF CORN, SAID CONVEYOR BEING ARRANGED FOR SPACING SAID EARS FROM EACH OTHER LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CONVEYOR AND FOR SWINGING A NUMBER OF SAID EARS INTO ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CONVEYOR, A CONTINUOUSLY OSCILLATING SHAKER DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID CONVEYOR FOR RECEIVING EARS FROM SAID CONVEYOR, DEFLECTING MEANS ON SAID SHAKER FOR RECEIVING THE EARS THEREBETWEEN AND FOR ALIGNING THOSE EARS WHICH WERE NOT ALIGNED BY SAID CONVEYOR, A PAIR OF COOPERATING HUSKING ROLLERS HAVING MEANS ADJACENT THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID SHAKER FOR RECEIVING THE ALIGNED EARS FROM SAID SHAKER AND FOR REMOVING THE HUSKS THEREFROM, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID ROLLERS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.