Tobacco threshing machine

Claim 1

A TOBACCO THRESHING MACHINE COMPRISING A CASING HAVING A CHARGING OPEINING AND A DISCHARGE OPENING, A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL TRANSVERSE SHAFTS JOURNALED IN SAID CASING, FIRST AND SECOND SERIALLY ARRANGED THRESHING ROTORS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFTS, SAID SECOND ROTOR BEING LOCATED BELOW AND TO ONE SIDE OF SAID FIRST ROTOR, EACH OF SAID THRESHING ROTORS HAVING RADIALLY PROJECTING LEAF CUTTING KNIVES AXIALLY AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED THEREON, SAID FIRST ROTOR BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE TOBACCO LEAVES FROM SAID CHARGING OPENING AND CONVEY THE LEAVES TOWARD SAID SECOND ROTOR, DIRVE MEANS ROTATING SAID ROTORS IN THE SAME DIRECTION, A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ROTATABLE GRID RODS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY IN THE CASING ALONG A CONCAVE PATH SUBSTANTIALLY CONCENTRIC WITH THE FIRST ROTOR SHAFT ADAJCENT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID FIRST ROTOR TO PROVIDE A GRID FORMNATION BETWEEN SDAID FIRST ROTOR AND THE DISCHARGE OPENING, THE KNIVES OF SAID FIRST ROTOR AND SAID GRID RODS BEING SPACED TO ACT ON THE TOBACCO LEAVES TO RIP CLEAN THE LEAF LAMINA THEREFROM AND PASS THE SAME THROUGH SAID GRID FORMATION TO SAID DISCHARGE OPENING, AND A CONCAVE