Separator for grain and the like

Claim 1

A SEPARATOR FOR GRAIN AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS, COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL DRIVER SHAFT HAVING AN UPPER END; AN ECCENTRIC DRIVEN SHAFT LOCATED ABOVE AND INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO SAID DRIVER SHAFT, SAID DRIVEN SHAFT HAVING AN UPPER END AND A LOWER END, A PRODUCTRECEIVING CASING LOCATED ABOVE AND ROTATABLY RECEIVING THE UPPER END OF SAID DRIVEN SHAFT SO AS TO WOBBLE WHEN SAID DRIVEN SHAFT ORBITS ABOUT SAID DRIVEN SHAFT, SAID CASING BEING ARRANGED TO ASSUME THE INCLINATION OF SAID DRIVEN SHIFT; AND AN ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION FROM SAID DRIVER SHAFT TO SAID DRIVEN SHAFT, SAID ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A SUPPORTING MEMBER FIXED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID DRIVER SHAFT AND A SUPPORTED MEMBER FIXED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID DRIVEN SHAFT AND HAVING AN UNDERSIDE PROVIDED WITH A SERIES OF STEPPED CUTOUTS, COMBINED HINGED AND TURNING MEANS CONNECTING SAID SUPPORTED MEMBER TO SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER SO THAT THE SUPPORTED MEMBER IS PIVOTABLE ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS TO MOVE SAID DRIVEN SHAFT INTO DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF INCLINATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID DRIVER SHAFT AND THAT THE SUPPORTED MEMBER IS ANGULARLY MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER ABOUT A SECOND AXIS WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS OF SAID DRIVER SHAFT TO THEREBY CHANGE THE ECCENTRICITY OF SAID DRIVEN SHAFT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE INCLINATION THEREOF, AND SECURING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID COMBINED HINGE AND TURNING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID SUPPORTED MEMBER ON SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER IN ANY SELECTED ONE OF A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF INCLINATION AND ECCENTRICITY, SAID SECURING MEANS COMPRISING AN INSERT LOCATED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER AND SAID SUPPORTED MEMBER AND HAVING A PORTION RECEIVABLE IN A SELECTED CUTOUT OF SAID SUPPORTED MEMBER.