Ear corn attachment for roller mills

Claim 1

THE EAR CORN CHOPPING ATTACHMENT FOR USE WITH A ROLLER MILL OF THE TYPE HAVING AN OPEN TOPPED HOUSING CONTAINING A PAIR OF TANGENTIALLY DISPOSED ROLLERS MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AXES WHICH COMPRISES, A HOUSING OPEN BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM ADAPTED TO FIT ON TOP OF THE ROLLER MILL HOUSING AND FORM AN UPSTANDING CONTINUATION THEREOF, A SHAFT JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION WITHIN THE ATTACHMENT HOUSING IN SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION ABOVE AND BETWEEN THE ROLLERS, BLADESUPPORTING DISKS MOUNTED ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH IN NORMAL RELATION TO ITS AXIS, AT LEAST THREE SHARPENED BLADES MOUNTED IN ANGULARLY SPACED RELATION ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISKS AND COOPERATING THEREWITH TO DEFINE AN OPEN REEL, THE SHARPENED LEADING EDGES OF THE BLADES DEFINING A LOCUS OF POINTS LYING ON THE SURFACE OF THE CYLINDER WHOSE AXIS IS COINCIDENT WITH THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE REEL, A FIRST STATIONARY CUTTER BAR MOUNTED IN THE ATTACHMENT HOUSING ON ONE SIDE OF THE REEL IN POSITION TO RECEIVE THE SHARPENED LEADING EDGES OF THE BLADES WITH A SCISSOR-LIKE CUTTING ACTION, A SECOND STATIONARY CUTTER BAR MOUNTED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE REEL BEARING THE SAME RELATIONSHIP TO THE SHARPENED LEADING EDGES OF THE BLADES AS THE FIRST OF SAID CUTTER BARS, A SCREEN ENCIRCLING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE REEL IN SPACED RELATION THERETO AND EXTENDING FROM THE FIRST CUTTER BAR TO THE SECOND, POWER TRANSFER MEANS OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTING ONE OF THE ROLLERS AND THE REEL ADAPTED TO TURN THE LATTER IN A DIRECTION SUCH THAT THE BLADES MOVE DOWNWARDLY ACROSS THE FIRST CUTTER BAR, A CHUTE MOUNTED ATOP THE ATTACHMENT HOUSING OPENING ONTO THE REEL, SAID CHUTE INCLUDING