Vibratory comb sizer

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SIZING MATERIAL, COMPRISING: (A) A HEADSTAND; (B) A COMBING STAIRWAY SUPPORTED BENEATH SAID HEADSTAND, SAID STAIRWAY INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED COMB BARS, SAID COMB BARS ARRANGED IN DESCENDING ORDER FROM ONE END OF SAID STAIRWAY TO THE OTHER END THEREOF TO DEFINE A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING DESCENDING PATHS FOR SAID MATERIALS, SAID COMB BARS HAVING PLURALITIES OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FLEXIBLE TEETH HAVING FIRST ENDS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID COMB BARS AND SECOND ENDS PARTIALLY SUPERPOSING PORTIONS OF TEETH OF COMB BARS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY THEREBELOW IN SAID DESCENDING ORDER; (C) CHUTE MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID MATERIAL ONTO SAID COMB BARS, LATERALLY RECIPROCATING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HEADSTAND AND ATTACHED TO SAID STAIRWAY FOR RECIPROCATING SAID STAIRWAY LATERALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING DESCENDING PATHS DEFINED BY SAID COMBS BARS TO IMPART VIBRATION TO SAID TEETH IN THE PLANES DEFINED BY SAID HORIZONTAL COMB BARS; AND (D) LONGITUDINAL RECIPROCATING MEANS MOUNTED UPON SAID HEADSTAND AND ATTACHED TO SAID STAIRWAY FOR SELECTIVELY RECIPROCATING SAID STAIRWAY SO AS TO ADVANCE SAID MATERIALS TO BE SIZED AS A WATERFALL ALONG SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING DESCENDING PATHS.