(under subclass 45) Subject matter having a feed wheel and a rotating shelling disc with teeth, ribs or corrugated beveled surface and as the material passes the disc it is confined within an opposed surface and is subjected to an agitated grinding action whereby kernels and ears are separated.
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99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,
574, which includes apparatus for cracking nuts and similar material, without crushing the kernels thereof, having a fixed plate with a cutting blade and a rotatable wheel adjacent the plate.