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CYLINDER SHELLER [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
CONT

Cylinder or cage-type shellers ... were operated on water, steam or horse power. A cage-type sheller has a toothed cylinder which rotates in an enclosed chamber. The corn cobs are shelled between a concave on the inside of this chamber and the rotating cylinder. The shelled corn and trash drop through a grate into a fanning to be separated and the stripped cobs are carried out the end of the sheller.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
OBS

L'égrenage du maïs s'exécute [...] à l'aide d'appareils mécaniques (appelés égreneuses ou égrenoirs) actionnés généralement par une manivelle; parfois on utilise aussi des moteurs mécaniques.

OBS

«égreneuse à maïs à cylindre» : Le dictionnaire bilingue intitulé "Agriculture", p. 138, 1953 donne "cylinder corn sheller": "égrenoir à maïs à cylindre". Selon le Larousse agricole, 1929, p. 538, l'égrenage du maïs s'exécute à l'aide d'appareils mécaniques appelés "égrenoirs" ou "égreneuses".

OBS

«égreneuse à maïs à cylindre» : Expression composée sur le modèle de "égrenoir à maïs à cylindre".

Spanish

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