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A machine frame has a foraminous, inclined screen drum mounted for rotation thereon with an opening in one end which receives the peas for engagement by flat paddles attached in spaced relation to a horizontal, internal paddle shaft supported for rotation within the drum. A separating member support

A machine frame has a foraminous, inclined screen drum mounted for rotation thereon with an opening in one end which receives the peas for engagement by flat paddles attached in spaced relation to a horizontal, internal paddle shaft supported for rotation within the drum. A separating member supported on and rotating with the drum is spaced from the inside of the drum. The peas (kernels) fall through a closed housing to a shaker at the bottom and are collected in a pan. The hulls and trash are directed through the drum past the separating member and out of an opening at one end and into a trash bag. A blower on one end of the machine blows the trash through the housing. A drive means drives the drum and the paddles in opposite directions and also operates an eccentric to reciprocate the shaker.

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A method of separating hulls and debris from a plant product selected from the group consisting of peas, beans and peanuts so as to obtain the kernels from said plant product comprising: inclining a foraminous container which has an input and an output end so that the container is higher on an input

A method of separating hulls and debris from a plant product selected from the group consisting of peas, beans and peanuts so as to obtain the kernels from said plant product comprising: inclining a foraminous container which has an input and an output end so that the container is higher on an input end and feeding product into the input end of said container during movement thereof, rotating the product in the container and engaging the product with a plurality of spaced striking members to separate hulls and debris from kernels, delivering the hulls and debris to the output end of the container while the container is rotating, providing a separating means within said container and causing hulls and debris to be separated from the kernels and to move to the output end, dropping the kernels beneath the container, and thereafter collecting some of the hulls and debris through an opening in the container at the output end of the container and collecting the kernels from the bottom of the container after the kernels have dropped from the container during rotation.