Governor for Cotton Gins and Cotton Gin Feeders.

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Patent for a new and improved governor for cotton gins. This design "consists, first, in the combination of an oscillating or movable roll-breast with a regulating attachment, whereby the size of the roll or the pressure of the cotton in the roll-box is made to regulate the feed to the gin to any desired degree; second, in forming a series of slots through the outer side of the roll-breast, so that the cotton seed may be discharged through the outer side of the breast, as well as in addition to the usual slot which is made through the bottom of … continued below

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3 sheets, [1], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Forbes, Lycurgus D. May 10, 1881.

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Patent for a new and improved governor for cotton gins. This design "consists, first, in the combination of an oscillating or movable roll-breast with a regulating attachment, whereby the size of the roll or the pressure of the cotton in the roll-box is made to regulate the feed to the gin to any desired degree; second, in forming a series of slots through the outer side of the roll-breast, so that the cotton seed may be discharged through the outer side of the breast, as well as in addition to the usual slot which is made through the bottom of the roll-box" (lines 15-25).

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3 sheets, [1], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,470, dated May 10, 1881. Application filed April 14, 1881. (Model.)"

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Forbes, Lycurgus D. Governor for Cotton Gins and Cotton Gin Feeders., patent, May 10, 1881; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170162/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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