Improvement in Feeders for Cotton-Gins. Page: 3 of 3
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the purpose of transmitting motion from the
brush-belt of the gin-stand to the gearing N O
O' P P', cylinder C, and apron D.
S is an elastic bar for adjusting and retain-
ing the swinging frame,with its attached gear-
ing, in any position it may be found proper to
set it. By raising the loose end of this frame
a certain height and inserting the pin of the
retaining-bar S in one of a series of holes in
the side of feeder-frame the feeding of the
cotton to the gin-stand will be stopped, and
by lowering the loose end of the swinging
frame until the pulley R bears on the brush-
belt of the saw-gin the feeding of the cotton
will again commence. The friction between
the belt and the pulley R can be increased or
decreased by adjusting the loose end of the
swing-frame and inserting the pin of the bar S
in one of the series of holes in the side of the
feeder-frame.
In Fig. 5 I have represented a modification
of the mechanism for producing the simulta-
neous movement of the delivering-roller and
feed-apron. This consists simply of ashaft, a,
with worms b b' cut on its circumference, as
shown, and of two screw-wheels, c c', of differ-
ent diameter, into which the worm-threads
gear. With this arrangement the power-
transmitting pulley has to be placed on the
lower end of the shaft a, and the band which
leads from the saw-gin has to be set edgewise,
so as to come in contact with it.
The above-described machine is for the pur-
pose of feeding cotton in the seed to the ordi-
nary cotton saw-gins in a uniform and eco-
nomical manner, removing the greater portion
of the sand and dirt which is unavoidablygathered with the cotton, separating the hulls,
leaves, and imperfect pods, which injure the
sample of the lint, producing a better article
of cotton than can be produced by the process
of ordinary hand-feeding, also being readily
adapted to any gin-stands already in place,
and requiring only one person to operate both
feeder and gin-stand, thereby saving the wages
of one hand to each gin run by the cotton-
planter.
Operation: Cotton in the seed being placed
in the box A, and the pulley R being dropped
on the brush-belt of the gin-stand, thereby
communicating motion to the cylinder C and
apron D by means of the gearing N O P P',
cam-wheel G, rocking lever I, pawls 3 and 4,
and ratchet-wheel H, the cotton is brought
into contact with the points of the projecting
wires of cylinder C by the forward movement
of the endless apron D, and carried over said
cylinder C and deposited in the mouth of the
gin-stand.
I do not claim feeding cotton in the seed to
gin-stands by means of a cylinder and an end-
less apron, they having been previously used;
but
What I claim as myinvention, and desire to
secure by Letters Patent, is-
The combination of the feed-apron D, de-
livering-roller C, swinging frame M, with its
attached gearing, and rocking lever I, with its
actuating-gearing, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
S. Z. HALL.
Witnesses:
ABNER A. GILLESPIE,
W. J. FOWLER.
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Hall, S. Z. Improvement in Feeders for Cotton-Gins., patent, September 11, 1860; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165110/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.