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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
STEPHEN J. DORRIS, OF MILFORD, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-GIN FEEDERS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,199, dated October 1G, 1877; application filed
August 29,1877.
To all whoim it may concern: the belts or aprons C be tightened and caused
Be it known that I, STEPHEN J. DonRiS, of to partake of the rotary motion of the rollers,
Milford, in the county of Ellis and State of and thus be put in operation.
Texas, have invented certain new and useful E is a cylinder lung in the opposite end of
Improvements in Cotton-Gin Feeders; and I the receptacle A, and having a series of pe-
do hereby declare that the following is a full, ripherical slats, e e, provided with clogged or
clear, and exact description thereof, which angular teeth, alternating with each other,
will enable others skilled in the art to which which, while they will pick up the cotton,
it appertains to make and use the same, refer- will, by their arrangement and the spaces be-
ence being had to the accompanying draw- tween the slats, not actconjointly to hold any
ings, and to the letters of reference marked hard substance, only momentarily, it slipping
thereon, which form a part of this specifica- therefrom through the said cylinder down
tion, and in which- through thie receptacle behind tile gin-mitout ,
Figure 1 is a side view of my improved cot- as at c. These slats e c are detachably con-
ton-gin feeder. Fig. 2 is a vertical section netted to the cylinder-heads, and may be re-
thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detached perspective versed when desired.
view of the slotted toothed cylinder. With the axis of the cylinderE is connected,
Corresponding parts in the figures are de- by a crank, cam, or eccentric, f, tie pawl F,
noted by like letters. which engages a ratchet, , upon the axis of
This invention relates to certain improve- one of the rollers, B B, it being held to its
ments in cotton-gin feeders; and consists of work by a pin or projection, f', anld a bar, f,
the combination of the parts of which it is fastened to the side of the reeeptacleA. This
composed, as clearly pointed out in the pawl, it will be observed, has an intermitte it
claims. drawing motion, by means of which and its
In the annexed drawing, A refers to a re- ratchet a similar motion is imparted to the
ceptacle the sides of which are each formed, belts or aprons C, to bring the cotton up to
preferably, in one piece, and having rollers B the toothed cylinder.
B jousrnaled in its bottom, one at the forward Having thus described my invention, what I
and the other at the rear end thereof. These claim, and desire to seenre by Letters Patent,
rollers are provided with rings or annular par- is-
titions b b, to separate and keep apart the 1. In a cotton-gin feeder, the slotted levers
belts C embracing the said rollers. D d and their pivots, in combination with the
The belts C rest upon a bottom, c, in the re- belt-roller B, adjusting-screws di, and the re-
ceptacle A, and feed the cotton placed there- ceptacle A, having apertures d1 arranged in
on to a toothed cylinder, which feeds it to the the are of a circle, substantially as a.nd for
gin. the purpose set forth.
The ends of the axis of one of the rollersB 2. The receptacle A, having .apertures de
B project through slots in the sides of the re- arranged in the are of a circle, in combination
ceptacle A, and are hung in levers D, ful- with the slotted levers D c, adjusting-screws
crunmed to the said sides. dc', rollers B B, having annular partitions or
The upper ends of thelevers Dare provided rings b b, belts C, cylinder E, pawl F, and
with slots d, which receive adjasting-screws ratchet C, substantially as and for the pur-
d' from any two of two series of apertures, dc pose set forth.
'1, one in each side of the receptacle, arranged In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
in the are of a circle. my own I hereunto affix my signature in pres-
By withdr-awing the screws d' and moving ence of two witnesses.
the levers D from a vertical position to the STEPHEN J. DORRIS.
right, and inserting the said screw in any one Witnesses:
of the apertures dc d2, it will be seen that the W. F. WEEKLEY,
rear roller will have a limited movement, and II. L. LANDRETIL.
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Dorris, Stephen J. Improvemnt in Cotton-Gin Feeders, patent, August 29, 1877; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166711/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.