Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling. Page: 3 of 3
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apron. At any suitable point the supply-pipe
8 has fitted thereto a controlling valve or cock
11, by means of which the supply of steam to
the spray-pipe may be readily controlled or
5 entirely cut off at will.
In the operation of the condenser the bat of
cotton issues out of the mouth 3 and passes
over the inclined delivery-apron 4 into the
press-box of the press, and as the bat of cot-
i ton takes this course steam is sprayed from
the pipe 5 over the entire bat, the effect of
which spraying is to expel dust and other light
impurities from the lint which may remain
therein and cause such dust and impurities
15 to work through the meshes of the screen-
apron 4,thereby giving the cotton a final clean-
ing before it is pressed into a bale. The spray-
ing of the cotton with steam also serves to
dampen the same sufficiently to place it in
20 the best possible condition for compact and
thorough pressing without danger of injury
to the staple.
By changing the location of the delivery-
apron to a point adjacent to the mouth of the
25 roll-box of the gin the wet cotton can be
treated in precisely the same way as just de-scribed in connection with the condenser, and
the same effect is produced-namely, to clean
the cotton and place it in the best possible
condition for being operated upon by the gin. 30
Having thus described the invention, what
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is-
An apparatus for cleaning and preparing
cotton for ginning or baling, comprising a 35
stationary inclined screen-apron over which
passes the supply of cotton, a horizontal sta-
tionary spray-pipe arranged longitudinally of
the apron in a plane directly above the same
and provided throughout the entire length 40
thereof in its under side with a plurality of jet-
orifices, and means for supplying said spray-
pipe with steam under pressure, whereby the
said pipe will forcibly jet the steam against
the cotton on the screen and thereby cause 45
the dust and other impurities therein to be
forced through the meshes of the screen, sub-
stantially as described.
CHARLES VAN ORDEN.
Witnesses:
E. B. DWYER,
W. A. POLK.2
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Orden, Charles Van. Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling., patent, February 15, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511595/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.