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at one side and an inner perforate wall spaced from the imperforate wall to form a dust and dirt passage therebetween, the said perforate walls of the two chambers being 5 curved at opposite sides thereof in relatively opposite directions, and a dust and dirt dis- charge pipe communicating with the dust and dirt spaces, said chambers being also provided with air outlets and with means 10 to control the air passing therefrom respec- tively into the lower chamber and through the lint outlet. 5. A lint separating and cleaning machine comprising upper and lower cleaning cham- 15 bers of which the latter is reduced in size with respect to the former, said chambers having a connecting channel and provided respectively with means of ingress and egress for the cotton lint, and said cham- 20 bers having independent air outlets and provided with curved perforate inner baffle
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walls extending partly therearound and re- versely disposed with respect to one an- other. 6. A lint separating and cleaning machine consisting of a pair of chambers connected to one another and through which the cot- ton lint to be cleaned successively passes, one of said chambers having a lint intake and the other of said chambers having a lint outlet, and perforate baffle walls within and extending partly around the said chambers and along which the lint is movable, said baffle walls of the - two chambers being curved in relatively opposite directions to reverse the curved plane of movement of the lint to be cleaned, for the purpose de- scribed.
FRANK WYNNE MEYERS. CHARLES LEMUEL CAMPBELL. FRANK H. McSWEENY.
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