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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FRANKLIN M. SEWELL, OF DANGERFIELD, TEXAS.
COTTON-CONDENSER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,868, dated July 10, 1883.
Appation filed Septembr 6., 018. (No model.)To acll whon it may concern:
Beitknownthatl, FRANKLIN M. SFWELL, of
Dangerfield, in the county of Morris and State
of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
5 ful Improvements in Cotton-Condensers; and
I do hereby declare that the following is a fill,
clear, and exact description of the invention,
which will enable others skilled in the art to
which it appertains to make and use the same,
lo reference beinghadtothe accompanying draw-
ings, which form a part of this specification.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the end of
a gin-flue embodyingmy improvement. Fig.
2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, and
15 Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view
taken through the condensing-cylinders.
Corresponding parts in the several figures
are denoted by like letters of reference.
This invention relates to condensers for cot-
20 ton-gins; and it consists in certain improve-
ments in the construction of the same, which
will be hereinafter fully described, and par-
ticularly pointed out in the claim.
In the drawings hereto annexed, A repre-
25 sents the end of the gin-flue, to the sides of
which are secured brackets B B for the shafts
of the condensing-cylinders C D, which are
fitted nicely in concave recesses R in the end
of the gin-flue, or the sides thereof.
30 The shaft E of the lower cylinder, C, is
mounted permanently in its bearings. The
shaft F ofthe upper cylinder, D, is capable of
moving vertically in slots G, prepared for its
reception, in the brackets B.
35 The condensing-cylinders consist each of a
pair of heads or ends H, mounted upon their
respective shafts, and connected by longitudi-
nal slats I, over which a covering, J, of wire-
cloth is stretched, the slats I serving to sup-
40 port said wire-cloth covering, and to prevent
the cylinders from collapsing. The heads or
ends H of both cylinders have openings K.
Motion is imparted in any suitable manner to
the shaft E of the lower cylinder.The operation of my invention will be read- 45
ily understood. The lint passes from the gin
through the flue A, and between the condens-
ing-cylinders, by which it is formed into a bat.
The blast from the gin serves to blow all dust
from the lint through the wire-cloth of the 50
cylinders and out through the openings K in
the ends of the latter. The upper cylinder
will move vertically in its bearings, as de-
scribed, and thus adjust itself to any quantity
of lint that may pass from the gin. 55
I am aware that the upper one of a pair of
condensing-rollers has heretofore been made
vertically movable in its bearings. I am also
aware that a condensing-cylinder covered with
wire-cloth and having open ends has been 6o
used, arranged within asuitable casing. This,
therefore, I do not claim. I ain not aware,
however, that a pair of wire-cloth cylinders
have been used without any casing at the end
of the gin-flue. By this arrangement I have 65
accomplished more satisfactory results, since
the dust and dirt will be blown out, not only
at the ends, but directly through both of the
cylinders.
I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 70
ent of the United Stales-
The combination of the gin-fine A, having
recesses B, the U-shaped brackets B, having
slots G in their upper arms, and the wire-
cloth condensing-cylinders C D, the shaft E 75
of the former being mounted permanently in
the lower arms ofthebracketsB, and the shaft
F of cylinder D being mounted loosely, so as
to be vertically movable in the slots G, as
herein shown and specified. 80
Intestimony that I claim the foregoingas my
own I havehereto affixed mysignature in pres-
ence of two witnesses.
FRANKLIN MILNER SEVELL.
Witnesses:
R. W. TITTLE,
GEO. W. RAGLAND.
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Sewell, Franklin Milner. Cotton Condenser., patent, July 10, 1883; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170586/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.