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passed over a smaller pulley or drum 23 lo-
cated above, in fact, almost over the upper
pulley 20 of the main conveyer belt. Thus
the under stretch of the assistant conveyer or
5 pressure belt will travel parallel to the upper
rear stretch of the main belt, and the finished
bat of cotton will be carried upward between
these two belts, as shown in Fig. 1, and will
be delivered into a press C, or into any other
io receptacle suitable to receive it, and while the
bat is being carried upward by the main con-
veyer belt, it will be pressed or compressed
by the assistant conveyer or pressure belt B'.
It will be understood that the belts B and B'
15 may be tightened in any manner known to
the trade.
At various intervals along the length of the
flue stands or platforms D, are erected trans-
versely over the flue. Upon each platform a
20o cotton gin D', is located, which is connected
by a flue d with a condenser D2, the ginned
cotton passing out of the gin in each instance
being made to pass over the condensing cyl-
inder d' of the condenser, as shown in Fig. 1,
25 and each gin is provided with its own con-
denser. The condenser is provided with as
large a screening surface as possible in order
that the lint passing over it may be freed
from all dust, dirt, leaves or other foreign
30o matter, and at the same time the lint is
pressed to bat form by means of a pressure
roller 24, one of which is located at the rear
of each condensing cylinder, or over the dis-
charge surface thereof. The bat of lint from
35 each condenser is made to travel downward
over a carrier belt 25, one of the belts being
located at the rear of each condenser, receiv-
ing the lint from its condensing cylinder.
The carrier belts 25, are supported by suit-
40 able drums 26 and 27, the upper drum 26, be-
ing located beneath the pressure roller 24 of
the condenser, while the lower roller is ad-
justably mounted in the flue at a predeter-
mined distance from the main conveyer belt,
45 and each carrier belt is located over the said
main conveyer belt. As illustrated in Fig. 4,
the bearings 31 for the lower rollers 27 are
mounted in a support 32, provided with a
curved slot 33. The rollers are adjusted to
50o any desired position by means of the set
screws 34. All of the first or intermediate
carrier belts, or those connected with the first
and intermediate condensers, deliver the bats
of lint carried by them directly upon the main
55 conveyer belt; but the rear carrier belt, or
that belonging to the last or rear condenser,
delivers its bat between the main conveyer
belt and the assistant belt B'.
At the foot of each gin a seed conveyer 28,
6o is located, which is preferably a screw con-
veyer, as shown in Fig. 2, and the said con-
veyer is driven from a suitable line shaft 29,
through the medium of meshing miter gears
30, one of which is carried by the line shaft
65 and the other by the conveyer shaft; and the
carrier belts may be driven in any suitable
or approved manner, as for example, theymay be driven from one of the driving or
driven pulleys of the gin in connection with
which they are to be used. 70
In the operation of this plant it will be ob-
served that the flue is located beneath a se-
ries of gins and condensers, and that the gins
and condensers are arranged in sets and in
consecutive order; therefore when the plant 75
isset in operation, each carrier belt will deliver
the lint in bat form from its condenser upon
the main conveyer belt; the bat of lint deliv-
ered from the first condenser will be carried
along until it meets that delivered from the 8o
second condenser, whereupon the bat from
the second condenser will be laid smoothly
and regularly upon the bat delivered from
the first condenser, and in this manner the
thickness of the bats will be augmented by 85
the addition of different layers of lint until
the last condenser has been passed, where-
upon the lint will be conveyed up through
the rear extension of the flue in the shape
of a bat of predetermined thickness, and in 90o
a compressed or highly pressed state, and
in this shape it is delivered to a press of
any suitable construction, or to any recepta-
cle placed to receive it. By means of the
mechanism above set forth and also owing to 95
the process of treating lint above set forth,
lint cotton is increased in value, as all its
dirt, leaves and other foreign material will be
extracted from it without in the slightest de-
gree detracting from the quality of the lint, too
and without disturbing its form, each gin
and condenser cleaning its cotton, and the
product of all of the gins is automatically
and regularly assembled, and the combined
product of the gins in compact form is deliv- zc5
ered at a predetermined point in the plant.
It will be understood that the conveyer belt
may be made of rubber, leather, cotton, wire
cloth, or any other flexible material, and that
the bat as it comes from the condensers is rIo
placed upon the conveyer belt in smooth lay-
ers. The ventilators are provided in the flue
in order to get rid of the surplus air which
passes through the condensers with the cot-
ton. I15
It will be understood that the condensers
and carrier belts run at the same rate of
speed, in order to deliver the bat of lint or
cotton unbroken to the main conveyer within
the main flue; and I desire it to be further rio
understood that the carrier belts or short con-
veyers 25 may be placed at any required an-
gle to the main conveyer belt, since they are
adjustable at their lower ends.
Having thus described my invention, I 125
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
1. In an apparatus for the treatment of cot-
ton, a series of gins placed in order one at the
rear of the other, a condenser located at the I3c
rear of each gin, an endless conveyer common
to all the condensers, endless carrier belts
leading from the condensers to the endless
conveyer and a flue in which said endless
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Zedler, Friedrich. Apparatus for the Treatment of Cotton., patent, May 22, 1894; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173730/m1/4/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.