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Cotton-Cleaning Apparatus.

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Patent for a cotton-cleaning apparatus made up of "a stationary foraminous case or drum having an inlet-opening in the upper side of its small end, a rotary shaft extending centrally through the case or drum and having a plurality of spirally-arranged at the large end of the foraminous case and having a discharge-pipe for conveying the cotton to the point where it is to be deposited or discharged - as, for instance, into gins or gin-feeders" (lines 9-19). The cotton goes in one end, the cotton is elevated, beater-arms move the cotton along, and fans drive the cotton to the … continued below

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[3], 5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Murray, Stephen D. October 8, 1895.

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  • Murray, Stephen D. Stephen D. Murray, of Dallas, Assignor to William F. Ladd, of Galveston, Texas.

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  • Main Title: Cotton-Cleaning Apparatus.
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Patent for a cotton-cleaning apparatus made up of "a stationary foraminous case or drum having an inlet-opening in the upper side of its small end, a rotary shaft extending centrally through the case or drum and having a plurality of spirally-arranged at the large end of the foraminous case and having a discharge-pipe for conveying the cotton to the point where it is to be deposited or discharged - as, for instance, into gins or gin-feeders" (lines 9-19). The cotton goes in one end, the cotton is elevated, beater-arms move the cotton along, and fans drive the cotton to the gins.

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[3], 5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Application filed June 25, 1895. Serial No. 554,030. (No model.)

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  • October 8, 1895

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Murray, Stephen D. Cotton-Cleaning Apparatus., patent, October 8, 1895; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174114/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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