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The gins are shown provided with curved
delivery conduits or pipes 12, which iitro-
duce the lint-cotton through the top wall of
the casing. But I do not wish to be under-
5 stood as confining myself to any particular
arrangement of the cotton-inlet conduits or
pipes, nor to introducing the lint-cotton into
the casing or trunk through the top wall
thereof, as obviously the cotton may be in-
io troduced at some other suitable point.
The casing or trunk is constructed at its
sides with vertical air-chambers 13. (Best
seen in Fig. 3.) These air-chambers are each
composed of two vertical walls separated a
I5 suitable distance apart. The inner walls 14
are provided with openings filled with wire
screens, as at 15, and the walls 14, at points
below the wire screens 15, are provided with
longitudinal air passages or slots 16, located
20 between the upper and lower stretches of the
endless foraminous conveyer-belt 5.
In the apparatus constituting the subject-
matter of my application for patent herein-
before referred to, the bulkhead or partition
25 is stationary, but in my present invention I
make this partition 17 vertically adjustable,
in such manner that its lower horizontal edge
can be moved toward or from the uppermost
surface of the foraminous belt, in order to
30 control the quantity of cotton passing be-
neath the bulkhead or partition, whereby a
greater or less quantity of cotton can be per-
mitted to pass by the bulkhead or partition
for delivery to the cotton compress or baling
35 mechanism. By this adjustment of the bulk-
head or partition it is possible to regulate
the quantity of cotton supplied by the con-
veyer-belt to the cotton compress or baling
mechanism, and this is very advantageous.
40 The bulkhead or partition 17, as illustrated
in the drawings, is composed of a board wall
depending from a cross-bar 18, to the opposite
edges of which are secured vertically - ar-
ranged wire or other screens 19, preferably
45 provided with V-shaped lower edges, to which
are attached reversely-inclined strips 20, so
arranged that the apex is at the center of the
bulkhead or partition, as will be best under-
stood by reference to Fig. 4. The board wall
50 extends below the strips 20, and it is provided
with a horizontal lower edge, under which
the cotton is carried by the foraminous belt
to be delivered to the cotton compress or bal-
ing mechanism.
55 At opposite sides of the bulkhead or parti-
tion are arranged two transverse pickers 21
and 22, between which the bulkhead or par-
tition is vertically adjustable.
The cross-bar 18 of the bulkhead or parti-
60 tion 17 is secured to a cable or cord 23, pass-
ing over a guide-pulley 24, mounted on a shaft
25, supported by standards 26 rising from the
top wall of the casing or trunk. The cord or
cable thence passes over another guide-pul-
65 ley 27, so that the cable or cord can be op-
erated for the purpose of raising or lowering
the bulkhead or partition, as will be obvious.The devices for raising and lowering the
bulkhead or partition are simple and eco-
nomical in construction, but I do not wish to 70
be understood as limiting myself to any par-
ticular means for adjusting the bulkhead or
partition in a vertical plane to vary the dis-
tance of its lower horizontal edge relatively
to the uppermost surface of the traveling 75
foraminous conveyer-belt.
One of the belt-supporting drums 2 is de-
signed to be rotated by suitable mechanism,
for the purpose of imparting a horizontally-
traveling motion to the foraminous conveyer- So
belt.
The casing or trunk is provided at one end
with a wiper-roll 28, having strips of suitable
material to wipe or brush adhering lint-cot-
ton from the foraminous belt and cause the 85
cotton to pass between the wiper-roll and a
plain-surfaced pressing-roll 29, journaled
above the wiper-roll and driven in any suit-
able manner, for instance, as in my applica-
tion before referred to. 90
Between the wiper-roll 28 and the compress
or baling mechanism (not shown) is arranged
an endless canvas belt 32, the surface of
which is perfectly smooth. This belt is de-
signed to receive the bat from the pressing 95
and wiper rolls, and to convey and deliver
the same to the cotton compress or baling
mechanism. The smooth surface of the belt
32 obviates any retardation of the delivery of
the bat to the cotton compress or baling mo0
mechanism that might occur if the cotton
were delivered direct from the conveyer-belt
5. The canvas, or similar belt 32, is arranged
and operated as in my application for patent
before referred to. 105
In the operation of the improved condenser
and lint-cotton conveyer, the lint-cotton is
discharged from the battery, or batteries of
gins, into the casing or trunk and is depos-
ited on the foraminous belt. A large volume io
of air is necessarily delivered into the casing
or trunk by the gins, but this air is con-
stantly withdrawn by the air-exhaust appa-
ratus or suction-fan 9, which creates suction
in the lower portion of the casing or trunk 115
and causes the air to flow through the wire
screens 15 and 19 into the air-chambers 13,
and from the latter through the passages or
slots 16 into the space between the upper and
lower stretches of the endless conveyer-belt i20
5. A certain quantity of of air is also drawn
directly downward through the conveyer-belt
5 to the air-exhaust apparatus or suction-fan.
The pickers 21 and 22 are designed to be
rotated at high velocity, so that they throw I25
the cotton upward inside of the casing or
trunk and keep the surface of the forami-
nous belt approximately clean for some dis-
tance under the pickers, thus leaving a clear
space for the escape of dirt which passes i30
through the foraminous conveyer-belt. As
the pickers rotate to throw the cotton up-
ward, the cotton will strike the wire screens
19 of the bulkhead or partition, and the dirt
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Patterson, Warren A. Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer., patent, June 16, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174307/m1/4/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.