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Patented May 17, 1904.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE J. JORDAN AND ROBERT M. JORDAN, OF COOPER, TEXAS.
GIN-SAW CLEANER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,998, dated May 17, 1904.
Application filed November 5, 1903. Serial No. 179,966. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, GEORGE J. JORDAN and
ROBERT M. JORDAN, citizens of the' United
States, residing at Cooper, in the county of
5 Delta and State of Texas, have invented a new
and useful Gin-Saw Cleaner, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
cleaners for the saws of cotton-gins; and one
[0 object in view is to simplify and improve the
construction and produce a device adapted for
employment upon the saws of the various
makes of gins in use.
Another object of our invention is to pro-
15 vide a gin-saw-cleaning device which may be
forced into contact with the saw-blades by
pressure exercised in the direction of the
length of the cleaning devices, whereby the
latter shall be caused to grip the sides of the
20 saws and operate upon the latter in a thor-
oughly-efficient manner.
With these and other ends in view the in-
vention consists in the improved construction
and arrangement of parts, which will be here-
25 inafter fully described, and particularly point-
ed out in the claim.
The improved cleaning device may be adapt-
ed with slight and immaterial modifications to
any of the various makes of cotton-gi.ns.manu-
30 factored, and we do not, therefore, desire to
be limited to the employment thereof upon
any specific form, but reserve the right to
such modifications as may be necessary to so
adapt it.
35 For the purpose of illustration a portion of
a conventional cotton-gin of the ordinary con-
struction is shown with the improved cleaner
applied.
In the drawings thus employed, in which
40 corresponding parts are denoted by like des-
ignating characters, Figure 1 is a transverse
section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the portion
selected with the improvement applied. Fig.
3 is a plan view, enlarged, of one of the blanks
45 from which the cleaner-blade is struck- up.
Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of one
of the scraper or cleaner blades enlarged.
The "breast " member of the cotton-gin is
represented at 10, the saws at 11, and the di-
50 viding-ribs at 12;of the usual construction andconnected by their lower ends to the breast,
as shown.. The breast member may be sta-
tionary, or it may be connected detachably
with the casing of the gin by means of knuckle-
levers 13, as shown in Fig. 1. These mem- 55
bers, however, form no part of the present
invention, such an arrangement being well
known and understood.
The improved device consists of a bar 14,
adapted to rest upon the breast member 10 and 6o
over the lower ends of the ribs 12 and mov-
able thereon, as shown. Attached to the bar
14 are a plurality of cleaner-blades 15, each
connected thereto by a single rivet 16 and
with their free ends spaced apart and corre- 65
sponding to the saws, so that one blade will
be presented between each pair of the saws.
The blades 15 are preferably formed of spring-
steel, with their forward parts turned up at
the sides, as at 17, and with the edges of the 70
turned-up portions sharpened, as shown. The
turned-up and sharpened edges will be thus
disposed parallel to each other and in rela-
tively close proximity and adapted to closely
engage the lateral faces of both.sides of each 75
saw as the blades are forced between them, but
will not in any way injure the teeth of the gin-
saws, but will remove from the latter all sticky
and gummy matter and other obstructions.
Means are provided for forcibly presenting 8o
the cleaner-blades to and between the saws,
and an approved means of this character con-
sists of brackets 18, spaced apart and secured
to the breast member 10 and provided with
adjusting-screws 19, bearing against the rear 85
side of the bar 14, the latter being in " L "
form in cross-section, as shown. By this sim-
ple arrangement when the saws are to be
cleaned the adjusting-screws 19 are run back
and the bar 14, with its attached cleaner- 90
blades, placed in position across the lower
ends of the ribs 12 with the blades opposite
the interstices between the saws. The screws
19 are then operated with the effect of forcing
the blades between the saws with the parallel 95
sharpened upturned edges 17 in engagement
with all the side surfaces of the saws. The
saws are then rotated backwardly a sufficient -
number of revolutions to cause the closely-en-
gaging sharpened edges 17 to scrape all ad- 100No. 759,998.
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