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rectly above the press - box, a distributer-
beater in the distributer-box, and means to
feed lint-cotton into the distributer-box at a
point above the distributer-beater, the latter
5 being directly in the path of the lint-cotton
which descends by gravity through the dis-
tributer-box to the press-box, and said dis-
tributer-beater having moving elements be-
tween which the lint-cotton passes in its de-
co scent, said distributer-beater serving to dis-
tribute the cotton evenly on the bottom of the
press-box, substantially as described.
2. In a mattress-making machine, the com-
bination of a distributer-box having screened
15 openings for the exit of air, means for feed-
ing lint-cotton to said distributer-box, a plu-
rality of beaters in the distributer-box below
the line of feed of lint-cotton thereto and ar-
ranged side by side, and a shiftable press-box
20 adapted for adjustment in line with the dis-
tributer-box, substantially as described.
3. In a mattress-making machine, the com-
bination of a distributer-box having openings
for the escape of air, means for pneumatically
feeding lint-cotton to said distributer-box, 25
beaters mounted in the distributer-box for ro-
tation in opposite directions and arranged to
act on the lint-cotton to distribute the same
uniformly throughout the area of the dis-
tributing-box, and a press-box adapted to be 30
alined with the distributing-box, substan-
tially as described.
4. In a machine for making mattresses, a
press-box having laterally-adj stable sides,
and a follower composed of laterally-adjust- 35
able sections, each section having a series of
supporting-arms, the arms of said respective
sections adapted to interlock with each other
and permit said sections to be drawn toward
or from the center of the follower, substan- 40
tially as described.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed my signature in
the presence of two witnesses.
JOHN W. MORGAN.
Witnesses:
GEO. T. FINEGAN,
JOHN A. CAFFEY.