Seed-Cotton Feeder.
Description:
Patent for a gin feeder that carries "the cotton forward, and is provided with some one or more of many additional devices to regulate the amount delivered by the conveyer, independently of the amount that may be in the feeder, provided only that the supply be not to scanty" (lines 13-18). Other feeders do this, but the patent is for an especially simply designed and does not use a belt conveyer. It also does not wear out easily.
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Elam, William Erwin
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department