US1175193A - Huller-cotton-gin attachment. - Google Patents

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J. E. TAYLOR.

HULLER COTTON GIN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21. 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY THB COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH .60., WASHINGTON, D. c.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

J. E. TAYLOR.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES TAYLOR, or

MQKINNEY, TEXAS, TASSYIGNOR or ONE-HALF roaosnrrr r.

DULANEY, OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

HULLEBrCOTTON-GIN ATTACHMENT.

Application filed January 21,1915. serial No. 3,533.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES E. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at McKinney, in the county of Collin and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HullenCotton- Gin Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to'that class or type of cotton gins known as huller gins wherein the cotton, imperfectly separated from its hulls, is introduced into a chamber or proper receptacle and subjected to the action of a huller roll prior to its presentation to the saws of the gin for removal by saidsaws to the roll boX of the gin; and

in such connection it relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of the huller. chamber whereby the base of said chamber adjacent to the teeth of the huller roll is closed to prevent cotton in the chamber from passing out therefrom, the closure for the base of the chamber being of a pilous nature and snugly fitting the teeth and cylinder of the huller'roll, without preventing or obstructing the proper operation of said roll. a

The principal objects of my present invention are first, to provide in ahuller gin,

a closure for the base of the huller chamber, said closure being of simple construction and of ready adjustment and when operatively assembled in the gin, serving to prevent thecotton from passing out of the base of the huller chamber without interfering. with the proper operation of the huller roll; and second; to provide, in a huller gin wherein the huller roll operatively rotates in the base of the huller chamber, a closure for said base comprising a pilous strip or strips projecting in the path of the teeth of the huller roll'and ar.-.

as are necessary to understand m inven Specification of Letters Patent. Pa,tented 14:, 1916.

tion-being shown. Fig. 2 is horizontal sectional view of the same, the section being taken on llne a-a ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view in longitudinal section ,of the huller roll, the pilous closure and aux liary parts. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3' but illustrating an addition to the parts therein shown, a means for adjusting each pilous strip in its support. Fig. 5 is an underneath plan view of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but illustrating a modified form of means for ad justing the pilous strips. Fig. 7 is an underneath plan view of Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view taken on line w'm of Fig. 7. V i

Referring to the dra'wingsl I represents the huller'chamber, 2 the rollchamber or box, 8'the gin saws, 4 the brushes and 5 the huller' roll of a cotton gin, all constructed and arranged to operatein the usual 'well known manner. Adjacent to the saws 3 in the spaces which separate the saws on the saw shaft 3 are arranged the usual ribs through which cotton from the roll box is pulled to cleanse it from seed prior to its passage on the saws to the lint removing brushesfl. a I Referring now to'the hulling H and the chamber wherein the hulling roll 5 is adapted to'revolve it will be seen tha t mechanism the base 1 of said chamber is'jnormally open, beinghowever partly closed by the roll- 5, and an adjustable breast or'partiti'on 6 projecting from the front wall of chamber 1 angularly toward the surface of roll 5; This partition 6 is hinged at 71 and a bolt 8 is pivotally secured at one end to the'partition 6. and'projects' through the wall or 7 frame, 9 belowthe .huller chamber 1. A thumb, nut 10 or other suitable, means, threaded on the projecting end of :bolt'8' serves to change the angularrelationship of breast or partition .6 to the front of chamber 1. The lower free end ofthe partition or breast 6 is provided with a channeled metallic strip 11 in which is tightly clamped arowor strip 12 of pilous material such as brlstles. A convenient means'for clamping the metallic strip to-o the bristles 12 as wellas securing said'strip to the partition 6 consists of screws 13 passing through the strip 11', pil'o'usmaterial 12- and into the partition 6 as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Therow 19."

of pilous material projectsfromthe partition 6 directly into the path of the teeth 5 and radially of the hullerroll 5 and preferably wipes upon the cylinder from which said. teeth 5 project. It follows therefore that .the portion of. the base of.

the huller chamber between the huller roll 5 and partition 6 is closed or screened by a row of pilous material 12 through which the teeth 5 of the roll 5 may pass without vided with a series of teeth 15 adjacent to the teeth 5 of roll 5 and arranged to perniit the teeth 5 to traverse said teeth 15. In this instance the pilous material 12 serves to close the apertures between teeth 15 of partition 6 being arranged below said partition 6 as well as to close the space between the edge of said partition and the cylinder of the huller roll 5. In addition to the strip 12 of pilous material there is arranged preferably diametrically opposite said strip 12, a second strip 17 of.pilous material secured to and supported'by the frame 16 adjacent to ribs 16. The pilous fringe or edge of this strip 17 as arranged in Fig. 3 projects tangentially of the huller roll 5 and serves as a closure for thebase of chamber 1 between said huller roll 5 and the rib carrying frame 16 In the forms illustrated inFigs. 4: to 8 inclusive the strip 17 is arranged almost radially of the huller roll 5.

In the form of my invention illustrated in F igs. at to 8 both pilous strips 12 and 17 are provided with means for adjustment to ward or away from. the roll 5 irrespective of the adjustment of the parts by which said closures 12 and 17 arev supported or carried. l/Vhile of course strip 12in Fig. 3 may be adjusted by the operation of the bolt 8 which serves primarily "to adjust the parti-' tion 6 still it is desirable that eachstrip 12 or 17 have an independent adjustment.

In the form of adjustment shown in Figs. 4: and 5, the metal strip 11 which carries and holds the pilous layer 12 and the similar strip 11. for layer 17 are each slotted transversely as illustrated at 18 and 19 in Fig.

5. Headed screws 20 and21 passing throughrespectively slots 18 and l9rserve to secure the metal. strips 11 respectively to the pars tition-G and to the frame 16 in such a manner that the strips 11 may be shifted. forward toward roll 5 or ZtWHYfI'OHTttllG same as oocasion demands. In other words the strips 11 are in slotted engagement through screws 20 and 21 with. their supporting parts. .In

Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive, a modified form of adjustment of strips 11 is shown. The strip 11 of layer12 carries at either end of the strip a threaded'bolt 22 passing through a bracket 23 depending from the under side of partition 6. The thumb nut 24 on each bolt 23 serves to advance or retract the bolt in said bracket 23 to thereby slide the strip 11 in'the end. brackets 25 of the partition 6.. The strip 11 carrying the layer 17 is confined so as to slide on its supporting part 16 by the end brackets 26. The underface of the metallic strip 11 carries at each end a rack 27 and in each rack 27 a pinion 28 meshes. The pinions 28 are each supported in bearings 29 arranged at either end of the frame 16" and a knurled nut 30 in the shaft. carrying the pinion 28 serves to operate said pinion to thereby through each rack 27,

slide the strip on its support 16.

Having thus described the nature and ob jects of my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In combination with a huller chamber,

an inclined partition in the base of said chamber and a strip of fpilous material carried by the lower free end of said partition, of a huller roll and its teeth arranged in the base of said chamber, said teeth trav' ersing the pilous material of the partition and means'for ad ustingthe partition and strip of pilous material toward or away from the roll.

In combination" with a hull-er chamber, huller ribs, a huller roll and its teeth rotating in the base of said chamber, of a 'pilous closure for said base comprising a strip of pilous material projecting into the path :of

the teeth cfthe huller roll and arranged radially of said roll, and a second strip of pilous material projecting from below the huller ribs into the path-0f the teeth of the huller roll and arranged tangentially to-the roll and approximately diametrically of the radially projecting strip.

3. In combination with a huller chamber,

huller ribs, a huller roll and its teeth rotat-- ing in the base of said huller chamber, of a pilous closure for said base, said. closure comprising a plurality of strips of pilous material pro ecting respectively from either side of the outlet from said chamber and traversed by the. teeth of the huller roll,

and means for adjusting one of said strips.

toward or away from the huller roll.

In. testimonv whereof I-have signed by name to this specification in the presence of Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing rthe Commissioner -0! P2|.tentl,'

' Washington, D. e.

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