US1729282A - Condenser for cotton gins - Google Patents

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' Sept. 24, 1929. E. CORBIN CONDENSER FOR COTTON GINS Filed May 4, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 24, 1929. E. coRBlN CONDENSER FOR COTTON GINS s Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Z'rvwst Corbz'rz;

Filed May 4. 1928 ttormy Sept. 24, 1929. E. CORBIN 1,729,232

CONDENSER FOR COTTON GINS Filed May 4. 192a 5 Sheets-Sheet s Inventor firm/ at 0027a Z25 Attornqy Patented Sept. 24, 1929 PATENT OFFICE ERNEST CORBIN, OF SENTINEL, OKLAHOMA CONDENSER FOR COTTON GINS Application filed May 4,

The present invention relates to condensers for cotton gins and has for its principal object to provide a clean out attachment for the condenser adapted to collect the cotton remaining in the condenser from a previous ginning operation so as to either remove the same from the machine without permitting a mixing thereof to the subsequent ginning operation or else to hold the residue from the previous ginning operation a predetermined length of time during the subsequent ginning operation and permit-ting the same to be mixed with the cotton last ginned in a a manner so that such residue will be compressed within the center of the bale of cotton rather than adjacent the edges thereof so that during the removal of a sample of the cotton from the bale the sample will be of a quality more representative of the entire bale rather than of the first run of the gin, which under the present practice will be taken from the residue of the preceding ginning operation and which may be of an inferior quality from the cotton subsequently ginned.

A further object of the invention is to provide a condenser comprising a pair of drums disposed in superimposed relation, one of said drums having a collector attachment associated therewith for receiving the cotton from the drum and providing means for controlling the feeding of the cotton to either of said drums.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character of a simple and practical construction, which is eflicient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, install in operative position and otherwise well adapted to the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the special construction, combination and arrangement of the various elements forming the invention as more fully hereinafter de scribed and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings formingpart hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which 1928. Serial No. 275,031.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the machine,

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation thereof, and

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view therethrough.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the invention comprises a condenser housing indicated generally at 5 in which upper and lower shafts 6 and 7 respectively are journailed for rotation, said shafts being horizontally disposed in spaced parallel superimposed relation and each provided with a drum 8 for rotation therewith.

Each of said drums carries a covering 9 of foraminous material, such as for instance, screening of a relatively fine mesh. A feed opening 10 is formed in one side of the housing enabling the lint cotton to be fed from the lint flue of the cotton gin (not shown) directly against the lower drum 8 and be tween the drums is arranged a divider board 11 disposed in spaced relation from the surface of each drum and extending upwardly 7 at the feed side of the upper drum substantially midway thereof.

The side of the housing opposite from the feed opening 10 is open substantially throughout its length and at the portions of the housing immediately adjacent the respective drums is a pair of hingedly mounted doors 12 and 18 disposed adjacent the upper and lower drums respectively.

As clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the 85 drawings the doors are spaced away from the surface of the drum so as to permit the movement of the cotton about the drum at the upper portion thereof. The doors 12 and 13 thus serve to close the side of the housing at which the same are. mounted so as to retain the cotton therein and permit access to the interior of the housing for the purpose of removing foreign matter therefrom.

Disposed immediately beneath the lower edge of doors 12 and 13, is a pair of con denser rollers comprising a smooth roller 14: and a grooved roller 15, each mounted for rotation on spaced parallel shafts 16 and 17 journalled in the housing.

The shafts of the drum and roller are con nected for operation with a common drive means through a sprocket wheel 18 mounted on one of the drum shafts, each of the shafts mounting sprocket wheels 19 operatively connected by the chain 20.

Each of the drum shaft-s also carries sprocket wheels 21 arranged to operate a chain 22 for driving sprocket wheels 23 and 24 of the roller shafts 16 and 17 respectively. The chain also extends over an idler sprocket wheel 25 so as to enable the same to 'drive the roller shafts 16 and 17 operatively.

Furthermore the upper roller shaft 16 is connected for opposite rotation with respect to its associated drum. As clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings the periphery of the roller 14 and 15 engages the surface of the adjacent drum and by reason of the opposite rotation of the drum the same will cooperate in removing the cotton from the surface thereof. v

The cot-ton removed by the rollers associated with the upper drum 7 is deposited upon a chute 26 having a hingedly mounted 'door 27 arranged therein and cooperating with a shield 28 forwardly of the chute to close the same and prevent the discharge of the cotton therefrom.

The door 27 is controlled by a pivotally mounted rod 29 having one end 30 disposed under the door and its opposite end connected with an operating handle 31 arranged to move the door into an upward or closed position. The weight of the door, together with the cotton which is discharged thereupon is sufficient to cause the opening movement of the door upon the release of the handle 31.

The cotton removed from the lower drum 28 is discharged in a chute 32 disposed immediately beneath the door 27 of the chute 26 so that when desired the cotton from the chute 26 may also be deposited in the lower chute 32 and from which the cotton is conveyed to the press for packing the same in bales.

At each side of the housing 5 is arranged a flue 33, open at its upper and lower end, said end being disposed respectively above and beneath-the upper and lower drums.

lVithin each side of the housing adjacent the drums 7 and 8 is an opening 341 communicating with the flue 33, the opening adjacent the lower drum 8 being constantly open, ant the opening adjacent the upper drum 7 having a door 35 hingedly connected at one edge of the opening and adapted to close communication with the flue therethrough.

To the door 35 is attached an operating lever 36 which extends downwardly through i the flue and outwardly of the lower end thereof with the outer end formed into an operatc, ing handle 37.

It is to be understood that the ends of each of the drums 7 and 8 are open so that the cotton may be fed into the housing through the feed opening 10 and forced against the surface of the drum by air under pressure supplied in a suitable manner, the air passing through the covering of the drum and out through the openings 34formed in the side of the housing adjacent each of the drums and out through the fines 33.

As long as each of the openings 34 associated with the upper and lower drums remains open the air drafts will cause the cotton to blow against the surface of each drum and conveyed thereby to the opposite side of the housing where the same is condensed and removed by the rollers in a manner as heretofore explained.

lVhen the cotton is forced against the surface of the drum by the air draft it will be apparent that should the draft leading through either of the drums be interrupted that the cotton will not adhere to the surface of the drum.

Therefore upon the closing of the door 35 controlling the air draft for the upper drum 7 the cotton will not pass upwardly to such drum and will be directed entirely against the lower drum.

It frequently happens after a run of cotton through the gin that a considerable quantity of the cotton remains in the gin and the condenser after the ginning operation is completed so that at the beginning of the subsequent run of cotton the residue in the gin and the condenser will be initially discharged therefrom.

This residue may be of an inferior quality from the cotton subsequently ginned so that when the first run of the cotton is passed in the bale the residue will naturally be baled at one side of the bale so that when the samples are taken from the bale, for the purpose of determining the market value thereof, this specimen may not be representative of the true quality of the major portion of the bale.

For this reason my invention provides means for collecting such residue of a previous run of cotton within the chute 26 so.

that the same may be entirely removed from the condenser separate from the subsequent run of cotton or may be retained; in the chute until a sufficient amount of cot-ton is discharged from the lower drum 8 and then the residue from the chute 26 dumped into the chute 32 so that such residue may be mixed with the cotton in a manner so that the same when pressed into bales will appear at the center of the bale.

At the bottom of the housing is arranged a clean out door 38 by means of which residue collected in the bottom of the condenser dur-' ing the ginning operation may be removed. It is obvious that my invention is susceptible to various changes and modifications in construction without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims, and I accordingly claim all such forms of thedevice to which I am entitled.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is:

1. In combination, a condenser for ginning machines comprising a plurality of screened drums adapted to have fibrous material blown against the surface thereof by a current of air whereby to cause the clinging of the material thereto through the draft of air passing through the drum, a discharge chute for each of said drums, means for controlling the draft of air through one of the drums whereby to throw the same out of operative position during the operation of the other of said drums and means carried by the chute associated with said controlled drum whereby to collect the products of said drum during a predetermined period of its operation and prevent removal thereof from the machine.

2. In combination, a condenser for ginning machines comprising a pair of open ended drums arranged in superimposed relation and having coverings of foraminous material and adapted to have fibrous material blown against the surface thereof by a current of air whereby to cause the clinging of the material thereto through the draft of air passing through the drum, means for interrupting the draft of air passing through the uppermost of said drums, a discharge chute for each of said drums arranged in superimposed relation and with the upper of said chutes adapted to discharge the product of its associated drum into the lower chute, and means carried by the upper oI said chutes for controlling the discharge of material therefrom.

3. In combination, a condenser for cotton ginning machines comprising a pair of drums arranged in superimposed relation, a separator board interposed between said drum and the adjacent sides thereof said drums being adapted for the feeding of cotton against the periphery thereof by being blown thereagainst from a common source of supply, each of said drums having a cover of foraminous material and open at its ends whereby to provide an air draft through the walls and ends of the drums for causing the tops to cling to the surface of the drum, a flue arranged at each end of the drums and having an opening communicating with the respective drums means for controlling communication through said openings whereby to cut off the air draft through either of said drums, a discharge chute for each of said drums and a hingedly mounted door for one of the chutes operable to collect the products of one of said drums and prevent the dis

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