The card-sticking machine was invented by Amos Whittemore, of Massachusetts, and patented by him in 1797.
This was per haps the first roving can.  The card-sticking machine was invented by Amos Whittemore, of Massachusetts, and patented by him in 1797.  After the gin come the opener and scutcher, which separate the locks of cotton, remove the dirt, and convert the tangled fibre into a light and flocculent bat or lap.