, 1880-01-10
SEED COTTON.
The Clement Attachment and
What It Will Do.
Immense Economic Benefits It VIII
Confer on the South.

Immense ECONOMIC benenIs " WIZ
Confer on the South.
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rhe CLAIMANT Attachment ia n small cotton.
o,n nso1 hv tho vorn Tnnnufactnrer ~ IN cnt,mrc.
tion with ti,e TOT, tiat cotton card tor convert
Ing seed cotton directly Into silver. Il differs
from the plantation-gin In tho following, VIZ:
Tho saws nrc srnaller md are set closer TO-
gcther On tlle saw.slnft, tho teeth Of the saws
sre finer, ,the brush Is smaller md morc thickiy
set with brlstles, the saws and brush boil,
rim much slower, and tho british runs but IT.
tlo faster tlari tho saws. 1t also lias n pccu-
liar noter or set Of combining plates, Which
1emoves Iao 1aotes M anu .fastr M llon. 1'o llht as
II Is taken from the seed. The seed cotton
is cleaned OF all dust grit, nnd much leaf
trash and notes before it is passed to tho at-
cline called the cotton-cle"ner. It occupies
space OF only 40x4ox4s i1ichcs. The size Of
the gin is regulated BY tho size Ut
tho cat.l Will, Which It Is to be connected.
,rha oStro,no dt,,, ~ t,,,, f;,r tH1rt,
the oAlcn1o ullhcnslons VI elh iuI thirty.
elx-lhch cara afe eloxlox5o 1ncncs. itls framed
to fit the fra1ne Of tho card, fiji place Of the
1lckcr-n and lap roll Us used in the old method,
Mcn !, eh1,sles a IL 10 .t's hppelasla a.!ae-
men 4no ~ olalasn. as'ae1'Hs., ,.r; tl'oteIole
nodeG n Sy s an pn,nS npaoSe BY ss cesnt f ad
Others that It works in direct connection with
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cnrt, r. vantlv ro,rnvoo
tne t,anutne.atGr ,,a t @ curt % ~ sently removes
uapa NM NM sn ad 1aers e sssd It to the ear pss eyer
by means of slow brush, without tangl[nr,
IN cract nronoftlon tn thn cnnocttv or rcn,,tr1..
1nonfa ~ Fo tto corJ I'M cnu,Io,sf,,r M innns
menus ol thn caro eo'lag'sls, no !appns'
ping machinery, and forms n rev process Of
innnufncturlne, whereby srctl cotton IA made
directly into silver, Tic silver is then made
Many who may be Interested In reading OF
tho Clement Attachment new process nj
manufacturing 1nnv nnt In acouointnd viii,
sar,.makinx machincry 5 w tho tn peculiar names "a,
md offices Of the different pnrts, and Its
workings. will, therefore, describe, the old
,nethod. IN th;s cnnnprt,nn. in nr,ler tn pivc
q clearer understanding Of tho new, Tho
1irst operation III tue OLD method Is to open
md loosen up the lint from its pressed or
compressed state, and prepare It for cartling.
these purposes are the compound opener
lappor and the flnisher lappcr with eyencr.
Tho latter forms the lap, which is kind of
wide cotton bat, into lnree roll called the
zap toll. me zap roll Is 1ioh passca 10 It's
place on tho card franlc. where 1t is slowly
I'm e. anna H., ,,E,,at ID 1.ta,,.a a., ~
n1H ~ oollo Wy W44"t ~ hlio"H hs tuo
1fcker-in and feed rolls. Tho ltekcE-in
and focd rnl1s orc f1t+al to
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the cnrd-lrame Ill close proximity t9 tf1e card
fXnas5 X ca4 a ny@acF IS e. WIFI @ LEX sa IN eror s M to
wolves under 4 system Of ton jlat cnrtls In
stclf n manner M to c0t|1 It t,tt strnfniifeu
nr lov n,,roifci tIn iihrr Thn fIi,rs ti,t,sa
utrnjmhtnnnI 10 +hom ra,',asa1 fru,n Viz ti'o nnrI
H., ~ % tuS, %.c.n'eu l@i,t @ ..!n eiu
GyIlluef " another ntia smaller cylinder,
tho doifGr bya rapidly rccipsocnting comb
Into n thin sheet, which Ii passed through q
guido nnt palr If cnie,,tler rolls s111Dct intn
n Icnntin,lnt1s r0ll 0r silver. liz this ,nrthnf
a iii,c ~ svstpm nf naris il ni,yncs 1tsnti: tl,n
.,irnr fr";, tia i1Hnso,t onrI, 10 III osni ,a9
at LIZ ~ ~, fMIua ~ u w. paHHeH4
!naG oh. llomFn, or r"'lwnf nox, as u fhtiea.
tho rnilWuy drawing-hcNfE, where 1t Is all
united and drawn Into one, aud delivered to
n revolving tfu can. 'fhe cans ao tiiintl wifi
silver arc flasseG Ia the t[1n,y{nr.frnme. whert.
TIA sil"n, r. neain ,,"mhIa.; a,,i trn,,.,, n IL
to .,osead ~ " " nc ', ~ ~ @ l1a"1 ~
LnEa pA1actt " aaS ."ns y, t..c tuu!so spetset
where u Is HTaNIl SMniief And Wnnnd on
Epbnls. Iise s!noiS lEe then PASSED to the