The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-07
THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT.

Editor Patron: I have been one of the
most earnest advocates of the establish
ment of Clement Attachment or "new
process" cotton factories by the people of
the South. A few years since | went to
see the little "new process" mill at Cor
NTH, belonging to Gel. F. E. Whitfield.
| found the mill at work, that is one at
tachment, one set of cards, one drawing
frame, one set of spinning frames, and
other parts to reel and bale yarns. He had
at work seven operatives including engi-
neer. 1t did not take me long to form my
opinion, which was, that the Attachment
was a complete success. l was familiar
with the ''old process" with its various
modes of preparation of lint cotton by
willowing, carding, etc, before its passage
to the card, such as is used in the "new
process" to prepare the silver Lint cot
ton when baled, and especially if COM
pressed, has to be handled roughly to sep
arate dust, Jumps, clots, etc, which causes
loss and greatly Injuries its spinning quail
tiles. The ''new process" dispenses with
all this machinery to prepare the lint cot
ton for spinning, and the best of all was
that the lint never fell any where, as the
oolid cylinder with hris+loo covering thu
same took the lint off the saw teeth, which
are very fine, say II to IS per inch, and
well arranged set of comb, plates below
Invested the lint of all notes and nearly
all the trash before being spread; instead
of the brush discharging the cotton by its
velocity, air, ETC., into the lint room, the
lint remained spread on the bristles. Just
here will explain what l have not seen
mentioned by any one, and l confess it is
very ingenious and is the main disadera-
tim for a uniform web silver on the card
and at the same time places the lint in pc
sition to be easily caught up or carded off
the brush, to- wit: the brush oscllates say
three fourths of an inch from a direct line
pe-pendicularly at least once in every rev,
olution; its motion is about double that of
the saws, therefore its oscillation tends to
wipe off lint from saws both vertically
and horizontally. The first card running
in true line vertically and against the
brush necessarily readily cards off the
lint and brings it say from an angle of 20
degrees both right and left to straight
perpendicular, and delivers to the forward
card, from which it is combed and drawn
through the head frame, coiled in revolv-
ing can, etc, as in other factories re-
garded the oscillating brush cylinder as
most important adjunct, for without it the
lint would not be formed in solid sheet
silver or bat web on the first card To IL
lustrate: the ginning saws and ribs be-
tween them are about half an inch apart
and the lint from each saw would be kept
that distance apart until delivered, and
would not be so we'll taken by one card
to the other, but would be left in lumps:
the lint being at all times nearly straight
after passing from the saw teeth to the
card, OF course prevents any loss by fly
ings, and makes necessarily a more even
and stronger thread.
L will mention another important fea.
ture that l never saw noticed by anv one
describing the Clement Attachments is
stop attachment. | never saw such a
complete connection and so perfect in ac
ton as the stop motion. See the saws. the
brush, the cards-one of them three feet
in diameter and running very rapidly-the
drawing head and revolving can, all con-
nected and in motion, and all stopped
instantly, not one moving hairs breadth
until all are liberated and move together
at once. This feature is indispensable, for
1t happens in all factories sometimes that
the web silver gives down from puff of
air, or notes or mapped cotton on edges,
which causes break or rent, and all the
machinery has to be stopped to repair the
damage. The momentum of the large car
will cause several revolutions, after the
silver cylinders are stopped thereby ma
king gap horizontally across the cards
and clump at the combing point
l confess my enthusiasm for the Glenn
ent Attachment, because know it is a
success. 1t will revolutionize the manu-
tacture OF cotton throughout the world
and bring wealth and power to the South
A. Q. WIrHERs. Z
Holly Springs, Miss, Feb. Z.
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