Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-11-08

The frame OI Luo hioSn'of
"a made of white oak, hickory and
noplar. is four and : oneshalf feet
lone by four feet wide, and nearly
five feet high. This frame rests upon
the axle Of two iron wheels three ana
one.half feet In diameter. These
wheels are situated about the middle
of the franc, AMI upon the right
hand wheel there IS :. sprocket which
Communicates .lv motion as the
wheels turn on tn g~ound to the ma
chinery on the il =, Of the frame
which picks out tEe cotton. A cham
hand masses over the sprocket and
communicates the m,tion to chain
Wheel on shaft which passes eross'
wise from one side of the machine to
ths other, near the top and the rear
end of the frame. In the centre CT
this shaft there is another chain
wheel which communicates the mo-
tion of the shaft, by means OF
chain band, to another chain wheel
in the centre of another shaft, which
crosses the frame near the front OF
- the machine. Two pairs of bevelled
GEAR wheels on this front shaft com
Hounicate motion to two perpendlcu
lar shafts, from which radiate the
stats orlfingers which pick the COT
ton. These perpendicular shafts run
M from the bottom of the frame near
the front of the machine on each SIDE
and vary in height according to the
size Of the machine which it is de-
sired to make. Upon these shafts
which are made of the best steel ar.
adjusted series Of iron circles,
inches in diameter, and from thes
circles the picking shafts radiate Ink
the elspokes of wheel from the hub
There are 8 stsffs to each circle, tn
whofesnumoer Of shafts in the pres
ent machine being l2O. AS tn
shafts turn, the circles. and shaft
radiating from them turn backward
The stats o7sa!apP fP aash 1Ra iSETa9a StHsr III
covering completely the entire spac
from one side; of the machine to .th
other sAt the ~ffight hand sid {
the machine pair Of shafts for th
horse or mule is attached to an equa
izipg bar, which while the Lor:
walks to one side throws the result
ant Of the pull in the centre.
In going into cotton field on
of the wheels goes in one alley, th
other wheel goes in the other allie.
the horse walks in the right han
alley in front of eright hand whee
and the row of cotton plants passt
through the centre of the machin
between the series Of picking staff
As the machine moves forward th
cotton plants Of G!lconrse pass bac
through it, and as the backward me-
ton of-the picking staffs is exactl
equahtothe. backward motion of th
plants, the staff. enter the plants an
come out again at the same pom
In other words; the plant is not tor
or iostled to an appreeiable .exter
iaiits. passage through the \staf
Now, to un0etstttG noM Sue SGdu SGdu
accomplish the r!cs'ug of the cotto
from the bolls the instruction OF th
stats themselves = II be understood
They are hollow .inders OF shee
brass. are an ineh .,ad half in d
ameter5 eight inchrs. long and hav
a conieaG shaped paint which allow
them to5insert themselves easily b
tween the twigs aud branches Of th
plant. The surface of the stats
perforated with numbers Of eliptics
shaped Holes, and-ia these opening
are set sharp pointed teeth whic
are adjusted the thickness Of th
metal below the stats. Thus th
outer surface of the stsfs is as smoct
as piece of polished brass. and /
passing the hand Or any substanc
not fbrous oyer them the teeth an