St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-01-17
A BOON TO COTTON PLANT
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| A BOON TO COTTON PLANT.
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4 NRW rROcEos YO8 COMPRISING
COffOS THAT PERFORMS wOADBRs.
The Rambert Roller Compresa
Company, Of Galveston, Tex. d
prepared to give the people Of the
world process for the preparation
Of cotton for shipping that i des-
tined t. create . revolution In the
cotton trade OF the country. By
this Invention . planter can bale
and Tie . hale Of 500 pounds Of
cotton in twsnty-eight minutes,
ready for shipping to any part Of
the world. The rapidity with
which the work b executed u re-
markable. particularly when the
solidity Of the bale - Il emefges
from the machine u taken into con.
sideratioo. 1t y - compact and
firmly compressed - though It had
been submitted to . pressure OF
thousands Of tons. The process,
the machinery, in fact everything
connected with l., il 90 simple that
one marvels to see such results
obtained
The Rambert process accom-
plishes in the first stages Of the
preparation Of cotton far market .
valuable and practicable economic
result combination Of fibre In such
form - admits OF its being readily
compressed in bales. The process
il, ~ stated above, an extremely
simple one. One or more ordinary
gins are used. The lint cotton from
them 10 conveyed through . tube
to the condenser where Il IL caught
aud rolled into . continuous web
Of batting. The batting i divert
ed by . wooden roller between two
iron rollers, which compress It to
any degree desirable. Prom these
iron rollers the batting IL fed into .
hopper, being placed in regular lay.
ers until the hopper Is filed. As
the compressed batting accumulates
the bottom IT the hopper de-
scends until the receptacle i full.
When enough cotton has been &C.
cumulated to make . bale the hop
per ID released by automatic ms
chinery, and the whole thing glides
easily and smoothly into the prees,
IN ordinary one. such - used In
nearly every country GIN. The
same machinery that discharges the
bale from the receiving hopper
stops the Condenser for . moment
and readjusts the bottom Of the |
hopper Ill ready for receiving |
more batting to make up another
bale. There ID no delay 1t Ill.
The lever h turned, the screw
press Is set in motion and in IN |
incredibly short time . bale Of
thoroughly compressed cotton b
turned out. Seed cotton directly |
rom the field goes In ut one end
and In one continuous process
comes out Of the other end in .
veil compressed bale. There Is y
saving Of time and Of money, .
prevention Ut waete and IN almost
entire absence OF danger from Dire
y destruction from other causes.
All this il accomplished. too, BY
he Introduction Of . simple and in
expensive apparatus between the
present universally nsed gin and
he common country press.
BY the Rambert method the
'otton fibre IL compressed in de-
ail rather than in bulk. This b
lone BY the iron rulers, and the
Inal pressure used In forming the
'ale b simply to consolidate or
lose up the layers Of already solid
y compressed cotton. The same
in, same condenser and same press
xerting . like pressure will make in /!
he ordinary way . bale IT cotton
veighing 500 pounds, measuring [
fly cnbic feet or more and having
density Of eight to ten pounds
'er cubit foot. But BY using Rem
ert's rollers and process the cotton ;
, 90 compressed BY their action that ,
he press exerting the same pressure
, closing together the layers having ..
be same weight Of cotton, delivers !
bale measuring twenty-five pounds /
Z more per cnbit foot. In the i
reat congresses the unit operated
n Is . bale Of cotton having . SUI
erficial area Of twelve and . half
quare feet and . mass weighing
bout 500 pounds, to which . pres s
are Of . thousand or more tons b
pplied. BY the Rembert process . q
greater pressure i ap-
lied to . unit consisting Of .
racti0n Of an ounce Of cotton pass ),
ng in . sheet about thirty inch ;
J wide between the iron rollOrs. !
very tibre il Thoroughly oomprsss-
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