The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-06
the FULLER coMBING GIN
Fine Invention of a Texas Man-Tts
Coed Points Summarized by a
Prominent Mil Mar

Prominent Mill Mar |
The Fuller needle gin, that is in,
tended to take .he place Of the sawi
gin, in the seeding of cotton, PROMISES
TO be a marked improvement in cotton
ginning m~achine-y. Mr.. James tt
Fuller, of Texas. is the inventor and
this is the product of several a of
experimental worh. The principle oa'
which the new sin operates is a very
simple one and exceedingly plausible.
In the place of the old time saws. the
cylinder is surrounded with a number
of needles that pull the lint away from
the seed without injury to the fibre. In
this manner. there is no loss of staple,
due to cutting OF the fibre, such as is
often the case with the former ma
chimes. In this manner the grade and
average value Of the product is great
~ improved. This feature will appeal
very strongly to the manufactured
which, in time. VIII result in a better
price for the raw article ginned after
b new mode. The lint as it comes
from the new gin is very fine aud
silky and its excellence is easily rec
equitable. The SEEDS are as clean and
free from lint as 1t is possible for them
to be. Thus the quantity Of the finish
ed product is greater. Owing to the ar
rangement of the feeder and needles,
it is impossible for trash or gravel 10,
enter the new gin and hence the fibre
is rn,oh rn0ra IoCiroI 1o fropa tho p,,,
ufacturer's standpoint. The new gin
is estimated to be q per cent. faster
tha nthe old and these figures have
been verified by careful tests. The sim
plicity of construction and arreng-
ment render the needle gin more easily
managed and when broke. more quick
ly remedied.
Mr.. J. H. Griffith, who operates one
of the largest gineries in the county,
has Deen using one of the new gins
during the past Scason and from tests
that he has made. he is so highly
pleased that he will install four new
ones with the coming season. Mr..
Griffith speaks very enthusiastically OF
the invention, saving that this is the
greatest improvement in cotton ginning
machinery that has been made in re-
cent years. Expert engineers were
sent to inspect the operation of the
gin while in use at Mr.. Grifhth's gin
merry and their report was most salts
| factory. A prominent mill man was
| seen by an Observer representative last
| night and he states that the invention
is the most radical one that has oeen
| made within his recollection and he
| prophesies great things for the Fuller
needle gin. He summarized its good
| features thus: Cleanness Of lint, alb
| sence of gin cut fibre, increase in mar
| ket and commercial value of the cotton
and the smaller percentage Of waste
in it's spinning, ewing to greater uni
formity of the staple.
A company has been chartered by
| the secretary of state, known IS the
| Fuller Combing Gin Company, OF
Charlotte, for the purpose Of exploit"
ing the new gin. The incorpOrato-s
are: Mr.. Charles T. Fuller, of Texas;
| Messrs. J. J. Farnan, Charles w. Wads-
| worth and others of Charlotte. The au-
| thorized capital stock of the new COM :
pany is $1O0, 900. The Fuller Combing
Gin Company is in correspondence with
a number of concerns looking towards
the manufacture OF the mi on q
| royalty. These will probably be On
the market il the fall and their cost
| will be similar to that of the saw gin.
| The combing company also owns a
| number of other patents for special
| devices, which will be manufactured
in connection with their new gin.
Mr.. James T. Fuller is we'll known
| as a practical inventor, who, for years
has been working on this combing gin
Some years g he perfected a special
round bale cotton press, the patent OF
| which he sold to the Planters Com
| press Company, of New York, for $50
600. He claims that this new gin is
his masterpiece and that it's success
will be more marked than any otner
invention that he has ever made. Mr..
Fuller is in the city, with headquarters
at the Southern Manufacturers Gu
Charlotte Observer.