The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-28
TRY-OUT IS GIVEN
 ID NEW DELINTER
0'Brien'S Invention May Revo-
 Iutionize Seed Industry
SOLVES GREAT PROBLEM
Removal of Lint From Seed Will Mean Millions of Dollars to Farmers of the South-Tests
 Made Here.

The trial test of the o'Brien cotton seed dellnter is being made here at the plant of the Buckeye Cotton Oil com pany. The test has been under way for the last two or three days and will probably be finished today. The officials of lne company here are not giving out any information as to the results of the test, but so far 1t is said to be proving very successful.
 The operation of the delinter is practi- cally along the lines of a safety razor. The machine is about five feet high and It's parts consist of four steel rolls set in pairs one above the other, which to- gether with rotary knives compose about all there Is to tho machine. The Idea was simple enough, but the securing or a roll that would stand the friction and the curvlng of the blade of the knife so that it would shave the lint off without cracking the seed were the things which brought tho real sweat" to Mir. O Brien's brow.
 Carborundum and its many substitutes were tried and proved that il could shave the seed all right, and would have been the very thing if the friction which 1t generated had not set fire to everything. A steel roll was then gone after, and the securing of a rough surface for the steel proved another problem, the solving Of which is really tho invention. This was none by tho use of Rteel teeth, which are fitted Into the roll. Several hundred thousand are used in each roll. and when they wear out it only requires about half an hours time to place new teeth in the roll There Is a knife to each roll, which curves in accordance with the roll all four knives being on the inside
 The inventor of the dellnter being test ed is E. ]. O'Brien, and the machine has been brought to it's present efficiency only after years of study and work. lie has experienced all of the ups and downs of the inventors life and his life story reads like a fairy tale Like a see-saw 1t has been-now on the ground, and then way up in the air. The American rights to this particular patent have been disposed of to the Proctor & Gamble Co., who control the Buckeye Cotton oil com pany. The successful banning out of this delnter means that the see-saw will put MT. O'Brien away up for he is to get bonus of s5O,O0o and a royalty of s25. 600 per year for seventeen years, the life of the patent.
 MT. oBrien is well known in cotton machinery circles and has installed plants in all parts of the world About twenty injunctions were recently filed against his delinter, but all were quashed.
 The successful operation of this de- Inter promises to revolutionize the cot ton seed industry and to add another valuable asset to the products of the farm The farmers ss a rule, are at the mercy of the cotton seed oil mill operators on account of the inability to ship their cotton seed to any great dis tance. This is on account of the impossi- bnity to remove all of the lint from the seed, which causes decaying to set in ra pldly, and thereby compels him to dis pose Of his cotton seed to the nearest oil mill at any price they may see fit to offer.
 The removal of all of the lint from a cotton seed means more than the doub- ling of the value of the seed to the farmer As 1t is now he only receives s10 per ton for 1t when its gross value at the mill is said to be about s45 per ton. It means that he can ship 1t to all most any distance without fear of 1t de- caying, thus compelling his home mill to meet the price of .Ie distant mill.
 The Birmingham plant is the experi- ment plant of the Proctor & Gamble Co.,, and the result of the test being made here TOW is being awaited with interest all over the country.