Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
NEGRO 5 HANDS,
ALL BL|STERS,
SPUR INVENTOR
Machine to Strip Press Cloths
From Oil Cake Shown at
Mill Mems Meeting,

Boss, got to knock off. My hands
is all blistered."
A stalwart darby stood before the
superintendent OF a cotton oil mill
with this plea. 1t was not an I'M
usual incident. Indeed. it was its con
slant recurrence that set the super
intendent to thinking.
The result is a machine exhibited
for the first time at the oil Mil Su-
perintendents' Convention in the All
ditorium last week which makes ii
unnecessary for the incident to occur
again.
Cotton seed, as nearly everyone in
the South knows. after hulling. is
put in wrappers of heavy csmels
hair cloth and subjected to tremen-
dous pressure. Every drop Of oil is
forced from the seed. and there IS left
the oil meal cake, with the press cloth
adhering to IT tenaciously.
Cakes skinned" by Hand.
While still piping hot. it has been
the custom to use a workman ex-
perienced at the task, who with
combination of strength and skill,
peeled the valuable cloth from the
cake and sent the cloth back to be
used again. The rough work was
slow, and after a few hours. the ne
groes usually had to stop, with Bills
tered hands
ctr,v,1a v,arb{,. y,ap,,f,,.,r,5
by the Buesse Machine Co, of At
lanta. takes the place OF the negroes
hands II is Just an upright slim
cylinder of steel, curiously slotted
near the end The operator presses
a treadle and from the revolving
tube hooks reach out. The action
is reminiscent of a cat suddenly bear
ing its claws, the hooks are of much
the same shape. The operator holds
a cake against the cylinder. presses
the treadle, the claws catch hold,
and in two seconds the cloth IS
stripped from the cake and dropped
to the floor
The machine was the center Of
crowd Of oil mill men all through the
convention. 1t is an Atlanta inven-
ton. TO be manufactured here, and II
made distinct impression.
still, il was but one Of the many
Atlanta made devices exhibited AT the
Auditorium the displays filing the
entire main floor
Belts-leather, cotton. rubber. and
every other kind, II there are any
other kinds, seemed TO predominate.
Many Atlanta Manufactures.
Everything necessary for the con-
struction and operation OF an oil mill
seems to be made in Atlanta Hv-
drauliC presses which crush the val
liable oil from the seed, contrivances
for removing the lint: gin saws, gin
saw filing machines. CRATE bars. bags
for meal and hulls; hullers and sep
arators-all these things and more are
made here
The Atlanta Utility Works at East
Point makes hullers and separators.
and displayed them at the conven-
ton. one of these machines sepa-
rates the cotton seed from the dirt
and foreign matter. the other removes
the hulls from the meats.
The Buesse ke-stripping machine
already has ben described
The Murray Co exhibited a hydrau-
lie press of improved design with 4
delinter for removing the lint from
saw gins.
The Atlanta Manufacturing Co. dis
played Convevors.
Bags for Meal Made Here.
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
had a big exhibit of bags for meal
and huis. Irvine for sewing the bags.
horse hair cloth, intended a a sub |
stitute for the CameIs hair cloth |
now so expensive, and waterproof |
tarpaulinS
The Kelly-Jordan ca, the A A
Woods Co. the American ManufaC-
turing Co. the MCNauEhtOn Crate |
Bar Co. the Southern Betting Co. and |
the Cotton States Betting and Supply /
Co. were other exhibitors Of made |
at home products
The Atlanta supply houses and the |
Atlanta selling agencies Of Northern
and Eastern manufacturers also had |
attractive displays.