IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR GINNING OR CLEANING COTTON
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edmund Winder Otway, of Reading, in the County of
Berks, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
GINNING OR CLEANING COTTON."
Sealed the 23rd May 1865, and dated the 30th November 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Winder Otway
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th November 1864.
I, EDMUND WINDER OTWAY, of Reading, in the County of Berks, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN.
MACHINERY FOR GINNING OR CLEANING COTTON," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates, first, to improvements in the construction of the.
hopper of the gin, so that it may be readily expanded or contracted to suit
cotton of long or short, rich or poor, staple. Secondly, in the arrangement for:
presenting the feed to the action of the saws so as to prevent any two saws
acting upon a single fibre, breaking it across the grid and spoiling the staple.
In the means adopted for adjusting the height of the saws above the grid, to
regulate the action of the saws upon cotton of rich or poor, long or short,
staple. In the means employed for causing a current of air to pass through
the interstices of the grid to cool the saws, separate the fibre from the seed,.
and otherwise assist in detaching the fibres from the saws, and dirt from the:
staple. In the means employed for preventing the ribs of the grid from

page_text: becoming loose or detached from the iron frame of hopper and destroying
the gin. In the means employed for giving each saw an equal portion of
work to do in the hopper, thus preventing the two extreme saws from destroying
the staple by friction and wedging against the sides of the iron hopper.
Thirdly, for the improved form and arrangement of the distance pieces
between the saws. Fourthly, in the improved form, arrangement, and con-
struction of the revolving brush. Fifthly, for improvements in the construction
of the bearings of the saw brush and other spindles to prevent the lubricating
fluid from entering the gin which is liable to produce spontaneous combustion
in the cotton when packed in bales. Sixthly, in the means employed for
delivering the staple from the sliver drum so as to compress the staple without
knotting or injury to the fibres into a suitable form for baling or storing.
Seventhly, in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of
parts into a machine whereby the size is reduced, each working part being
made so that it may be readily detached from the machine without taking the
frame of the machine asunder, and in doing away with toothed wheels both in
steam-power and hand-power cotton gins.
Having thus stated the nature of my improvements I will proceed to give a
more minute description of the same. I construct the hopper entirely of
metal and the parts thereof. I call the two sides of the hopper, cheeks. The
top plate to which the ribs of the saw grid are attached I call the back plate.
The bottom plate to which the ribs are also attached I call the toe plate. The
moveable plate at the front of the hopper I call the breast plate, and the series
of oval rods or tubes of wood or metal attached to the breast plate I call the
seed grid. The series of ribs (the number being governed by the number of
saws employed) I call the ribs of the saw grid. The wood or metal dises
(also governed by the number of saws) and acting independently of each other
on the spindle passing through their naves I call the fibre separators. The
spindle passing through them I call the fibre separator spindle.
Having thus named the different parts of the stopper for the convenience of
reference, I will now explain the uses to which the different parts are put.
Upon the insides of the cheeks of the hopper uipples are cast or attached so as
to enter the top part of the breast plate, and through these nipples and breast
plate I have a bolt and nut so that by unscrewing the nut the breast plate may
be moved in order to contract or expand the size of the hopper to suit cotton
of rich or poor staple. The breast plate and bolt serve as stays to keep the
hopper rigid. To the breast plate I attach the frame of the seed grid by
thumb-screws and oblong holes in the frame to allow of the adjusting of the
seed grid to the breast plate. The seed grid is constructed in a suitable frame

page_text: with a series of oval tubes or rods of wood or metal so arranged that one or
more tubes or rods may be placed with their ends resting on their frames
between the saws at that point when the saws enter the hopper. To explain
the use of these oval rods or tubes I will suppose that the saws are three-
quarters of an inch apart, I should then make the oval rod or tube x inch,
and place one rod or tube between each saw, so that by turning the tube or
rod on its axis a space for seed to pass through may be obtained of from
"to in. wide, so that the seed grid can be easily arranged to suit any size of
seed and thus entirely prevent partially ginned seed escaping, and the position
in which it is placed prevents the saws coming in contact with the grid as is
often the case with the common seed board; and I claim this arrangement of
oval rods or tubes of wood or metal for seed grids in saw, roller, and other gins
used in ginning seed cotton, and I do not confine myself to the size or number
of rods or tubes used in one grid. The fibre separators are a series of wood or
metal discs, with a hole through their naves, being rounded on their edges and
tapering from the nave to their periphery. These discs are fitted loosely on a
stationary spindle on which they revolve independently of each other by the
friction of the staple in its passage to the grid. The stationary fibre separa-
tion spindle is fixed across the hopper in a line parallel with the saw shaft, and
the periphery of the fibre separators are nearly in contact with the faces of the
saw grid ribs. Thus on the seed cotton being fed at the top of the hopper it
falls upon the saws at the point they enter the hopper and is elevated and
carried forward by the saws against the peripheries of the fibre separators,
causing them to revolve with the saws in the same direction, and as the
peripheries of the saws and fibre separators approach their deepest point of
contact the fibres are separated from one another so that no two saws can act
on the same fibre and break it on or across the grid when passing through the
grid: The action is much more gradual in the separation of the fibres and
prevents the twisting and knotting of the fibres as now complained of in other.
gins in use, which suddenly detach the fibre from a mass of seed and cotton at.
the point of exit through the grid. These fibre separators by the position in.
which they are placed, and the velocity of rotation from the friction of the
cotton, acted upon by the saws, throw by centrifugal force the staple not carried.
through the grid and the cleaned seed against the seed grid, facilitating the
escape of the seed and presenting the saws again coming in contact with the
cleaned seed, thus preventing the cleaned seed being again and again subjected.
to the action of the saws by being held in a mass (as in other gins in use) and.
thus causing choking. These fibre separators prevent choking from over
feeding, as I allow the same distance between the extreme saws and hopper.

page_text: cheeks as between the other saws (and not as in the so called Emery's
American gin only half the distance) and in this space one of the fibre
separators revolve, which arrangement prevents the staple from wedging itself
against the side of the hopper and gives an equal amount of work for each saw
to do. I have found in working "Emery's gin" that a very great amount of
breaking, twisting, and knotting of the fibres is caused by the two extreme.
saws wedging the cotton or staple against the sides of the hopper cheeks, and
preventing the rolling motion of the cotton roll, and by holding the seed and
cotton in a mass the saws are caused to act constantly upon the cleaned seed
which cannot liberate itself. In my improved arrangement I claim the
introduction of fibre separators as described for ginning seed cotton.
The ribs
of the saw grid I attach to the back plate and toe plate with screws so that the
upper part of the rib rests against the back plate which takes all the pressure
rendering the grid secure from breakage through the screws coming loose. I
make the ribs duplicates from templates so that the ribs when worn may be
easily renewed without taking the hopper to pieces. The spaces between the
ribs in which the saws revolve I form in the following manner, I take the
centre between the two points of entrance and exit of the saws from the hopper,
at this I allow just sufficient space for the saws to revolve from that point each
way to the extremity of the ribs. I gradually enlarge the space so as to have
sufficient room at the point where the cotton is carried by the saws through the
grid to allow it to pass, and at the entrance of the saws to the hopper, to
prevent the saws biting against the ribs, the space above the exit of the saws
is gradually enlarged so as to allow the cotton not carried through the grid to
pass freely into the hopper, for I have found by experience that a parallel
space causes the cotton to choke up the spaces and thus spoils the saws and
staple. I therefore make my spaces between the ribs taper each way. The
distance pieces between the saws on the saw shaft or spindle are of cast-iron
with projections cast upon them, or otherwise put on their peripheries, of any
suitable number or size, these projections revolving with the saw spindle act as
a fan and cause a current of air to pass through the spaces in the saw grid.
By this arrangement the dust, dirt, and seed is blown through the seed grid,
cooling the saws and assisting in detaching the fibre from the saws when in
contact with the brush.
I claim the application of these projections on the spacing pieces between
the saws for the purpose of creating a current of air as before described. The
improved mode of adjusting the height of the saws above the faces of the saw
grid so as to regulate the action of the saws on cotton of rich or poor, long or
short, staple, consists in having an oblong hole in the sides of the gin frame at

page_text: an angle corresponding with the radius of the circle of the hopper on its
hinged joint. On the sides of the hole angular projections are cast, and I pass
a bolt through these holes, and on the bolt I fix two round collars to serve as
buffers for the hopper cheeks to rest upon. On the outside of the gin and on
the ends of the bolt I have washers fitting the angular projections, the bolt
being screwed at the ends. I screw down a nut on the washer at each end of
the bolt and thus fix the buffers at any suitable height required, so that the
hopper cannot get deeper into gear without the nuts being unscrewed. This
arrangement makes the hopper secure and leaves it at liberty to be lifted out
of gear and turned back on the top of the gin. I place the axis of the
revolving brush above the axis of the saw spindle and not on a level as is
usually done in other cotton gins. I decrease the diameter of the brush to
about eight inches, more or less, and allow the bristles of the brush to project or
impinge on the saws of an inch or thereabouts, thus the brush revolving
with the saws at three or four times greater speed, the action of the bristles
upon the saws is in a tangential line parallel to the plane of the tangential
teeth of the saws, wiping off the fibre without the bristles charged with fibre
having to drag over three or four inches of saw teeth, twisting and knotting,
and cutting the fibre as is the case with brushes of large diameter with their
axis on a level with the axis of the saw spindle. With the exception of the
bristles I construct the brush entirely of metal, doing away with wooden brush
stocks which are liable to become loose, rotten, and otherwise objectionable.
I make the brush stocks of angle iron or other metal, one face of the angle
serving to form the brush drum, the other face for the bristles to be attached
to by having a strip of metal curved in its width to allow the edges of the
strip to tightly grip the bristles against the face of the angle iron when screwed
together. I have corresponding holes drilled and screwed in angle iron and
curved strip for the purpose of screwing them together with the bristles
between them, thus the bristles may be taken out when worn and easily
replaced by new ones. The ends of the brush drum are closed and rounded
from the spindle to the part on which the angle-iron stocks are screwed down,
the stock being of sufficient width on the face screwed to the drum ends to.
cover the drum. In large gins, say forty saw gins, I have one or more collars
fixed upon the brush spindle to screw the stock to prevent any displacement
in their rotation.
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I claim the peculiar construction of brush stocks for cotton gins, together
with the arangement and position of the brush drum in relation to the saws as
previously described.
The improved arrangement for preventing the lubricating fluid escaping into

page_text: the gin consists in recessing the collar of the bearing from the inside of: the
gin frame and forming an oil dish for catching the drip thrown off by the cen-
trifugal force of the spindles, there being no indraught at these places as in
other gins. The method of delivering the cotton from the sliver drum in a
form suitable for baling is accomplished by having a stripping roller and a
series of rollers revolving in the same direction with a press roller on the top
surface of the stripping roller, the sheet of cotton as it is stripped from the
sliver drum is carried over the other rollers until it comes in contact with
the hinged press. This hinged or rising press doubles back the sheet until
the cotton forms a roll, increasing in size until the press is raised and the roll
of cotton falls from the machine. I make these improved cotton gins entirely
without toothed wheels, by a simple arrangement of fast and loose pullies
driven by straps.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
the said Edmund Winder Otway in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th May 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND
WINDER OTWAY, of Reading, in the County of Berks, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Edmund Winder Otway, Her special licence that I, the said
Edmund Winder Otway, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Edmund Winder Otway, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfuliy might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, án.
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR GINNING OR CLEANING COTTON,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edmund Winder Otway,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office

page_text: within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edmund Winder Otway, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention relates, first, to improvements in the construction of the
hopper of the gin so that it may be readily expanded or contracted to suit
cotton of long or short, rich or poor, staple.
Secondly, in the arrangement for presenting the feed to the action of the
saws so as to prevent any two saws acting upon a single fibre, breaking it
across the grid, and spoiling the staple. In the means adopted for adjusting
the height of the saws above the grid to regulate the action of the saws upon
cotton of rich or poor, long or short, staple. In the means employed for
causing a current of air to pass through the interstices of the grid to cool the
saws, separate the fibre from the seed, and otherwise assist in detaching the
fibres from the saws and dirt from the staple. In the means employed for
preventing the ribs of the grid from becoming loose or detached from the
iron frame of the hopper and destroying the gin. In the means, employed for
giving each saw an equal portion of work to do in the hopper, thus preventing
the two extreme saws from destroying the staple by friction, and wedging
against the sides of the iron hopper.
Thirdly, for the improved form and arrangement of the distance pieces
between the saws.
Fourthly, in the improved form, arrangement, and construction of the
revolving brush.
Fifthly, for improvements in the construction of the bearings of the "saw
brush and other spindles to prevent the lubricating fluid from entering the
gin, which is liable to produce spontaneous combustion in the cotton when
packed in bales.
Sixthly, in the means employed for delivering the staple from the sliver
drum, so as to compress the staple (without knotting or injury to the fibres)
into a suitable form for baling or storing.
Seventhly, in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of
parts into a machine whereby the size is reduced, each working part being
made so that it may be readily detached from the machine without taking the
frame of the machine asunder, and in doing away with toothed wheels, both
in steam-power and band-power cotton gins.
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page_text: flaving tuus stated the nature or my improvements, I win proceed to give
a more minute description of the same which will be readily understood by
reference to the Drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews a side view, Figure 2 a vertical section, and Figure 3 an
end view (some of the parts being removed) of a saw gin constructed accord-
ing to my Invention. I construct the hopper entirely of metal and the parts
thereof. I call the two sides A, A, of the hopper "cheeks;" the top plate B
to which the ribs of the saw grid are attached I call the "back plate;" the
bottom plate C to which the ribs are also attached I call the "toe plate;"
the moveable plate D at the front of the hopper I call the "breast' plate;"
and the series of oval rods or tubes E of wood or metal (not attached to the
breast plate) I call the seed grid E; the series of ribs F, the number being
governed by the number of saws employed, I call the ribs of the saw grid F;
the wood or metal discs G (also governed by the number of saws employed)
acting independently of each other on the spindle passing through the naves,
I call the "fibre separators;" the spindle passing through them I call the
fibre separator spindle.
Having thus named the different parts of the hopper for: the convenience
of reference, I will now explain the uses to which the different parts are
put.
.
Upon the insides of the cheeks A, A, of the hopper nipples are cast or
attached so as to enter the top part of the breast plate D; and through these
nipples and breast plate I have a bolt and nut, so that by unscrewing the nut
the breast plate D may be moved in order to contract or expand the size of
the hopper to suit cotton of rich or poor staple. The breast plate D and bolt
serve as stays to keep the hopper rigid. To the breast plate D I attach the
frame of the seed grid E by thumb-screws and oblong holes in the frame to
allow of the adjusting of the seed grid E to the breast plate D. The seed
grid E is constructed in a suitable frame with a series of oval tubes. or rods of
wood or metal so arranged that one or more tubes or rods may be placed
with their ends resting on their frame between the saws at that point where
the saws enter the hopper, as clearly shewn in the Drawing. To explain the
use of these oval rods or tubes I will suppose that the saws J are three-
quarters of an inch apart. I should then make the oval rod or tube +
inch, and place one rod or tube between each saw, so that by turning each
tube or rod on its axes, by means of a lever or otherwise, a space for seed to

page_text: pass through may be obtained of from th to inch wide, so that the seed grid
can be easily arranged or adjusted to suit any size of seed, and thus entirely
prevent partially ginned seed escaping, and the position in which it is placed
prevents the saws coming in contact with the grid; as is often the case with
the common seed board; and I claim this arrangement of oval roils or tubes
of wood or metal for sced grids in saw roller and other gins used in ginning
seed cotton, and I do not confine myself to the size or number of rods or
tubes used in one grid. The fibre separators. G are a series of wood or metal
dises with a hole through their naves, being rounded on their edges, and taper-
ing from the nave to their periphery. These discs G are fitted loosely on a
stationary spindle on which they revolve independently of each other by the
friction of the staple in its passage to the grid F. The stationary fibre
separator spindle is fixed across the hopper in a line parallel with the saw
shaft, and the periphery of the fibre separators G are nearly in contact with
the faces of the saw grid ribs F. Thus on the seed cotton being fed at the
top of the hopper it falls upon the saws J at the point they enter the hopper,
and the cotton is elevated and carried forward by the saws against the peri-
pheries of the fibre separators G, causing them to revolve with the saws J in.
the same direction, and as the peripheries of the saws J and fibre separators G.
approach their deepest point of contact the fibres are separated from one
another so, that no two saws can act on the same fibre, and break it on or
across the grid when passing through the grid F. The action is much more
gradual in the separation of the fibres, and prevents the twisting and knotting
of the fibres as now complained of in other gins in use, which suddenly detach
the fibre from a mass of seed and cotton at the point of exit through' the
grid. The fibre separators G by the position in which they are placed, and
the velocity of rotation from the friction of the cotton acted upon by the saws
J, throw by centrifugal force the staple not carried through the grid and the
cleaned seed on to the seed grid, facilitating the escape of the seed, and pre-
venting the saws again coming in contact with the cleaned seed, thus preventing
the cleaned seed being again and again subjected to the action of the saws by
being held in a mass (as in other gius in use) and thus causing choking. The
fibre separators G prevent choking from over-feeding, as I allow the same
distance between the extreme saws and the hopper checks, A and other saws
(and not as in the so-called Emery's American gin only half the distance),
and in this end space one of the fibre separators G revolve, which arrangement
prevents the staple from wedging itself against the side of the hopper, and
gives an equal amount of work for each saw to do. I have found in working
"Emery's gin" that a very great-amount of breaking, twisting, and knotting

page_text: of the fibre is caused by the two extreme saws wedging the cotton or staple
against the sides of the hopper cheeks, and preventing the rolling motion o
the cotton roll, and by holding the seed and cotton in a mass, the saws are
caused to act constantly upon the cleaned seed which cannot liberate itself
In my improved arrangements I claim the introduction of fibre separators as
described for ginning seed cotton. The ribs of the saw grid F I attach to the
back plate B and toe plate C with screws, so that the upper part of the rib
rests against the back plate B, which takes all the pressure, rendering the grid
secure from breakage through the screws coming loose; and I make the ribs
of the grid duplicates from "templates," so that the ribs when worn may be
easily renewed without taking the hopper to pieces. The spaces between the
ribs in which the saws J revolve, I form in the following manner:-I take
the centre between the two points of entrance and exit of the saws from the
hopper at this point. I allow just sufficient space for the saws to revolve
from that point each way to the extremity of the ribs. I gradually enlarge
the space so as to have sufficient room at the point where the cotton is carried
by the saws through the grid to allow it to pass, and at the entrance of the
saws to the hopper; to prevent the saws biting against the ribs the space
above the exit of the saws is gradually enlarged so as to allow the cotton not
carried through the grid to pass freely into the hopper; for I have found by
experience that á parallel space causes the cotton to choke up the spaces, and
thus spoils the saws and staple. I therefore make my spaces between the
ribs taper each way. The distance pieces between the saws on the saw shaft
or spindle are of cast iron, with projections cast upon them, or otherwise put
on their periphery, of any suitable number or size. These projections revolving
with the saw spindle act as a fan, causing a current of air to pass through the
spaces in the saw grid F, and by this arrangement dust, dirt, and seed is
blown through the seed grid E, cooling the saws and assisting in detaching
the fibre from the saws when in contact with the brush. I claim the applica-
tion of these projections on the spacing pieces between the saws, for the purpose
of creating a current of air as before described.
The improved mode of adjusting the height of the saws J above the faces,
of the saw grid so as to regulate the action of the saws on cotton of rich or
poor, long or short, staple, consists in having an oblong hole in the sides of the
gin frame at an angle corresponding with the radius of the circle of the hopper
on its hinged joint. On the sides of the hole angular projections are cast,
and I pass a bolt through these holes, and on the bolt-I fix two round collars A*
to serve as buffers for the hopper cheeks A to rest upon. On the outside of
the giu, and on the ends of the bolt, I have washers fitting the angular pro-

page_text: jections, the bolt being screwed at the ends. I screw down a nut at each end
of the bolt, and thus fix the buffers at any suitable height required, so that
the hopper cannot get deeper into gear without the nuts being unscrewed.
This arrangement makes the hopper secure, and leaves it at liberty to be
lifted out of gear and turned back on the top of the gin. I place the axis of
the revolving brush I above the axis of the saw spindle J, and not in a level
(as is usually done in other cotton gins). I decréase the diameter of the
brush I to about eight inches more or less, and allow the bristles of the brush
to project er impinge on the saws of an inch or thereabouts, thus the brush
revolving with the saws at three or four times greater speed, the action of the
bristles upon the saws J is in a tangential line parallel to the plane of the
tangential teeth of the saws wiping off the fibre without the bristles charged
with fibre having to drag over three or four inches of saw teeth, twisting and
knotting and cutting the fibre as is the case with brushes of large diameter
with their axes on a level with the axis of the saw spindle. With the excep-
tion of the bristles I construct the brush I entirely of metal, doing away with
wooden brush stocks which are liable to become loose, rotten, and otherwise
objectionable. I make the brush stocks of angle iron or other metal, one face
of the angle serving to form the brush drum, the other face for the bristles to
be attached to by having a strip of metal curved in its width to allow the edges
of the strip to tightly grip the bristles against the face of the angle iron when
screwed together. I have corresponding holes drilled and screwed in angle
iron and a curved strip for the purpose of screwing them together with the
bristles between them, thus the bristles may be taken out when worn and
easily replaced by new ones. The ends of the brush drum are closed and
rounded from the spindle to the part on which the angle iron stocks are
screwed down, the stock being of sufficient width on the face screwed to the
drum ends to cover the drum. In large gins (say forty saw gins) I have one
or more collars fixed upon the brush spindle to screw the stocks to prevent
any displacement in their rotation.
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I claim the peculiar construction of brush stocks for cotton gins, together
with the arrangement and position of the brush drum in relation to the saws,
as previously described.
The improved arrangement for preventing the lubricating fluid escaping
into the gin consists in recessing the collar of the bearing from the inside of
the gin fiame, and forming an oil dish for catching the drip thrown off by the
centrifugal force of the spindles, there being no in draught at these places as
in other gins.

page_text: The method of delivering the cotton from the slivering drum O in a form
suitable for baling is accomplished by having a stripping roller I and a series
of delivering rollers. M, M, revolving in the same direction with a press
roller L' on the top surface of the stripping roller L; the sheet of cotton as
it is stripped from the slivering drum O is carried over the other rollers M, M,
until it comes in contact with the hinged pressing plate N. This hinged or
rising pressing plate N doubles back the sheet until the cotton forms a roll
increasing in size until the pressing plate N is raised, whereby the roll of
cotton is allowed to fall from the machine, the hinged plate N then falling
into position again to close in the chamber in which the successive balls
are thus formed. I make these improved cotton gins entirely without
toothed wheels by a simple arrangement of fast and loose pullies driven by
the endless straps (1) (2) and (3), which give motion to the axes of the
revolving parts in the directions indicated by arrows as clearly shewn in the
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edmund Winder Otway, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
Patent Agent,
EDMUND W. OTWAY. (L.S.)
34, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.