Improved Apparatus for Ginning, Burring, or otherwise Treating Textile Fibres.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec.,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Ginning, Burring, or otherwise Treating
Textile Fibres.
I, GRABEL EPLURIBUS UNUM HUCKABY, of No 76, 'Sagamore Street, in the
City of Lynn, County of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, United States of
America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
'
It is the object of this invention to provide a roller gin so improved as to
render it thoroughly efficient in all of its operations, give to it a wider range
of capabilities, so that it may clean and "bui" wool, hair, and other substances
as completely as it removes seeds from cotton, and constiuet it so that it shall
operate without injury the material treated by it
The 'drawing 18 a vertical sectional view of the machine showing its con-
struction and how it may be operated with sufficient clearness to enable those
skilled in the art to make and use it
In the drawing
a designates the frame of the machine which may be of any
suitable form 618 the main shaft from which the gin 1oller c is driven. The
said roller may be covered with any friction material suitable to the purpose
for which it is used. d is the stationary blade secured to a strong and stiff
abutting base e. Both the blade d and its base are connected with a support f
pivotally connected with a stationary part of the frame so that the blade can
be adjusted toward the gin roller by the screws g, the inner ends of which bear
against the abutting base. The blade d 18 adjusted vertically by the screws h
and fixed in place by the screws or bolts ? All of the parts connected with
the blade d as well as the blade itself are stiff and strong to insure durability
is the reciprocating
and the guarding against the springing of the blade
blade which is adjustably connected with pivoted arms %, the latter being
pivotally connected with pitmen reciprocated by means of an eccentric or cam m
on the main shaft The edge of the reciprocating blade after passing the edge
of the blade d follows the outer surface of the latter
n is the feed hopper secured to the arms so that its inner end may be
reciprocated in unison with the blade, and so that the material in the hopper
may be fed to the roller in a proper manner to be taken by the roller The
inner end of the bottom of the hopper is constructed with teeth or with holes
or slots o of such form that the seeds and foreign substances removed from the
stock may fall between the teeth or through the holes or slots and slide down
the chute p, and so that the fiber may not lodge or be caught or held on the
teeth or in the holes or slots. The support for the feed hopper is made adjustable
by means of sciews q r or equivalent means The cleaned stock will раза between
The fiber inclined
the blade d and the gin roller c and slide down the chute s.
to stick to the gin roller will be doffed by the revolving doffer & operated from
the main shaft. The blades u on the doffer are adjustable radially as shown,
and constructed so as that fibres may not readily eling to them.

page_text: In burring wool, cleaning hair, and for some other uses, a suitable stationary
hopper may be employed in place of the reciprocating feed hopper.
The edge of the reciprocating blade may be straight, toothed, or serpentine
shaped, or otherwise formed to suit circumstances.
The reciprocating blade and its coacting parts may be operated horizontally
as well as vertically or on any other line."
The chief points of advantage of a gin constructed as I have described, and
as is shown in the drawing reside in its efficiency, durability, and wide range
of its adaptability.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;-
A machine for treating textile fibers embodying in its construction & gin
roller, a stationary blade and its abutting base, and a reciprocating blade, com-
bined with their adjusting and cooperating parts, all constructed and having a
mode of operation substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 28th day of May 1898.
For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN,
Chartered Patent Agent.