US1351858A - Cotton-boll-cleaning machine - Google Patents

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A. T. LOKEY.

COTTON BOLL CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, I919.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

3 SHEE] S-SHEET I.

fi wewtoz 1 J A A. T. LOKEY.

COTTON BOLL CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY14, I919.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Qttomwg A. T. LOKEY.

COTTON BOLL CLEANING MACHINE.

.APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1919.

. 1,351,858. v PatentedSept. 7,1920.

3 SHEElS-SHEET 3. 3713 7A 7 ALLENQ'I. roxnnornnivirnrs, TEXAS.-

ooTToN-BoLL-cnnA INej ACHI E.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thati I, ALL N T. Lonngia citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the countyofHalland State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful" Improvements in CottomBo ll-Cleaning Machines, of'which the following'is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. I I ,V II This invention relatesto an'imp'r'oved cotton boll cleaningor ginning machine, and

I one of the'objects of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of thiskind for efliciently breaking I the. cottonv bolls and thoroughly separating tl1e,'-motes'and dirt from the cotton. II I II I I -c c I I A further object of theginventi'on is to provide an apparatus which is verycompact,

simple and I practical in construction,. and yet constructed-whereby"the cotton during its passage through the machinewill receive a plurality of cleaning processes, so. that all the motes anddirt may beremoved from the provision of a machine of this klndincluding duplicate mechan sms onesuper 7 imposed cotton.- v 1, r A further object: of theinvention is the with relation to the other and being socoupled that. the cotton bolls'after passing through the superimposed mechanism may be transferred to the other' mechanism,

1 thereby giving the cotton 1 bolls a: double cleaning, separating the motes and dirt from the cotton, during each cleaning processfdischarging the dirt and motes from both'cleaning processes through a single "discharge I, chute and delivering .the cotton, when cleaned, .through a single outlet chut I I scope of whatis claimed.

The invention com Y ises-"further features I vided they are comprehended within the q and combinationof'parts, aswillbe chereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings andv claimed. i I I t In the drawings: l Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View Specification ofLettr's la tent- P t t Application filed machinefi I y I V v c I,

Beferring more especially to thedrawings, I

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Fig. '2 1s a 'vert calsectlonal view on line "2 2 of Fig.1.

F g-. 5 o- V Fig 4 is a s'ectionalviewj on line 4 4 of Fig. 1;

' 'FigQSiis ajview of one end of the machineor apparatus.

:1 designates a casingv provided with a hopper 2, there being a passage 3 leading from the hopper into-the casing;* A late, or lboardor" other suitable memberA; s hinged at 5, there being a rod G'pr'ovided with a handle 7 and connected tothe board'or plate,

I for adjusting'the same, in order to restrict "the passage 3,'whereby the cotton bolls may be governed in their passage throughthe space3. Itis, to beobservedfthat the casin'g or a ent. v, 1920.

Fig. 6 is aview'oftl e opposite end-of the iigsugh the was 1551 cleaning r ginning is asectionalview on line 3 i3 of housing of themach'i'ne is divided into compartments '8; and 9, the former being superimposed with relation to the latter; These comprises"longitudinal bars" 10,11 and 12,

which supportthe sheet metal concave 13,

and the combined concave and [chute wall 14. The chute wall .14 connectsto a vertical wall 15, between which, and one wall of the casing a passage 16 islprovided, through which the dirt and motes pass. I

'Arrange'dfiin the casing. are supporting bars 17 and 18, the bar 17 being'fixed at the {inner face of one wallgofthejcasing, while "the bar 118Yis positioned alittle below the bar 17 inbetw ee'n the bar 17 and the bar 11.

It isto be" noted that acoarse concave "screen member 19is connected to and sup-;

"ported upon the bars 17 and 18, while a coarse concave screenQO'is connected to and supported by the bars 11 and'18,"forfthe purpose of screening the cotton, in fact separating-the motes and dirt from the cotton.

Also arranged in the casingare 'bars 21 and 22. The bottom of the casi'ngfis prowhich a discharge conduit 24 i connectedvided with van outlet opening23, through I combined sheet metal concave and sheet I so compartments are formed, owing to the provision of ai'partition. "This partltion motes are screened by the scree'ning'con caves l9'and 20. r The spikes (sf-th cylinder 2 5" 33 will 'actto 'agitate themotes and dirtso chine enables theburs or bolls to have a considerable travelyin order to be cleaned of theecottonn The-bolls orburs 'are first thoroughly brokenup bymeans of a Inachine (not shown),=and are discharged into the hopper 2' of the separator.) The bolls" or burs are carrie'd'adjacent:"the teeth'of the circular saws of the-saw cylinder by means of the lefthand' conveyer 32, the

teeth of the circular saws-acting -to pick up the cotton, and'thlsact of picking up the cotton tends to also pick up the burs orbolls, or'thatis a part of the-burs; thereforethef cylinder 35 witlr its angle irons 36am provided for-"beatingorfknocking the burs or bolls back toward and in cooperation with: the conveyer'-32. The cotton pickedfrom the burs or bolls a're' carried by the teeth of the cylinders, and by meansof-thebrush cylinders, 'the cotton is picked or brushed from the teeth of the CllClllfll SEUVSQiLIldClea livered through thechute {11; The dirtand that they will'e'asily pass through the screen concave 20, and also the spikes of the cylin der 33 will help todeliverthe cotton to the saws; "Such burs jo'r bolls that areinot thor-' oughlycleaned or separated, andare beat' back toward and ini'coeperation with the conveyer 32 W11]. travel-along the conveyer 32, from one end of themachine to the other,

V v and pass through a chute 67, toward "and in coiiperation *wit'lrthe lower conveycr 48,. wherejthe bOll'jOIfibUr'Wl'll' pass through the, same process, as previously set forth,;.11'1

connection with the machanisrnof the'superimposed compartment, it being; apparent that the mote'sand'dirt that are removed from the cotton by means of this second cleaning and separating process, will pass through the opening 23 and through the conduit 24, together with the dirt and motes that may pass through thechute or passage 6. Also the cotton that is removed from the buror particles thereof by means of this secondseparating process, will also be conveyed to and 'dlscharged through the chute the shaft of the conveyor tSis a second pulley 72, which, by means of the belt 73',

is geared or connected toe-the pulley 74c,-

, which is fast on the shaft of the conveyer 32. Also fast upon the shaft of the con-' veyer 32 is a gear 7 5, which meshes with a,

gear 76 on the shaft of thecylinder 35; On,

one end of the shaft of the cylinder-35 pulley 77 is fixed, which has a belt 78engaging about it. This belt 78 is in turn passed-about pulley79 on one end ofthe shaft 37, thereby transmitting power thereear to, On the other end ofthe shaft-37 a gear 80 is fixed,'-which meshes with the gear-81, thereby "transmittingpower to the brush cylinderfilt will be noted that the gear 75 meshes with a gear 82, which is fixed to, and rotatable with the shaft of the cylinder 33; Fixed on one end of the shaft of the. cylinder 33 is apulley .83, having a belt 84 a passing about it. L This belt 84ein-lturn passes about a pulleyr85 onthe shaft of the T cylinder 54-; A- pulley 86 is fixed on; the

shaft; of the cylinderM, and engaging with the pulley-86 is'a'belt 87, which in turn en- 'gagesa pulley 88* on the shaft e5'1which' carries the saws [5 2. A second? pulley 89 is fixed to one end of the shaft 51 which I carriesthesaws 52, there being abelt 90' I engaging the same; This belt 90, engages.

about the pulley 91 on the shaft-of the cyl-' inder 49, and" since; power is transmittedto I the gears 75 and 82jtothe cylinders 5st and-1 the saw carrying: shaft 51Ithrough, the

' nedium of the belts 84 rand-87, power is transmitted to the :cylinder .49 by means of the belt90. The shafts of the cylinderse) and the conveyer 47 by means of the gears 92 and '93, which arerespectively-mounted on the shafts of the ,cylinder'49 and the conveyere 47, hence transmitting, power to the conveyer 17. Gears 94 and 95 meshing with each other are [mounted respectively on theshafts 51 and 96 of the saws 52 and-the brush cylinder 56,whereby the brush cylin ,der may be rotated in. an opposite direction to the saws :52], ,-:F rom jthe foregoinggearing, it will be seen: new power is, transmitted tojthe various-parts. of the separator,'so as" to rotatexthem in their proper directions to separate the cotton from the dirt and motes. I a

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. In a cotton cleaning machine, the com- 'bination with a casing having a'boll chamber, of a cotton cleaning mechanism in said chamber comprising a conveying screw and cotton gathering saws operative in parallel I planes on an axis parallel with the screw, a

knocker roll. offset above and between the y screwand the saws and provided with longitudinally extending spaced flanges adapted to'knock the bolls back upon the feed screw,

and a hinged combined deflector and guard plate adjustable to approximate the longitudinal edges of the knocker flanges of the knocker roll to assist in knocking the bolls back toward and upon the conveyer.

1 2, In'a cotton cleaning machine, the combination with. a casing provided with a cotton cleaning chamber having a screen concave in'its bottom, of a picker roll operable concentric with the concave for forcing or feeding t-hetrash through the concave, .a conveyer screw for feeding the cotton bolls into the chamber and upon the picker rolls, cotton gathering saws operable in parallel planes and upon an axis parallel with the feed screw, of a knocker roll ofi'set above bination with a casing'provided with a cotton cleaning chamber having a screen concave in its bottom, of a picker roll operable concentric with the concave for forcing or feeding the trash through the concave, a conveyer screw for feeding the cotton bolls into the chamber and upon the picker rolls, cotton gathering saws operable in parallel planes and upon an axis parallel with the feed screw, of a knocker roll ofli'set above and between the saws and the feed screw having knocker flanges extending longitudinally thereof, a combined guard and deflector having a right angle'flange extending. in a horizontal plane toward and in a direction of the axis of the knocker rolland adapted to approximate the longitudinal edges of the knocker flanges, and means for adjusting the combined guard and deflector whereby its flange may be moved toward and from the knocker flanges. I r

4. In a cotton cleaning machine, the combination with a casing having a cotton cleaning chamber, of a cotton bolling mechanism in said chamber, said casing having a hopper communicating with said chamber to feed of the. hopper adapted to approximate the longitudinal edges of said knocker flanges for knocking the bolls back toward the boll ing mechanism, and means for adjusting said combined deflector and guard.

5. In a cotton cleaning machine, the combination with a casing provided with a cleaning chamber, of a bolling mechanism in said chamber, said casing having a hopper communicating with said chamber, a knocker roll above the bolling mechanism and between operating members thereof, boll knockers angular in cross section arranged longitudinally of the knocker cylinder and extending radially, a combined guard and deflector pivotally suspended from the top of the casing and having a longitudinalknocker flange at its lower end disposed in a horizontal plane toward and in parallelism with the axis of the knocker roll to assist in knocking the bolls back toward and upon the bolling mechanism, and an element threaded in the wall of the casing and being swivelly connected to said combined guard and shield for adjusting the same-whereby-the flange of the guard may approximate the longitudinal edges of the knockers on the knocker roll.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I ALLEN T. LOKEY. Witnesses V I W. A. MGINTOSH, T. M. MOMUBRY.

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