US1600546A - Gin brush - Google Patents

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to 9 I l .54 s v J. H. JENKINS 6 GIN BRUSH Original Filed June 15 1925 i atented Sept. 21,192 26. 7 I I UNITED STATES PATENT oFFics JOHN HENRY JENKINS, OF WACO, TEXAS.

Gin BRUSH.

' Application filed June 15, 1925. Serial No 37,307. Renewed August l3, 1926.

This invention relates to cotton gin A plurality of metal strips or wings exbrushes and more particularly to metal tend longitudinally of the brush in periphbrushes of this character. 'erally spaced relation and aresecured to The object of the invention is to provide the heads 2 and 3 by means of securing 5 a brush of this character constructed to be strips 10. These blades 5 extend radially 40 strong and durable and yet permitted to be from the brush and have 'right-angularly made of light weight metal, the wings-or extending lateral flanges 6 at their inner blades of which are constructed so as to edges over which the securing strips 10 are avoid the cotton hanging or adhering to the mounted as is shown clearly in Figure 2.

10 edges thereof. These blades or strips 5 have their outer 45 Vith the foregoing and other objects in edges turned inwardly. and crimped as view which will appear as the description shown at 7 whichin addition to providing proceeds, the invention resides in the comsmooth edges to prevent hanging of the cotbination and arrangement of parts and in ton thereon increases the strength of the the details of construction hereinafter deblades and permits them to be made of light scribed and claimed, it being understood weight metal to prevent the brush being exthat changes in the precise en'ibodii'nent o't cessively heavy. c the invention herein disclosed may be made vIt is of course known that these brushes within the scope of what is claimed, withrevolve at high rates of speed in order that out departing from the spirit of the invcnthey-may fan the cotton or: the gin saws and tion. this construction of blade adapts them to re- In the accompanying draw1ngs:- sist the air pressure lncident to this rapid" Figure 1 represents a perspective view of revolving of the brush. a gin brush constructed in accordance with This brush constructed as herein shown this invention; and V and described may be cheaply constructed,

Figure 2' is a detail transverse section keeps the flues clean and gives general satthrough a portion thereof showing one of isfaction. the blades. I I claim V In the embodiment illustrated the brush A cotton gin brush having a plurality of constituting this invention comprises a cyradially extending blades, said blades havlindrical body member 1 having disk-like ing crimped unbroken outer edges. heads 2 and 3 at its opposite ends, said In testimony that I claim the foregoing heads projecting beyond the body of the as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signabrush and provided with journals as t proture, v c 35 vided for the mounting of the brush. JOHN .HENRY JENKINS,

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