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Patent X-5665: 1829-10-10, Cotton cleaner
| X Number | Date | Inventor | City | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-5665 | 1829-10-10 | James Gilliam | Carrol County, TN | Cotton cleaner | Missing |
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Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2000 of the almost 10000 documents were recovered.
Little is known about this patent. The patent drawing is not available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
Description from the Journal of the Franklin Institute, V5 1830 pg. 22
A hollow drum, of six feet in length, and 20 inches in diameter, is made to revolve, in the manner of a bolting screen; but with its axis horizontal. Its periphery is formed by slats of wood, extending from end to end, and having a space of about half an inch between them. This drum is contained within a trough, or box, and rests upon friction rollers, upon which it revolves, as it is without gudgeons. A shaft extends through the centre of the drum, and is supported upon gudgeons outside of its heads; four boards are affixed by their edges to the shaft, and extend the whole length of the inside of the drum, forming wings, or leaves, standing at right angles to each other; upon the edges of these wings are placed, obliquely, flat pieces, to serve as conveyers, causing the seed cotton to pass from one end of the drum to the other. The shaft, with its wings, revolves much more rapidly than the drum. The cotton is put into a hopper, and in passing from one end of the drum to the other, is cleaned.
The claim is to “the whole of the above described machine.”
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