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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
ARTHUR E. SADLER, OF CUTHBERT, TEXAS.
CLEANING APPARATUS.
No. 849,641. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 9, 1907.
Application filed June 1, 1906. Serial No. 319,708.
To all whom it imay concern: g is provided for closing the said chute, and
Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. SADLER, a lb is a similar pivoted valve for closing the
citizen of the United States, residing at auxiliary suction-pipe C. The valve g is
Cuthbert, in the county of Mitchell and State provided with an operating-lever g', and the
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and use- valve h is provided with an operating-lever 55
ful Improvements in Cleaning Apparatus; h'. II is a coupling-rod arranged between
and I do hereby declare the following to be a the two said operating-levers, so that when
full, clear, and exact description of the inven- one valve is open the other valve is closed.
tion, such as will enable others skilled in the The (lust - discharge valve is normally
o art to which it appertains to make and use closed and a current of air is drawn through so
the same. the auxiliary suction-pipe, the separating-
This invention relates to pneumatic appa- chamber, and the pipes connected to it.
ratus for cleaning cotton-gin houses; and it The hose-pipes are moved around the cotton-
consists in the novel construction and coin- gins to suck up all the (lust and other par-
15 bination of the parts hereinafter fully de- tiles of matter. This dust is separated from 65
scribed and claimed. the air by the wire screen, and it accumulates
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of in the lower part of the separating-chamber.
the apparatus. Fig. 2 is an end view of the The dust-discharge valve is opened period-
apparatus. 1 ically to let the (lust slide out of the separat-
20 A is a pneumatic elevator, such as fre- ing-chamber by gravity, the valve lb being 70
quently used in cotton-gin houses for raising closed at the same time to stop the current
the cotton and distributing it. of air through the separating-chamber. In
B is the suction-pipe of the pneumatic ele- this manner the separating-chamber can be
vator, and B' is its delivery-pipe. operated without stopping the action of the
25 A fan b is inclosed in the fan-casing of the pneumatic elevator. 75
pneumatic elevator and is revolved so as to What I claim is-
draw air and the cotton through the suction- 1. The combination, with a pneumatic
pipe. elevator provided with a suction-pipe, of an
All of the above-mentioned parts are of auxiliary suction-pipe connected to the said
30 any approved construction. suction-pipe, a separating-chamber connect- 8o
In order to remove the fine material and e to the said auxiliary suction-pipe and
dust which accumulates around the cotton- provided with a screen, a flexible pipe con-
gins in the gin-house, an auxiliary suction- nected to the said separating-chamber, a
pipe C is provided and is connected to the stop-valve for controlling the current of air
35 main suction-pipe B of the pneumatic ele- through the said flexible pipe and auxiliary 85
vator. suction-pipe without affecting the air-current
D is a separating-chamber connected to in the said elevator suction-pipe, and means
the suction-pipe C and provided with a wire for removing the (lust from the said chamber.
screen d. 2. The combination, with a pneumatic
4c E are suction-pipes connected to the chain- elevator provided with a suction-pipe, of an 90
ber D on the opposite side of the screen from auxiliary suction-pipe connected to the said
the pipe C. These pipes are of any desired suction - pipe, a separating - chamber con-
length, and they are carried to various parts nectedt to the said auxiliary suction-pipe and
of the gin-house and are provided with stop- provided with a screen, pipes connected to
45 valves e of any approved construction, the said separating-chamber and provided 95
F are hose pipes or nozzles formed of flexi- with stop-valves, flexible pipes connected to
ble material, such as canvas or leather, and the said pipes, and means for removing the
secured to the pipes E. dust from the said chamber.
G is a chute for discharging the dust from I 3. The combination, with a pneumatic
50 the separating-chamber. A pivoted valve elevator provided with a suction-pipe, of an loc
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Sadler, Arthur E. Cleaning Apparatus., patent, April 9, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513816/m1/2/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.