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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
DANIEL HAYNES, OF RINGGOLD, TEXAS.
BAT-FORMING APPARATUS.No. 858,453.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, DANIEL HAYNES, a resident of
Ringgold, in the county of Montague and State of
Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improve-
5 ments in Bat-Forming Apparatus; and I do hereby de-
clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip-
tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled
in the art to which it appertains to make and use the
same.
10 My invention relates to improvements in bat forming
apparatus, the object of the invention being to provide
an improved apparatus into which the cotton or other
disintegrated material is fed by a current of air and
evenly distributed throughout a prescribed area to
15 supply an even depth of material throughout.
With this and other objects in view, the invention
consists in certain novel features of construction and
combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more
fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.
20 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspec-
tive view illustrating my improved apparatus. Fig. 2
is a view in longitudinalsection. Fig. 3 is a view in
cross section.
1 represents a base or platform, onto which the mate-
25 rial is to be deposited to form the bat, and this platform
may be'supported on suitable legs 2.
3 represents a box or guide chamber, located prefer-
ably in a room above the platform 1, and communicat-
ing with an opening in the floor of the same size as the
30 box and directly above the platform, so that material
fed to the box will fall down onto the platform 1.
The mold is formed by a series of gates 4, 5, 6, and 7,
connected by hinges 8 to the ceiling of the room above
platform 1, and when the gates 4, 5, and 6, are swung
35 down onto the platform 1, their lower edges will bear on
the platform and constitute the ends and one side of the
mold. The other side gate 7, is shorter than gates 4, 5,
and 6, and the space between the lower edge of the gate
7 and platform 1, is closed by a removable board 9,
40 which latter has a depending lug 10 near one end, to
enter an opening in platform 1,-and said board is pro-
vided at its other end, with pins 11, to enter openings
in end gate 4, and by this means retain itself in position,
yet permit its ready removal when desired.
45 In the boxing 3, a shaft 12 is mounted and turned by
any suitable mechanism. A stirrer 13, comprising a se-
ries of radial arms, is secured on the shaft 12 in the box-
ing to separate the particles of disintegrated material fed
into the boxing and scatter it throughout the wide area
50 so that it will fall evenly onto the platform below.Patented July 2, 1907,
An opening 14 is provided in one end of the boxing
3, to admit the disintegrated material fed thereinto by
a current of air, and openings 15 are provided in the
floor at the sides of the box and above the platform 1, to
permit the free escape of the air. 55
Other means may of course be provided to permit the
air to escape and other devices may be provided to scat-
ter the material throughout the mold, and hence I do
not restrict myself to the precise details set forth but
consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes 60
and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope
of my invention.
Having fully described my invention, what I claim
as new'and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:-
1. In an apparatus of the character described, the com- 65
bination with a platform, of means located over the plat-
form for disintegrating material in its fall to the platform
to evenly distribute the material over the same.
2. In an apparatus of the character described, the com-
bination with a platform, of gates located thereon to 70
form a mold, and means located over the platform for
'disintegrating material in its fall into the mold to evenly
distribute the material in its fall onto the platform.
3. In an apparatus of the character described, the com-
bination with a platform, of gates located thereon to 75
form a mold, of a rotary stirrer over the mold and in the -
passage of material thereinto, to disintegrate the material
and compel its even distribution over the platform in its
fall thereon.
4. In an apparatus of the character described, the com- 80
bination with a platform, of hinged gates normally resting
on the platform to form a mold thereon, means for direct-
ing a current of air and disintegrated material into the
mold thus formed, and means for scattering the material
to compel its even distribution throughout the mold in its 85
fall to the platform.
5. In an apparatus of the character described, the com-
bination with a platform, of hinged gates forming four
sides of a mold on the platform, a box above the mold and
communicating therewith and adapted to receive disin- 90
tegrated material forced therein by a current of air, and
a rotary stirrer in said box.
6. The combination with a mold, of means providing a
single inlet for air and 'bat-forming material over the
mold, and means over the mold for disintegrating and 95
scattering the bat-forming material.
7. The combination with a mold having an air outlet,
of a box over said mold and having an inlet for air and
bat-forming material, and means within said 'box for dis-
integrating and scattering the bat-forming material. 100
In .testimony whereof, I have signed this specification
in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
D. HAYNES.
Witnesses :
L. E. LHAYNaS,
J. W. KoY.Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed November 22, 1906. Serial No. 344,579.
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Haynes, Daniel. Bat-Forming Apparatus., patent, July 2, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514791/m1/3/?q=%22Agriculture%2b-%2bProcessing%2band%2bStorage%2b-%2bCotton%2bGins%22: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.