Cotton pre-compressor

Claim 1

A LINT CONDENSER FOR PRODUCING A BAT HAVING A SELECTED AND PREDETERMINED CONTROLLED THICKNESS INCLUDING A ROTATABLE CYLINDRICAL CONDENSER SCREEN, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SCREEN CAUSING CONTROLLED ROTATION THEREOF, MEANS INCLUDING A LINT FLUE SUPPLYING TO THE SURFACE OF SAID SCREEN AND AIR BORNE STREAM OF FIBERS IN WHICH STREAM THERE IS AN INTERMEDIATE VARIABLE PROPORTION OF FIBERS TO THE VOLUME OF THE CONVEYOR AIR, MEANS EXHAUSTING THE CONVEYING AIR THROUGH SAID SCREEN AND EFFECTING A DEPOSITION AND ACCUMULATION OF THE FIBERS UPON THE SCREEN TO FORM A BAT, THE PRESENCE OF THE BAT ON THE SCREEN TO A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL TO EXIST BETWEEN THE PRESSURE ON THE SIDE OF THE BAT AGAINST THE SCREEN AND THE PRESSURE ON THE SIDE OF THE BAT OPPOSITE THERETO, DETECTOR MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SCREEN FOR CONTINUOUSLY DETECTING ANY VARIATION IN THE SAID PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL, AND CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DETECTOR MEANS AND TO SAID DRIVE MEANS FOR SUFFICIENTLY VARYING THE SPEED OF SCREEN ROTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DETECTED VARIATIONS TO MAINTAIN SAID DESIRED PREDETERMINED BAT THICKNESS.