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Assignee: Anderson Clayton and Co
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Filing: 1965-12-16
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Granted: 1967-12-05
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Expires: 1985-12-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John A Reddick

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 16:16
CPC Classifications
D; D01; D01G; D01G9/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 142 words
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CLEANING LINT COTTON TO REMOVE TRASH PARTICLES CONTAINED THEREIN COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: FORMING THE LINT COTTON FIBERS INTO A THIN BAT, PROGRESSIVELY PRESENTING THE BAT ENDWISE BETWEEN THE NIP FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF SAW CYLINDERS IN ADJACENT SPACE RELATION AND ROTATING IN THE SAME PERIPHERAL DIRECTION WHEREBY THE FIBERS OF THE BAT ARE FINELY DISPERSED, PASSING A STREAM OF AIR THROUGH THE FIBER DISPERSION WHEREBY THE LINT FIBERS ARE PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYED AWAY FROM THE TRASH PARTICLES, PASSING THE TRASH PARTICLES GRAVITIONALLY BETWEEN THE NIP FORMED BY A FURTHER PLURALITY OF SAW CYLINDERS IN SPACED RELATION WHEREBY THE TRASH PARTICLES AND REMNANTS OF LINT FIBERS NOT INITIALLY CONVEYED THEREFROM ARE AGAIN FINELY DISPERSED, AND PASSING A STREAM OF AIR THROUGH THE TRASH PARTICLE DISPERSION WHEREBY THE REMNANT LINT FIBERS ARE PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYED AWAY FROM THE TRASH PARTICLES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 142 words
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CLEANING LINT COTTON TO REMOVE TRASH PARTICLES CONTAINED THEREIN COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: FORMING THE LINT COTTON FIBERS INTO A THIN BAT, PROGRESSIVELY PRESENTING THE BAT ENDWISE BETWEEN THE NIP FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF SAW CYLINDERS IN ADJACENT SPACE RELATION AND ROTATING IN THE SAME PERIPHERAL DIRECTION WHEREBY THE FIBERS OF THE BAT ARE FINELY DISPERSED, PASSING A STREAM OF AIR THROUGH THE FIBER DISPERSION WHEREBY THE LINT FIBERS ARE PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYED AWAY FROM THE TRASH PARTICLES, PASSING THE TRASH PARTICLES GRAVITIONALLY BETWEEN THE NIP FORMED BY A FURTHER PLURALITY OF SAW CYLINDERS IN SPACED RELATION WHEREBY THE TRASH PARTICLES AND REMNANTS OF LINT FIBERS NOT INITIALLY CONVEYED THEREFROM ARE AGAIN FINELY DISPERSED, AND PASSING A STREAM OF AIR THROUGH THE TRASH PARTICLE DISPERSION WHEREBY THE REMNANT LINT FIBERS ARE PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYED AWAY FROM THE TRASH PARTICLES.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-12-04 1971-06-05 1971-12-05 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-12-04 1975-06-05 1975-12-05 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-12-04 1979-06-05 1979-12-05 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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