Patents Assigned to Horn and Gladden Lint Cleaner Co., Inc.
  • Improved safety bar cutoff and brake method
    Patent number: 4454631
    Abstract: An emergency actuator bar extends across an opening in the housing of a lint cleaner in a cotton gin. Actuator arms which hold the bar also normally hold a trip plate in the run position. However, a workman striking the emergency bar will remove a sear on one of the actuator arms from the trip plate to permit a spring to snap the trip plate into a stop position. When the trip plate moves to the stop position, it disconnects electrical power to a motor driving the machine. The trip plate movement also applies a brake which stops the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: Horn and Gladden Lint Cleaner Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Robert C. Schwartz
  • Trash by-pass for burr and stick machine
    Patent number: 4214348
    Abstract: A trash by-pass panel is pivoted to the reclamation chute wall in a cotton gin burr and stick machine such that it may be opened to allow heavier trash to be excluded from further processing, thereby increasing the efficiency of the cotton cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Horn and Gladden Lint Cleaner Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Schwartz, John E. Sparks