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Pneumatic Conveyer for Unloading Cotton. (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyer for Unloading Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved pneumatic conveyer. This design "relates to improvements in pneumatic conveyers of that class or style adapted for unloading cotton from a wagon and depositing it on the gin-stand or other place; and the object is to provide a machine whereby cotton may be readily, conveniently, and expeditiously taken from the wagon or other vehicle or dumping-platform and carried or conveyed through a pneumatic tube and deposited on the gin-stand or similar floor for ginning" (lines 9-19).
Date: August 23, 1892
Creator: Stafford, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History