| US Patent: 24,280 
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| Burring Machine Machine for Burring Wool and Ginning Cotton
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| Patentees: |  
 | Francis A. Calvert (exact or similar names) - Lowell, Middlesex County, MA |  | Charles G. Sargent (exact or similar names) - Lowell, Middlesex County, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Jun. 07, 1859 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Abstract:
Be it known that we have invented certain improvements ii machines for ginning cotton, burring wool and cleaning other fibrous materials from foreign matter.
Claim:
I claim for this improved construction of cylinder are a reduced cost of construction increased capability of the machine less liability to breakage or derangement and making its repair practicable for any ordinary mechanic. What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent as an improvement in machines for burring wool and ginning cotton is a cylinder, having spaces between the teeth for the accommodation of the seed as set forth. |  |