Roller Gin

Roller Gin
ROLLER GIN
This is the oldest existing machine used for removing the seed from cotton fibres. The machine consists mainly of two rollers, geared one above the other. The fibres are drawn between these while the seeds remain behind on the feed side.

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  • Roller gin — Roller Roll er, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. [1913 Webster] 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Roller gin — Le roller gin, inventé en 1778 en Georgie par l anglais Kinsey Burden, planteur de coton en Caroline du Sud, est une des premières machines permettant de trier les semences de coton des fibres[1]. Le roller gin[2] de Kinsey Burden[3] est alors… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • roller gin — noun : a cotton gin in which the lint is pulled from the seed by a roller covered with walrus hide and assisted by a fixed knife and a moving knife …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Roller — Roll er, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. [1913 Webster] 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Roller bolt — Roller Roll er, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. [1913 Webster] 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Roller mill — Roller Roll er, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. [1913 Webster] 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Roller skate — Roller Roll er, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. [1913 Webster] 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • roller towel — Roller Roll er, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. [1913 Webster] 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • roller-gins — ● roller gin, roller gins nom masculin (anglais roller gin, de roller, rouleau, et to gin, égrener (le coton) Machine servant à égrener le coton, composée d un rouleau garni d un cuir strié …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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