USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The gin stand uses the teeth of rotating saws to pull the cotton through a series of “ginning ribs", which pull the fibers from the seeds which are too large to pass through the ribs. The cleaned seed is then removed from the gin via an auger conveyor system.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.

Detailed explanation-3: -The gin (short for engine) consists of wire teeth mounted on a boxed rotating cylinder that, when cranked, pulls cotton fiber through small grates to separate the seeds, while a rotating brush removes lint from the spikes to avoid jams.

Detailed explanation-4: -Before the cotton gin, seed was removed by hand, which was a very labour intensive process. It’s one of the reasons that slavery was used in the South-it took a large workforce to process the cotton (and since slaves are much cheaper to use than paid labour, it kept costs down and profits up for the land owners).

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1793, Whitney invented and submitted a patent for the cotton gin-a machine that used rotating brushes and teeth to remove seeds from cotton fiber.