Patents

Munger was granted 12 patents. Together, these capture his invention of system ginning.

Click on the summary of each patent to see the full patent document in PDF (often with beautiful period diagrams).

DateNumberSummary
Dec. 2, 1884308,787MECHANISM FOR HANDLING LINT COTTON
Dec, 2, 1884308,788APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SEED COTTON
Dec. 2, 1884308,789COTTON OR OTHER PRESS
Dec. 2, 1884308,790APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SEED COTTON
Dec. 30, 1884310,073MECHANISM FOR SHARPENING TEETH OF COTTONGIN SAWS
Dec. 4, 1888394,125COTTON PRESS
Jan. 22, 1889396,706SAW GIN
July 12, 1892478,883MACHINE FOR HANDLING, CLEANING AND DISTRIBUTING SEED COTTON
Nov. 28, 1893509,759MACHINE FOR, HANDLING AND FEEDING SEED COTTON
Mar. 3, 1896555,789SEED CONVEYER FOR COTTON GINS
Aug. 6, 190l680,164BALING MACHINE
Aug. 6, 1901680165COTTON ELEVATOR, CLEANER, AND FEEDER
Munger’s 12 patents