as stated above after the lint has been cleaned in the sawless lint cleaner it will be conveyed by the outlet 42 through a duct to condenser 22 and to conventional saw lint cleaner 23 air valve or separator 62 is attached to shaft 64 which is journalled through the inlet 26 on the exterior of the inlet 26 lever 66 is attached to shaft 64 so that the separator may be positioned to different angles or positions within the inlet the separator has a plurality of tines 68 which have a separator width 34 sw 34 of about 13 mm 1 2 34 a space between adjacent tines 68 shown on the drawing as separator space 34 ss 34 is also about 13 mm 1 2 34 the inlet 26 is rectangular and the entire width of the inlet which would be about 2 m 78 34 would be the length of the shaft 64 and separator 62 each of the tines would be about 25 cm 10 34 in length referring particularly to fig2 it may be seen that in the normal position the separator would be pointing about to the axis of the spiked cylinder 28 by lever 66 it may be varied from horizontal to about 30 u00b0 downward from horizontal the function of the separator or inlet valve is to direct the particles of lint upon the spiked drum 28 and to permit most of the air to go.