Harvesters – Cotton – Strippers
Patent
1994-07-19
1996-02-13
Britts, Ramon S.
Harvesters
Cotton
Strippers
56DIG9, A01D 4612
Patent
active
054903726
ABSTRACT:
A cotton stripper with an improved row unit having brush rolls and augers with parallel shafts driven by a gear drive. The parallel shafts permit the unit to be narrowed several inches compared with the conventional units. A cut-off member between the brush roll and auger has an edge which runs parallel to the shafts below the axis of the brush roll shaft to break up stalks and facilitate power feeding of stripped material toward the lower part of the auger. The auger housing is formed with angled flat walls for better stalk breakage. The row unit housing includes a light, low friction plastic cover with a quick attach and release mounting arrangement including a rear panel that serves both as a unit drive cover and a hold-down structure for the rear of the plastic cover. The cover includes inner and outer walls separated by a hollow interior for strength, rigidity and noise and weight reduction. The double wall construction also facilitates shaping of the outer wall for funnelling cotton towards the row-receiving area and the inner wall for maintaining stripped cotton within the housing and directing the stripped cotton toward the row unit augers.
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Britts Ramon S.
Deere & Company
Lisehora James A.
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