Discharge door structure for a narrow row cotton picker

Details Discharge door structure for a narrow row cotton picker Discharge door structure for a narrow row cotton picker

1995-06-30

1996-09-24

Melius, Terry Lee

Harvesters

Cotton

Pneumatic

56 40, A01D 4608

Patent

active

055579108

ABSTRACT:
A cotton picker row unit includes a specially configured access door which is pivotally connected to the front structural post of the unit so that forward movement of the door against an adjacent row of cotton plants will act to close the door, even if the door is unlatched. The front pivot also provides more unrestricted access to the rear harvesting structure. The door has an offset cross section so that the cotton passage defined by the door is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom to provide a funnelling effect of cotton toward the discharge area leading into the conveying duct. The offset cross section strengthens the door and increases the accommodation space for the adjacent row of cotton plants so that cotton planted in very narrow row spacings can be harvested with minimal plant damage and cotton loss.

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patent: 5014502 (1991-05-01), Richman et al.
patent: 5247786 (1993-09-01), Schreiner
patent: 5471826 (1995-12-01), Schreiner

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