Method and apparatus for compacting cotton within basket

Details Method and apparatus for compacting cotton within basket Method and apparatus for compacting cotton within basket

1995-02-24

1996-07-09

Melius, Terry Lee

Crop threshing or separating

Machine component arrangement and structure, e.g., engine...

56 28, A01D 4608

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055339328

ABSTRACT:
A cotton compacting structure arranged in combination with a cotton receiving basket on a cotton harvester for compacting the relatively light and fluffy cotton materials directed and blown into the basket to increase the maximum capacity of the basket without increasing basket size. The compacting structure of the present invention includes a rigid frame assembly mounted for movement within the basket. One or more rotatable members are mounted on and for movement with the frame assembly for forcibly imparting direction to the cotton received in the basket. A method of filling a cotton basket assembly is also disclosed.

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2155 Cotton Picker Operators Manual Rac 9-26020, pp. 1, 72 and 73, Jan., 1995, .COPYRGT.Case Corporation.

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