Abstract:
Cotton stripper having a primary separator which utilizes a generally vertical auger enclosed in a perforate housing being operative for separating trash from a harvested aggregate while advancing the same, and subsequently impelling a residue of essentially lint cotton and green bolls into a pneumatic secondary separator having a main airstream and an adjacent counter airstream flowing therein, wherein the main airstream is effective for initially separating a bulk of the lint cotton from the green bolls, any remaining lint cotton with the green bolls then enter the counter airstream which serves to return the same into main airstream for final separation of the lint cotton from the green bolls which gravitate into a collector.
Abstract:
A COTTON HARVESTER HAVING A PAIR OF PLANT STRIPPER ROLLERS, EACH HAVING ADJACENT UNDERPOSED STRIPPER SHEETS COACTING TO PROVIDE COTTON STRIPPING ACTION, EACH SHEET HAVING A SURFACE FOR DOFFING AND CATCHING REPEATING COTTON AND MOUNTED TO MOVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS RESPECTIVE STRIPPER ROLLER SUCH THAT THE SHEET IS YIELDABLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THAT ROLLER TO MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT CLEARANCE THEREWITH.