Moisture conditioner with slats for cotton processing

A moisture conditioner apparatus comprising:

• a cylindrical drum defined by a screen with a plurality of apertures, the cylindrical drum having a longitudinal central axis and configured to rotate about the longitudinal central axis;
• a moisture diffuser positioned adjacent to a portion of the cylindrical drum, wherein the moisture diffuser and the cylindrical drum define an annular channel;
• the moisture diffuser comprises a plurality of slats, each slat having a long dimension parallel to the longitudinal central axis;
• a plurality of flow nozzles, each flow nozzle formed between adjacent slats, and each flow nozzle configured to direct airflow into the annular channel;
• a doffer in operational relationship to the cylindrical drum and angularly displaced from the moisture diffuser, the doffer configured to dislodge a batt of fibrous material from the cylindrical drum;
• wherein each flow nozzle resides at a distinct angular location relative to the annular channel, and each flow nozzle directs airflow into the annular channel in a direction between and including tangent to the annular channel and minus ten (−10) angular degrees with respect to the tangent at each respective angular location.

A moisture conditioner apparatus comprising:

• a cylindrical drum defined by a screen with a plurality of apertures, the cylindrical drum having a longitudinal central axis and configured to rotate about the longitudinal central axis;
• a moisture diffuser positioned adjacent to a portion of the cylindrical drum, wherein the moisture diffuser and the cylindrical drum define an annular channel;
• the moisture diffuser comprises a plurality of slats parallel to each other, each slat having a long dimension parallel to the longitudinal central axis, and each slat having a width;
• the width of each slat defines a direction coaxial with a tangent of the annular channel or the cylindrical drum;
• a plurality of flow nozzles, each flow nozzle formed between adjacent slats;
• a fluted roller in operational relationship to the cylindrical drum and angularly displaced from the moisture diffuser, the fluted roller configured doff a batt of fibrous material from the cylindrical drum.